This was such a cool story. I really liked the characterizations and bucolic New Zealand setting.
So good to read this again.
I am very grateful for happy end! I was so afraid... Really very happy. :)
I'm new to this website. Surprisingly enough I haven't been here before. This story is my first, and I'm very glad because it was beautifully written. I'm only giving it a 9 instead only because of my personal preference that Harry and Severus have a good relationship at the end. But I also know that this was the perfect ending for them. I love how Helen ended up becoming human in the end. I did notice an earlier foreshadowing of that, so I wasn't really surprised. LOL
I look forward to reading more of your stories. Or just more of the stories here in general. (*^o^)a295;a340;(^-^*)
Hurrah! Great ending. Helen becomes a woman, Snape ends up with a wife and Voldemort is dead. Now all we have to do is have Maman forgive Severus. After the scene with Grandmother, I can't believe she wouldn't forgive him.
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| 26 Mar 2011 8:58 pm
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| Reviewer: Doxie (Anonymous)
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Lots of fun to read. I like that you didn't let it get too mushy at the end. Thanks for writing.
It would have been amazing to stay and learn. The whole story was great, is there a sequel?
Besides the setting and the good characterisation (including supporting characters) what is great about this is the blending of folk-tale with the HP magic. On the one hand, you have the strange made familiar, where those who have grown up with these magics treat it as something normal; on the other hand, there are flashes of terror and wonder, brushes with things beyond human ken, legends walking the Earth.
| Title: The Promise
| 05 Nov 2009 9:26 am
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| Reviewer: Kitkat1327 (Anonymous)
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This story is absolutely brilliant! I loved, loved, LOVED it! Your sense of humor is just amazing and left laughing breathlessly several times. Your writing is amazing, and I loved the mythology of this fic. And I've went crazy reading this in one sitting and it's very late so this review could probably be better, but I just wanted to thank you SO much for giving me such a great read!
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| 16 Sep 2009 12:55 am
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| Reviewer: catalpa (Anonymous)
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This story is SO unique! I love "creation stories" in Native American culture, and this reminded me (where Rona is telling about the Taniwha and later young Snape) of traditional story-telling style. I've been trying to read some of the earlier stories on P&S, and this absolutely captivated me! Nothing was predictable, and although it ignored parts of canon (like the prophecy), the story in itself is so beautifully detailed and developed, not only in setting but also original characterization, that I just read it as separate from canon. Truly in a class by itself! Way to GO! (And there are SEQUELS! SQUEAL!!!!!!!)
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