Author by Night Tuesday 13th October 2015 11:46 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
How have I only discovered this fic ten years later?!
In any case, it still holds up to the newer canon. You write Harry's response incredibly well - as you do Ginny's. I love that she thought she'd kissed Harry. And I LOL'd at Harry's realization that he'd fallen in love with a girl who has six older brothers - oops!
In any case, I know this is a really old work and you may have no idea what I'm even referring to in this review, but I did want to give you a thumbs up anyway. Good work.
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Mercer Wednesday 19th August 2015 01:36 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Awesome chapter. I like your style of taking some unexplained situation in canon and expanding it. Thank you for sharing this chapter with us. |
Desi102 Friday 13th December 2013 19:25 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
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Eragonofhogwarts Sunday 11th January 2009 08:27 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
GREAT work.Loved it.
\\\"Great,\\\" Harry muttered, suddenly realizing he\\\'d picked a girl with six older brothers.
this lines proclaim your authority as an author.I loved this line.
Right now I am reading The seventh horcrux.truly speakin\\\' this is the Harry I was looking for in Hallows.
Keep up the good work.
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Joan Glover Sunday 14th December 2008 09:01 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
When I read others' comments about the Christmas Carol story, I discovered you had many other treats for me. Thanks for this one. I love to read others' fantasies about this space of time as much as I enjoy my own replaying my own. I look forward to reading more! Joan Glover |
ROGUE_LMW Wednesday 1st October 2008 13:23 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Love it. Keep up the good work. |
bookish327 Tuesday 8th July 2008 18:57 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Wow. Great story! I loved the progression of Harry and Ginny being nervous around each other to being very flirty. Very romantic! Great job! |
Hihavaniceda Friday 2nd May 2008 04:46 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
wonderful ..... love your story !
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narumi Wednesday 31st October 2007 10:09 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
You wouldn't think it, but fics for this missing moment aren't all that common. But of the few I've stumbled across, I really enjoyed this one!
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celestlyn Monday 29th October 2007 23:00 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
I just love this story! The writing is terrific and the moment is just so sweet and tender. You wrote that so well. Great writing! |
afpease Thursday 4th October 2007 11:32 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
I've seen quite a few versions of this particulat "missing moment", and I like this one the best. I particularly like the amorentia (probably not spelled properly) reference Harry uses "Treacle tart, broomsticks, and you -- yeah, that covers it", even though Ginny might not get the love potion reference.
It's also interesting the way Ginny runs through her brothers to talk about how they would react to Harry and Ginny being an item - I always wished that JKR would spend some time putting Harry on the spot with Ginny's brothers beyond Ron - it would be fun.
So anyway, thanks for the great "missing moment" - you continue to enhance my enjoyment of the whole Harry Potter experience! |
dhruvdude Monday 20th August 2007 03:27 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Really awesome i have read many of your fics.
you bring out the best aspect of the harry potter series - the love of harry and ginny,in a fantastic manner
I am really awed!!!!!!!!!!
Great job! |
spoon13 Monday 13th August 2007 10:54 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
so it would seem....
great writing-just like all the rest of your work |
DixieGalJ Saturday 28th July 2007 10:05 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Loved it! |
lacyrachil Sunday 26th November 2006 17:01 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Great moment, bordering on erotica...great job. |
MagicMom Thursday 2nd November 2006 11:19 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
I probably reviewed this the first time I read it; but I will again.. I LOVE this one! It fits so perfectly with the rest of the book, and as always, you have a fantastic grasp of these characters. It's very easy to forget I am not reading something by JKR herself. |
CrumpleHornedKiwi Monday 11th September 2006 03:53 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Ok - so I'm reading your other works now that you have me hooked.
This is so cute! |
DaFalcon Saturday 19th August 2006 11:26 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
:sigh: I love Harry and Ginny!
Great Job! |
Astrid Thursday 17th August 2006 20:09 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
This is so romantic!!!! I feel as though most H/G writers wrote Bill and Fleur's wedding after HBP. It's refreshing to read a different scene. Good work. |
DanAngelus Sunday 2nd July 2006 11:50 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Aww that was really good! I wanted to add a quote from the chapter but I couldn't pick a favourite.. That was perfect.. and it really fits in with the story! Your work is, as always, great!
Dan
PS, I did say I would review all your stories when I got around to it.. |
daisymom Wednesday 26th April 2006 22:48 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
I really liked this. I thought that this was missing from HBP too! Thanks for writting it. |
Concealed Monday 7th November 2005 17:51 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Lol! Aw, so cute! And it seems like it would happen that way! (Them not
walking too far or talking about the match much!) So adorable!
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Gridley Sunday 4th September 2005 08:48 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
I think this is a very good, and highly probably, missing moment. Thanks for sharing it with us! |
ridgeback77 Friday 26th August 2005 09:23 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
What a great missing moment. Not to fluffy, and an excellent one shot. Keep it up.
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Velvethope Tuesday 23rd August 2005 14:27 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
This was lovely - it was sexy, sweet, fluffy, but not too much. Very
very nice. Now I'm almost afraid to post my version of the scene -
it'll pale in comparison. lol
Hmm...you're good for cheering me up when I'm feeling particularly depressed about this fandom. I must remember that!
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Delfino Tuesday 16th August 2005 19:20 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Oh, this was amazing and super, super cute. A little to advanced for Gin and Harry's first day together, but wonderful all the same. Great job! |
rdprice29 Sunday 14th August 2005 08:35 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
*dies*
What a perfect "missing moment" scene! I absolutely loved this, and thanks for writing it!
Awesome! |
Pirate Ginny Friday 12th August 2005 19:29 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Hurrah. Well done. It's always a treat (erhem) to read your
work, and it was nice to have a short piece to dive right into.
:) Oh, the chocolate...
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Surplus Imagination Friday 12th August 2005 15:48 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Oh, that was fun! I agree with you, far too little romance in HBP. I bet their story comes around again in the 7th book.
I sure miss reading your updates every Friday. Perhaps there's another story lurking in the near future?
Thanks!
S_I |
critmo Thursday 11th August 2005 03:46 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Good, especially the idea that the kiss was initiated by both of them. My own version in the "mood-series" will be different, but I like the idea! - However, the chocolate game by the lake seems slightly over the top for a first encounter - to me, at least. Still, great story! |
May Wednesday 10th August 2005 18:13 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
WOW!!!!! i have really missed reading your work and i am beyond pleased that you have written a HBP outtake. this was a great story and i hope you write more and not just outakes either after all my weekends just haven't been the same :) |
dophingirl79 Wednesday 10th August 2005 14:18 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Maybe you should change the name of the story to { Something about those Chocolate Frog} Lol!]
It was cute and fluffy. loved it! |
Spark Soliton Tuesday 9th August 2005 12:58 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Yay - another story! Whoho!
A belated review - your posting came as a pleasant surprise and thus I'm late with expressing my pleasure with your new story.
It's a pity in a way that JKR never managed to write as good as you do - but on the other hand it is lucky, as she has generated a lot of authors that quite frankly outshine her at the moment!
I think you nailed Ginny's personality just right and it was pleasure to read! I hope that the plot bunnies cometh forth again - I seem to remember that you had another little plot bunny starting to grow sometime aroun Easter, any hopes of that growing into something?
As always it was a pleasure to read your story! I hope you Ginevra is enjoying the summer BTW as much as this Ginevra is in your story.
Thanks for writing and sharing this! Cheers, Spark Soliton
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PadfootLives12 Monday 8th August 2005 21:30 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful! I LOVED the chocolate part! I squealed
when I saw this fic. YAAAYYY A MELINDA FIC!! I've been deprived of your
writing for too long!
-Padfoot Lives
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IHateSnakes Monday 8th August 2005 18:19 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Thump, thump, thump...pant, pant, pant...Wow, Mel, you can sure put it in words! I love the line: "'You kissed me? I thought I kissed you,'" It reminded my of a LONG time ago and and early G/F.
Then I got to the part with the frogs...that reminded me of another G/F...who became my wife!
Now, having said all that: I wonder about kids of their age, even though I write Gin's personality/sexual identity very similar to the way you do I have a little trouble seeing some of that scene in a 16 year old...but what the heck...great job.
Snakes |
DaFalcon Monday 8th August 2005 17:07 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Thank you ! Thank you! Thank you! I could keep right on saying "thank you" and it wouldn't be enough. I've been waiting for someone to write this outtake from the book. You've done it perfectly too.
I loved the part when Ginny and Harry challenged one another about what they knew about the other. That was very well written. And I also loved the squishing of the chocolate frog so Ginny could kiss some more off his hand. Very nice touch.
This was some awesome fluff, and you get an "O" for outstanding.
Job Well Done. :-)
Now, if you're up to the challenge, you should write the Quidditch match. I would love to see Ginny snip the snitch right under Cho's nose. |
Bella Monday 8th August 2005 13:51 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Favorite quote: <<"Treacle tart, broomsticks, and you -- yeah, that covers it,">>
Fabulous! I had a silly grin on my face the whole time. Yay, I'm so glad you decided to write this! Definitely my preferred version of the events of that walk. Excellent.
Bella |
Fuzzy Monday 8th August 2005 12:49 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Fantastic! This is definitely my favorite out of all the "Walking Around the Lake" scenes! |
cutgril Monday 8th August 2005 12:11 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
I was so happy to see that you had written a missing moment from HBP. Very good as usual. I don't think that the separation is going to last either. I hope that you have plenty of ideas to write about. We have another 2 years to wait for the next one! |
emmamoonpotter Monday 8th August 2005 11:49 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Melinda I love this wonderful one shot.
So fluffy and sweet. A bit naughty too with Ginny licking the chocolate from Harry's fingers. Yum.
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Hank Monday 8th August 2005 10:35 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Very nice! Loved the bit about the chocolate! And you're right, Harry does deserve to be happy. I just wish Rowling would have left a little less to the imagination, but there's always PhoenixSong! Thanks for sharing! |
SiblingCreature Monday 8th August 2005 10:03 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
*smiles* That was very cool, and fits the moment
perfectly. I would have loved to have seen more focus on Harry
and Ginny in the book... but then OTOH, it does give you room to play
in... :-)
I agree that the separation thing won't last long, Harry's 'power' is love after all, he needs Ginny by his side. And yes, he certainly deserves to be happy. :-)
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Musings Monday 8th August 2005 08:34 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Okay, if I sigh any more there won't be any more air in the room. This is just delightful, Melindaleo! Just the kind of missing moment we need -- full of romance and humor. And our boy is happy now -- very, very happy! Thank you for sharing this with us! |
ChaoticK Monday 8th August 2005 06:59 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Ooooh... Chocolate... :D
Very nice... very nice. Thank you!
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kaiserzacc Monday 8th August 2005 00:49 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
i think that you have captured the mood of that particular scene quite well...well done |
Monday 8th August 2005 06:41 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny (Author Response) |
Thanks! I had lots of fun doing this one. I love Harry's new attitude. |
amamama Monday 8th August 2005 00:00 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Whooo-ooo! Yes!!! Oh, I was ever so happy to see the kiss
happen in HBP, your take on what happened after they got away was just
as nice. One definitely needs to bring chocolate wherever one
goes, you never know what needs might arise. Though your beast
might hide its head in shame to begin with - even slightly melted
chocolate has its (highly seducive) uses....
Great fic! I love having my favourite fanfic authors returning to explore canon, and yes, you're one of them.
Thanks for sharing!
Berte
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Monday 8th August 2005 06:40 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny (Author Response) |
Aww, thanks! I love that monster in Harry's chest. It's my new favortie character. I thought the H/G tension started right off with how amused he was by her and her disdain of Pleghm. I was on a h/g high throughout the whole story, lol. |
brios Sunday 7th August 2005 23:02 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Amen! I totally agree with you there. Hope to read another excellent fic from you soon. |
Monday 8th August 2005 06:38 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny (Author Response) |
Thanks. I have one other in mind, but I haven't begun working on it yet. |
graup_hagrid Sunday 7th August 2005 21:04 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
My favorite quote:
He shrugged and shoved it back in his pocket. "Yeah...I've always liked chocolate. I like most sweets, actually -- treacle tart is my favorite, and I think your mum makes it best."
"Yeah, she does make a good tart.
Considering the source of the article, this had me snorting pop (ouch, by the way).
And yes, I know, "tart" is more than just kissing, butall the same, the inside joke was great.
Thanks for sharing - it was a lot of fun to read.
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Sunday 7th August 2005 21:09 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny (Author Response) |
Evil Grin. Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it! I adored Ginny's spunk - she's a spitfire. |
J62442 Sunday 7th August 2005 21:01 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Woohoo! You're back!
Fabulous little moment. I must admit I was quite disapointed when I discovered JK wasn't going to tell me what happened between Harry and Ginny on their walk around the lake. Thank you for filling in the blanks for me. As always, you have written a clever little piece that shows the charming and giggly side of teenage romance. It made me squeal with girlish delight!
And I loved the very sensual use of chocolate! Wow, that lake sure gets steamy in the afternoon! |
Sunday 7th August 2005 21:07 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny (Author Response) |
Giggle. Awww, thanks! Yeah, I would have liked to see some of the moments between Harry and our girl, but now we have endless fodder for fanfiction moments, right? |
Faelaern Sunday 7th August 2005 20:44 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Wow! Excellent outake! :) I was unable to contain a smile through most
of it, and I'm a guy whose known for appearing a bit grim. The bit with
the choclate was especially nice.
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Sunday 7th August 2005 21:04 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny (Author Response) |
Thanks, Faelaern. I'm so thrilled to see your name here, I feel like a fangirl! I'm glad you enjoyed it. |
arios Sunday 7th August 2005 20:28 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
And I agree with you, Harry deserve to be happy! :)
Nicely done |
Sunday 7th August 2005 21:01 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny (Author Response) |
Thanks! I think he deserves that, too. |
juliet Sunday 7th August 2005 20:22 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Yay! Particularly enjoyed the little spin with Ginny being unsure of Harry's reaction to her kissing him.
HBP has come just at the right time to fuel the development of the
Harry/Ginny relationship in such a postitive and less-angsty way then
usual fanfics.
Well done Melinda!
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Sunday 7th August 2005 21:01 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny (Author Response) |
Hi! I'm glad you liked that spin on it. I hadn't seen it done yet, but it seemed to me the type of thing that could happen between the two. |
Rutzy Sunday 7th August 2005 20:07 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
totally adore this one! great start about missing moments in HBP regarding H&G! hope you keep writing them up :> |
Sunday 7th August 2005 21:00 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny (Author Response) |
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. |
Aberforth's Avatar Sunday 7th August 2005 19:50 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
"They stayed out by the lake right until dinnertime, and they never did talk about the match. They never actually walked all that far, either."
I rather suspect they didn't. This was a very nice scene. You are bang on in remarking that there was too little romance in HBP. Jo finally puts Harry and Ginny together and their romance is all off-camera. Thanks for filling in one of the gaps. |
Sunday 7th August 2005 20:59 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny (Author Response) |
Yeah, it was all off camera, but I kind of expected it to be, didn't you? She did that with Cho, too. Regardless, still a whole other book to come, so we can all hope. |
h2o Sunday 7th August 2005 19:28 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Sickly sweet, and I loved it :D You should do some more Missing Moments :) |
Sunday 7th August 2005 19:49 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny (Author Response) |
Thanks. I have another in mind, so I just might! |
Sherylyn Sunday 7th August 2005 19:24 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Harry deserves to be happy.
AMEN!! I had actually had an idea that someone needed to write this scene, too, and I'm soooo glad you did! This is delightful, and soooo very *them*. It just couldn't get any better!!
And no... their separation won't last. Harry knows now who makes him the happiest he's ever been, and he won't give up, either. |
Sunday 7th August 2005 19:45 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny (Author Response) |
Doesn't he though? Poor kid. I hope when all is said and done, Harry is given a big ole slice of happiness, a la Ginny, of course. |
weasleysrcool Sunday 7th August 2005 18:48 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Oh dear Lord I loved that. You've got so much talent Mel. This was so light and fluffy, it was like a treacle tart. Yummy. I can't wait to read the next one. |
Sunday 7th August 2005 19:44 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny (Author Response) |
Aww, thanks, Colin. I enjoyed doing this immensely. I have one other in mind that I might try. |
hjdevnull Sunday 7th August 2005 17:31 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Awww. The woobie. It would be nice to see even more of the development and execution of Harry and Ginny's relationship. Yay for this little glimpse.
Any other longer stories planned? I mean, not that you haven't contributed enough of your time to writing long Harry fic or anything. Just a fan who's curious. |
Sunday 7th August 2005 19:43 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny (Author Response) |
Thanks. I'm always up for some H/G romance! I don't have anything longer planned at the moment. I'm working on some Defining Moments from the CotD universe. |
hpiknut Sunday 7th August 2005 17:02 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Oh this was absolute wonderfulness! I really doubt they talked about the match either! I'm with you - their little separation at the end ain't gonna last! They're meant to be together! Your a terrific author, I love your other stories as well. This little ditty was lovely! |
Sunday 7th August 2005 19:42 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny (Author Response) |
I don't think it will last, either. How will Harry ever survive the wedding when he didn't think his resolve would hold for a minute sitting beside her? Although, I do think that it will just be the trio for the Horocrux hunt. I can handle that as long as their is hope. (I know I'm going to peek, lol). |
Liza Sunday 7th August 2005 15:58 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
I've just found your stories and I think they're absolutely terrific!
After finishing HBP this was the scene I most wished she'd included in the book! I agree, she gave us far too little romance. But thank you for filling in the gap perfectly. Very satisfying indeed.
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Sunday 7th August 2005 19:41 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny (Author Response) |
Thanks! I don't think we'll ever get a lot of canon romance, but that's what fanfics are for, right? Besides, it keeps us all busy and interested in the meantime. |
laex Sunday 7th August 2005 15:50 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
Loved
it... this was one missing moment from HBP that I really wanted to read
and you did an excellent job in filling the gap! The chocolate
frogs were a nice touch as well...
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Sunday 7th August 2005 19:40 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny (Author Response) |
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Ever since that chocolate scene in OotP I've thought that all H/G moments should involve chocolate! |
pfan2 Sunday 7th August 2005 15:22 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny |
This is great!!!! I love the chocolate stuff - we really have to see more of this in book 7 .... |
Sunday 7th August 2005 19:38 | Treacle Tart, A Broomstick Handle, and Ginny (Author Response) |
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I, too, hope we get some decent romance in book 7. I still doubt it, but a nice, happily ever after would be nice. |