Wow! I am just blown away. Just finished 6 and then this...wow.
You capture emotion with an art - the many emotions in these last 2 chapters were raw and real and honest (i had tingles down my spine with the ball row) - and you also depict characters realistically: it's wonderful not having to deal with saint/paragorn/marysue!Lily, and instead have a Lily with flaws, an idol with clay feet if you will.
That said you balance the two sides of James perfectly: keeping with the cruel, dark side (He rocked in the ball row...he was cruel, brutally honest but he plain rocked) but showing us he is good and amazing, his capacity for love, someone who understands people and human nature far better than most, someone who sees the grey between the black and white.
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You capture emotion with an art - the many emotions in these last 2 chapters were raw and real and honest (i had tingles down my spine with the ball row) - and you also depict characters realistically: it's wonderful not having to deal with saint/paragorn/marysue!Lily, and instead have a Lily with flaws, an idol with clay feet if you will.
That said you balance the two sides of James perfectly: keeping with the cruel, dark side (He rocked in the ball row...he was cruel, brutally honest but he plain rocked) but showing us he is good and amazing, his capacity for love, someone who understands people and human nature far better than most, someone who sees the grey between the black and white.
I have a new fav Lily/James writer! ^_^ Yay!
Wonderful stuff and hope you update soon!