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Real name: Erika
Member Since: 02/17/2012
Membership Status: Member

I am a 39-year-old (yikes!) mother of 3.  I teach math and physics, coach basketball and volleyball, and read whenever I can.
 
Reviews by Athea

Draco Malfoy and Luna Lovegood are paired in a Legilimency class with unexpected results. Could they have more in common than either of them had ever thought?



Rated: B
Categories: Pureblood
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Luna Lovegood
Genres: Romance
Warnings: Abuse, Torture

Series: None
Chapters: 16
Wordcount: 35459 - Hits: 7569
Complete?: No - Published: 07/01/2011 - Last Updated: 09/14/2012
Reviewer: Athea Signed
Date: 02/17/2012 Title: Chapter 12: Silently

I just found this website and this story and you have no idea how happy I am to see that it is a current story!  I would have been so disappointed if it was an unfinished story from years gone by.

 When I started reading, I was skeptical.  How could a Draco/Luna pairing possibly make sense.  But, here, it does.  His desire to protect her and to behave in a way that makes her look at him with trust is not only believable and true to his character, but unbearably sweet.  Her honesty and willingness to trust, paired with the fact that she has a better sense of self preservation than we think she does in canon, is terrific.

 I can't wait to see where you are going next!

Reviewer: Athea Signed
Date: 07/26/2012 Title: Chapter 15: Detention

Yippee!  An update!  I am glad to see you're still writing.  I know it can be difficult when you don't see a lot of reviews.  

I'm not sure what I think about the house change.  I'm sure it must be necessary for your plot, and Luna certainly has no ties to people in Ravenclaw, but I don't see her cunning as her main quality.  She just seems too open for that.  I would hate to see that quality of hers change.  I'll trust you, though, I'm sure you know where you're going.  :)

 Also...were there just several chapters posted at once?  If not, and I missed a few, I'm sorry.  I would have reviewed them all instead of just ones at the end.  I know how valued the feedback is from the days when I used to have time to submit stories.

  



Author's Response: Hi, thanks for your message. Yes, I left off with Silently which was 12, and now there are three more, Mister Malfoy, All Sorted Out, and Detention that i put up last week. I think I understand what you mean about the 'cunning' quality but I would humbly suggest that there can be many interpretations of that word or quality. It isn't meant to imply that Luna is treacherous but perhaps 'marked by or given to artful subtlety'. I definatly appreciate your drawing my attention to that, I will try to take care to handle that delicately. And to be truthful the house change wasn't constructed to further the plot, it just happened and it was a surprise to me too! Thank you for sticking with me. You are so right, feedback means so much.