Reviewer: PigwidgeonHP
Date: 04/14/13 9:32
Chapter: Chapter 9 - Conversations
This story just gets better and better :) I can't wait till you update again :)
Reviewer: PigwidgeonHP
Date: 04/04/13 16:40
Chapter: Chapter 8 - The Ministry of Magic
Wow! That was brilliant! You were certainly right about it becoming more dramatic! It was really inventive of you :)
Author's Response: Thank you so much for all the reviews :) It's nice to know I have a fan! I really will get speeding along with the next chapter while I have a bit of time off work this week. ~Hannah
Reviewer: PigwidgeonHP
Date: 04/03/13 18:26
Chapter: Chapter 6 - Christmas
As brilliant as always and the plot is growing! This is really fabulous! Please carry on writing :D
Reviewer: PigwidgeonHP
Date: 04/02/13 17:08
Chapter: Chapter 4 - Birthdays and Broomsticks
This is still really brilliant! Well done! :D
Reviewer: PigwidgeonHP
Date: 04/01/13 18:02
Chapter: Chapter 2 - Try-Outs and Tribulations
This is truly brilliant! Well done! Please carry on writing :D
Reviewer: PigwidgeonHP
Date: 03/31/13 17:09
Chapter: Prologue - Breaking the News
Wow! This plot line looks fabulous already! Well done! I can't wait to read the next few chapters so please carry on writing :D
Author's Response: Thanks for the review :D I hope you enjoy the next few chapters. An update should be coming very soon!
Reviewer: John_Doe
Date: 03/11/13 9:27
Chapter: Prologue - Breaking the News
A very captivating story that shows another side to DH. Good job :)
Author's Response: Thanks for the review :D There should be another chapter coming very soon!
Reviewer: Ruchira_M
Date: 03/09/13 10:29
Chapter: Chapter 9 - Conversations
Good chapter. Update soon.
Author's Response: Thanks for the review :) A new chapter should be coming very soon!
Reviewer: Equinox Chick
Date: 03/09/13 8:48
Chapter: Chapter 9 - Conversations
Yayayayayayy - fabulous chapter!
This was very touching, Hannah, and I loved hearing Samuel's story through Adrian's words. You had a lot of information to give in this chapter - as in background - but you made it work. It was interesting, well written, and an integral part of the story. The other people's reactions were great. Adrian really should have had more faith in people, but then at the time he was struggling without any friends and with opinions I don't think he really believed. *sigh*
I think you need to write a spin-off or three. One with Edward and Samuel abroad :D ~Carole~
Author's Response: eep On this occasion I did actually forget to respond. But here you go, I hope this response is better late than never (I hope you are enjoying your hot lemon squash as well). Thank for the review :D I hope I'll have the next chapter up this week (so long as I can write it at some point). Things are going to change again but hopefully there won't be as much info-dump next chapter. ~Hannah
Reviewer: Equinox Chick
Date: 03/03/13 9:34
Chapter: Chapter 8 - The Ministry of Magic
OHHH, this is getting very intense! The tension is going to kill me unless you post very soon. You don't want a dead Croll on your hands, do you?
I think Edward's form of communication was very plausible, by the way, and am now even more intrigued by his character.
Great chapter. ~Carole~
Author's Response: Yay thank you for the review! I'm so relieved you found the communication method plausible. I was a bitwworried that it would feel a little too convenient and in the same realm as hand witches and other random special powers characters end up with. Edward does have a story and you'll definitely get to read a bit more about him before this fic is done.
I hope you're not already dead from the tension - the next chapter will be here soon! P.s I hope you find this response suitable. ~Hannah
Reviewer: nevilleherosnape
Date: 03/02/13 18:19
Chapter: Chapter 8 - The Ministry of Magic
This is brilliant! I love how your slowly bringing him around!
Author's Response: Thans for the review - I'm glad you're enjoying the pace - I put a lot of thought into wanting to show hin changing fast enough that it didn't boring but slowly enough to make it believable. ~hannah
Reviewer: Ruchira_M
Date: 02/28/13 6:20
Chapter: Chapter 8 - The Ministry of Magic
This is a really difficult story to write, trying to see things from the other end of the spectrum. Well done. Do update soon.
Author's Response: Thanks for the review and I'm glad you're enjoying it :) It's been an interesting experience getting inside the head of a character whose opinions differ from what we're used to. ~Hannah
Reviewer: Snorkack
Date: 02/24/13 16:33
Chapter: Chapter 7 - Detention
I really, really like this story, it is one of the most original here on MNFF and very well written! I also like that it fits so seamlessly into what we know about the year that would have been Harry's seventh, and the glimpses of characters one knows from the books. It's really like discovering some more of JKR's story. I'd kind of given up on it, though, because there were no updates for so long - but that last chapter is brilliant and now I can't wait to see what happens next. It would be nice to hear a bit more about how Samuel does at his Muggle school, too. Anyway, do update soon!!!
Author's Response: Thank you so much for the lovely review! I promise I have written 3500 of the next chapter already and I can't imagine it being much longer. My poor beta is up to her eyeballs in stress at the moment so it may be a few days until I post an update but I promise it will come! And once that chapter is done, I only have a few more to go.
I have thought about writing a spin-off about Samuel at Muggle school, but I have several other spin-offs I want to write from this story already - I think the first will probably be about Gemma and a bit more of her back story. I'm prioritising finishing this before I get too involved in those however.
Thanks again for the review :) ~Hannah
Reviewer: Equinox Chick
Date: 02/24/13 11:36
Chapter: Chapter 7 - Detention
OH MY!!!! the dilemmas here are so well thought out. I can just see how you wouldn;t want to cast a curse, but knowing your hex would be weaker than a Carrows must make you think it's better to get it over with.
I also kind of hate Gemma for landing him in detention but I understand why she did it. Would love to know what's going on with her, and Hector's aunt.
Great great chapter, very well thought out because we really get into the head of a character we know has the wrong opinion, but is also sympathetic.
Well done! ~Carole~
Author's Response: Caroleeeee, thank you so much for the review :D
Gemma has quite a detailed back story in my head and I think she will get her own spin-off one-shot or a couple of chapters at some point but I want to prioritise finishing the main story before I get too involved in spin-offs. The next chapter is almost complete so it'll be with Kara for betaing very soon :D ~Hannah
Reviewer: Oregonian
Date: 01/11/13 5:03
Chapter: Chapter 6 - Christmas
I am hugely enjoying this story. A refreshingly un-hackneyed topic, excellent writing, good plot development, good pacing, and so on, and so on... I am looking forward to reading the next chapter.
Author's Response: Thank you so much for the review! I have finally updated after a rather hideous wait, so I hope you will enjoy what comes next :) ~Hannah
Reviewer: Dad
Date: 10/24/12 11:12
Chapter: Chapter 6 - Christmas
I can see why Adrian is confused. You make him seem a very real person.
Author's Response: Thank you for the review :) I'm glad you've been able to connect with Adrian. I've finally updated after a hideous wait so I hope you'll enjoy what comes next! ~Hannah
Reviewer: Equinox Chick
Date: 10/24/12 4:04
Chapter: Chapter 6 - Christmas
OH! I love Samuel and I'm really enjoying his take on things. The Squibs we see are so pitiful and lonely in the books (and seem to be obsessed with cats, now I think about it), but Samuel is normal and clever and he's making Adrian think.
Great chapter, and I'm eagerly awaiting the next one because I really have no idea where this is going next - eeep.
Croll
Reviewer: IndigoPassion
Date: 10/20/12 21:36
Chapter: Chapter 5 - After the Match
This is a fantastic story! I wrote a Drabble on the same subject once, but obviously that was just a little Drabble, but this!
I just don't understand how you wrote your characters so well that I'm sat here cheering him on even though I know it's the wrong side. Honestly I'm well and truly hooked, this story is going right in my favs :)
-Lex
Reviewer: Equinox Chick
Date: 10/20/12 6:58
Chapter: Chapter 5 - After the Match
OH OH OH! You can't possibly leave it there. This is really getting brilliant!
Hannah, seriously this is a good story. You really have plotted this well to the extent that not once does it drag and nor does it feel at all rushed. I LOVED the part in Hogsmeade where Adrian is starting to question things. And the characterisation of Duncan and Hector is great. Of course there would be people stuck in the middle and they wouldn;t want to get involved - not being as outspoken as the Gryffs, but they're not going to be as ebil as the Slyths (not you, of course ... but that Julia .... ) Um, anyway, I really think you've given all your characters decent reasons and depth.
You have to continue this. You have to, you hear me. ~Croll~
Author's Response: Squee! Thank you so much for the all the reviews! Perhaps this will finally be the motivation I need to finish it! I have a plan for everything - it just needs writing. I'm about two thirds of the way through the next chapter.
Sigh us poor Slyths get such a bad rep. But I'm glad you're enjoying my Hufflepuffs!
Reviewer: Equinox Chick
Date: 10/20/12 6:47
Chapter: Chapter 4 - Birthdays and Broomsticks
OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Quidditch cancelled! *sigh* although I know this is for 'the Greater Good' I can't stop myself feeling annoyed that Huifflepuff have lost their chace to get the cup for Cedric. UGHHH! And a nasty part of me is thinking that if Ginny hadn;t been banned, then she wouldn't have liked it, too. (okay that is unfair of me - you see how you've got me sympathising for Adrain). OH! and I am so pleased with the revelation that Dorian bought the record after they'd had the argument. And Gemma is sad to lose his friendship, too :(
Great story (I am getting repetitive). ~Carole~
Author's Response: Gemma has her own back story which I keep meaning to write up as a one-shot. I think she gets a raw deal in this story but I actually feel quite sorry for her. I was annoyed with Ginny too! It's really interesting getting to think and write about things from a completely different perspective.
