rate_review Reviews

I understand how a story can consume you. The amount of detail that you put into each chapter is amazing. You take great care in describing each characters thoughts and feelings. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. Hopefully, you can step away for a little while and come back stronger for it. Until then, I will patiently await your return. Thanks for what you have shared thus far.

I write this with tears rolling down my cheeks. How do you do it? How can you tie lust, love, hate, passion, and angst so inextricably together? This was the farthest thing from a letdown; it was perfect. I sobbed. If Rowling ever read this, she would end the books D/Hr. You've captured Draco's angst, his need to punish himself, and his deep desire not to become like his father, and struggling fiercely when he realizes he's mirroring Lucius. You've captured Hermione's confused, but desperate passion for Draco; and their first time was perfect for them. Beyond perfect. Both lying in a bathroom, wounded, bloodied, and bruised? They're both wounded, Draco very much so internally, and Hermione externally, and if it weren't for Hermione Draco would probably kill himself. Breathtakingly perfect. I say this without regret or hesitation: yours is the best D/Hr fic on the internet.

wow....how should i say this...it was "so bloody brilliant" i stay up all night reading this and i have class tomorrow. i love every moment of it. i swear i could hear my own beating heart going faster and faster by the min. such a great chapter!

Wonderful job, again! Good luck on catching up with work, and let me know when you update! Cheers!

Oh, you must save him. Save him.

Wow, that was just terrific. There was so much raw emotion throughout this whole chapter that it left me drained at the end. But drained in a good way. I am so glad that you didn't have Draco and Hermione's first time be story book fantasy and made it what it should be. Can't wait for the next chapter.

Wow, that was unbelievable! *kowtows* I read what you said in your LJ about that review and the profanity- everytime a read a swear word, I had a huge grin on my face. Best story ever!!!! Please don't make your hiatus too long! I'm dreading the tv-like summer break that lasts for months until a new season of a fave show starts. We'll miss you terribly!!

This was fucking brilliant. Absolutely fantastic- I don't think that Draco and Hermione's first time in this story should have turned out any other way. it was hot, it was full of pain, and it was amazing. Thank you for the chapter :)
Update soon ;)

Once again, you\'ve left me speechless! This was so insanely beautiful and intense! I\'m sure you haven\'t let anyone\'s expectations down! The smut was just as amazing as the rest of this story is... no need to worry about that at all, you\'re doing great!

For a moment there I was just as worried as Draco when she wouldn\'t let him in... I kept thinking about what they had done to her... had they done more than just beat her up...? And thankfully they hadn\'t.

How tragic it is that Draco thinks of himself as becoming more like his father by hitting Pansy. I have to congratulate you on how well you describe his inner battle! He can\'t tell the difference between wife battering and - plain - hitting someone who has been a HUGE fucking arse and definitely deserves it (girl or not)... and this shows us just how neurotic he truly is; how much damage his father has done to his mind... to Draco everything seems to be black and white... there is no middle course, and this inner battle between his ideals and his rage is probably what pushes him so far that he\'s - for a very short moment - intending to actually truly kill her.

It\'s so hard for him to come to terms with the whole Pureblood/Mudblood dilemma, because if he choses to disregard his father\'s beliefs, then EVERYTHING that used to matter to him will turn out to be WRONG... LIES... and there will be NOTHING left but the meaningless emptiness that he is so clearly feeling in this chapter.

Again, there is no middle course... and he cannot handle acknowlegding that he\'s at the moment wavering somewhere between his old beliefs and the terrible nothingness that seems to be the only alternative - this is of course only because he has absolutely NO idea about what the alternatives there might be, because he\'s been so thoroughly brainwashed by his father.

Perhaps because of his fragile state of mind, he thinks that admitting that he just doesn\'t know what to think anymore would push him those last few inches over the brink and into insanity. The irony is that admitting this would probably do the exact opposite to him... bring some sort of mild relief... perhaps that is what happens there on the bathroom floor, when Hermione comes to him... because what he needs to realize is that there is more to life than he thinks there is... there is more than what he has been told and taught... there are things more important and more rewarding.

I really liked the part where he wonders if Lucius has actually somehow managed to store parts of himself inside of Draco\'s mind by the use of dark magic... this describes very - heartbreakingly - well how deep Lucius\' influence on him runs, how REAL it is to Draco... also, I liked the fact that they were both bruised and battered and not caring about it during their first time - this is somehow a physical reflection of how much pain this thing has truly caused both of them, and how much both of them sacrifice by being together.

Have your break! You deserve it! I hope you get back on top of everything in real life, and then I\'ll be looking forward to your next chapter... thanks for not making this one such a cliffhanger :o)

Love Leonora.

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