adding this to my favo's, better review will come in a later chapter. But what I've read so far is interesting. Although I suggest you keep the oc's to a minimum. It's hard to keep track of them otherwise

i loved this story. I would love to see some one-shots that explore harry's world at times. L:ike maybe some more sirius too. very nicely written

Nice story. I really liked this one. I will be checking out what else you have written. I like how it all turned out, with Sirius still being the friend to Harry, but Remus the Dad... and that he an Janus seem to have worked out their demons as well.

I just finished reading this!! What a wonderful story you have written!! And it is finished! I can't tell you how many stories i've begun to read to realize that the author hadn't updated for several years. This story had me captivated from the beginning!! Simply written but surprisingly intricate!! I'm looking forward to reading the rest of your works.

doctor's degree = doctorate

If you're still writing fan fiction, you might want to consider finding a beta reader or two. Sometimes your phrasing seams a bit odd. A good beta could help with that, as well as grammar, spelling, characterization, continuity, and a lot of other good stuff.

Also, I found it a little off-putting that the *entire* first chapter (other than the article excerpt) was written in italics. I can understand using italics for a flashback within a larger body of text, but not for the whole chapter.

Nice idea and I liked reading this. Thanks for writing a cool story.

Thank you for writing this story. I enojoyed it very much.

Good Story

Hello,

I read most of your story a long time ago. I think I might have read the whole thing but I never left a review for the last chapter... so I'm not entirely sure. But I re-read it and I still love it. The meeting between Sirius and Harry was very well done. As much as it is painful, I like that you made it so that Sirius wasn't quite as close to Harry as Remus' family. You're a wonderful writer. This is a great story - even if it took you a long time, it's worth it for the end product.

~Skylo
Sirius is and forever will be the best * lovable prankster padfoot
...Remus is, of course, a close second.

The story is interesting but you really have to pay attention to your grammar!

I'm not sure whether it's best that I read this story after it was complete instead of while it was ongoing. I would have had a lot of fun posting my theories and trying to figure things out, but the cliffhangers would have driven me crazy.

This story actually reminded me of Lord of the Rings (the novels). Not because of any similarities in the plots, but because they both switch between people's points of view. You really want to know more about what's happening with one group (the action group), and then the story switches to what's happening with the other group (the feeling group).

Anyways, I'm actually a bit surprised that Harry didn't use any accidental magic. I thought magical children generally used accidental magic on occasion.

Absolutely wonderful work with this fic. I love the Lupins, especially Janus. All the family problems are so well written. They could've been eye-roll inducing cliches, but the way you present them (with the flashbacks and such) really make them interesting.

Just lovely work.

~fd97

A most excellent story. Very well written. Thank you ever so much.

Hey, this story is absolutely gorgeous! I don't know why I didn't have the time to read all of it until now. The best Harry not living with the Dursleys fic I've ever read. And your OC are so real! I must say that except for Voldemort and his Death Eaters, the only character I really dislike is Richard. Oh, I sympathize with him, but I hate him all the same and I think that he's a complete failure as a parent - everyone who is a great parent to one of his kids and an awful one to the other is a failure in my book. God, I can hardly blame Janus for being the bastard that he was in the beginning of the story. When I was Janus' age, my own brother - who was Remus' age - fell dangerously ill. It was years ago and now he seems fine, thanks God, but he's had two later attacks, both of them very, very dangerous, so we are not sure... Never mind that now, but when he fell ill for the first time, it felt like I've stopped existing - like our parents were no longer my parents, but his and his alone. It was one of the worst periods in my whole life and it lasted only for a few months and then my parents came to their senses. It seems that Richard never did. Really, after the great quarrel in the first chapter he went to Janus just when Remus needed help, what a coincidence. That makes him even more disgusting in my eyes - he wouldn't have gone there if it wasn't for Remus, never mind how much he wanted to mend the things between them. Really, you will either be the son that want you to be, or not being my son at all? I know what MY answer to such an ultimatum would be. God, I really, really resent Richard Lupin.

Wonderful fic!