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Plot Summary of Amanda's Wedding
"Melanie is a single girl in her twenties with a deadbeat boyfriend, and she hates her job. Her best friend, Fran, is in more or less the same position. When they get a call from their childhood friend, Amanda, a beautiful, rich, sucessful publisher, they are not anxious to see her. When Amanda announces that she plans to marry Fraser, Melanie's college crush, it only makes matters worse. It turns out that Fraser is a genuine scottish laird, complete with a castle, and social climbing Amanda can't wait to get her hands on his title. Melanie and Fran join forces with Fraser's bother, Angus to stop the wedding and convince Fraser that Amanda doesn't love him. Matters are complicated when both Fraser and Angus fall for Melanie. "
fran laniado, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Amanda's Wedding
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Plot
Tone of book? - humorous
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - fighting matchbreaker (parents/authorities)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Lover is - of a different social class

Main Character
Gender - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality - British
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 (a little)
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
City? Yes
City: - London

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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