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Book Review By Nicola
Meet Under the Ombu Tree by Santa Montefiore

Meet Me Under the Ombu Tree is about Sofia Solanos who is raised on a ranch in Argentina - her mother dislikes her for her own alienation and instead shows her love for her sons much more. When she discovers Sofia's affair she exiles her from her family and her lover for many years until a tragic event calls Sofia back to her family, her childhood home and her lover.


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story
Forbidden/mismatched love? Yes
Struggling with whom? - Mom
Children/Pregnancy Yes
Matchbreaker Yes
Matchbreaker is - Mom
Family focus? Yes
Family, hating Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status:
Age/status: - long lived adults
Sex makes him
Unusual characteristics?

Main Female Character
Age/status: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
Unusual characteristics:

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK - France
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - South
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - ranch

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - 80%
How explicit is the sex? - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - Vagia talk - Weiner talk
Focus of story - Her
How much dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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