Absolutely fantastic story! I haven't been able to stop reading it since I found it! :D

The plot is very interesting. Not something that I would normally pick, because of fear of over-angst, but your writing balances angst, hope, joy, despair and humour perfectly to my tastes. Character developments were very detailed and took me right through the whole roller coaster of emotions they experienced. There were times when I found Elrohir's selflessness a little exasperating, but it does fit in well with the image of him you've created in my mind (for this fic anyway!), especially after all that he's gone through ^^

I haven't any profound criticism for you! I only ask if you would write a sequel, even just a short one, on Elrohir's retrieving Estel's cloak pin? And Estel and Elrohir's reunion! Not to mention what happened to Polinas hehehe.. Okaay, so maybe that won't make for such a short sequel if you are to write it as well as you've written "Lost" haha!

Thanks for writing and sharing such a great story! I enjoyed every bit of it ^_^

Excellent story I have read it several times Hope you will continue writting
ecan

Lovely story - and it was all to get back at Elladin! What a wonderful twist. :) I did very much enjoy this story, and I hope you continue to write such beautiful work.

Cheers!

WOW. Okay, first off, for some reason, I tend to always seek out the romantic fics in any fandom that I'm into. But just a couple days ago I was randomly going through LotR fics and I came across this and hey, since it stars Elladan and Elrohir who are on my top five fave characters for LotR, I just had to take a look into it. And damn, I'm glad I did!

You are one hell of a writer for one thing. I love it. For serious. You made me not want to do my homework and even made me not want to go to class 'cause I wanted to know the outcome. I had to pull myself away from the computer so I could shower and go to sleep. I must admit that though that happens to me sometimes, I didn't expect it to happen with this sort of story.

And I'm not saying that in a bad way. I have to say that I really really liked your fic. I especially liked it when the chapters started to get longer and longer. Hell yes! I love long chapters!

Though I'm a bit late, I still have to congratulate you on a job well done. It's a pity that this fic is finished and I have yet to scour through your other fics so who knows, maybe you already have a companion fic written already.

In any case, just two small things that I found. It may be just a personal preference but I guess I'll say it anyway.

At the beginning of the story, I noticed that you used a couple of exclamation points at the end of your sentences. Some of them (not all, I must stress this) seemed to be a little out of place and it felt awkward to me. As the story went on, however, those awkward exclamation points started to fade out and I was really happy for that.

The second were some of your overly long paragraphs. Maybe they could have been broken down more to simpler topics or something, I don't know. But I usually dislike reading such long paragraphs 'cause I tend to get lost in them. o__0

But again, it may be just my own personal preference and/or a pet peeve so you don't really have to take me seriously. =P

I did thoroughly enjoy your story. I love Elladan, Elrohir, Aragorn, Glorfindel, and Erestor to name just a few (lol) and you wrote them with such lovely characteristics. I especially liked how Elladan and Elrohir had such a strong bond. Though any slash-lover (I am actually one of them, though I tend not to slash in the LotR fandom; I just find it strange for some reason) would declare their bond to be something else.

To build on that, I loved how Elladan claimed Elrohir as 'his'. I smiled and giggled at that part. Extremely cute. I also liked it when Elladan called Elrohir a 'crazy little orc-butt'. Almost snorted in laughter. Also giggled at Elrond calling Glorfindel 'Glor'. Couldn't help myself, really. =P

And wow, this is getting long, isn't it? Oh, and before I go, I have to say that it's a pity that Estel didn't get to see Elrohir back to the way he was before. But hey, once again, since I'm so late in reading/reviewing, you may have already wrote something on that. So, I guess I should leave you alone now and end my ranting.

Thanks you!

i'm looking forward to the sequel...i have to say i have never quite seen a plot bunny like this one...makes me wonder what your muses will bug you with next...* looks around hoping to catch a muse or two* i'm hopeless at writing...

RIDICULOUSLY good. long, well written, and so heartwarming. i enjoyed it from start to finish. your talent definately shows here! way to go!

Where to start...
You have a couple of small stylistic problems here: telling instead of showing at the beginning, excessive use of exclamation points, interjections (argh! sigh!), modern words (okay, jerk, orc butt--altho I have to admit that one made me laugh out loud!), and I feel I should probably tell you that "Nindal" means "my foot" in Sindarin! --grins-- That said:
This is a great piece of writing! And for a very first--well, it's simply wonderful! Your psychology in particular is deep and spot-on, and any novelist would be proud of it. Your writing is smooth and well-edited--the very fact that I never even NOTICED your writing style is an indication of how smooth it was to read! And your characterization was great--everybody was flawed, just like real people. Your chapters are also longer than any I could dream of writing. I was impressed how you obviously had the entire abduction clear in your mind from the first, and only toward the end did the pieces begin to fall together. I loved the little touches, like when Robard wet himself. I have to say, I think I've never seen that done in a story before! I managed to read this entire thing in one day (no small feat, that!) and it held my attention to the very end. Bravo. Now I've got to get to work reading some of your other stuff!

Excellent! A very good ending. I was really hoping to see Estel and Elrohir reunited before the end of this though. I always thought I liked the twins better but now I find surprisingly that I really miss Estel's presence. Never mind, it just would have been nice to see the twins go to retrieve the broach, meet up with Estel in the process and free the slaves from that farm.

Not to worry, the only other tinsy bit of critism I wish to make of this wonderful story is that as much as you prattled on about Elrond being wise, I really didn't get that kind of take off him. He seemed just a tad weak is all. I also found Glorfindel a little out of sorts too because he didn't seem to display the ancient pain he holds from his death in Goldilon (although that is only speculation and has never been stated by Tolkien) never the less, Glorfindel is open to interpretation I guess.

Still, I really enjoyed your story and have found it the best read in ages. I myself only finished my first story not long ago which I wrote in 2004 so I well understand how hard it can be! Anyway, you obviously have loads of talent seems as this is you're first story and you've done so well. I insist that you seriously consider becoming as author when you are older.

Love Randa*

P.S. And of course I'm looking forward to heaps more of your work! ^_^

Aww! That was so beautiful and touching! (Sniffle) Oh well, I must wait to read the rest of this later as I've been at it for some hours and am quite hot at the moment sitting in my stuffy office. Looking forward to more!

Love Randa*

Wow, interesting. What a fantastic start! You really outdid yourself and I still have 14 more chappies to go. Yay!

Love Randa*

I loved this story. I just discovered and was looking through the lotr stories when I found this. I ended up pulling an all-nighter, reading till I finished at 5:00 in the morning (haven't done that in almost a decade, since I finished college). You have great talent, and I look forward to reading more of your other story as you update it.

xavionite

WOW.That was a very long one.A very happy ending.

Well,Kalen certainly made a huge mistake regarding Elladan.Good thing that he realized it soon.But that doesn't excuse what he did to Elrohir.

Well,I missed chapters.Again.

Just found this tonight because I got a Story Alert on your newest story and checked you out a little more thoroughly. What I've read is very well written, more mature than most writings found on this site.