Phenomenal! I laughed, I cried, I loved every word of it! You did a fantastic job on writing this story. The way you treated Azula's madness and recovery was tasteful and perfect. The emotion that you put into all of the characters blew me away. Especially Zuko and Ozai.
Thank you for sharing this story with all us readers. It truly is a work of art.

Awesome. I keep reading these fics where Katara isn't as good a bender as Aang- it's totally unreasonable, he has so much more to concentrate on that she'd have more time to practice and perfect waterbending. I like the idea that he's the best bender alive, but she's the better water bender. Thanks for appeasing the feminist in me.

WOW. This story is seriously good, and I mean REALLY
good, one of the best-if not the best, Zutara fanfictions I have ever read. Keep on writing! ^_^

Absolutely loved it. I can't believe I missed this for so long. I really hope you continue writing great stories like this! I finished the entire thing in 3 hours of straight reading. Wish you the best of luck in future writing! You have the real potential to become a writer!

I think this may have been the first time I actually cried reading a fanfic (i.e. at the part where Ursa died). Good job! Oh, and I also liked that you "humanised" Ozai a little, giving a reason for his (probable) disdain for his son. Ozai's not my favourite or anything, but I thought thatw as a nice touch :)

That was incredible! I loved every second of it. (Except the part where Aang was yelling at Katara. I wanted to smack him.) So, so cool.

wonderful stoy. I truely enjoyed reading it.

Oh. my. Gosh. This was so amazing. I enjoyed EVERY MOMENT. I'm serious. Everything I felt was executed perfectly, from the very first chapter. Everyone was so in character.

I choked up when Zuko's mother died, and then tears were practically down my face at the funeral. I loved how Zuko took the steps to forgive the wretched members of his family, and I loved how Ozai still loved Ursa through all his evilness.

And the epilogue, through Azula's eyes? So good. I was so deeply touched by this story. You did such a wonderful job. I loved it.

Very well written story! It was awesomely done!

i loved it. excellent job. you are a fantastic writer.

aw I love love love LOVED this! XD so much! XD this has to be one of my fave stories of all time that I have read on FanFiction lol! XD love it lol good work! XD
xoxo
~KT~

This story was simply amazing.
Well written with wonderfully thought out characters, and the bits with Azula at the end warmed my heart.
This was a wonderful read, and I am very glad to have stumbled upon it.
Noorah

Woah, this is definitely one of the best post-war fics and one of the best zutara fics I have ever read! I was crying along with Katara and Zuko the whole time. And there's a certain pet-peeve I have about Zutara - that it be written right. I'm not quite sure what "right" is, but you did it. I've read so many fics that were zutara only by including the two of them and long lists of how very amazed and grateful the one is to have the other in front of them. Too many don't find a balance between katara and zuko's strengths, weaknesses, and emotional journey. Suddenly, Katara will become wise beyond her years and utterly caring/cuddly. Or Zuko will lose all of his infamous short temper and arrogance to weep and mourn his (now long past) betrayal 24/7.
You really pulled in all the right elements of a zutara story while not letting it get too cliche. It was amazing. While Katara and Zuko progressed and dealt with their demons in different ways and at different paces, neither was completely neglected in the wake of the others importance to the plot at the moment. They were always in character, even though they matured and changed. Katara's dark side being even more exploited was great. I didn't think she got it all out of her system during the Southern Raiders either. haha And her reaction to her bloodbending Ozai was amazingly written. One of my favorite parts. I just loved watching each one react to each twist in the plot. I was never bored. And you brought Jet back! Who could forget that?! WHAT a plot twist! You also didn't force Aang and Toph into a relationship, which was great. I also really liked Aang and Katara's relationship the way you portrayed it - as "best friends". Having them regress was very plausible a nicely thought out. I was relieved there wasn't any outright Aang bashing. Although I really like zutara, I hate to hurt the poor little guy! You DID write Mai off pretty quickly and thoroughly, but the whole story was so great that I forgive you. ^^ It really got me, though, when Katara was crying after she realized she couldn't heal Ursa. It was so unexpected. I thought that you were going to zero in on Zuko's reaction, but you (once again) developed them equally and showed how she was reliving her own traumatic past. I loved it!! I also really liked it when Katara told Zuko that she wanted to go back to the beginning and start their relationship the right way. I was kind of worried about that and you rescued their relationship excellently. Since I waited until the end to review I'm forgetting a lot of other things I was going to say, but this is getting ling anyway. Oh, but Azula's sections were great the entire way through! Lovely! Especially Zuko's reaction during his visit with her when Katara was there, too. I really, really felt for him there. So great. And it was really nice to finish it with her. Also, you brought their marriage about very smoothly. I loved it all. Great job. This really reminded me what I really love this couple. Thanks so much for sharing!!

crap. my, oh my. just when things are already heavy and full with one problem, in comes another twist. you...you you you. are so good. =]
wth is jet doing here?!?!?!

jeeze...i wonder how zuko's gonna deal with that one. better keep katara close to you buddy. the other man is potential danger.

xOxO


~Island Honey

haha, sorry, i got a little ahead of myself in the last review. i read through both chapter 7 and 8 before i remembered that i still had to review chapter seven. and so, i went back to click the green button at the end of the chapter. it was only after i submitted the review that i realized i was talking about chapter 8 in the chapter 7 review. sorry. ^^; forgive me. =]

but anyways, great chapter!! again.
teehee.

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