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for The Gilded Cage

by ApollinaV

person deedeebug95
schedule June 17, 2011 at 12:00 AM
You are a great writer!! Can not get enough!!
schedule June 8, 2011 at 12:00 AM
i just started reading this, but I love your story. the characters are so believable. i found this site when i was younger, but was upset to know i couldn't go on it until i was 18, so i waited the required 5 more months and your story is the first i read on this site, and its giving me a very good impression thus far! good job!
person Lizski
schedule May 5, 2011 at 12:00 AM
Fantastic!!! I finally finished reading, and I just want to say again, FANTASTIC!
person Lizski
schedule May 4, 2011 at 12:00 AM
Ye gods, woman! Chapter 49 is just fantastic! If Severus wanted to do penance, he's definitely placed himself in Purgatory. And good for Hermione. I just love this chapter. Very evocative!
person Lizski
schedule May 3, 2011 at 12:00 AM
Hiya! I am reading this WAY after the fact (I've been away from the fanfic world for a while...), and I'm only on Ch. 42. But, I wanted to leave a review (as it's taken me days to get this far - not from lack of wanting to read, but my real life seems to interfere with my fun time...). First, this is just fantastic. I write Lucius/Hermione stuff (although I started off with Severus/Hermione and love a good SS/HG fic when I can find them), and I totally applaud your drive to NOT have them jump in bed together at the first available opportunity. (And, actually, you got me thinking about the LM/HG fic I'm writing now, and literally had me stop them and have Snape stick his beaky nose in to cool the action - which was good, because it didn't feel right - well, it did, but from a realism point, it didn't...) I also like the take on the Marriage Law - there are so many Marriage Law fics that are totally unbelievable; I like how you built up Hermione's reasons for marrying Snape, all fitting in with her personality, and I like how you've brought them together. And the religion/redemption thing. Hmmm. You've got me pondering this with Lucius now. (I've always been of Catholic idea of Goethe's Faust, saved by the love of a good woman.... Of course, my own personal belief is in salvation 'in articulo mortis' (dying breath), but that's neither here nor there.... :-)

Oh, and I totally love the Latin chapter titles. I've got a Master's degree in medieval history (yeah, 2nd most useless degree in the universe), and I amuse myself trying to dredge up my mostly-forgotten Latin to translate the titles (and then see if I'm close). In fact, I may start stealing that idea from you (not the titles, just the idea - and I promise to give you credit for it).

Anyway, I could go on and on (not that I haven't already), and I'm sure I'll leave another review when I'm done reading, but I just wanted to let you know how thrilled I am to find this gem "buried" in the pages of SS/HG fics. Thank you so much for the fun. And the ideas.
schedule September 24, 2010 at 12:00 AM
Oh my, I just had to let you know that I loved this story. It was intelligent and showed a grasp of the characters that I could really see happening in the world view of HP. (Did I mention that I loved the story?!) It was so enthralling. Me and my guy have an agreement that I'm off the laptop every night by 10pm. I got up at 5am just so I could read your story and stick to my agreement. LOL! (Loved the story!)
schedule May 31, 2010 at 12:00 AM

Chapters 29-31: Chapter 29: Snape
schedule February 1, 2010 at 12:00 AM

Chapter 27: LOL Hermione is reading a relationship book now? Eww, kind of creepy, the way the stacked up Dementor victims parallel the
schedule January 21, 2010 at 12:00 AM

Chapters 25 : New Year
schedule January 6, 2010 at 12:00 AM

Chapter 23: Has Hermione thought that she should ask Snape what he wants? That it isn