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"Phoebe and Gordan were in love and were going to get married, but she never heard from him again. When her parents died his uncle asked her to come live with him as a housekeeper, but when she gets there she learns he has died and Gordan is the new Lord. He is now terribly disfigured, and she realizes that's why he never came back to marry her.
After seeing a faerie castle and talking to Gordan's aunt, Phoebe becomes suspicious of how Gordan came to be like he is. She finds a letter that tells her Gordan stumbled into a faerie right and he was supposed to die, but because he saved a faerie he was saved. He had to return to the mortal world, hideous, and had seven years to find someone to take his place in the faerie world. Phoebe and Gordan become lovers, finally, and he loves her so much he goes to take his place in the faerie world before the faeries take her too. Phoebe finds him and tries to take his place, but he won't let her. "
Rachael High, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 18th century
Difficult/unusual lover?
Yes
How difficult?
- disabled/ugly
Action/suspense subplot?
Yes
Action:
- search for magical solution
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
Sex makes him
- scared
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- blissful
- sensitive
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- physically sick
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Has unusual powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- clairvoyant
How sexual is this person?
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- confident
- a better lover
- blissful
- mature
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
Misc setting
- castle
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 70%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- actual description of sex
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 1-2 sex acts
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