A Lesson for a Lady
livvy619 Reviews | 4.95/10 (19 Ratings, 0 Likes, 3 Favorites )
The "Slytherin Ice Queen" comes to Professor Snape for career advice. She gets more advice than she counted on.
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I am a grateful fan of Ms. Rowling and of her overwhelming Byronic Character, Severus Snape! Please check out the first chapters of each fic (except for "How Can I Tell You," which is on Chapter 2) to see pictures of the Heroines.
Admins' Note: Livvy6 died suddenly on February 22, 2012, leaving behind her husband, six-year-old daughter, and seventeen stories well-loved by the TPP community. All who knew her—including those in Harry Potter fandom and all of us, here—are richer for having known her.
Requiescat in pace, Livvy. Always.
Reviews for A Lesson for a Lady
So sexy in its subtlety!
Fun story.
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
Thank you! This was an early one, but for a fun challenge, I thought I would give it a go!Thanks,Livvy
Cool story and I like the name Laura
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
Thank you so much for reviewing!Livvy
Livvy, this was inspired writing to prompt. I truly love the way you have Severus woo Laura, and hope they had a wonderful time getting to know each other.
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
Thanks! I've actually been talking with another reviewer who gave me suggestions on making it a multi-chaptered piece. I'm considering it.Thanks for reviewing!Livvy
Response from braye27 (Reviewer)
That would be so very cool! Go for it, Livvy! I LOVE THIS STORY!Beth
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
Thanks! I've actually been talking with another reviewer who gave me suggestions on making it a multi-chaptered piece. I'm considering it.Thanks for reviewing!Livvy
Response from braye27 (Reviewer)
That would be so very cool! Go for it, Livvy! I LOVE THIS STORY!Beth
Very intersting take on the challenge. I like how she has one of the Slytherin boys as her friends who wants to be so much more. LOL It's also a nice turn that Severus totally knocks her off kilter.
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
Thank you very much! I liked how the challenge gave so much freedom to work with it, so I had a lot of fun!
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Pants have cuffs? LOL Aside from that, a very nice response to a great prompt!
Author's Response: Was that an American/British thing? It could also be where I come from in the States, pants do have cuffs. Thanks for reviewing!
Angel Mischa's response: Maybe it is just a British thing... LOL
I have to amit that at first seeing that there was someone new after Severus, someone who isn't a main character, I wasn't so sure I was going to like this story. Now with the way you wrote it and everything really; it's really good. I would love to see more actually. Very well done.Tamara aka
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
Yes, there was another reviewer who pleaded for me to make this more than a one-shot. After the voting is over, I may go back and do more with it. I'll have to think on it.Thank you for reviewing!
nice story and characters well matched
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
Thank you so much for reviewing!
HEY My name is Laura! Which makes this a mary-sue-me????Thank you mystery author
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
ROFL! That is a first for me. I hope you're at least a Snape fan, then you could live vicariously through the fic!
Thanks for the review!
Response from MollysSister (Reviewer)
Yes I am a HG/SS shipper for the most part. I dont look anything like your Laura, but it was nice to pretend anyway!!!
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
I am for the first time going to be posting my first ever HG/SS ship. I can't say much because I'm supossed to be anonymous. Just so you know there's a new one to be on the look-out for. I know I LOVE HG/SS stories and I'm always on the hunt for a new one. Especially those Marriage fic ones. I'm a sucker for those!
Response from MollysSister (Reviewer)
Ahhhhhhh I shall keep my eyes open then.
Whew! I could so picture myself there. Brilliant story!
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
Thank you very much! I'm glad you liked it.
Thanks for reviewing,
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
Thank you very much! I'm glad you liked it.
Thanks for reviewing,
Nicely seductive....:D
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
Thanks, I thought what about the prim and proper route?
Glad you liked it.
Your OC is a complicated character. It was delightful to see the respectful Severus begin to open her up to the possibilities without really taking advantage of her. Neat story.
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
Thank you, I truly believe Snape is gentleman and would never take advantage of a woman.
Nice take on the prompt.
A bit of a prude, isn't she? I like that she doesn't throw herself at him, and that she's not unaware of the way she lures men in but doesn't take advantage of it, and actually does her best not to take advantage of it.
I also like that she's frustrated by Binns being a ghost and therefore permantly occupying the job she wants, that's an amusing detail. :p
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
Right, she is very moral and walks the talk. She is a bit messed up in her thinking too. Things are either one way or the other. She made the choice to be "a good girl" so that means sex is bad and not ladylike, becasue only, like she says "sluts" are like that.
I thought it would be interesting to have a prim girl matched with Snape- he is so "proper" himself in my view.
Nice use of the prompt. I'll admit I was apprehensive when I started reading this, I'm not a huge fan of OCs, but this was interesting and Laura wasn't too MarySue-ish. Great job!
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
Thank you very much. I really wanted to have fun with this and thought prim and proper would be an interesting route!
Nice, Mary Sue! Interesting how you took this. Nice one shot.
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
Thank you, I thought it would be interesting to have a prim and proper OC since I see Snape as the same way.
Good story. She did remind me of a Mary Sue (the bad ass kind who overpower men), but that was the point, wasn't it? :) Nicely done.
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
Thank you, I thought it would be fun to just go with the fantasy and not have to worry about the Mary Sue part. Thanks for reviewing. I appreciate it.
Response from Southern_Witch_69 (Reviewer)
Hehehe... Usually Mary Sues have "like total super powers" Snerk. :) You did well.
Not bad at all. I'm more into HG/SS but I'm open to new things. I loved the descriptions you gave throughout the story. Super job!
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
Thanks a lot! Glad you liked it.
Great use of the prompt! I'm a sucker for SS/OFC. 
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
Thank you! Me too!
Well, this kind of plot isn't exactly my cup of tea, but it was well-written and flowed well. Especially being in the first person—it came across really well. It allowed us to get inside your character's mind some more and get to know her a bit better. Goodness, what a dream that is, to have your sexy Head of House focus his attentions on you like that! *shiver* =)
Response from livvy6 (Author of A Lesson for a Lady)
Well that is why I chose it - my fantasy- my whatever. And yes, to have Severus have his sights set only on you, that's hot! I'm glad you liked the style of writing even if it wasn't your cuppa.
Thanks for reviewing!
Response from SeverusLovesUs (Reviewer)
I should probably clarify that I meant stories with OCs are not usually my cuppa. Your plot was great. =)