Well what can I say, it was pretty much the best fanfiction i've yet to read. All ive seen is soppy one shots in the shipping department but this is extreamly long and satisfying. I'm just sad it's over, but continuing their shipping story after this might be redundant. Maybe switch over to Felix/Sheba, seemed like that was going somewhere.

Regardless, very well done.

This entire story was absolutely fantastic. I enjoyed it since the very first scene where Isaac and Mia are talking together. Hopefully you have continued to write things, be it fanfiction or otherwise. You are quite the talented author.

I very much enjoyed the interactions and internal struggles of all the characters. However, the one thing that I personally think was a bit overdone is the stuttering. I understand that when people are nervous their ability to speak coherently gets thrown to the wind, but I felt that the propensity for mangled words was a bit too frequent. Just my two cents on that subject.

Finally, I think the way that you followed the story closely but added and changed key details was splendid. You did a great job considering the rather...meager character interactions that you had to go on. Certain things--like Garet's fiery personality--were painfully obvious in the game. But many other details, such as Isaac's relations with anyone, were far less clear. Well done.

Magnificent, absolutley incredible. This is, without a doubt, the best fanfiction i have ever read. you, my friend, are a master!

woot... i agree with several people that this is almost too good ot warrant a sequel, but... hot damn, I would read it either way! just breathtaking!

obtw, look up "The Golden Truth" - it uses like straight up copy/pasted stuff from this. same storyline until the latest few chapters- then it get its own ideas.

sequel... plox?

Bloody beautiful :) I'm a Valeshipping fan but I have to say that what you've done with Isaac and Mia is astonishingly good. The pace, the tone, the development and use of the different characters and the context of thier increasingly difficult journey together is completely convincing, and really delicately handled. Way to go; a lovely love work, written lovingly!
Well wishes.

ha... ' it's hard to sleep after what happened last night...' lol, that's not inapropriate at all...

hahaha! That's awsome! And by the way, yes it is blindingly obvious. But good nonetheless.

Well hot diggity dang! I just found this story, and let me tell you it was an absolute joy to read. It's been so long since I played GS...I'd pick it up again if I didn't have so much other stuff piled over my head. XD I'm a mudshipper at heart and this one is definitely a favorite. ...oh crud...it's 3AM...I really do love to read too much. Laters.

I have one major regret with this story;

I wasn't around as it was being written.

This has got to be one of the best fanfictions I've ever read. The artistic way you have with words with the understanding you have of the characters as well as the complex swirl of thoughts that you presented were absolutely believable, seemed perfectly in-character, and gave this story such a satisfying pace. Like you've mentioned before in chapter headings/endings, you wanted to present Isaac and Mia has having a special "understanding beyond words". I really, really like that thought, and you protrayed it appropriate to whatever current level of their relationship at the time was throughout the entire story from even Chapter one. And your way of describing what they felt and thought the whole time was so life-like, something I was able to relate to so well, that it had be absolutely engrossed. I can never, ever write a Mudship fanfiction that I could be proud of unless it copied this one so badly that it wasn't worth it.

I don't know if I even want a sequel. It's too GOOD for a sequel. But at the same time, by the end of the final chapter, I was ready to sit there and just keep reading what happened throughout the day and every day after. I played through the first game as I read it, trying to match how far I was with the story. And being the first time I ever played through the game since I first got it back around its release date, it was new and refreshing. I remembered why I was a Mudshipper from the game alone, and this story added quite a depth to it.

Thank you for this experience.

I feel really inspired by this story. I usually never venture into the GS fandom section, but recently, I've been wanting to dive back into the GS world by playing the games again, researching facts, finding artwork, and of course, reading fanfiction.

I really enjoyed your characterizations of the four adepts. It's true that you don't get to see as much character interaction in the games as one would wish. A lot of the banter between them along the journey is lost by the fact that, one, this is a GBA game, and two, there's a whole lot going on in the story.

To tell the truth, I found your story through an article on Wikipedia. The link caught my interest because it was listed as an example of IsaacxMia, and my first impression of the game several years ago was that those two make a good couple. Your writing and characterization certainly proved that idea right. It held my attention and didn't let go.

I do have to say that, at times, it got a bit wordy and redundant, but the overall feel was nice and flowing. And, even if you thought that those few plot advancement chapters felt like filler, they were among my favorites. The chapter about the morality of mind reading (Ivan and Mia) was especially interesting, though I didn't agree with Garet's later justification to Ivan.

I think the biggest point that won this story for me was the dialogue, which felt realistic and in character. Maybe it was the stammering and the ellipsis. Usually, that stuff can get overdone, but it worked for this story. Or more specifically, it worked for your two sheepish, hesitant main characters.

I hope you come back to write another GS fanfiction someday, and hopefully someday soon. Maybe one with more action and djinn! But another romance would more than suffice as well.

Take care.

-Eternal Longing

To the writer,

Wow! What can I say... I have just completed reading this entire series. I'm new to the world of fanfic, but am on probably my tenth round of playing the GS games... and I was never a Mia/Isaac shipper... (Mia was Garet's! But you have swayed my opinion.)

The consistency of characters was what struck me the most in your stories. I'm also an actor, and what I find important about great character writing is definite consistency of character, and descriptiveness. There were times when reading this where I thought, "I wish I could draw a comic or make this into a film", because the richness of character was that vivid! Scenes swam in and out of my mind like ripples in a pond, things in this story resonated so deeply that I want to re-read it immediately!

The genuine nature of these characters were refreshing in a sea of mediocre fanfic, I gained a realistic sense of all four of the GS characters without feeling like they were irrelevant to the games, but much more filled out (I must say I giggled at your review of the actual sequence of events directly after Felix' descent to save Sheba) the romance between the two leads is realistic but refreshing and very gripping to read!

Without a doubt some of the best fiction, let alone fanfiction I have read in a good long while! I hope to read more of your work in future!

I have read tow of you fanfics: "Sunrise" and now this one "The angel and the slayer" and i must say that i have been touched by your work. I personally think that they were beautiful works.
You are talented. To say i envy your talent would be wrong i think it is best for me to say that i was inspired by you and i wish to be able to wright like you do. So hears to you and a job well done. =)

I love your story!! It's so fantastic! I've read it for five times! It's the best Golden Sun story i've ever read! really. You've got talent.

Damn good job soldier! Damn good! I'm sure you've read at least one review exactly like the other ones I've submitted to you at least once, so I am going to try my best to make this one highly original and inventive and special, so that it is something you will enjoy reading.

One thing that I do wonder is whether or not you are a professional writer, or you have a degree, or something like that, because when I read this, I saw themes, I saw recurring language, conflicts, resolutions, and all sorts of other things I was supposed to learn for my English test last week. This story truly does feel authentic and professionally written.

I haven't seen so much character development in a single story yet. In credit to your writing talents, I have to say that most of what you have done in this story is beyond my abilities as a writer, and it quite frankly makes me jealous.

The story "spoke," in a certain way, I think. You kept the thoughts of the characters separate from the dialogue (something I always struggle with), and I can honestly say that there was not a single point in this story that I did not understand the emotions that you were trying to push my way. You have a great deal of talent for reaching a reader, and you should not let that talent go to waste.

Also, something I always put in a review, the SPG section. You obviously care a great deal about your work. You have gone over it and back over it so many times, I can tell. That is the hardest part about being a writer. I can't tell you how annoying it is to go back and redo what you have already written. Even J.K. Rowling missed a spot in the seventh book (I would know). I am thoroughly impressed, and quite esteemed, to say that I have never before seen such a lengthy story with so few grammatical and spelling errors. If you asked me, I would have to re-read the whole thing to find just one.

Congratulations on finishing this two years ago, as I can tell it must have been quite an accomplishment. I look forward to reading some more of your writing very, very soon.

Cheers, rock and roll, and may da schwartz be wit you...

-ThorHammer17

I read this story about a year ago and I absolutely loved it. It is my favorite Golden Sun shipping fanfic of the ones that I've read (and I've read a lot). I really get a feel for the characters and how they would think or act as if I were watching a movie. And the action scenes were great as well. I can not criticize your writing because for the life of me I can find no fault with it. However, I am a very amateur writer at the time of this review, so don't think too highly of that comment. But still, I think this is good enough to be published in a real book.