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Plot Summary of Well Groomed
"In this sequel to French Relations, Tash French and her boyfriend, Niall, celebrate Christmas with her extended eccentric family. When Tash finds a ring in her Christmas cracker, her stepfather's mother thinks it is an engagement ring and tells everyone that Tash and Niall are getting married. Before they can tell everyone they are not, Tash and Niall find themselves involved in preparations for a wedding.

But while some of her family are happily preparing for a wedding, Tash and Niall are still trying to cement their relationship. Niall's acting jobs takes him away for long stretches as does Tash's competition in horse eventing, triathalon for horses, as she calls it. Tash is also distracted by her neighbour, Hugo, who is also an eventer and who keeps treating Tash unkindly and making fun of her long infatuation with him when she was a teenager. Meanwhile, Lisette, Niall's ex-wife, shows up trying to get Niall involved in her latest film project. Tash's employers are having financial difficulties and Tash needs to succeed in competitions to help out. Tash tries to get Hugo interested in Zoe, the warm hearted cook. Niall starts to show signs of a drinking problem. Matty, Tash's brother, voices his objections to the marriage.

Tash and Niall's relation begins to show cracks as they spend less and less time with each other and find things to argue about. Tash suspects she is not over her obsession with Hugo. But the wedding plans march on."

L. Watson, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Well Groomed
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Plot
Tone of book? - humorous
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - marriage/relationship going to pieces
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - sports figure
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality - British
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
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
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

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

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of hetero sex
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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