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Plot Summary of Everything and the Moon
"After an elopment gone wrong, two lovers from completely different worlds part for seven years, only to be reunited. Because of misunderstandings and general stubbornness, the two are constantly at one another's throats until fate forces them to be together and take care of one another. Will the flame have died after seven years of lonliness, or will the hero still be able to give his love everything and the moon?"
Meredith Griffin, Resident Scholar

"   Robert Kemble, an Earl, decides to go home for a visit when he meets the new vicar's daughter, Victoria Lyndon. They embark on a journey of fanciful love until they decide to elope. Both of their fathers think that they do not belong together due to their differences in rank in society, so both dads end up disillusioning the couple, making Victoria and Robert believe that the other has betrayed them. Victoria's father had tied her up so she could not meet Robert, and Robert's father lied to both Robert and Victoria, making her think he was just dallying with her and making Robert think that she just wanted a title and money.

    Seven years later, Victoria, who has taken a position of governess to escape her father, meets Robert again while he was in a garden maze, where she has been lost. Both regard each other with contempt, but still feel the spark that brought them together seven years before. While Robert is attending they house party, he attempts to seduce Victoria to get her out of his system, and even though he is bitter, still finds himself coming to her rescue. Robert decides to ask her if she will be his mistress, which deeply insults her after all they had shared, renewing her bitterness towards him.

After leaving the house party, Robert visits his father and discovers his father's treachery after he decides to confess all due to his son's bitter attitude towards life. Robert becomes frantic to find Victoria,especially since he discovers she was fired from her governess position due to his actions. After weeks of searching, he finally finds her working for a dressmaker in London. Robert spends the rest of his moments showing Victoria his remorse for his actions and makes his best efforts into wooing her to be bride once again."

Angel Manners, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Everything and the Moon
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Plot
Time/era of story - 19th century
Forbidden/mismatched love? Yes
How mismatched? - poor loving rich
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her
Matchbreaker Yes
Matchbreaker is - Dad

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex makes him - more bitchy/arrogant
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - blissful - sensitive
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic - average physique

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - teacher
How sexual is this person? - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - very romantic - sly seducer
effect of sexing - confused - wild
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - obedient - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
City? Yes
City: - London
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 60% - nearly 100%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - impregnation/reproduction - 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)
Part of a series? Yes
Focus of story - equally on him and her
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
How much dialog - significantly more dialog than descript - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 1-2 sex acts
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