Thank you for this. It’s been so long since it’s been posted and I don’t even know if you’ll read this, but I need to write a review. I’m reading the Anne book series now (currently on Anne’s House of Dreams), after falling in love with Anne with an E. Reading the books, I was just so upset about the lack of Anne and Gilbert interactions and their development as friends and lovers. I loved, smiled, laughed and cried with every chapter of this, and just couldn’t stop reading it. Thanks for writing, and sharing with the world! ️

I've just finished reading this again for about the fourth time. I know it's been six years since you talked about a sequel but I hope one day you feel able to write it and finish this delightful AU story.

Wholeheartedly concur, Anne. But I think you’ll find yourself preaching to the choir here…!

And this is what prompts the whole “where can I get my own Gilbert Blythe?” frenzy.
I love rereading your works, they’re evergreen and I was in the mood for unabashed love on a page, Anne and Gilbert style, soooo... here I am! May the onslaught begin!

I finished another reread of OMDWY & WTC and I didn’t remember you originally planned a third part for this series. I was wondering if you’d ever write it… I love your Anne & Gilbert so much. They are my absolute favorites. I keep coming back to your stories again and again, it’s like reading classics. They bring me so much comfort.
I will be here for anything you’d decide to write and share, anything. I hope you are well, dear Catiegirl.

I’ve just finished reading again. Did you know that you’re the reason for my recent late afternoon cups of coffee? ;)

Talk about making a “full circle”. So much of their past is literally revisited in their present. I thought the tea at Queens was a sweet “do overit’s kinda cool that you wrote it as their reliving-the-past so steadfastly heading into their future. The interplay of memoryrecall through the window was also fabulous. Memory has a tendency to exaggerate good and bad but what I loved about Anne’s moments of recall was the sweet- Marilla and Matthew still togetherintertwined with the bitter -they were still so solitary without her- plus her relationship or lack thereof with Gilbert at the time. The ending was sublime with her replacing his singular token of her with a new one. It’s such a cute and cheeky call back to the first name he ever gave her as he works towards the day he can finally give her a last name. Like I said it’s a perfect ‘full circle’.

I love seeing Gilbert’s “Anne”, feisty, headstrong, confident, independent… and seething lol. She’s a queen for good reason and now she’s about to walk through the gates of QueenS

This entire chapter felt so ethereal. Even though we don’t get to Hester Gray’s garden til the last bit of it there was still this floaty, dreamy sensibility to it. Gil’s teasing about Anne laying in his bed was equally swoon as it was playful. There is something h so sweet tor hunk of Anne getting to rest her head where Gil slept just for him to later to the very same because of her nap. It’s just too precious. Well I’m excited about the possibilities of Charlottetown: will Anne’s lack of a legitimate contract now free her up for the second offer? Is there something more suspicious behind the board’s questioning of her contract and Gil’s unease? Eager to find out

This was a fabulous sequel. Even with more honesty and knowing each other's love there would be bumps in the road.
I came to this story from elizasky's Within a Forest Dark which built on your AU. I'm so glad that you let Anne live. Given how run down Gilbert was she probably would have been more resilient in fighting the typhoid. We never get to know much about his fight other than the near death.
I loved that you gave Pris a missionary in Japan to join but I also liked that you left Stella without a match. There are other adventures in life!
I suspected where A&G would end up when you mentioned the house in White Sands. Being closer to home will be great for their families. Although LMM wrote about Marilla coming to Glen St Mary's we never see the Blythes again.
I can't help feeling a bit sorry for stories that won't get resolved - Little Elizabeth never reunited with her father; Leslie Moore never released from her 'husband'. But then you can imagine all the other people whose lives will be transformed because of the change.
Thank you for a lovely story!

This entire chapter warms my heart

Too many adorable moments. Can this chapter get any cuter! Plus I love the devilish mind of Cora Blythe sending Anne up to Gilbert’s room. Let’s see if she can make it though their true test: Aunt Mary Maria lol

Nothing says “feeling better” than a little flirtatiousness

This chapter is astonishing in that it really allowed us to witness AnneGil’s revelations regarding the depths of each other’s love. I quite loved how their declarations were not actually made verbally to each other but revealed at times they were physically alone. It’s as if fate did not want the presence of each other to distract them to the scale of understanding they needed to reach. It was just immaculate!

“Like a golden wedding band” welp- my heart just constricted with emotion. The fact this chapter walked us through their life, lived in its fullest in this makeshift marital bed, is a dream come true I never knew I was wishing for. It was a confessional, an admission of every sin and every act of bravery Gilbert could remember. It was the mundane and the excitement that wove into the fabric of his early childhood experiences and his fears, jealousy, and hopefulness laid bare before Anne. It was his soul and now she possessed it solely. I know I sing your praises in every chapter but I can’t end my comments for this one without commending you for bringing your reader along Gilbert’s journey. I found myself also accepting the chance that Anne wouldn’t make it through and had to reconcile being in the moment (Gil’s moment) and just read his experience without trying to predict or second guess what her fate would be by chapter’s end. I can’t lie though, I did find myself checking how many chapters were left because I couldn’t stand the thought of this chapter being the penultimate. It’s a stunningly beautiful chapter