Ha! Not the sparkliest wand!  LOL.

:-)

Very interesting chapter, indeed.

Racing on...

Marvelous - and entirely realistic.

So much fun.

And, oooooo, the song is wonderful too.

Spurge is real? Fancy that.

Enjoying this a lot.

Somewhat with the deja vu.

Mr Badrigian, English 10th and 12th grade.

What took me so long to get to this?

~sighs~

Most excellent start.

Dashing off to read next chapter!

I have decided that I am going to have to start reading the last chapter of ALL stories before I invest my heart into them.
I will skip all the words about how I fell into your entirely believable character development, believable storyline that stays in the correct placement and sequence of true story, amazing description of emotions and thoughts, POV development.....
And jump right to the hope that I had that you would finish this story and abject disappointment I felt at the end.
I hope you have finished this story somewhere else. Please, if so, someone send me the link or the story!
This is twice I've felt like I have been betrayed by a truly excellent writer.
I search fanfic for stories by authors that drag you into their world, their creations, to such an extent that it recreates JKR's story into something that becomes a true EPIC, true LEGEND.
And both times I've found two authors who bring me that feeling, I get to the last chapter, and find myself sitting with burnt ashes in my mouth (that roughly has the taste of burnt chocolate) and an ache and deadness in my chest where I was once so thrilled to find such an amazing talent.
Now, I feel used and betrayed...
So, I will now start doing what I once promised myself I never would ....ruining the story by reading the ending before I risk investing my imagination and my enjoyment in someone's creation to the extent that I feel like my emotions have been played with by someone who wanted to see how many responses they would receive at a emotional killing of expectations by an ending that fizzled out with a slight pop, instead of the truly rewarding emotional nuclear explosion that leaves fires burning for months as you post tributes to that story and author everywhere.....ah, well.
Disappointment accepted....
On to the next author....and hopefully the next author I find that is truly gifted, maybe I won't find myself so utterly disappointed in the the backing out of presenting a truly epic ending to match a brilliant story creation....

To hope, may I never lose it as I slog through truly disappointing endings....

not fair...
sequel! NOW! please?

I was linked to this fic by the lovely Hechicera, and oh my freaking god! *falls to the floor* I read this in a solid block over the weekend, barely getting up to eat or sleep, let alone pee xD! This is an absolute masterpiece, and the end was so heartwrenching I honest to god started tearing up. I see from other reviewers that you're apparently planning a sequel? Omg I can't wait!

i've been reading this the last two nights, cori.  it was worth the wait.  if i'd've read this as a WIP, i may have done something rash.  like shown up at your desk with cookies and begged you to write.  holy crap.  you're the queen of UST, woman!

ps:  wouldn't actually show up at your desk.  that would be creepy.

oh, Snape, how little do ye know.

I wonder how soon he will find out?

I am anxiously awaiting that sequel!

*wipes satisfied tears of sadness*  Oh, crap, this tissue is totally spent. 

I'm heartbroken, ripped to shreds, yet the intellectual side of me knows the tender love affair of student Hermione Granger and teacher Severus Snape was doomed from the beginning.  She put so much effort into him, hiding her feelings for him, developing a friendship with him, finally risking every bit of self-confidence to reveal her true self to him.  For what?  A couple weeks of carnal bliss and emotional angst the likes she's never experienced before.  It was all taken away with a bloody cup of tea laced with a terrible potion.  And so it ends.


But I'm heartened with the knowledge the sequel you will write, c-pie.  Why else would there be an antidote?  Severus will have his work cut out for him.  Hermione will have no happy memories of him, so he will have to put so much effort into her for them to have a lifetime of carnal and connubial bliss.  Oh, sorry.  That's my agenda for our beloved duo.

This is an amazing, compelling story, c-pie.  Such a joy to read, sad ending notwithstanding.  Your style is so evocative, capturing that hormonal teenaged angst so well.  Thoughtful inner voices and conversations along with lush descriptions.  *guh*  I can't believe this is your first story.  I eagerly await your sequel to Caramel and all your future writng endeavors.  Bravo, c-pie, bravo!!!

Well, what can I say?  When one dabbles in an illicit affair, sh*t happens.  It's coming apart rather quickly, however.  For her efforts in this roiling sexpionage, Lavender's been Obliviated by Dumbledore and given a  gut wrenching potion.  She deserves worse!

I know that just one chapter remains after this... and my spidey sense tells me it won't be a warm, fuzzy ending.  Severus' unfounded jealousy - he misconstrued  Hermione's interactions with Seamus and Ron - deprived him of precious time with her, avoiding the Percipio Corium until the wee hours of the morning. 

*sniff, sniff* Just hand me the tissue now, c-pie!

Ooo, Lavender feels so much pain not being with Ron, so she wants Hermione to hurt.  Reading Hermione's letter to Jill and running to Dumbledore with heresay (yeah, we know it's true, but she's still a tattletale).  And screw Pavarti, gossip-mongering bitch!

How incredibly painful to Severus and Hermione to endure her horrific dreams of his demise.  Just the whole memory transfer was harrowing.  Oh, the angst!  Bring back the frothy sex, c-pie!

His plan to deflower Hermione was nothing compared to his 'what if we are discovered' plan.  It's quite brilliant, so many contingencies, but as logical as it is, it's foolhardy at best.  Oh, but I hope it never has to be enacted.  Pleeeze?

Damn that Nagini and her scent sensitive, flicky tongue.  But the notion of a sexually active solo Severus set Bella on a tangent of delicious crazy.  Remind me again why the Dark Lord needs her?  Oh, yeah, she's power hungry and loves torturing people.

It was painful for Hermione to see Severus in his post-Death-Eater-meeting funk, but a necessary dose of reality.  Men can compartmentalize business and pleasure quite well, but they need time to switch gears.  It's just another lesson for her to learn, moving from dreamy, teen first love to serious war heroine.  Oh, the angst! *sobs*

Oh, noez.  Is this the beginning of the end?  My heart is breaking as Hermione's fears are coming to the surface.  I know he only wants to protect her from harm, but why now of all times must Severus be so logical?  Drat!

Why do I feel like I need a cigarette? *g* The UST has become RST, tender and fiery at once, the perfect first time for Hermione.  It could have gone horribly wrong in those first moments of the afterglow when she startled at seeing the Dark Mark, but Hermione's quick thinking saved the moment... for now.

The man with the plan:  romantic with a side order of very forward.  That's what I would have expected from Severus.  Hermione has every right to be nervous, wanting to hear filthy words uttered with his velvety voice.  Now, go, Severus, deflower your lovely, sweet virgin!

So many chapters devoted to foreplay, all thoughtful reasoning and passionate action.  Rather smart of him to give her a lesson in hiding one's feelings.  C-pie, this is the most human portrayal of Severus Snape I've read in a long time.  So much of his life is denial of his desires and control of his emotions.  You've done such an excellent job of showing the dam breaking, not bursting all at once, but a slow trickle of humanity.  Even he realizes his happiness will be short lived, but why not have as much as he can for as long as he can, assuming that no one finds out about this illicit affair.  This is sooo gooood!!!

I'm so SO SO SO sad that Albus made him do that!Cant Sevvy ever get a break?  :(Please write a sequel so I can have a happy ending!Pretty please!

Percipio Corium could be compared to phone sex, but way better.  It's one of the best original potions/spells in fanfic.  That's some inventive, naughty mind you have, c-pie.  Bravo!

Oh, Severus, you are such a complicated man.  First you want to expose her ruse and embarrass Hermione, but when you discover she TRULY desires you, admires you. LOVES you, those warring emotions get the best of you.  Boy gets girl, but then his conscience (with its over developed sense of decency) gets the better of him, and boy purposesly loses girl.  Thank goodness Hermione was brave enough to stand up to him, remind him of her real and true emotions, and dammit, that was the argument that darned conscience of his needed to hear.  He wants to be loved and damn everything else!  Oh, hello, hornet's nest!  What would Dumbledore think of this?  Aww, screw Dumbledore.  Move onto second base or whatever wizarding Brits call it.

That was FABULOUS!  A rollercoaster ride of emotion, from sheer terror and embarrassment to heart-pumping elation.  I'm a puddle of goo at the moment.  Give me a second to collect my thoughts...So like, I'm this fly on the wall, when Severus discovers Hermione has cast a unethical charm.  And like he has his usual knee jerk reaction, thinking the worst of Hermione and assuming Harry had a hand in the whole thing.  You know that old saying about when you assume?  You turn into a stubbornly unforgiving Gryffindor witch who turned her back on her best friend when he made a mistake.  Thanks goodness for Legilimens, Hermione's confession and Severus' lust.  All is forgiven, yes?

OMG  The description of her 'experiment' was so intense and erotic and it didn't even involve any naughty bits, unless his nipple counts.  And OMG again, when her conscience got the better of her and Severus unwittingly turned the tables on her.  I'd love to be a fly on the wall when he discovers what she did.  *ebil cackle, indeed*