rate_review Reviews

Such a brilliant story you have written. It\'s truly one of my favorites on here and I look forward to reading more.

Great chapter you

I love your story. It seems to me that if I were Harry I would have probably been homicidal or would have joined voldie against muggles. Keep up the great story and looking forward to more soon.

Ch 13 - Hermione seems very messed up as well. At least she knows she\'s being a bit hypocritical - as if marriage counseling would help HER marriage any! Especially now that she has seen the before-Draco and after-Draco photos of Ginny. I wouldn\'t be surprised if this Harry - who interfered with Ron\'s auror career out of Harry\'s own concerns - also interferes with Hermione\'s lack of career advancement; after all, to Harry, Hermione\'s career is unimportant because she\'s supposed to be home taking care of Ron\'s babies. Right now, all my sympathies are going to Severus, Draco, and Ginny; I\'d just as soon slap Hermione! VERY realistic reactions for all the characters.

I really like this story. It captures the characters very well. And it redeems Malfoy, which is pretty tough to do.

But what I think I like best is that it treats the characters like regular people. Regular people have sex. I mean, even in books where characters have sex with their husbands and wives, it\'s often hush-hush -- either the characters\' thoughts are lampooned (\"as he thrust into her, she wondered if she would have time to finish the laundry tomorrow morning\") or we get the \"throbbing organ\" variety of sex scene or we get nothing at all, and we\'re meant to assume that the sex happened, and it was mutually satisfying. Many authors forget to address sex -- they forget that what happens between the sheets has a direct relationship to what goes on outside the bedroom as well. A direct relationship and a direct effect.

This story doesn\'t forget that, and that\'s what I like most about it.

This could go to hell in a handbasket, but you\'re obviously angling for a happy ending. i love the plot so far, but woulk for more logic to it.
-Baker

Ch 12 - yikes, it\'s going to get even WORSE than this???? Omigosh, you know how to pour on the angst. I just hope you don\'t kill off Draco, Severus, Hermione, Ginny, or Lavender. Feel free to kill Fudge and Moody, and Harry and Ron! I also hope Hermione backs off from trying to \"fix\" Ginny and Harry\'s marriage; Ginny is certainly justified in her complaints about Harry, and Hermione should have asked Ginny years ago what kind of presents she wanted. Looks like Hermione doesn\'t know Ginny either. THANK YOU for the new chapter!!

Very interesting developments here - Tonks can

*snigger* How ironic. Hermione rants and rants at Harry for not communicating with Ginny, while she is also going to a giggolo because she can\'t communicate with Ron. Ha. *shakes head* I love how you are exploring the issues of hypocrisy in people, I know I\'ve said it before, but it\'s so realistic. People can scoff and rant at other peoples vices without really seeing their own, or refusing to study them too closely at least. I\'m enjoying this immensely, please come back soon :)

B xxx

Ch 10 - hmm, if Lavender is expanding into the Americas and Asia, she can always claim to need Severus and Draco as \"entertainment: for her overseas business contacts. An emergency portkey for each of her boys would keep them safe from Harry.... I think the sight of those unwashed dishes and \"imps\" would be enough to make me leave Ron without a backward glance. Thanks for the update!