I had a hard time starting this story. I'd be honest here, I considered dropping it after chapter 3 or so. It didn't feel natural with me, almost like you've decided to throw away the whole season 3. Until I opened the review section, it hadn't occurred to me it was written before the season 3 release, lol. Yeah, well, I don't regret checking on reviews. In fact, I really enjoyed Somewhere in Between after Katara and Zuko managed to deal with initially hostility towards each other. I feel a little bit tricked though, the cliffhanger and all. But Zuko and Katara's dynamics were totally worth it. Thanks for sharing!

Ha! That last line was perfect. Such a great and interesting story!

I’ve given up all hope of finding another well-written, clean, and damn interesting Zutara fanfic... then I found this.
THANK. YOU.
I was wary at first because you wrote this before the third season came out, and clearly in this AU the third season events had not transpired. Zuko and Katara never became friends, and Zuko appeared to have a different personality, or not have turned into the man he was at the end of the series. I almost stopped reading, but the pure quality of your writing kept me going. And I’m glad I did keep going. This is GOOD. This Zuko has gone through different things, but at the core is still Zuko. That’s far more than I can say for some other Zutara romance fics out there
And thank you so much for keeping the story clean. Thia was a ZUTARA POLITICAL MARRIAGE story, and consisted of what,, 2 innuendos? 3? And all of them by people other than the couple. No lusty imaginings by our lovely, romantic couple here. That’s extremely impressive. I admire how you stuck to your principles.
Possibly the only issue I have is that the POV sometimes switches randomly, disturbing the flow of reading.
Also, I am awed by the infinitesimal span of time that you completed this fic. HOW?
I’m now off to check your profile in hopes that you have a completed sequel as well.
Thank you for the read!

...aaand now I’m posting this on the second to the last chapter because I found that I can’t review on the last chapter. Because I’ve apparently done it before. Two years ago. Wth is happening to my memory.
Riiight, now I’ve learned that my memory is bad enough that I can forget what happened in a fic and read it thinking that I’ve never read it before, experiencing the twists and just enjoying the reading all over again as if the first time. I probably read so many Zutara fics before that I brushed of anything that felt familiar, thinking that I’ve read it in a different fic.
Which brings me to the other realization that there’s probably isn’t a well-written, clean, and damn interesting Zutara fanfic on this website that I haven’t read. Phooey.
Nevertheless, I’m glad I got to experience this fic all over again!

The ending is gold

12 years later and this is a legend. Brilliant story. Wish you had continued it, but I also quite like the cliff hanger.

ohhhh gosh! this was so interesting ahhh you're so good at writing 3

Awwww bless read it all in one go and loved it.

Well written slow build up, you made it believable. I liked it a lot :)

awww zutara love! i was a little hurt about the maiko beginning but now all is well. im going to need babies in the sequel though, i love daddy zuko

So I really enjoyed your fic and after two days of reading. Ima tell you what I think. First not enough romance or at least compared to what I'm used to. You made me laugh and smile a handful of times. I can't help but think of storm bending after azula bends lightning and katara catchs in the water. I don't usually read Zutara fan fics where they are older than me: I'm 20 years old. But like I said I really enjoyed it! Peace ️️

OH LOL AANG. Perfect Timing, as usual. I loved the kids, and I really love the slow build romance. Thank you for sharing this story. I enjoyed it tremendously.

This was so great, so sad to see the sequel isn't finished but I'm off to go read what you have posted. Hopefully you come back and write more soon!

Also I absolutely adore Maiko as an OC, she has such an Avatar mindset to her. I mean I would love to see her learning to bend like an airbender from Aang next lol

Best chapter as of what I've read so far. I love the therapy session! :D

Beautiful story!
OMFG! I love it!
Amazing job!
Can't wait to read what happens next!

Thanks for this great story! This was one of the first Zutara fanfics I've read, and I'm glad I started with a nicely written one :)

~Roze