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Plot Summary of The Secret Ingrediant
"Elizabeth Baskin loves her husband Roger, but lately he hasn't been all that interested in their relationship. He's let himself go physically, he's never, romantic, and they hardly ever even talk. When her sister tells Elizabeth about a "doctor" who has come up with an herbal potion that will pull her husband out of his rut, her initial response is skeptical. But as she becomes more desperate to save her marriage, Elizabeth decides that it can't hurt to try it. When she does the potion works wonders. But pretty soon Elizabeth realizes that the potion has changed her husband, and he is no longer the man she married, and she must come up with an antidote, or loose the man she now realizes is the love of her life."
fran laniado, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Secret Ingrediant
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Plot
Tone of book? - humorous
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - rekindling lost love/marriage
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
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
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 (a little)
United States Yes
The US: - California

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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