|
|
| Plot Summary of Complete Abandon |
|---|
"
St. Martin's Sep 2003, 6.50, 384 pp.
ISBN: 031298460X
The deceased vicar's daughter Emma Fitzgerald detests Lord John Clayton who neglected his responsibilities for a year and has hosted a week of debauchery. Besides changing the manor house into a den of iniquity Emma feels John went to far when he evicts several villagers in arrears on their payments to him. She rips him up and down in front of his older half-brother Ian.
Emma shocks John when she offers her body in payment to pay the debts. He accepts her offer, but she knows by his body language that he does not intend to make her lose her virginity. However, the next day to his horror she shows up. John soon falls in love with Emma and she reciprocates, but he is London hedonist and she is country nurturing.
This is an engaging Regency romance due to the antics of the lead female character; she understands the hierarchy of needs of the locals, herself, and her beloved John. Emma knows that it is vital for people to eat, have shelter feel good about their self worth and to love and be loved. Unlike many people she is willing to do something about achieving all of this for others, for John and for herself. Ian knows John has met his match in the fiery Emma and amusingly observes the antics sort of like George Burns with his close circuit TV set watching the goings-on. Cheryl Holt provides a delectable story that will please sub-genre readers.
Harriet Klausner
"
Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
|
|
|
| Review Analysis of Complete Abandon |
|---|
|
Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about books by breaking them down into many different literary elements, all of which are searchable (click here).
|
|
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- Regency era
Forbidden/mismatched love?
Yes
How mismatched?
- one crude, the other cultured.
If one lover chases another...
- she chases after him
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- homemaker
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- 70%
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
|
|
|
Click here for more information about this book
Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s). | |
Use our site!
Feedback
About us
Bribe your congressman!
Rudy Giuliani
Most recent discussions:
General Book Talk
Book writing discussion
Off-topic message board
.
Terry Goodkind
8:55:13 PM
General Discussion (All Topics)
7:10:00 PM
Jude Deveraux
5:56:12 PM
George W. Bush
4:34:34 PM
Ray Bradbury
4:27:50 PM
Norah Lofts
3:00:24 PM
Karen Armstrong
2:13:10 PM
Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer
1:53:39 PM
Karen Armstrong
12:58:19 PM
Lana Wood
6:06:13 AM
Lynn and Gilbert Morris
12:20:20 AM
David Pelzer
10:32:56 PM
Max Shulman
8:44:04 PM
Kate Brian
5:25:02 PM
Ruth Minsky Sender
3:34:26 PM
Charlaine Harris
2:46:27 PM
Gerald Morris
2:00:08 PM
Iris Johanson
1:27:13 PM
Sue Grafton
1:23:14 PM
Chinua Achebe
11:46:27 AM
More message boards
|
