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Book Review By Teresa M. Fields
Ellie and the Elven King by Helen A. Rosburg

Ellie is a young woman who lost her sister to an illness and is left her property in the will, including a horse-breeding farm. When her husband is enraged at the fact that she cannot break the trust and sell the property so he can gain the profit, she leaves for the farm to sort out her feelings. After she arrives, she is summoned to the presence of the elven king, who it turns out was married to her sister, and learns that her sister wanted her to marry the widowed elven king. The plot develops as they discover that they have feelings developing for each other...


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Romance Yes
Romance plotlets: - destined love (dream or prediction)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10 %
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 %
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20 %
Human/magical couple? Yes
Type of couple: - She's a human, he's a magical being

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
If magical mental powers: - can talk to animals

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
Terrain
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - licking - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of sex
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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