wow- i really enjoyed this and stamped my feet every time the server went down!! beautiful characterisation of the strong roles carried through from school but softened with age, and i like the way you tackled the elder malfoys, it was sincere without being contrived. Also, the pressure building up with ginny's double life and the way it was resolved was lovely, and obviously as a girl i enjoyed the idea of narcissa dressing up ginny! writing style was brill, not too OTT but nicely done, by which i mean not overly-packed with obvious shift-f7'd words! sound plot, nicely executed, just the right length and well structured, written, and filled with well-drawn characters. bravo....to the other stories page!

Author's Response: Thank yo so much for your thoughtful and thorough review!!! I am so happy that you enjoyed my work. This was one of my earlier stories, and it was written for a fic exchange in only about five weeks, so I often look back and see things that I might have changed. However, I am so glad that some of the characters come through and it's always nice to know that a reader sees what I had hoped to attain. Thank you again, so very much.
Best wishes!
-G

damn your impetuousness ginny! good chapter, with through line of intrigue, clues, and danger well mixed together.

Author's Response: Hahahaha! :) She is annoyingly impetuous, but the story would be so darned dull if she didn't mess up. Glad you enjoyed!

you needn't worry about your smut! i will admit i've read a lot ;) and this is tasteful and good, i particularly liked the way you didn't drop them OOC while they were getting it on, a trick which which judging by its scarcity, is hard to achieve. i have some qualms about the phrase'age-old dance' but that might just be because, as i said, i read too much smut...so just a personal thing there. i might have to go and get a cold drink, phew!

Author's Response: woo hoo! Smut has always been a weak spot for me. I tend to be "shy". LOL. So, I've been really working to stretch this. This one scene probably took longer to write and tune than the entire rest of the story, which was why it did not get into the original posting in the fic exchange. :) Glad it worked for you. hahaha :) (and I agree about the wording... way overused! I'll keep that in mind for next time)

was welling up at the mention of moody coming back and visiting the graves- an intriguing first chapter, well-written. i'm worried about ginny's soul!

Author's Response: I've had a few comments about that line, and I'm so glad it came across as powerfully as I'd hoped. I can see Moody being a person whose loyalties run deep, but that he hides his feelings behind a rough exterior. I see him as feeling deep regret that he wasn't there to battle beside his friends, and that he will always honor the memory of all of them.