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"Leigh VanVoreen has the perfect life until her parents decide to get divorced. Suddenly she is forced to move away from her father, and all her friends to the mansion of her stepfather, Tony Tatterton. She must deal with Tony's advances in addition to her mother's selfishness and refusal to believe the truth. Eventually Leigh runs away, and in doing so, meets and weds Luke Casteel, and gives birth to her daughter, Heaven. This is the prequel to the novel, Heaven, and the fifth and final book in the Casteel series."
Katie Becker, Resident Scholar
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"12 year old Leigh is crushed when her beautiful, youth seeking mother leaves her much older father to marry the fantastically rich and handsome Tony Tatterton, who is years younger than she. Leigh moves with her mother to the castle-like mansion called Farthinggale, complete with pools, horses, an English maze and a little cottage behind it. There Leigh meets Troy, Tony's precocious four year old brother whom Tony has cared for since their parents died. Leigh misses her father, but enjoys the lavish life as a Tatterton.
Tony Tatterton owns a company that makes toys for the rich, collectibles that the ordinary could never afford. When he asks Leigh to pose for his new portrait doll that is destined to become famous, Leigh is excited, until she finds out that Tony wants her to pose in the nude. He begins touching her, and uncomfortable with this, she tells her mother who doesn't believe her. Overcome with lust, Tony rapes Leigh brutally while her mother is away.
When Leigh starts feeling sick and checks her calender, she realizes she is pregnant with Tony's child. Her mother blames her and says she teased and seduced Tony, and he couldn't help himself. Scared and alone, Leigh runs away, and meets a handsome young man named Thomas Luke Casteel, who offers to marry her and be a father to her child. Living in a wooden shack with no plumbing or electricity, Leigh feels more love and happiness than she could ever hope for, but tragedy will strike.
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Allison Herschede, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Web of Dreams |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- depressed
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1930's-1950's
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Family, struggle with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Mother (or standin)
- Step Parent(s)
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- grade school
Parents/lack of parents problem?
- rebelling against parent's expectations
- molestation - unpleasant gift from daddy
Wild kid(s)?
- runaway!
Loving/sexing?
- bun/oven
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- business executive
- wealthy
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb:
Yes
Eccentric:
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
- an above average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 (some)
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- Boston
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- impregnation/reproduction
- actual description of hetero sex
- descript. of female anat. (the big B's)
- descript. of female anat. (the big V)
- descript. of nude males (the big P)
- rape/molest (yeech!)
Unusual Style:
- written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
- significantly more descript than dialog
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