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Book Review By Brandy Todd
The Diamond Slipper by Jane Feather

Cordelia is a romantic girl who finds herself married to a horrible man who does unspeakable things to her. Her only salvation is the man she fell in love with before her wedding, her husband's deceased wife's brother, Leo. Leo knows Cordelia's husband is no good but has no evidence to stop him. As Cordelia struggles against the man determined to break her, she discovers the secret that could destroy her husband and free her from her disastrous marriage.


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story
Difficult/unusual lover? Yes
How difficult?
Marriage/Married Yes
Marriage subplot:
If one lover chases another... - they alternate
Who seduces whom? - woman seducing man

Main Male Character
Profession/status:
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Sex makes him

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
Effect of sexing
Unusual characteristics:

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - France
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - 40%
How explicit is the sex? - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - Vagia talk - Weiner talk - rape/molest (yeech!)
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 1-2 sex acts
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