From: Jane E Kurtz <jkurtz>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 16:37:35 -0600 (CST)

I was captivated by ZEL for quite a bit of the book, though I thought the
"getting Zel to sell her soul to the devil" thread was a bit much--for me it was plausible that the mother would put her in the tower just because of the fierce intensity of the mother/stolen daughter relationship. I kept thinking of it in terms of my 13-year-old daughter, and it was a good fit. Then I got to the end--suddenly, sex with the prince, babies, a rush to the finish line, and the book took on a YA feel that, for me, felt at odds with the fairy tale/middle grade sensation I'd been having all along. I ended up disappointed and not bothering to put it in my daughter's must-read pile.

Jane Kurtz, who managed to teach a first class of the semester only to have UND immediately close for about the 4th crippling bizzard of the season
Received on Thu 09 Jan 1997 04:37:35 PM CST