Date: 06/25/2011 10:45 pm Title: Week 9
I am very much enjoying this story, but anxiously wondering when next chapter will appear
Date: 03/06/2011 10:43 pm Title: Prologue
Wow that is an amazing story I was hooked as soon as I started I love the Ideas things I never thought of I do hope you continue to update fir it is an amazing story as I've said before.
AMAZING!!!!
Author's Response: Thanks for your review; I'm glad you're enjoying the story!
I haven't given up on it; it's still in my active WIP folder. I've been having trouble continuing with it, so the updates get very slow.
Thanks again!
Date: 02/13/2011 10:13 pm Title: Prologue
hey I'm really enjoying this any chance of an update soon???
Author's Response: I'm glad you're enjoying it. I haven't given up on it, but my muse keeps running away.
[Report This]Date: 11/30/2010 11:58 pm Title: Chapter 1
God this is soo good! It does read a little confusingly in parts though, and I gather from this that your american with the use of improper dialect such as the words mail instead of post, candy instead of sweets and hand held in stead of... im guesssing either palm pilots or DS's
But still very nice
Author's Response: Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying it.
And, yes, I'm afraid I am American. I try to keep in mind the "translations", but I do miss them. (The handhelds are kinda smartphones, but a little bigger and not always phones.)
Thanks!
Date: 09/27/2010 09:01 pm Title: Chapter 6
Asp is an excellent nickname. I suppose he hasn't yet done anything sufficiently subtle and Slytherinesque to warrent his housemates honoring him with the nickname "Sev."
Date: 09/27/2010 08:36 pm Title: Chapter 4
Poor Daphne, not able to take her computer to school! Too bad she's not living in the fanfic universe of my styory "Princely Names" over on ffn, in which Hermione becomes richer than Draco by inventing and patenting Charms that protect Muggle electronics from magic. In your fanfic universe, Daphne will have to do that herself. Tell her to be sure to marry someone intellectual so she'll have support in her research. ;-)
[Report This]Date: 08/29/2010 08:32 pm Title: Week 8
Daphne sounded like Hermione the Second, as she expounded on the experiments she'd like to do. Very funny! I'm always glad to see updates for this story - the characters are well-thought-out, and the plot is intriguing.
[Report This]Date: 02/21/2010 02:10 pm Title: Chapter 7
Yes! A new chapter! I love the way Draco organized the shopping trip. Done that a time or two myself. ^_^ Lucius is plotting again. Is this a bad thing?
Author's Response: The shopping trip, etc, just seem like the sensible things to do. And Lucius is always plotting!
Thanks for your review.
[Report This]Date: 02/20/2010 05:49 am Title: Chapter 7
I was wondering who the Knights of Walpurgis were and when they would appear. This is going to be very interesting. And on another tack, after reading so many stories of
Hermione-as-Heroine, it's fun to see
her as something of a horror.
Author's Response: I wouldn't call Hermione a horror. She's very passionate, very stubborn, and she sometimes forgets her sense of humor.
Thanks for reviewing.
[Report This]Date: 02/07/2010 01:01 pm Title: Chapter 6
I hope there's another chapter coming soon... Pretty Please? With sugar on top?
Author's Response: I'm working on it, but I have lots of RL to get in the way. I am working on it.
[Report This]Date: 02/01/2010 04:50 am Title: Chapter 3
I'm thoroughly enjoyng this - your characters are very well-drawn, and the action is evenly paced - not too much happening too quickly, but something happening in every chapter. I'm particularly interested in what's going to happen with Matt - that's a very tricky situation.
Author's Response: I'm glad you're enjoying it, and that the pacing works well for you. As for Matt, yes, a very tricky situation.
[Report This]Date: 02/01/2010 01:30 am Title: Prologue
I just found this story, and I have some catching up to do, but I like the premise of the start; a reluctant but
promising new beginning for Harry and Dudley. And the reference to "Harvey" - is that from the play/film of that name?
Author's Response: **grins** It was just a male name similar to Harry, but I like your interpretation better.
Thanks!
Date: 07/10/2009 08:22 pm Title: Prologue
You've woven a magical tale around the main characters of your story. You've kept the flow going quite nicely adding new bits in at just the right moments. Great job!
[Report This]Date: 07/09/2009 08:53 pm Title: Chapter 4
Great story. I think the pacing is just right. You are giving us a carefully thought out look into these characters, and the fears and concerns muggle parents must experience making a decision like this for their child. It feels very real and rings true to so many real life situations parents encounter. The thought of Dudley acting out the scene with Hagrid, and now being able to look back and laugh at it is really amusing. Thank you, great chapter! Keep up the good work!
Date: 07/07/2009 10:35 pm Title: Chapter 4
Somehow the episode with the phone suddenly makes Draco remind me of Arthur Weasley -- humorous, but doesn't seem right, somehow.
Your fans understand about RL interfering -- just don't stop completely! I think we were hoping to see in which house Daphne ended up by now.
Obviously we're still reading this -- you have a built-in audience by now!
Date: 06/16/2009 09:19 pm Title: Chapter 3
Oh, pleeeeeeeze finish this! This is too good!
Author's Response: I just posted the next chapter. I'm afraid I'm not a very fast writer, and RL keeps interfering, so this won't win speed awards, but it's not stopping either.
Thanks for your review!
[Report This]Date: 03/29/2009 05:12 pm Title: Chapter 3
Thank you for writing such an wonderful story. I am excited to see how it develops. You have done a great job maturing the characters believably. I am enjoying the friendships among their children. I had never noticed young Albus's initials when I read DH, great catch! I like that you put him in Slytherin. Matt's story seems very interesting; I'm curious to see how it develops. I'm on the edge of my seat looking forward to the next update!
Author's Response: I'm glad you're enjoying the story. I have a thing for initials (and names in general), so it just leapt out at me. And after I noticed that, where else could he go?
I'm close to finishing the next chapter; just trying to fix the problems my beta found.
Thanks for your review.
[Report This]Date: 02/02/2009 08:27 pm Title: Chapter 3
I was so, so glad to see an update for this story. I love how you are interpreting the next generation, that Scorpius and Asp are friends, and that there is still a brainy, bossy female to nag the boys about doing homework. I was struck by Petunia's perspective that her sister died and the Wizarding World celebrated - that would explain much of Petunia's attitude toward Wizards. I also like how you approach the healing of relationships between the Dursleys and Harry and his family - tentative, uncomfortable, uncertain, but with humorous and rewarding moments. I look forward to reading more!
Author's Response: Every story has two sides. We rarely see Petunia's side in canon, but it's there. And I'm glad the healing between Harry and Dudley doesn't read as too rosy; for all that both men want it, it can't be easy.
Thanks for your review; I'm glad you're enjoying it.
Date: 02/01/2009 10:22 pm Title: Chapter 3
Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you! It's been a little while -- I was afraid you'd lost interest in this one!
Author's Response: I hadn't lost interest in it; just had some problem with writer's block.
Thanks!
[Report This]Date: 01/05/2009 03:34 am Title: Chapter 1
There's so much to like in this story. Everyone's character is great, as well as how everyone's grown up. (Although there's still that tension between Draco and Harry!) Some great lines, too, like "Please send Harry Potter. Not the giant bloke" and Sophie asking Harry how he can be so normal. That hint of the one person who got a letter who seems to be Bible-bound is tantalizing...
Author's Response: I'm glad you're enjoying it; it's been fun, if sometimes frustrating to write. And, yes, there are a couple of sub-plots being hinted at . . . ;-)
Thanks for reviewing!
[Report This]Date: 04/27/2008 11:12 pm Title: Chapter 2
You're still keeping faithful to the canon personalities -- great job!
I think I like your version of Draco better than Ron -- Draco's grown since the end of DH, but your Ron (as far as I can see yet) hasn't. However, I hope there's lots more to come!
Author's Response: Thanks! We've seen more of Draco's growth than we have of Ron's. And Draco has had to grow more.
I have an entire school year planned; it just takes a while to get it written.
[Report This]Date: 04/13/2008 01:43 pm Title: Chapter 2
Hadn't thought of that before, that a lot of her resement comes from peopel celabrating that her sister was dead (so to speek).
Author's Response: I actually think it comes more from "losing" Lily to a place she couldn't go.
Thanks for your review.
[Report This]Date: 03/24/2008 08:54 am Title: Chapter 1
Dudley reminds me of Homer Simpson. When properly written, Homer is a good man, a little slow, knows what he wants and what he likes. He always does the right thing eventually. When he thinks on it, he is astonished that a guy like him has such a lovely family. Please do continue!
Author's Response: That is pretty much the way I'm seeing Dudley, although I've never watched the Simpsons and don't know much about Homer.
Thanks for your review.
[Report This]Date: 03/02/2008 12:27 am Title: Chapter 1
It's interesting, but I think chapter 1 ends just way too abruptly. Let it flow. Also I thought only wizards could see the Potter Stature Memorial. That and what does Lamb and Bill have to do with each other??
Author's Response: I was careful to have the Muggles touching a witch or wizard at the Memorial (plot device I know, but I needed that scene.) And the Bill and lamb thing wasn't important--just a family joke about his "wolf problem".
Thanks for your review.
[Report This]Date: 02/28/2008 11:31 am Title: Chapter 1
Poor Duddiekins! Heh, intresting start.
Author's Response: Thanks.