Ah. It's really hard for me to try and write a review for this story. On one hand everything just jumps out to me to mention yet they are too tangled (haha) to be any help whatsoever. God. This is a dastardly plot. The idea is rather rehashed but they was you pulled it off is really original. The way the everything went spiraling out of control, the sight, the pairings, everything, made me think at more than one point, "I didn't sign up for this." Despite this, I couldn't stop reading it even if I wanted to. The suspense and horror just kept dragging out it was almost like when I couldn't stop reading Lomonaaeren's horror genre fic but quite possibly I was even more into it. Ugh. Sorry for bringing up other people to compare to but I pretty much have read all 100+ of her stories to not think of them sometimes. Hum, there's a lot I didn't mention in my review of your prequel to this and I might as well do here. I thought it was quite interesting that you gave Hermione the seer ability wherein pretty much every other fic I have read has Luna as the seer. I was also quite, hm, relieved I guess, that Luna still had that strange understanding, while not there sort of aura, almost knowing things but still being able to get shocked. Though Ron only appears much near the end I thought his role in this story was quite satisfying when things got cleared up behind his strange behaviour. As much as I am loathe to say, I was surprisingly relieved to see Draco settle down and fall in love with someone else. As much as I love Draco and Harry being together, it's very obvious that they wouldn't do too well. Draco, despite all his own wisdom and experience wouldn't be able to cope as well as Sev with Harry. It showed that he grew and I reckon their relationship would be way too explosive in this case anyway.About Sev, really I loved how he could stay with Harry even when he couldn't ask, he didn't push him away until even he admitted he could almost not take it anymore. I was half frustrated that he never delved into the weird circumstances but it would have ended VERY badly if he got caught beforehand. It's actually not very easy to make me actually want them to end up together, especially with other parties involved but this fic had me convinced, at least in this reality. The many changing relationships with Hermione were expected from the summary but the way it was pulled off felt very natural when I originally had thought, "oh god, really?".
Uh... I think I should stop here though, I'm kind of rambling, not giving a critique at all while I'm at it. I hope you are able to read this blob to text.. It's not even paragraphed or anything.. Just from the top of my head.
On an end note, I really liked Mala too.

Wow.
No seriously, I'm pretty damn close to wordless- I started reading this story today and I couldn't stop. Holy shit was that a mindfuck, in all senses of the word. The relationship dynamics, the mystery of what the hell was really going on... and then when the truth came out- what a climax! I'm just glad I only found this after it was complete, otherwise it would have driven me absolutely insane from the suspense- hell, it was bad enough from just reading it straight through.
Fantastic. I don't think I've read a better thriller, and I'm counting non-fanfic in that statement.

Brilliant work.
Erisah.

I have been reading this for 5 hours straight and it's now 2 in the morning. God when Draco and Harry actually finally split up I felt physically ill and had to stop and breath for a moment - oh wow. I so NEED them to get back together.

Dear tangledhair,
thank you so much for such a wonderful story. I am a German girl (Does one count with an age of 24 as a girl? *g*), who just realised that she is reading fanfiction since 6 years! And there are still wonderfull stories, like yours, that surprise me and which are written so well! I often take a break for a few month from reading fanfiction, but it's great to "return" to such an awesome story. Sometimes I am sad, that there are so many badly written stories out there (although I think it's great that the kids try to be creative). So I would be very glad to read more from you. Do you have any plans for a new story?

noo!! so Harry isn't with Draco?
*sobs

Just finally finished reading and i must say this his a really good piece of work.
i mean everything just comes back, like JK in her books.
great job !

I really love this series. I read A Boy, Lost a long time ago and was coming back to reread it and realized that the sequel was finished! (As you can see, it's been a while, haha.) This sequel is hugely angsty, but worth the angst. Just a couple points.

- For me it didn't quite sit right was that Harry went through all that and then the clean up portion (arrests, dealing with all the aftermath) was very brief, almost skimmed over. Because of all the angst, it felt like more resolution was required. I think a little more detail into that could have made your ending stronger.
- Everyone ended up in a relationship except Harry...was that an intentional decision from the beginning? These also all happened really fast. The relationships that you built over such a long period of time kind of just dissolved and then, without all that much build up, were replaced with others while the old relationships (I speak mostly of Draco/Harry and Ron/Hermione...especially the latter. He came back from the dead...while she has since moved on, personally I'd think that would be a little bit more significant)
- To me it felt like things never really were completely resolved between Harry and pretty much everyone else. While I can understand where you were coming from - none of the last few years were under Harry's control, so they forgave him for everything - I feel there could be some really interesting scenes that you could have expanded on.

It just all seemed a little abrupt at the end. Like taking all the ends of the very wonderfully intricate web you'd tied and then hastily knotting them together to finish it off. It kind of did a disservice to all the hard work you'd put into the creation of this wonderful story beforehand. Also, keep in mind this is all just my personal opinion and you may have had very good reasons for ending it as you did. (I'd actually be very curious to hear your thought processes for the story in general...pick your brain so to speak. ^_~) This is merely one person's point of view.

Thank you for posting this story...reread ABL and this in the last two evenings. So thank you for a wonderful time (despite the angst in TTB, haha). I hope you are still writing...you have a wonderful way with characters. ^_^

Sincerely,
Tate

Hello...here I am again. FINALLY reviewing this sequel. WOW was it good. I spent most of the story wanting to SCREAM at the characters to get it together. I love that this all happened over such a long period of time and that it was ALL connected somehow. The planning you must've put into this is amazing.
Thank you so much for this amazing story. It was UNBELIEVABLE and I miss it so much already even though I just finished reading it.
Thank you!

AMAZING! I absolutely loved it. You did such a good job with both this and 'A Boy, Lost'.

I wanna know who Harry ended up with! D: Was it Sev? That would be hot.

Okay, so I've been so completely involved in this story that I've been moving from chapter to chapter without taking the time to review because I need to find out what happens next, but I really have to tell you that the addition to Luna and Crabbe's wedding vows was amazing and I fully intend on using it if and when I find someone crazy enough to marry me.

Again I say how you are such a wonderful writer. You brought me into the story - made me feel like crying with frustration for Harry when Mala was killed; and jumping up and down with joy when They finally found and saved him. Well done. I really love this series and can't wait to read more of your work.

loved this story and the one before it. but wow, i was so sad that Harry and Draco didn't end up together.

The best thing about this story was the maturation of Draco. (When he dumped Harry on his ass I wanted to stand up and cheer!) The worst thing was the sudden out-of-the-blue love interest. I do not give a flying fuck for Persephone and I don't care how soon she drops off a cliff. The cleverest things about this story were Ron developing a passion for pure research (!), and Hermione becoming a seer (!!). Bwahhahhah! And after all the shit Harry put Draco through you marry Draco off to Miss Whothehellcares and Harry ends up with Severus? This is a reaction to DH, isn't it? You couldn't bring yourself to deny Severus a little happiness if JKR wouldn't give him any!

Awesome! When that mystery person was in
Remus Room when he and 'Mione were about
to make love, I was wondering who that was.
RON! OMG..but an awesome story.