Wow this story was amazing! I have enjoyed reading it. I loved how you wrote Hermione and Severus interactions, I could feel the love and attachment growing, it was magical! You say your not an experienced writer but you could of fooled me. I thought that your an experienced writer or at least had a very good way with words. Keep writing! 

I want to congratulate you on your beautiful story. I love your smooth prose and your elegant plotline. I believe you achieved something wonderful here and I wanted to thank you for sharing this with us.

VERY happy with how you gradually shifted both Sev and Hermione into their new, more comfortable roles together. :D
Thank you for sharing, this was a very satisfying read.

The conference should be interesting, I'm sure Severus is just as smitten as Hermione, but he has a better understanding of how the world works, wile she is still a student it is just not possable.

Under the circumstances, it wouldn't be wise for Severus to dance with her in public, but there was no need to be so mean in the hallway. Mistletoe gathering sounds promising.

Things seem to be moving along, slowly but surely.

Hermione did very well on the stand, particularly against Umbridge.

what a place to end a chapter, I'm so glad that I started to read , when this story had been finished. It is just like Hermione to get caught up in her studies, and forget the ball.

Poor Hermione, can't wait to see how Severus handles this. As for Umbridge, I would say , feed her to the giant squid, but I don't belive in cruelty to animals.

Oh dear, knowing that SHE knows what he has done, could break him completely.

Some passages are very difficult to read, Severus has suffered as much as the victims,and now Hermione is suffering too. Such acts of violence don't only affect the victims,but everyone around them,how is it possable to witness such horror, and not be changed,either they surccumb to evil, or turn from it. I am looking forward to read the rest of this, fascinating story.

it makes sense, that something so horrific would drive Severus to repent. 

mmmmm, makes me wonder, who is stalking who.

Poor Hermione, that is a lot of pressure to put on a young girl.Hopefully Minerva's attitude will be explained in following chapters. It's always sad to see a child abused, so often a mother is so abused herself,she can't see what she is doing to her own child is just as bad.

stumbled upon your story today, and i could not have picked a better way to spend a cold, snowy, January day than completely reading it. You've written incredibly deep, well rounded characters and i sincerely hope you'll write more in the future.

Couldn't possibly have left my computer screen until I had read this entire story! Absoultely beautiful. You built up to their intamacy so wonderfully. I don't think I've ever read so many chapters of sexual frustion without skipping to the sex before. I adored your portrayal of Snape, exactly how I imagine him. Your story was so plausable as well which just made it all the more enjoyable to read.

Can't give you enough praise
Much Love

I am glad Hermione is predisposed to think favorably about our favorite potions professor. I dont understand why Severus rigged his pensive so only a child could look at it thought. Curious.

I am heartened by the hints of Snape's sense of humor, no matter how dark when he speaks with AD. Makes me hope he has not lost all faith in survival.

oh my how horrible for all involved

This chapter feels familiar. Maybe I have read this story previously on a different archive? Hummm? Well I cant remember how it turns out so I shall continue on.

Awesome. Brilliant. Umbridge is such a bitch. Hermione was able to hold her own against her, clever girl! I think Severus is going to have kittens! lol! Great chapter!
Livvy

It is creepy and very Snape all at once. I mean, did he not stop developing emotionally at an early age? Woman his own age could be too much! But Hermione, with all her maturity and the intellectual draw between them, he's been thinking...
Livvy

I do not believe I have ever reviewed this fic before. It is by far in my top 5 favorite SS/HG fics. I don't know how many times I have read it. It is brill! I do love the secretive forbidden feelings Hermione has for Snape as she goes through his memories and belongings. It is as intimate on the same level as sex in my mind. This is as naked as it gets, looking into a person's life with all its good, bad, ugly and to experience it - wow! This is an unbelievably top-notch fic. I do hope you have been given the praise you deserve for this fic! Not many fics can give that sense of "I'm reading something so good, it have to keep it to myself - hubby not allowed! Perhaps until later... he is a rather "Snapeish" person himself and fiercely devoted to me! He is my muse for my other SS/HG fics. Anyway, well done in advance, and I will try hard to respond to each chapter!
Livvy
P.S. Wish I could give you ten stars!

A truly delightful story and a beautiful ending. 

Wonderful chapter, so glad they are finally getting things worked out.