-sighs- I love and hate this story at the same time. Irulan is too stubborn and bull-headed. Unrealistically so in my opinion. I enjoy stubborn characters but there is a point where it becomes too much. I almost stopped reading this but your beautiful writing voice and the hope that someone would beat some sense into Irulan's head kept me going. Now in some ways I wish I had stopped so I could imagine the ending the way I wanted it. I must say I enjoyed discovering Haldir's punishment though. I look forward to reading more of your writing.
I especially enjoyed the parts where the inner battle of Irulan's feelings were personified. Unique and engaging.

Up until the point when Irulan learns of the test, I actually loved this story, but then I began to really dislike it. Irulan, so adamant in pointing out her "independent nature" turns to a man she barely knows?! When she has just been disappointed by another and turns to a friend of Legolas no less (as far as she knows at the time)?! Makes no sense at all. Girls usually tend to turn to their best female friends.
I understand that she ran away, but that whole grand escape with Baeron was more than a tad too much. Especially since she played him. All the time she's whining about Legolas but secretely still loving and missing him and yet she's being physical with Baeron. Which makes no sense, by the way, since she knows she doesn't like him like that and at the beginning of the story she was so proud of not succumbing to any man's or elf's charms. And really, if she would have just been strong in her rejection, Baeron wouldn't have died. Running from trouble with one man to another man and thus creating new troubles. If she would haven't been so selfish, she would have left Baeron as well and found time for herself to think in a city far away from both men.
Your writing style is great, don't get me wrong, or I would have stopped reading long ago and wouldn't have been so disappointed right now, but Irulan is a character I greatly disliked in the end, which is a pity, I guess, but she simply ruined this story for me.

hey darma druid! thought it was worth mentioning that this is one of favorite stories of all time!!:) i keep reading it whenever i can. that is when university life let me.

good job on this!! thought you might have heard it soo many times :D thank you thank you for sharing your wonderful story.

anyway wish you all the best and take care!

i love reading this story!! :) ive read it several times and it excited me everytime!!

Wow. Well done! I guess I said most of what I thought in my last post- but it was all great. Thank you so much for sharing with us!

Wow. Just- Wow. Not the ending I expected at all. This chapter was a whirlwind of craziness that I didn't expect, and it was lovely. I'm too curious to read the epilogue, so I'm going to read that before I write a detailed review. Not that any of my reviews have been detailed. This whole story is truly amazing though- I don't know how you do it. *bows to the master* I can totally see this being made into a book or a movie- it's just crazy good. :] Thank you for sharing with us!

Whoa am I so glad I don't have to wait for an update. This one would have killed me! Well done! I was wondering if it wasn't here that they would meet, and it was! Well thought out! :] Brilliant! Thanks for writing! I read on-

Ah man, those poor elves. I really enjoy how you intertwine the flashbacks. It's quite interesting to see that, because we get a snippet of history. I love it. Brilliant story all around. :] I shall read on soon!

Oh man- that's just depressing. But good. But- MAN. You are a crazy good writer. I love this story. I would buy it as a book. Honestly. So well done.

Ah! Still Brilliant. That darn Baeron. Crazy man. Undterstandable, but crazy. >.< Poor Legolas... and poor Haldir. Poor everyone. Such a tale. haha. I'll read on later. Very well done. Thank you for writing! :]

Holy- Amazing chapter! So much to happen in each of these chapters and me left never knowing what in the world is going to happen. I really enjoy how you ended it. The fate, and bringing the cast along.

I really honestly understand both points of view- and I find it adorable that Baeron is going to help her. Oh. Man I would read on but it's time to sleep. Thanks for writing! =]

The beginning was sweet, adorable, and amazing.
The middle pretty much broke my heart.
And the end... wow. Never before had I thought of things like Heart, Wisdom, Fury, Hope, Trust, & Reason to be people.
Bloody Brilliant. =]

Too bad they look adorable and not dangerous. Humans suck. lol. Well at least the dumb humans. Too bad we also know some of their kind in our own lives, to be sure. Wowee. Well done. That circle scene was great. =]

Aww. oh man. the chapters just keep getting better and better. Unfortunately, I have read the day away! It is time to sleep! haha. Maybe I'll have good dreams from the reading. Thank you for writing. =] Well done again!

Wow... Just... wow. Poor Baeron though. But yay Irulan and Legolas! Gah. They are so adorable. I'm jealous. In a non jealous way because it's a story... and yet still jealous. haha. I think you might know what I mean, seeing as how you wrote it. =] Well done. Thanks for writing!