I really like this! It's very sad what Minerva's mother did to her, and you conveyed this well.

Nice title. I liked it that you made Mrs. Paradizo's disappearance the trigger for Minerva's not-so-good ventures. Brilliant oneshot.

It was nice. Although I hardly think that is why the mother left.Besides that your story was well written!

Woah. That was ... amazing. Awesome. i don't know what to say.

That was well-written. It was impressive. Great work!

PS: YEs, I am QueenofBookworms from dA, and bookworm from the EC forum.

how the heck did this get into the artemisxholly section?

Wonderful one-shot! I love how you dug into Minerva's past... It kinda explains Minerva's character in the beginning of TLC.
I liked the part where Juan Soto thinks about the family's former perfection, and how it was sad that Beau and Minerva had to have a darkened childhood. Anyways, great one-shot!!

that was great!

I enjoyed this one as well. It's a nice take on why she doesnt have a mother. [: Also a good take on why she's evil in the first couple of chapters of TLC. Man I can't wait for the 6th book to see what happens with her.
*ish a AXMshipper*

Very creative. What we do in Model United Nations sometimes: Dig into someone's past. However I thought that Eoin Colfer portrayed Minerva Paradizo as the snobbish little girl since young. But I might have messed up the facts. Read The Lost Colony like late last year, September maybe?

I like oneshots-- they're short and focus only one usually one main thing so you have time to add more detail to what the person (in this case, Minerva) is thinking.

This was a great oneshot- good job. :)

It is hard to write Minerva in-character. Colfer didn't focus on her as much as he did with everyone else. Hopefully that might change a bit in the next book. I loved this oneshot. I haven't really seen anyone explore the more minor human character relationships with there parents. Please continue to write!
~Tora

I like it. I'm glad that someone besides me like Minerva's character around here!