Loved it! A wonderful emotional roller coaster ride. Brilliantly written and a perfect end to my afternoon!

I have been reading harry potter fanfiction of all sorts for about eight years, but this is my first time reviewing. I was absolutely blown away reading checkmate. Eating and studying were definitely not options until I felt like I memorized every (perfectstunningcaptivating)word, and I can not wait to reread it, likely in another two minutes. It is overwhelming how much dedication you must have to your work. Eeeep, I am apparently not very good at reviewing, or maybe its just that there are no words to adequetely describe the perfection of your take on harry and draco. Thank you thank you thank you!

An incredible story. You had me in tears, because I could see what Draco was going to do and was yelling "NO!" at him. My heart was in my mouth the whole time. Beautifully written.

Wow. Where do I start? This story was beautiful, just such a high caliber of writing for me even to believe this isn't a professionally written story. The characterizations were spot on and heart breaking at times. Your depiction of Draco was lovely, he was strong but vulnerable and endearing. He loved Harry so much and I simply forgot how fast their relationship occurred because the transition was so natural and real. They fell in love slowly and I fell in love with the story more and more each chapter. I cried and laughed and probably freaked my friends out at time with all the emotions this story made me feel. Thank you for sharing your gift this story was phenomenal.

I don't really know what to say. It was just amazing. I read it in a matter of days; I couldn't stop reading! It evoked so many different emotions and... well...

Beautifully written.

Thank you writing this. It really is one of the best fan fictions I've read to date.

Omg. I can't believe this was longer than the Goblet of Fire... and that it took 2 years to write! That's amazing! It took me over a week to read. I spent like 2 hours on each chapter... sometimes longer! It was so absolutely incredible. I'm just reveling in the wonder that is "Checkmate"

The Magebond thing was just epic... and that explosion in the hospital wing! Classic! I enjoyed the story more than you could ever know! Just adore it! I drew a pic of Draco's tower room... of what I imagined it would look like. I'm not sure when I'll post it though. I loved the Ti'kira dance! The amazing, loving bond that Harry and Draco shared! The whole fic was just wonderful. Snape, Dumbledore and McGonagall were all perfect! They're so in character! All the other Drarry fics pale in comparasion! This is just the best one I've read... EVER!

This was a brilliant story but I understand why you prefer to focus on original work. I love your language.

I'm feeling a bit sad that I didn't know of the story back when you were first writing it since I would have loved to support you during the writing time. On the other hand I'm not certain that I would have been able to handle the suspense. As is I have spend the last couple of days and nights plastered to the screen. It was especially hard between the announcement of that Draco had to take the mark until he was safe in the hospital, although I admit that even before that I had to sneak a peak at the reviews just to make sure that it was a happy ending. The angst surrounding Draco's every thought and action was simply to well written.

Thank you very much for the story it really pulled me into the harry potter world again although there is one major thing that didn't follow from the original books. This time Harry was special in himself, not because of something that happened to him at some point in history. Thank you very much for that as well.

Only complaint about the story is that Draco catches the snitch, the only thing where Harry is known to be very good. Draco is extremely skilled with everything else so it was somewhat disappointing. At the same time I understand why that had to happen the way it did.

This is such an amazing fic, a real romance story. The way you describe love is so real, you do it really well. Even though this story has a happy ending I felt like crying most of the way through because this really is just how love at its best is. When Draco started crying in Harry's arms because it 'feels so right', I could understand that completely and was feeling it along with him. My favourite part was the bit when Harry told his friends about their relationship by getting Draco to smile at him across the great hall. That bit will always get me and I will remember it for a long, long time.

I loved it. Absolutely loved it. Brilliant job!

I love this story so much. I like that they're taking it slow and there's romance, I hate it when it goes straight to sex once Harry accepts that he likes Malfoy.

What a great story! I loved it. Very creative. I was very worried during the Malfoy, Lucious, and Harry moment and if you were here you would of heard me yelling at the screen, but the suspense was a good kind of suspense and I absolutely loved everyone's reactions. Simply brilliant. I even added the story to my favorites. ^.^

Hey,

My name is Johanna, I'm 17 and I'm from Belgium :)

I just wanted to say that I read your story in about three or four days and there are no words that can even begin to describe how absolutely amazing I thought it was...

I never thought I would ever read a story on this subject (untill a week a go I didn't even know there was such a thing as 'Drarry'), but after every chapter I just wanted more and more...

I just need to tell you that you're incredibly talented!

Now that I've read your story, I feel like I would maybe like to read more about this in the future. However, I saw that there are countless 'Drarry'-stories, and I don't now how to distinguish the 'good' ones from the 'bad' ones...

So I was wondering if there is any story that you could recommend? I would really appreciate it. (e-mail me at )

Please never stop writing, you were born to do this!

Lots of love,

Johanna

This was AMAZING! So clever and original. Good job. :)

If it was possible to die from awesomeness I would be on the floor by now. This story made me go snfvlwpqkcyeyanzmcjsof. You've managed to change one of my ships... Which has never happened. For me, you're up there with JK Rowling. Thank oh for making my life and reading time better :)

I will repeat myself. EPIC. Yays for love!