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Promised Land - Connie Willis and Cynthia Felice Book Review

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"Delanna Milleflores returns home to Keramos, determined to get the money from the sale of her mother's homestead within 24 hours. Instead, the minute she arrives on the planet, she finds she is married to her mother's business partner and if she leaves, will lose her claim to the homestead. Quirky characters, similiar to Light Raid and Bellwether."
Christine G., Resident Connie Willis and Cynthia Felice Scholar


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Plot
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Coming of age Yes
Romance Yes
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - change of heart
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Terrain - Desert - Water
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - inhabited by friendly aliens - empty, or nearly empty world
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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