WOW and on Halloween no less. I have said many times before you have a gift but now it seemes it is not all romance novel sweet. This has such a dark vein run through it and yet once again you capture the reader with discription and not all 'he said, she said'. Again, for this Haloween gift of macabeness[sp?] I say thank you. JPL

GOOD GOD! HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND!?!?!?!?

very good, very creepy.

-Mlle. Morte

I'm sure I read this an age and a half ago, but I never reviewed, apparently, and I can't remember if I ever added to Faves. Clicking the checkbox just in case.

At any rate, oh, this is wonderfully morbid. Who knew Chrissy could be so connivingly evil?
Sick, twisted, and altogether entrancing, really.

And now, I have a rather embarassing favor to ask.
Could you read my morbid little Leroux oneshot "The Eyes"? You might like it. I don't know. *shrug*
The reason this is embarassing is because I swore once to myself that I'd never go around begging better writers than me to critique my work, so as to avoid putting said writers in a supremely awkward position that Yours Truly knows from past experience.

Sheepishly (and in admiration),
~Echo

whoa...how creepy.

dark-hearted rose

I'm surprised this did not place 1st in the morbidity contest! Well done...I would hate to see the reaction of any Gerik fangirls stumbling upon this.

I love how you portrayed Erik he isn’t the nice Erik you see countless times in mediocre fan fiction.

You know, someone should lock that girl up. Christine, you ARE the creepy one.

Well done. :) And a nice incorporation of Christine's heritage. I like the way it was told, rather creepily and by rote, giving in an almost fairy tale effect. Very surreal.

I love this; it's delightfully morbid, and your writing is rich and wonderful. The description of Erik's body is truly shudder-making! I was wondering whether the Bridegroom's Shirt was going to be similar to the Nessus Shirt in Greek mythology, and I was not disappointed. Well done.

This very creative story gets bonus points for originality and for vocabulary. A "duet of screams" is far from the sweet song Erik may have imagined. ~ML

Oh, just the originality and utter STRANGENESS of this story has made it one of my favorites! Even if it weren't part of the contest, you would have found me fawning over it once I discovered it here ;)
This is one of the most twisted stories I have ever read. And I mean that all in a fabulously good way! Not "twisted" in the sense of a twisted ending, but just plain TWISTED! And the irony was just plain tragic. Erik was horrifically disgusting (in all ways) and Christine was wild! Bravo to you for your bravery in such unflattering portrayals of them both! I loved it!

Oh, this one was so much fun! I loved it to bits. When Christine gets mad, she certainly gets MAD, doesn't she? I loved the whole concept... the groom's shirt was a particularly nice touch.

"You wear it on your wedding night, and then, after a long and happy married life, you're buried in it"

Heh, unless your married AND dead on the same day! =P

PS- The description of Erik? Props to you for really going with the corpselike Erik idea.

How could sweet, innocent Christine be well versed in ancient spells and witchcraft? And then use those to kill Erik? You're definitely not an E/C'er, are you? LOL! Such irony that Raoul would die while under Erik's protection! I love that. Now, I know you said it was intentional, but I still don't see it implied here. And of course the whole "monthly blood" debate... It's creepy and ... well, creepy!

Pasting from my review at just a shortie..."General: At last a Christine that takes matters into her own hands, instead of just wringing them and sniffling or shrieking. Oh what a labour of love!
Pros: Girl power!
Cons: No merciful veil over the hideousness of Erik’s body…with this before my eyes, I cannot bring myself to say ”Poor Erik”."

Another thing, I don't know if this was intentional, but here we have Erik sauteeing some chicken... To "sauté" from the French verb "sauter", meaning jump, means to fry lightly. "Faire sauter quelque chose", can be both to lightly fry, or blow something up. Sautéed grasshoppers anyone?

I think I like this story even more when I read it separated from the others now. It´s gripping and equipped with powerful images. In my opinion the worst thing is not that Christine kills Erik (and accidentally herself as well), but that she gets his hopes up before.

Oh my! It’s Crazy!Evil!Christine! And she’s out with a vengeance! Definitely original to be having her knowing so many evil runes… and how to use them, even. I never would have expected that to be in her! But sometimes it’s the innocent characters who make the best antagonists…