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Love Spell, Jan 2004
ISBN: 0505525682
Scientists realize that frogs are the perfect barometer of the health of the environment for if the species has hearty skin, the quality of the surroundings is safe; on the other hand sickly frogs mean a deadly environs. Cotswold boarding school teacher Lucy Gordon knows she has come along way from her hometown of Springdale, Alabama to instruct the aristocracy in the equivalent of fifth grade biology. However, what she really wants is to find her own special frog species to make her father proud of her achievement.
Lucy swerves her car to avoid a “bouncing green blob”, but her tire blows. The green blob turns out to be a unique species of frog. Euphoric, she kisses her amphibian, only to find herself pinned under a muscular naked hunk. Lucy has liberated Welsh Prince Wolfe from a millennium old spell that turned him into a frog. He feels obligated to his rescuer and needs her to survive in this strange world. As they fall in love, Lucy wonders if her dream of universal acknowledgment of frog success is incompatible with her hunk while also wondering if his feelings are love or just gratitude.
KISSING FROGS is a delightful amusing modernizing of the classic fairy tale, The Frog prince. The story line is filled with fun leaps and frolics as author Laura Marie Altom plays this novel to bring joy and laughter to her audience. The prime romance is delectable because the lead couple is a fine duo struggling between his medieval outlook and her ambition and doubts. This reviewer anticipated Rocky and Bullwinkle to show up (they didn't) with this enjoyable version of Fractured Fairy Tales.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Laura Marie Altom Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Book Descript. of chases or violence - 10% planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50% Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%
Tone of book
- very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- fantasy story on current Earth
Romance
Yes
Romance plotlets:
- destined love (dream or prediction)
Lifeform altered?
Yes
Kind of alteration:
- Magically turned into another being
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- teacher
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
Earth setting:
- current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
How much dialogue?
- significantly more dialog than descript
