Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: An exciting new discovery!

Nina Kiriki Hoffman is a new discovery for me, and one long overdue. The Silent Strength of Stones is an excellent introduction to her writing, which -- like contemporaries Charles de Lint, Emma Bull, Terri Windling, etc. -- crafts a highly developed fantasy world within the framework of a thoroughly modern, very real society. Her characters are finely drawn and wholly believable in this setting, and the story resolves neatly while still leaving ample room for a sequel.Hoffman is an exciting writer -- I can't remember the last time I found one who intrigued me this much!