I really love your story ! It is well writed and your description of this era is really right.

I just started this fic and love it already. A delightful combination of Austen and JKR, like chocolate on a strawberry.

Why is it that they talk like a wealthylate 19th century couple?

Waooo.Very very beautiful and very very sweet. You are a great writer! have never read a story like this and I'm excited to.

I must say this story had a very nice premuse to it. I did find it difficult to read with the characters being so proper and formal. Not something i could see Harry & Hermoine being depicked in the story, i can see them with the pleasentries, but calling Ron - Mr Weasley when they face death together. Not something i can see. It threw me off quiet a bit. But please don't not take this as i didn't like the story.

I did like it, and enjoyed reading it. it was just how proper everything was.

Thank you for the wonderfull story, look forward to reading the sequel

very very beautiful and very very sweet. they do talk funny though. i had fun reading this. somehow takes one back to the old days were the mentality regarding women's freedom to do what they want were really annoying. i'm adding this and you to my faves list.

Well, I sort of have to review the last chapter so... there. I have.


...Well, I'll say I think the whole story could have benefited from some more length, and that it wasn't my favorite of yours; nevertheless, I enjoyed it.

More mom stuff... gag.

And 'civil war'? Unless you meant civil as in civility! Which would be very clever.


I hope Draco gets G.H. and Ginny gets... well I don't care... the dress.

OOOH - façade with a fancy 'c' - you don't see enough of those.


Ok ok - the sex was alright.

Oh Malfoy, unargubably the best character. Save - of course - for Snape.

But at least this time it will be nothing but praise! Sort of.

May I just say that I loved the title? Of course I can. Indeed, I loved the (witting?) double entendre - obligatory ball both referring to the balls in the HP books and in all the period novels. Huh? Huh? Notice how you were clever there?

I'm sure that if I took the time to deconstruct this I could find several interesting parallels to various Georgian novels, going back to P&P (which I have now referenced twice and must refrain from referencing again) it's intriguing how the Weasleys remind one of the Bennets, but Ginny is similar to Darcy's sister as well. Yep. Fascinating stuff.


I lied - I have one criticism - well not exactly but- whatever! Anyway, how was that one of the oddest breakfasts G.H. had ever experienced? That was SO NOT odd enough to hold that distinction. And believe me - I would know.

And... er... less a criticism than a gripe - what's with the mother-daughter stuff? I hate moms butting into stories, and I daresay that there isn't that much of a precedence in Austen-esque literature - or so I'd like to believe. Seriously, it's weird dammit! At the very least disconcerting for us men!

Hmm... Well two things come to mind, so I shall inexplicably list them in no particular order:

1. How very Georgian! You're certainly very good at capturing much of the feel of an Austen novel - both for the good, and for the infuriating. It's an enjoyable take for sure, but like all Austen's novels (and the like) it requires a certain amount of fill-in-the-details to be emotionally satisfying (even P&P had that problem - although less pronounced). It's that theatrical, artificial aspect - well anyway, either you know what I mean and think I'm an idiot for saying it, or you know what I mean and think I'm an idiot for saying it, or you don't know what I mean and think I'm an idiot for saying it. C'est la vie. I'm not criticizing anyway, just pointing out.

2. That said - I do have a... -I can't believe I'm saying this!- criticism, and that's your incorporation of magic in this story. It just feels really unnecessary, almost like a crutch (only almost!). Putting magic in the story isn't just unnecessary though, it's also problematic. Even using the 'laws' JKR has for magic's capabilities in the books, there's no reason Hermione couldn't have been immediately healed. Artistic license I know I know, but it's just an unneeded complication. "There's no such THING as MAGIC!" after all.

But whatevs, I really like it regardless.

Just reports of intelligence? Not beauty? What odd reports. Hell, even if it wasn't in the report - he still should have complemented her looks. Bastard.

So my 'name' may be hyperbole - fine! But I am quite a fan of your work... Hmm... What else is there to say? You may not even READ this. So... Marry me? It could be quite advantageous.

Wow. Really beautiful tale you told. You are a great great great writer and I hope to buy your stories off of shelves one day. I guess there is a sequel... I'm off to read it.