Scary! I'm not surprised she's working in a bookstore, though. She has a tropism for the written word.

Nasty piece of work, that Snape-but he still can't kill an innocent man.

I usually favor Snape as the brooding, sarcastic good guy, but this is an intriguing story. Hermione's a bit weaker than canon, but I suppose that's understandable considering all she's lost. And Snape-running around like a "a kid at Christmas." It was such a bizarre way of describing such an unchild-like man. I was torn between laughing out loud and feeling slightly perterbed. While I know it's been a while since you've updated, I thought I'd send my encouragement along. I wonder what...ah...side-effects Hermione ripped out from the book will come back to bite the former professor...

Cheers,

NHN

I love this story. It's been a long time since you've updated, are you still writing this one?

I find this dark-themed fic of yours really interesting and am dying to know the next turn of events! Please update soon.

Hello, hello...

You've finally updated, how wonderful!

I was a bit worried that this story would never continue.

Still there is not much to coment on in this chapter, as it was pretty uneventfull.

I'm still dying to know is she going to one-up him somehow!

I hope we dont have to wait as long for the next instalment!

Thanks for writting a great story from Katinka.

great story. Update soon...please...

What a chapter!

I am looking forward to seeing how this plays out and affects the lives of Hermione and Severus.

That was certainly an interesting twist of events, but I liked it, so keep writing and I'll keep reading. :)

Hello Vanityfair:

I'd been following this story on Ashwinder, but didn't realize you were the same author until I found it tonight, rather by accident, reading another of your fics. I am still as intrigued by this story as I was at the beginning, and must gently chastise you for leaving us at such an EVIL cliffie! But I am most thoroughly and definitely hooked, and can't wait to see what awful results to Hermione are to come from this spell. In others' fics, such a spell has the witch dying, or losing her mind; wouldn't it be a tragedy if he returns her home, only to find her mind has been broken by the spell, and the once-brightest witch of the age has been destroyed, just to empower him? And though he tells himself she is nothing to him, still I think the fact that she did love him, could have loved him, would have married him-that these things are touching his heart on some deep level, and effecting changes he hasn't even begun exploring in himself yet. He is right in fearing, as he remembers Dumbledore telling him in Chapter 1, that love is the most powerful force of all. How will it affect him, and Hermione? Please, please hurry with the next update! :-)

GAH! Update soon!

I promise for a less fan-girly review once you produce another chapter. Really, I think it's quite fair.

So...I haven't really been reading much Harry Potter fanfiction lately because I've become obsessed with musicals, but when I DID come back and I remembered this story and I saw that you continued it, it made me want to cry. Because I love it so much. Really, mucho adore. Goshity gosh gosh! A LOT. In fact, going on my favorites...right now. I love how Hermione knows exactly what's going to happen to her if she stays with Snape and I LOVE how you captured Snape's manipulative nature. Seriously, love.

This can't be the end, can it? Please say no! I want to know what happens...this is just incredible. So intense.

What I wouldn’t give to see that page Hermione tore out of the book. I assume one of those possible side affects is going to be a doozie! As always I am enjoying your tale Ms. Vanityfair. You write the dark angst stuff just as well as your usual prose. Thank you!

Good chapter, keep going !

Wow! Scary chapter, and entirely believable. But of course things won't go precisely as planned. They never do.

Thanks!