Wow! This is like...crazy good. I can tell you put in a lot of time into planning this and the results speak for themselves. You kept all the characters from being OOC, which is difficult to do in an AU. You also take a lovely twist onto the Teacher AU trope. So bravo for that! I’m in love with this story and I haven’t even made it past chapter one! XD Great job!

They don't speak Swahili in Nigeria. It is mostly spoken in East Africa not West Africa. I'm not trying to be a troll but I really hate it when people talk super vaguely about Africa and I can see you've done some research but I just want to let you know to avoid future error.

So great! You could probably (with a few tweaks here and there to make it not Teen Titans related) make this into a TV show.

This story was ADORBS! LOVED IT!

This is the only piece of FanFiction that truly made me laugh out loud and bawl my eyes out. It's truly beautiful and well structured. I can see why it's listed as one of the best ever BBRaes. I cannot fully describe how much I enjoyed the tale you spun, just know you have one more person who's in love with this story.

Oh yeah, he's very level headed.

Ohmygod its beautiful and I dont believe

Estoy llorando en tres idiomas diferentes...

After re-reading this story for the upteenth time, I just wanted to let you know that this story is so beautiful in so many ways. The first way is the emphasis of family. In this story family is more than just a biological thing, it's a relationship thing. The main focus of the story is in fact the librarian's children. With Rachel and Gar's relationship being secondary. The second is the gradual progression in Gar and Rachel's relationship in terms of friendship and romance. Gar's character as a whole is something that I truly adore! His feelings for Rachel were genuine but his feelings for the children and their well-being were genuine as well. He put his feelings on the back burner and continued to impact them children because he honestly cared for them. The third aspect is the reality of the financial situation that Rachel was in. That some people only have means to barely get by. When most people write AUs, regardless of any fandom, the main characters tend to live lashishly. Whether they start off that way or end that way. In this story, they didn't go off and buy a huge house or anything like that. They put the money towards education and I'm pretty sure towards other necessities. Lastly, I appreciate the cameos of other DC characters throughout the story. I love how you incorporated some events from the show.

I can understand why you don't write anymore. Although my stories weren't the greatest (considering the fact that I was in 8th grade when I wrote them), life happens, reality sets in. You have your own eventual dream of being published and by all means go for it! Your writing is exceptional and you can truly understand each character. I wish you the best of luck of in all of your future endeavors!

This is beautifully written. It gave me a sense of nostalgia that I can't shake...

YAHOOO! It took me a while to finish this story! But it was worth it! I LOVED IT! BRAVO!

I'm just at the Thanksgiving portion of your amazing story and I wanna say... wow. So much wow. I'm adoring this AU, makes me wish my life was as nice as theirs. I'm saving that box idea for if, when I have my own family. Thank you so very much for this

this is honestly the best bbxrae story ive read, especially since i dont normally like normal life aus as much. well done

*crying hysterically* this story is so amazing and beautiful! I have loved every second, every word, every scene! Just, I love it! Thank you so much for writing it, you are an exceptionally talented writer, you honestly deserve to be a very respected and famous author because you just write down a few sentences and they come together to make an amazing tale. Truly incredible! So thank you again! Love Grass Xxx

Your story was simply amazing! I usually avoid the romance genre like a plague, but your story is one of my few exceptions. The plot is a bit unconventional, but you managed to make it suit your tale just about perfectly. The progression of the love aspect was as gradual as is to be expected from Raven, and was definitely in character for her. The family scenes with the children were simply heart warming and the back stories are definitely fleshed and not at all flat.

All in all, it was a truly wonderful read. :D

I have got to say, this is one of the most wonderful stories I have read in a really long time. Your story and descriptions and plot and characters and everything... I am honestly in awe. You built on Gar and Rae's friendship first, adding a hint of romance and such as you went along, and the ending was more than well worth it. I am very lucky to have found this story, and to have read it. Please keep up the amazing work, you are incredibly talented!