rate_review Reviews

Goodness gracious, it seems like ages since I first read this story. I realise you posted it on Kardasi\'s site, but I read it on some HP Yahoo!Group. I even saved this fic on my PC since Feb \'04!

I\'m glad you posted on this site \'coz the other sources aren\'t that easily accessible, you know with passwords and what nots.

That was a beautiful story...do you ever wonder how much of that really ocurred. Maybe that was one reason people were so fanatical about being covered head to toe. The legnths one goes to at times is asounding. Anyway, beautiful...

Wow! Great story! Keep up the good work! I had a suspicion that \"Girl!Harriett\" was actually \"Guy!Harry\". (Minerva should have been sorted into Slytherin in this one! Sneaky, sneaky, sneaky. :-)

Wow! I loved this story sooo much. I just couldnt stop reading until I got it all in.

...In fact, I think I\'ll read it again!

Wonderful story!

--ZP

You know, I quite enjoyed this. It was well written, well thought out... consistent in every angle. Auntie admits, she was a bit puzzled at first at \"Harriet,\" but I kept reading and, well, there Harry was! Interesting to read a story without magic being used, and yet, it\'s still magical. I enjoyed following your process, and can\'t wait to read more of your stuff. Thank you!

I think your story was really good and original at first I was confused because i didn\'t catch your clues. I liked the wonderful surprise at the end. Very well done.

not your regular storyline. cute idea that. i liked it. thanks

What a beautiful story! And how fun to read! It was a true joy, hope to see more!

Another well-executed piece. The complete alternate-universe setting had me as a reader wondering who was going to turn up next, and in what guise. The complete focus upon Harry and Severus, with only marginal input from other characters, carried it off, for me. I am not especially fond of the use of these characters in a non-magical setting, but I did not automatically dismiss it. You can thank Blackbird for that. Had I not read it first, I wouldn\'t have enjoyed The Perfect Wife nearly so much. From a psychological point of view, I find myself wondering why Severus, given his preferences, did not set off for some distant city with a more permissive culture (for example, Paris) or go underground, as must have been the only real option for most homosexuals of that era. After all, moving to Paris as an expatriot required money, and the working man couldn\'t just up and do so without having to take less than respectable work. A vicious circle. No wonder most of them ended up as Lucius, married and bekindered and meeting their men friends on the side. (At least, that\'s what we assume. It isn\'t as if there are a lot of statistics.)