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| Pearl of Great Price by Lindelea | 1 Review(s) |
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| Lyta Padfoot | Reviewed Chapter: 12 on 12/22/2003 |
| Poor Rosemary - its hard to have to be the strong one. Now that Ferdi is improving she'll have to grieve. Mother, uncle, and the entire life shes known gone in a night, plus her father and brother are forever scarred in ways she can't begin to understand. While having no dowry might be a problem for her, it could also be a boon since the Thain and his mother won't want a pauper for his bride. Young Regi was very much like his older self, he always seems to be protecting those who are unable to look after themselves as well as they need to. I adored his chapter even if it did mention fruitcakes; the best use I've ever found for one has been a doorstop. Author Reply: LOL! I actually had a good fruitcake once! My sister made it, and instead of those artificial-looking/tasting red and green cherries, she used apricots and pecans (and other fruit that I can't remember. Dates? Candied orange?). The cake part was light and golden in color. Like traditional fruitcake, it was baked ahead of time and cured with applications of brandy, I think, but I could be mistaken. Unfortunately, when I asked her for the recipe several years later, she didn't remember where she'd found it anymore. I do like Regi and how he's evolved over the course of the stories I've written. And twenty-some years after he first appeared, he's still evolving! I discovered rather recently that he has the heart of a poet and might have been a troubadour or whatever the Shire equivalent might be, if there is one, had his life worked out differently. Some kind of musician playing in the pub and at weddings and celebrations, possibly. This is a sad and difficult time for Rosemary, and I probably could not have written this part of her story if I didn't already know her outcome. Belated thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts about the characters and the story progression. Such good food for thought! | |