By Anne B. Walsh
Reviews
kendiara posted a comment on Sunday 8th May 2011 10:11am
What a perfect Mothers Day present!
I love that you didn't make everything happily ever after yet :) And I hope that I'm really really right about that thing that I was hoping to be right about from the first couple of chapters!
Chipotle posted a comment on Sunday 8th May 2011 9:36am
EVIL EVIL WOMAN!!!! You post a chapter while I am visiting family, so I have to read it on the couch with my family sitting right there before we go to Mass and then out to lunch for Mother's Day and my cousins are all giving me weird looks because I'm near to TEARS because of that heart wrenching chapter!!! They think I'm crazier than I was last night! And that is an accomplishment! Love it as usual!!!! Can't wait to read more!
maureren posted a comment on Thursday 5th May 2011 2:29pm
I just recently found this story and it is really great. Thanks for writing and sharing it. I love this family, although I have to say I am hoping some how Luna's vision was misinterpreted, because I don't want Draco to die. Kudos to you.
Kathleen posted a comment on Thursday 5th May 2011 2:22pm
Wow! YAY! The bit with Letha -- totally unexpected. And the scene with Moody and his men...beautiful.
I'd definitely buy something of yours, with two caviats:
1. I'd need to know the name you're writing under (this has been a problem with me following ff writers into the "real" world before)
2. I don't read straight fiction, I read genre. So if you're not writing genre...I'll consider picking it up, really I will...but I probably won't buy it, in the end.
Erika Shulkusky posted a comment on Thursday 5th May 2011 1:09pm
Hello Anne,
I am once again happy to review... for some reason, I could not log on under my old username and password, so I created a new one. All I can say is, BRAVO. The story had taken such a grim turn over the last few chapters and I was on pins and needles waiting to see how it would play out. This chapter was a very satisfying resolve. I got quite a chuckle from the "Young Frankenstein" homage ('yeth mathster' LOL). I don't know if some of your readers are too young to get the reference, but it is priceless. Loved the ending when Moony made the junior death eater wet himself. Now looking forward to some healing and renewal of the bond that has kept the Pack such a strong and enviable family unit. Good luck and happy writing. :-)
Erika
Carolyn Jinn posted a comment on Wednesday 4th May 2011 10:05am
Brilliant chapter. Glad that everyone is returning and becoming the Pack and Pride again. They need some good times again. What a party!!!
pulkit mathur posted a comment on Tuesday 3rd May 2011 1:51pm
never thought my first review would be this bt here it is:
yes i'll buy :)
Bialystoker posted a comment on Monday 2nd May 2011 1:51pm
YES!
You wouldn't believe how hard a time I had not yelling that out loud. I'm so happy you, and the Pack, are back!
MonkeyAxman1302 posted a comment on Monday 2nd May 2011 11:21am
Great chapter. I noticed that you were still updating and decided to start reading again. I forgot who involving and engaging your story was. You play in Rowling's sandpit but in a way this story is very much you own creation and all the more original and fantastic.
Thank you for writing.
Monkey
AwesomelyMoi posted a comment on Sunday 1st May 2011 11:37pm
YAY!!!! It was awesome reading this... and especially after so long too. But I think it was well worth the wait, even though I kind of freaked out in the middle of it. And I say YES i would definitely buy the book :)
carolebear posted a comment on Sunday 1st May 2011 10:06pm
She's back she's back she's back she's back!!! Hello, we've missed you terribly! I for one have been obsessively checking the site daily just in case the alerts failed. I checked just before I went to bed last night, so imagine my delight to find this first thing this morning! *squeal* It’s taken me all day to reread this several times and put my thoughts in order.
Wow, where to begin? When Letha told them to "stay asleep," I was worried that they wouldn't wake up even if something happened. Glad to see that it wasn't the case. I notice that the brick wall illusion that Aletha conjured was "different" in the way it appeared, probably because she was forcing her magic to do what she wanted, as opposed to using the "normal" method. And poor Harry, having his mind attacked on two different fronts (although the second wasn’t really an attack, but rather the happy event of Moony waking up). Thank goodness Aletha figured out what to do. And about Moony waking up, how did he know that Lucius was no longer scarred? Questions, questions, and more questions.
How cool was it that all it took for Sirius to get his magic back was Aletha’s forgiveness? And when did she learn Sirius’ full name? I don’t remember them talking about that. And I LOVED the way she took Voldemort down. This was kind of like the attack that Harry made with all the memories of love. More effective, too. And now I have to go back and reread, again, to understand more about what Siruis did with the Slytherin jewels (specifically, when Draco escaped from Lucius at the Shrieking Shack). I’ll probably start at the beginning. Again. It’s been a couple of months, so it’s about time, anyway. *grins* When Sirius was dueling Voldemort (bet he never thought THAT would ever happen), I loved the description "standing in all his offended evilness." Made me snicker.
Finally, my most favorite part of the chapter was the end, when Harry and Draco were leaving the Dursley’s house and Remus showed up. "Yeth mathter," indeed. Not a lot of extra to say about it, just that I was so happy to see the chapter end this way.
The answer to your question is a resounding "Yes!"
FYI, the free program Calibre is great for managing e-reader files.
Aberbadger posted a comment on Sunday 1st May 2011 4:49pm
So when are we going to have Aletha and Danger singing 'Uptown Top Ranking'?!
Anansii posted a comment on Sunday 1st May 2011 4:18pm
Hey, Lucius is one of the most monumentally punchable characters in fiction. The more, the merrier. :)
Good for everybody, and of course I'd buy an ebook of yours - I've done it before after all.
ccarter posted a comment on Sunday 1st May 2011 3:01pm
Excellent chapter as always! Glad some things are starting to wrap up.
ilovewhydouneedtoknow posted a comment on Sunday 1st May 2011 12:54pm
whoa ok that was amazing and now i forgive you for being gone so long and also for putting the pack and pride in so much danger (no pun :))
and causing them to have alot of pain hopefully leta will get better :D
LeprechaunJV posted a comment on Sunday 1st May 2011 11:09am
Excellent......
tangentsferret posted a comment on Sunday 1st May 2011 10:21am
Hello! Yay for a new chapter! Today is my seventh wedding anniversary, and in typical selfish fashion, I have decided that this is clearly meant as a present JUST FOR ME!
And a lovely present it is, too, all full of events and resolutions and nice crunchy comeuppances, not to mention a few really beautiful sniffly bits.
I'm sorry you had a disappointment. Hopefully in the end it will turn out to have been one of those "Gosh, if I had gone to the dance like I wanted, I wouldn't have been home when the Publisher's Clearinghouse showed up!" sorts of things.
I'm really impressed with your bravery in considering going the full-time author route, but I have an extremely selfish concern (see 1st paragraph re selfishness of me generally): there are not-so-apocryphal reports that when a writer goes pro, he-or-she will be made to take down any fanfic that might be out there, as a condition of his-or-her contract with whatever publisher is lucky enough to sign them.
In the event that you were faced with such a requirement, would you be willing to, say, give us ten days notice or some such, so that we could have time to figure out the download system and drag our own copies off to hide under the couch? Please, please, pretty please?
I have had *major* fail trying to read Dangerverse on my Kindle, BTW. I'm just not sufficiently tech-based to work out how to do it. But _Living With Danger_ was the first non-Amazon file I tried to download.
Anyway, I have to go now, my Beloved Spouse is starting to glare (I'm delaying the Anniversary Pancakes). Thank you for writing!
lazylion posted a comment on Sunday 1st May 2011 9:22am
I'd pay USD $5. for an original book from you.
But -if it were easy, such as via paypal, I'd also pay $1 per chapter if I could get them all as I read them. (that is, I wouldn't begin until the whole story was posted).
callie posted a comment on Sunday 1st May 2011 9:03am
yay!!!!!!! everyone's going home!!!!!!
loved all of it! can't wait for the next chapter!!
looking forward to meghan's reunion with letha... can't wait to see how you play it out!
as for would i buy your book... yes
do i think you should quit your job... possibly not yet... it all depends on how many people want to buy your writing and how happy/unhappy you are in your current job, i don't want my favourite fanfiction writer unhappy and broke! but it is your decision, i hope you make the best one for you
until next time
callie
dzio posted a comment on Sunday 8th May 2011 12:53pm