Reviews for gods & monsters
Blaze Zion chapter 1 . 5/3/2021
These are the type of stories I love to read. I hope I can see your work in NovelStar. There are also a lot of talented writers in that platform. You may check their group on Facebook.
supremecascas chapter 1 . 3/15/2017
Lovely story. I'm always a sucker for Massington
Maya chapter 1 . 4/17/2014
Oh my gosh this was so good! My Massington feels are ALLLLL over the place omf.. The way you wrote this was just so perfect and Massie was just so in need of a hug and then Derrick helped her and then they got married and oh it's sO PERFECT!
-deadangelseverywhere
lydiamartins chapter 1 . 3/8/2014
lilylilylily stop being so perfect your angst is hurting me—from the very beginning of this, i really liked the summary seriously you have a gift for writing and for finding good pics and titles and summaries and everything basically. the overall way that you've shaped massie's character was one of my favorite things in this and how much she changes over the year, from wanting to be a princess at age six, to wanting to be envied at age thirteen, to want to have a sense of security at the age of twenty is wonderful. the way that you've characterized kendra sort of hurts—but then again, it's probably canon since kendra and massie always had a sort of weak relationship, but i like how massie still had hope even though her mother kept on ignoring her and how she kept on telling her what to do (what to do that's right in society) and the little mermaid i love this movie and how there were hints at massie growing older from that age and how she wears pumps and coral lipstick at that age since she started wearing those when she was nine is flawless seriously

the way that you've simply summed up massie's canon character and made it a million times better just shows your talent; the descriptions of derrick are just gorgeous really and i like how massie's sort of awkward and not a mary-sue flawless sort of girl around him; [it's eating her from the inside out] gahh i love this line. massie's awkwardness just makes her so relatable and i love what you've done with her character like usual; um okay I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE A COHERENT REVIEW ON THE LAST TWO SECTIONS BC THEY ARE SO FLAWLESS but how massie and derrick have an established tradition of texting each other at 9:30 pm every night that's a really cute tradition and it strengthens their friendship/relationship whatever it's a really cute detail and i like how they don't have a perfect wedding but it's enough for them and that last line is flawless like usual

*favefavefave
xx clara
TheCliqueAwards chapter 1 . 2/27/2014
Hey, I'm Gillian. :D Nice to meet you. :)

This is such a sweet story. All of your writing is absolutely incredible, and you're majestic and expressive and so real in your writing that it almost makes me cry. Please write and post as much as you can; you've got real talent. :)

Gillian

P.S. Want to check out my profile? On it is a link to my forum, The Clique Awards. Want to vote? :)
outside the crayon box chapter 1 . 2/22/2014
I thought this was going to be seriously angst, but it was actually amazing fluff, Lily. :D I love the entire thing. :)

The way you started off each section with an age and what she wishes shows her at that point in life more than any other words could, and I wish I'd thought of it. (But Lily always thinks of the best ideas first :D.) But each of those lines made me cry with how true and strong they were.

Massie was so realistic, but the way that you wrote it was so poignant and beautiful that every other line made me cry. dfhakhflkdshfal this was WONDERFUL.

And Derrick comes and fulfills her dream and they were just so sweet together. Even though I don't really ship Massington, I think I'm starting to because of Wicked Games and this. They were amazing. :D

Also, the prompts fit in so well I didn't even notice when you used them. :)

THIS WAS PERFECT.
/favoriting
team effort chapter 1 . 2/18/2014
lily this was fantastic! the summary seemed like it was going be angsty, but it was really sweet, especially at the end when massie/derrick decide to have an Las Vegas wedding. it's informal and doesn't seem like something massie would do, but it's so sweet how she doesn't care and she just wants to be with derrick. so adorable :)
discursive chapter 1 . 2/14/2014
this was so gorgeous, oh my god.

one of my favorite things is how you wrote in in an almost slice-of-life style but with a lot more depth. and the sad, princess child and "the world isn't crying; it's sobbing" and the wedding and... and i just loved this.
amy dunne chapter 1 . 2/14/2014
LILO THIS WAS SO PERFECT AND GUESS WHAT I WATCHED LILO AND STITCH TWICE TODAY. AND IT'S SIX AND I HAVEN'T EATEN SOLID FOOD ALL DAY SO THIS REVIEW WILL BE COMPLETELY INCOHERENT AND SOBBING AND HAPPY ENDINGS YAY

THEY GOT MARRIED HOLY SHITPOOPS AND NOW I MISS LAUREN. BUT THEY GOT MARRIED GODDAMN IT LILO HOW ARE YOU SO PERFECT AND THIS ANGST WAS ALMOST FLUFFY BUT STILL ANGSTY AND ALL IN ALL I WANT TO ROLL AROUND ON THE FLOOR AND JUST START SOBBING FROM FEELS.

UM OKAY A LOT OF THE FICS (MINE TOO) STARTED OUT WITH CHILDHOOD BUT THAT MAKES ME HAPPY BECAUSE I HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH LILO. LILO YOU'RE PERFECT CAN I BE YOU? PLEASE. LILOLILOLILOLILO I LOVE YOU AND NEED TO BE YOU AND PM ME NOW.

I'M GOING TO FAVE THIS EVEN THOUGH I'VE FAVED FIVE FICS TODAY OH WELL YOLO SAY NO NO ISOLATE YOURSELF AND JUST ROLL SOLO BE CAREFUL OH YOU GOTTA LOOK OUT OR YOU WILL DIE YOLO. YOU KNOW YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE SO DON'T BE DUMB DON'T TRUST ANYONE BECAUSE YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE. AND STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM DRUGS BECAUSE THEY NOT LEGAL AND THEY'LL MAKE YOUR WRITING LESS FLAWLESS.

xx nala
artists chapter 1 . 2/14/2014
okay i want to start on the summary it's just beautiful i almost shuddered

i love how you've talked about her desires changing as she grows, your writing style is just so beautiful lils and i loved the description in the beginning kendra should have responded it's terrible how girls like massie grew up with nobody to be a mother for her and that part was just really sad. i love massiederrick banter bc it's part sassy and part hilarious and part sofreakinadorable and i love how you included that in there ily it made the fic even more perfect
my favorite part was the ending of the sixteen year old part when derrick says he likes his girls really insane ajsgdfh i either wanted to laugh or to cry i dunno it was amazing
and it's ironic yet perfect how massie who's always dreamed of some sort of fairytale wedding gets married that simply but she's different with derrick and it's amazing and the ending it was beautifulperfectionamazingawesome and best of all it was happy i needed a happy ending
overall this was just breathtaking like all your fics you go lils

nina
super lame dork chapter 1 . 2/14/2014
YOU ALREADY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I THINK ABOUT THIS
BUT ANYWAYS THIS IS GREAT BLAH BLAH BLAH YOU DID A SHMANTASTICSLICIOUS JOB AND WHATNOT
KAYBYEE
-SARAH:)
glossiers chapter 1 . 2/14/2014
ooooh the summary is veryvery nice. ;A; it sounds sad tho. /plows on to read

ohmygod lily this is amazing i love their characteristics..really canon and it's just so amazing and their marriage oh gosh and the part where massie's all depressed in bed i can't even it's so amazing i'm practically incoherent on gosh and the last line is just perfection [Their future doesn't exist yet, but they're certain it holds each other.] it's so wonderful how they both immediately assume that their futures will have the other in it yay massington :3 and oh gosh the part where they're thirteen and massie falls and is jealous of people is just so accurate i can't even
harper price chapter 1 . 2/14/2014
jfc the summary it's amazing and the title and the cover lily give me your title-making, summary-making, and cover-finding skills please and thank you and your writing skills i want them too this is flawless omg

the princess themes in the beginning are love and you know how much i love fairytales and childhood innocence don't you ;) okay one sec staying up until midnight to watch the little mermaid omg is this a coincidence because yesterday i got myself re-addicted to part of your world (my sister was playing it on the piano and then i started singing along so yeah) and the little mermaid is an amazing movie

so i really liked the repeated use of "at [insert age here] she wishes to be [blank]" the format of this is just amazing!

{The world isn't crying, it's sobbing.} this line is perfect. it's so short and simple, yet so perfect.

i only spotted two errors: {The room dark, only lighten by a brief glowing lantern in the corner} there should be an "is" in front of "dark" and "lighten" should be "lightened". and in the second-to-last paragraph, instead of {she follows suite} it should be {she follows suit}

i loved the usage of my sucky prompts and the part when she was thirteen sums up massie perfectly and i love how derrick was there for her can i just download him to be my own boyfriend? the depression thing was perfect and then the wedding, oh, the wedding, it was just so cute. ilysm for this massington is perf and this is just really lovely okay

{Their future doesn't exist yet, but they're certain it holds each other.} i love this so much it was a great way to end the fic and sorry for this rambly review full of run-on sentences i loved this so much

we should all really stop putting ourselves down i mean lily this is perfect okay i really liked this! it has everything i love and i just thank you so much bby this honestly made my day

ily my valentine

rachel xx