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Plot Summary of How to Kiss a Hero
"Nichola Hainesworth,an original, is sent to Mrs. Treadwells Academy for Young Ladies to learn the proper things about marriage and what she is expected to do. Once she finds herself trapped in a school where every thing they teach is of no use to her she decides to escape and go fight in the war with her twin brother, but she changes her mind once she starts recieving fencing lessons from Madame. After she learns everything she can from Madame, Madame contacts an old friend to come to the school to teach Nichola in the hope that Nichola will learn more and Brian Boru, a wounded war hero, would heal his crippled leg with the excercise. Their love is forbidden and their future is uncertain, but once the past is settled their love holds the key to their destiny. "
Cristina , Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of How to Kiss a Hero
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Time/era of story - 18th century
Difficult/unusual lover? Yes
How difficult? - disabled/ugly

Main Male Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - physically sick

Main Female Character
Age/status: - a teen
Profession/status: - unemployed
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed
How sexual is this person? - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
effect of sexing - guilty
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK - Ireland
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion - fort/military installation - castle

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 90%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's) - descript. of female anatomy (the big V) - descript. of male nudity (the big P)
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English? Yes
Focus of story - Her
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 3-4 sex acts
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