I loved the last paragraph. I think it was the best thing so far. It just...fit...ya know?
Oh dear, now Glorfindal's been dragged in, too. Oh, please, please be kind to our boys.

Aw, poor Legolas. And all his friends, it's just so...sad!!
Dude, where'd you get all the Elvish? Or are you just fluent?

I loved this story! Especially the blood and people-getting-hurt parts. And the parts about love between kin and friends were really touching too. One gripe: You really should use different paragraphs for each person in a conversation. It's much easier to read.

A rather fantastic story. An evil "dream sequence" there at the end, though. :P

You are cruel, so cruel, it is evil, how this monster works. Legolas' rejection is not understood, and even if he does ever escape this lake-monster, he will have to deal with the fear and uncertainty of his friends, who have no idea why Legolas hurted them so. Cruel, so cruel. And for anyone but Legolas, this monster would've destroyed them. How did you think this up? Hoestly, this is bloody brilliant, You are a wonderful writer!

I don't understand, why doesn't Legolas just LEAVE? Surely this monster's power has a limit, if he went away, if he went out of the reach of this monster... or is the hope it brings too much for Legolas to bear? Does the hope leaving brings force him to go back again? God... -_- This is such a wonderful story! You are a brilliant writer. O.o

This story seems really awesome for the first chapter. I am throughly impressed. It's being added to my faves.

Holy cow. I just read your whole story, and it is absolutely FREAKING SQUEE! I love it! And Valar curse my awful gift of finding stories as they end and are finished. I hate that, although in this case, i saved myself the scariness of your horrible cliffies... The story line is totally awesome, and plenty of elf-torture, my favorite! My evening has been well-spent.

Now you’ve somehow done it: you’ve tricked me into writing my first review! *g* What shall I say to a story like that? Well, here’s my summary: WOW! This is one of those stories, where you really would need a stop-sign or a point-of-no-return-warning, for all the poor guys (like me) who really have to go to bed or do something incredibly important (like work) that day… well, I got some three hours sleep after finishing this story, so who’s complaining…

This story reads like a mixture between Bram Stoker and J.R.R.Tolkien. You have a really beautiful and powerful language. What I like most, is the way you describe the elves. They are just the magical, mighty beings Tolkien made them to be, not to be mistaken for humans or anything else. Your Glorfindel, for example, is every bit the Glorfindel who confronted the Nazgul at the Bruinen to save Frodo, and I find myself enchanted by Tolkiens Middle Earth once more. The character I like most, is your Legolas. But I can’t help liking all of your characters, especially since you describe them in a way that enables me to really know and understand who they are and why. Elladan, Elrohir and Elrond finally make sense to me, and reading “Ravens” helped with that, too. Elrond and Glorfindel had a really strong appearance, though I could have strangled them for not realizing the danger Legolas was in at the end. I also liked all those different relationships between the characters, there’s much love to be found in many and beautiful different ways. It was one of my favourite moment in this story, when Elrond declared he had four sons. In some stories, Legolas seems to be kind of an outsider in Rivendell, and that’s something I don’t like. I think that bonds of spirit and heart would be stronger to elves – and humans like Aragorn - than that of blood alone.

And, by the way, I like horses and those elven horses of yours found their way right into my heart, especially Faun. I always thought elven horses would be like Asfaloth in Lord of the Rings (the book), creatures of the light, intelligent, battling evil on their own if needs be, and sharing a strong bond with their riders.

The scene, where Aragorn and Legolas hide in the cave and the vampire tries to get to Legolas vividly reminds me of the captivity of the poor Jonathan Harker in Dracula’s castle. If you ever set your mind on a Mirkwood story, I’m looking forward to your description of the spiders, though you seem to have a preference for every kind of strange beasts that have jaws… The only problem is, I will have to search my wardrobe and the space under my bed for vampires and spiders then, before being able to sleep…

A tiny problem I had with your story was the end. I would have liked it to be longer. I keep having this problem with some of your stories. I wouldn’t call it criticism, though – your stories are just so good, that I want to read on! In this case, I would have liked to see the poor Faun once more, and give Legolas some more time for healing after all this nightmare.

I will try to rewiew every one of your stories, I’m just starting with “Light my path” now. Writing reviews is not too easy for me, as English is not my mother tongue, and I have to take my time (and leaf through my dictionary) to put my thoughts into what I hope to be the right words. By the way, I hope you like long reviews – it looks as if you’re just going to get one…

id like to hear about the time that legolas locked himself in the wine cellar and aragorn had to let him out. ;)

This was a wonderful story – one of the best I have read in a long time. To be honest I had my doubts when I found out that it was a vampire because I thought that the story was really going to lose it’s touch with the LOTR storybase. However, I was very impressed with how you handled it and greatly enjoyed the story. I do have a question, why three river birches? One for Calen, one for the other Legolas and the last was for who? Did Faun die or was it Glorfindel’s mare?

OMG!! Me, my sadism and my teddy bear loved your story! The only one who didn't like it was him. *points to Legolas bound and gagged in the corner* He insisted on trying to delete this from my favs so I had to bind him. Hehehe...I absolutly loved The Beckoning! It kicked arse!

I just gotta say, I love the line, '... he pulled up his healthy knee and rammed it into the vampires abdomen. It was only now that the creature learned just how painful inhabiting a male's body could be.' Lol, I simply adore that line!

Dear Alinah, I'm quite new to ff.Net and am currently reading all the stories recommended to me by a friend of mine. I must say that I was in awe of The Beckoning. This story was so very, very good. You captivated me from start to finish with your beautiful phrases, your atmospheric darkness, your obvious joy for the written word. I cannot describe how this story made me feel. It should have been a book. I felt like I couldn't put it down. Kudos to you for creating such a beautiful tale. Congratulations!

Just wanted to express my compliments on this story. I was hooked from the get-go and thoroughly enjoyed the plot. I look forward to your future writings.