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The Raging Quiet
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March 1, 2017
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March 30, 2017

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Cassi aka Snow White Haggard
Feb 04, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: ya, read-in-2011
The Raging Quiet is a book I never would have read. The cover is juvenile at best, cheesy at worst. It's a romance and I'm a tomboy. Yes sometimes I have girly moments (Archer Cross, Peeta Mellark, I'm looking at you) but I didn't think I could read a straight-up romance. My friends on goodreads told me to read this book. They said it was a romance, but it wasn't that type of romance.

They were right.

The Raging Quiet is not like the romances I've avoided. The characters are well developed and the
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Tish
Apr 02, 2017 rated it really liked it
A sweet, if kind of scary, story of two misfits who find true love. What was scary was the ignorance and maliciousness of most of the villagers towards anyone the least bit new or different. The book takes place in an era where the "Christian" people are all too eager to beat the devil out of a seemingly crazy boy and to accuse a girl of witchcraft on nothing but hearsay. Fortunately, the village priest was kind and did his best for the boy, the girl, and even the villagers.

One thing that I thou
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Heidi
Apr 17, 2011 rated it really liked it
What a sweet and yet very strange little book. I really enjoyed it.
Michelle
Aug 10, 2010 marked it as to-read
Shelves: witch-trials
Mary
Apr 14, 2011 marked it as to-read
Kourtni
May 09, 2011 marked it as to-read
Julianna
May 19, 2011 marked it as to-read
Ann
May 20, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
[ JT ]
May 20, 2011 marked it as recommended
One_book_a_day
Sep 05, 2011 marked it as to-read
Ellah de Nuevo
Feb 13, 2012 marked it as to-read
Erinp Plumley
Feb 06, 2018 marked it as to-read