"Whimsical romantic fantasy"
Queen of the Fae Titania bans from court subordinate
Queen of the Pillywiggins Ariel for daring to defend Robin
Goodfellow to her Highness. Though upset after centuries
of loyalty to Titania, Ariel realizes she crossed the line
because the bias Titania hates all half-breed Fae. Still
King Oberon eases some of Ariel's anger and hurt by asking
her to check up on his grandson while she is in the mortal
plane. In the realm of the Fae, babies just do not exist so
Ariel is surprised by her reaction to seeing the infant.
She wants her own baby and she chooses a friend of the
Goodfellow family Rand Thayer as the sire. Not knowing the
ways of humans, Ariel bluntly asks Rand to father a child
with her. He rejects the idea at first, but soon cannot
resist their attraction. However, a pregnant Ariel causes
unique problems when her hormones go wild. BUTTERCUP BABY is a humorous fantasy romance starring
two warm characters. The essence of this tale and its
predecessor (see Prince Charming) is that the audience
believe in the realm of Fae so that everything that occurs
to and done by Ariel works in support of that concept. The
fun story line provides the audience with humorous escapist
material but also contains a serious subtle sub-theme of
prejudice against an entire subspecies that stands as a
reminder to the reader that Arab-Americans must be allowed
and encouraged to join in our collective grieving. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Courtesy ParaNormal Romance
Posted September 16, 2001
Summary2002 PRISM AWARD Finalist:
3rd place - FANTASY
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