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Love's Elusive Flame

by Phoebe Conn

This review is of “Love’s Elusive Flame” by Phoebe Conn. The story centers around Linda Lannier, hereafter known as “Flame”, a nickname given her by her father, Andre, due to her hair color. At the beginning of the book Flame lives in Philadelphia with her grandmother, Fanny Bellefontaine, who is pressuring her to marry Alex Richmond, a rich, but uncouth male, because Richmond’s family is, well, rich.. Flame is not interested in Richmond and she and Fanny have many arguments, one of which ends with Flame telling Fanny “You’ll never live to see me marry Alex Richmond!”.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?