I love your story, this reminds me of the show on CW called Nikita based on the french movie(or show). Have you ever seen it? Is Harry going to show up in your story anytime soon?(this is one of the very few times I liked Harry in a Draco and Ginny story) Are you going to update soon? I'm sorry to be pest about all of the questions.
Author's Response: Hi there, thank you so much for taking the time to read and comment. Have never seen Nikita or the thing it's based on! I'm really glad you're enjoying the fic; unfortunately -- and as much as it bums me out to say this -- I'm pretty sure I won't be updating this story anymore. (If it helps, everything totally works out in the end. :))
Wow, I'm really drawn in to how well crafted and realistic this story is. The dialogue is sharp and the surroundings are so well described that I feel I'm there. I know you may have said that your muse is out, but I hope you get it back someday (please don't let it be dead...*cries*). This is a fantastic story and I would LOVE to see it continued someday!
Author's Response: Thank you so much for your kind comments! The muse has definitely gone on extended holiday, but I'm hoping I'll get back into the groove of this story again soon. :)
Sorry for the late review, but I just now found this story. I'm glad I did find it though, because I love the way it's written. You write all your stories so well. I love the attention to detail and the thought that's put into them. Anyway, I like how this story is progressing. How the relationship is turning into something out of absolutely nothing, if that makes any sense.
Author's Response: Sorry for the late reply! :) Thank you so much for your comments; I'm really glad to hear that the pace is working for you.
awesome chapter!loved it!
do update soon.
Author's Response: Sorry for the belated reply -- Thanks very much for reviewing; I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter!
i must agree with enoimreh, my fave part was where ginny realizes much to her dismay that she needs draco in her life. more d/g interaction please!! and oddly dennis has grown on me. keep up the good work.
Author's Response: Thank you for reviewing. I'm glad you're liking Dennis.
I am very excited to see how everything unfolds. I think this is one of the most original stories out there at the moment and I like your take on the D/G courtship starting from VERY slow beginnings (as I think it should). Looking forward to reading more :)
Author's Response: Thank you very much! I'm so glad that the pace of their relationship is working for you; it probably all comes down to personal preference, but I'm a fan of slow burners and think the resulting pay-off is much more satisfying in the end. :) Thanks for taking the time to read and review!
Awesomness all around. Loved it :)
Author's Response: Thanks very much!
So thrilling to see another chapter of this. I love the symmetry of each of D & G yearning (unwillingly) for the other during Draco's absence, and the beautiful descriptions that abound (the dandelions seeds, and various other passages to numerous to note). Also the silly Latin phrases. Tee hee! Really great work. Your muse rocks.
Author's Response: Thank you so much! It's still a bit of a long way before they yearn for each other willingly, but it's a start, eh? :) My muse, alas, decided to abandon me, so I'm stuck at the moment!
Fabulous chapter, Draco's dream and nervousness on his first mission were both endearing and in-character. Ginny's distraction was well written, on the whole - the chapter made me smile more than once!
Update soon!
MTL
Author's Response: Thanks very much; I'm so pleased the scenes and characterisation worked for you!
I friggin love your writing!!!!!! it's soooo good!!!!! you have all these amazing metaphors and stuff!!
great chapter!! :D I loved how when he woke up he wasn't all melodramatic and it was very realistic, and I love the Latin phrases bit, and I lovelove the nemesis bit.
the whole chapter was fantastic :D
update soon please! :D
bee245
Author's Response: Thanks very much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the chapter! :)
First of all, I must say the Latin code phrase was hilarious. Very creative, indeed. Great chapter! Dennis is so much fun, and Ginny's obsession with Draco made me smile gleefully. Can't wait until the next chapter and more Draco/Ginny interaction.
Author's Response: Thank you! I'm particularly fond of Dennis here, too, so I'm really glad you like him! And Ginny, well, we all know how that's going to end up; everyone except Ginny and Draco got the memo on that one. :) Thanks for reviewing!
I don't know if I've said this, but I will say it again, I love your writing style. And you've made Draco and Ginny have so many facets to their characters that its highly intriguing to find out what they're going to think of, what they're going to do. You know, keeps you coming for more. Highly amused with what Ginny's feeling right now. Keep it up!
Author's Response: Thank you so much for taking the time to read and review; I'm really glad their characterisations are working for you. :)
way good. but seriously, draco and ginny action! i'm dying here! haha. update soon!
Author's Response: Thank you for reviewing.
You write so beautifully... I am a big fan of your other stories as well, but this story is something quite extra ordinary... It pure perfection I would say and it keeps getting better with every new chapter. You deserve an applause for your talent for writing mystery and humour... it's quite a daunting task for anyone... and your scene depictions are simply wonderful, you can each each of them unfold before your eyes and I think I have already said in one of my earlier reviews that your characterisations and the non-cannon characters are absolutely brilliant, I think I can go on and on but I guess I can sum it up by saying that it's 'Bloody Brilliant'! keep it up.
You know, the only flaw is that you update like once a month but I guess good work takes its own time. I shall look anxiously for a new update, like I do every day,hoping to be rewarded :P
Cheers!
Author's Response: Thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful comments! I'm so pleased everything is working for you. Sorry to say, though, I can be a horrifically slow writer, on top of which, I am currently stuck, so updates will be a while yet. :(
Excellent chapter! I absolutely adore this fic :) Favorite lines:
"Kick you in the shins and run," Draco said dutifully. "A mite barbaric," Dennis noted, "but I suppose it'll do."
The trouble with having a nemesis, apart from having to come to terms with being the sort of person who acquires nemeses in the first place, was that one felt somehow incomplete when one's personal scourge of the earth wasn't around to be scowled at.
Can't wait for the next chapter!!
Author's Response: Thanks very much! I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter, and thank you for pointing out the bits you liked; that is always very helpful. :)
Finally! An update! Yay! I'm quite disappointed to learn that Sarah Martin isn't Ginny. Or maybe I'm just really hoping that the two of them will meet again as I do really enjoy their interactions. Hope to see that in the next chapter that will hopefully be posted soon. ;) Happy writing!
Author's Response: Ginny will have her own part to play in all this nonsense. *mysterious music* Thanks for reviewing; D/G interaction is imminent. :)
Great story! I'm so enthralled it's (almost) pathetic. I especially loved the lift scene as a first interaction and the Beatrice/Benedick tie in. Can't wait for more :)
Author's Response: Sorry for the incredibly late reply! Thanks so much for taking the time to read and comment; I'm really glad you're enjoying the fic!
Wow. Just wow. This is so well done! At the part where Draco shows up at Blaise's, I couldn't help myself! I started clapping.
Your vocabulary is amazing. I love your writing style - it flows marevlously. And your characters are very believable. All in all, brava, and I will continue reading now.
Author's Response: Oh, thank you so much! I'm really glad you're enjoying it so far, and I appreciate you taking the time to read and review!
I spy with my little eye... hehe. Since he IS a spy and all. :)
Author's Response: You know what, I didn't even make the connection when I wrote that and only realised it just now, when you pointed it out. *is dumb* :)
I imagine that that overly-excited secretary looks a bit like me. She seems like a Draco fan, a girl after my own heart. :)
Manic unicorn... *giggle*
Author's Response: Hee! I don't know if she'll show up again, but we'll unofficially name her after you. :)
Oh my goodness! You have no idea how much it makes my day when you post a wonderful new chapter!
Author's Response: Yay, thank you! :)
Awesome, a new chapter, and even published on my birthday. ^^ I love your wide vocabulary and how the story just flows effortlessly onwards. :) I guess the only more critical thing that comes to my mind right now is that some paragraphs have stretched to be a tad too long, a bit heavy to read and out of proportion when looking at the chapter as a whole.
Author's Response: Mm, yes, I see your point about the uneven structure there; I'll try to be mindful of that in the future! Thank you for taking the time to read and review, and happy belated birthday!
I loved the ring! How Draco 'pretended' he actually cared what she thought. A nervous and unsure Draco is such a funny thing. Maybe this is a clue of how he'll someday be around Ginny? Too cute! Well done!
Author's Response: Thank you! Draco knows how to get things done. :)
Yay for another chapter! Haha, Draco is so brilliant. And the literature geek in me loved the mention of Much Ado About Nothing. Beatrice and Benedick really are quite similar to Draco and Ginny :) But are you hinting that Draco and Ginny will be manipulated the way Beatrice and Benedick were?
Author's Response: Thank you! I'm glad Draco's characterisation works for you. As for Beatrice and Benedick, well, I'm not familiar enough with the play to really draw deep parallels; it was really more of a throwaway nod to the kind of dynamic Draco and Ginny have. Meep.