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Sonnet, Jul 2001, 6.50
ISBN: 0743411978
Bayou planter Jack Brussard fell in love with a prostitute. He married her, but she destroyed him with her continual string of men. Their daughter Juliette looked exactly like her deceased mother so Jack left her in a convent in France. Eight months ago, Jack killed himself. Now in 1853, Jack's solicitor informs Juliette that she inherits her father's gold wedding ring and a neglected piece of swamp land with the latter coming in two years when she turns twenty-one or now if she marries.
Accompanying the solicitor is her godfather Max Hollingsworth, who has come to take Juliette home, that is his family home in Baton Rouge. Max plans to ultimately gain control of her neglected estate through the marriage of Juliette to his son Tyler. When Juliette returns to Louisiana she falls in love with Chantz Boudreaux, a mud dauber farmer who lacks the social class level expected of a Brussard. However, contrary to belief and looks, Juliette is a chip off of her dad's block willing to risk everything for love.
FEVER is a rich historical romance that emphasizes the era just before the Civil War in the Bayou. The story line is loaded with tidbits, dialogue, and behavior including slave relationships perhaps befitting of the 1850s, but probably will jar sub-genre readers used to a more genteel description of the times. The secondary players add to the feel of being there, but the lead characters, in spite of numerous obstacles to a relationship between them, never rise above the fray so that the novel seems to drift between historical and romance.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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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...
- they alternate
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- farmer
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- confident
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- homemaker
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
effect of sexing
- confused
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 50%
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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