Name: idreamofdraco reviewed Chapter 3 on May 24, 2015 09:27 pm

(This is going to be a really awful, fangirly review full of my favorite parts and not much feedback from me. I'm sorry.)

//Draco had emerged from the men's room, Neville thrown across his back in a fireman's carry that made Ginny want to find how exactly where he was hiding all of that muscle. "Don't tell me I have to carry you, too," Draco said to her, with a smirk...//

//Draco smirked at that, but his expression seemed to take on a sardonic tone following her comment - almost as though that was the plan - and didn’t that thought just make her feel hot all over?//

//Ginny stifled the urge to outright ask him what he had thought he would be riding instead - and not because she was terrified that the answer might be you. //

//Cheeks burning, she pushed off him, but not before she managed to get a good handful of his toned stomach and chest. "Sorry," she said, fully aware of his hands on her arms as he helped her off the bed, and disappointed she hadn't taken the opportunity to land a little lower on his person, since it was only a matter of time before aforementioned opportunities were non-existent.//

//He took it gently, his thumb sliding across the back of her hand in a way that made her ache for it to touch naughtier parts of her body, and she was immediately stunned by how intimate Draco had managed to make a handshake, of all things. “It’s been a pleasure.”//

Yaaaaass, gurl. Get it. I am here for it! Ahhhhhhhh, the chemistry between them is blinding!! How do you write these kinds of interactions so well??

This chapter is so great because of these moments between them, but just as Ginny is distracted from her investigation by Draco's flirting, I think your readers are also distracted. It's so easy to forget that Draco is supposedly the subject of an affair case, and that there's something sneaky going on that Ginny is trying to figure out. The way this chapter ends, with the harsh reality crashing down on her, is perfect, because the readers, too, are being reminded that Draco is sneaky and he's been one step ahead the whole time. The chemistry between Draco and Ginny might have been real, but Draco was exacerbating it to get into Ginny's head. And that's just beautiful and so Slytherin of him.

Can't wait to read the conclusion again!!

Author's Response: //How do you write these kinds of interactions so well??//
Extreme sexual repression?
Srsly tho, Draco is just such a big old tease that he makes it easy for me. And quite clearly difficult for Ginny - poor gal. ;)

Name: idreamofdraco reviewed Chapter 1 on May 24, 2015 08:27 pm

//Lack of human emotion – Sociopath?//

One thing I love about your writing is that you have this biting wit, a dry sarcasm that isn't overtly funny, but it's funny because it's so sardonic. You can see Ginny's resignation towards the career she's built. She thought being a PI would be more exciting, but she realized it's not. It's tedious, and the cases are the same boring cases. It feels like Ginny's trying to make the most of an annoying case. This note can't be all serious - she's certainly not qualified to make that sort of claim - but Draco is an acquaintance from school that she dislikes, *and* she dislikes the case, so it feels like she's poking fun more than she's making a legit observation. It's a funny way to show how Ginny feels about Draco AND the case all at once, and the line is so short, it's almost a throwaway.

But, that said, and I'm sure I've said this before, I love that even though Ginny finds PI work, especially for affair cases, so dull, she still takes it seriously, as mentioned in the next quote:

//Ginny might not be enthusiastic about taking on this type of work, but she took more than a little pride in her profession.//

It's tedious, but she compiles every piece of information, records her subject's every moment, even going so far as to grab a flier Draco had taken to add to her pile of clues/evidence. Her job may not be as interesting as she expected, but she still does her best at it. She certainly doesn't have to. She could dissolve her business and move onto something else - it's not like she works for anyone and no one works for her - but I suspect that there is something she likes about the work, even if her cases are often boring.

In other words, you say a lot about Ginny's character and work ethic in so few words. There's no need to go on and on about her history with her PI business and her thoughts on it because you make it obvious by these simple lines and her actions. That's another thing I love about your writing. Your characters are so real in the way they behave, you don't *have* to write too much exposition about their backstories and how they feel. You write complex characters in such an easy way. It's lovely to read. :D

Author's Response: Soooo, I might be replying four months later... but it's better than not replying at all. :D
I'm so glad you enjoyed this fic - especially since it was for your prompt, but I tried to write it with you in mind. ;) And I particularly tried to make Ginny someone you'd enjoy reading about, considering the context of the fic. Speed dating was a tricky prompt to write for since it would have been soooo easy to go with fluff, but I know you always prefer some substance with your fics so I tried to at least give you that (and a semi-exciting plot)! Believe it or not I think the prompt was my first choice, because it was so simple I thought I could do something clever and surprising that you might enjoy! And I really wanted to write for you specifically, anyhoo.

Name: coneveronica reviewed Chapter 1 on May 08, 2015 10:38 pm

I can already tell that this will need a sequel!

Author's Response: I hope I can accommodate this in future. ;)

Name: Marinka reviewed Chapter 1 on May 06, 2015 08:44 pm

Loved this week for the exchange Thank you for bringing it here, will you be extending it as well?

Author's Response: Thank you so much! No extension in the works at the moment, but I may look at a sequel at some point in future. Never say never. ;)