Name: StrangerWithMyFace reviewed The Staff of Lamaštu on Jun 12, 2004 03:25 pm

I was recommended this fic by Mynuet in the draco_and_ginny livejournal community. It's a very interesting and original fic. Sometimes when reading stories within the same pairing they all sort of blend together but yours definately sticks out. I'm intrigued and anxious to see more. I'd also like to say that I like your writing style. It's descriptive but not overly descriptive. It flows nicely and is easy to read. (The only thing I'd like to see is more of a warning when you're switching perspective, maybe a hard return or an astrisk. But that's certainly not a major thing and you make it clear enough who is speaking all the time so it's not too confusing.) Anyway, it's a wonderful start. You blended your own character in well. I mean sometimes original characters don't work in the HP universe and yours seems to. I'm glad he's holidaying in HP land. :) I hope to read more in the future.

Author's Response: I just wanted to say thanks for your review! It made my day. I am still struggling with point of view changes. I sometimes assume that if I know who we are reading about and hearing from, then everybody else does as well. Kind of cheeky of me, I will admit:) I used to use an astrisk, but was told not to? (Crazy, I know, JKR uses them, why can't I!) and to use a hard return. I promise I've come a long way with that, though. The POV used to change randomly, often in wonky directions and the poor reader was left clueless as to who was saying what and what was going on! Anyway, that was just a lot of words to say "thanks" and I'm glad you enjoyed it.