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Plot Summary of Something Wicked
"Elfled Malloren, disguised as Lisette, attends a masquerade and sees Fortitude Ware who hates all Mallorens. She overhears him talking of killing the king. Under her disguise, she falls in love with Fort and gets him to confide in her."
Deanna Victor, Resident Scholar

"    Lady Elfled Malloren, feeling bored and lonely after her twin brother's recent marriage, decides to go the notorious Vauxhall Gardens masquerade with her friend Amanda, whom she is staying with since all of her siblings are out of town. During their adventure though, Amanda and Elf become separated, and Elf, while hiding in the woods from and overzealous suitor, hears a plot of treason to kill the king.

   Elf is discovered and runs from one of the conspirators and crashes into longtime family enemy Fort Ware, Earl of Walgrave. She quickly discovers that he does not recognize her in her costume and also discovers he is somehow embroiled in the plot. Elf decides to keep up her masquerade as Lisette to extract more information from Walgrave as well get to know him more intimately (Elf as been half in love with Fort for awhile).

   Elf soon learns that Fort is innocent of any wrong doings, but when Fort discovers who "Lisette" is, he becomes angered and vows he never wants to see her again. Elf has to fight for their love, even against Fort himself, as well as dark enemies and overprotective Malloren brothers."

Angel Manners, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Something Wicked
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Plot
Time/era of story - 18th century
Forbidden/mismatched love? Yes
How mismatched? - loving someone from historic enemy
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - political intrigue
Virgin, dramatically devirginized Yes
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 - somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person? - sly seducer - not very romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - less bitchy/arrogant - blissful - sensitive
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King - wealthy
How sexual is this person? - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - very romantic - not very romantic
effect of sexing - guilty
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - a better lover - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic - 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 - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - 50% - 90%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - 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
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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