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I finished Santa Olivia. I'd heard a lot about how much people didn't like it, so I was pleasantly surprised. I think the problem is, it's a completely different style and genre from Ms. Carey's other books, so people who liked the D'Angeline things were not largely a group who'd like a science fiction novel of this type. As I read a variety of genres, it didn't bother me to switch gears. It liked the dusty feel of it, the slow organic growth of the characters, and the way it really does work as a natural extension of current trends. I liked Loup's psychology, just enough like my own to be above average familiar, just diff4rent enough to be Right.