Wonderful!!  I really enjoyed this. Such a brilliant idea and execution. I feel like many authors lost their mojo for writing fanfic after book 7. I am glad that given some time you decided to come back. You have such a great talent for writing. 

Exciting battle. Loving this story. 

Lemons!!! Yippee!!!!

Lol. Still calls her Trollop. But now it seems sweet. 

Poor Harry. It would be quite the emotional upheaval to find out you harbor a chunk of Riddles' soul. 

My, oh my. I adore the idea of Goblin soul magic. What a creative and fun concept. That Severus was sheltering Ablus' soul the whole time is poetically beautiful. 

Lol. The constant use of the word whore is making me laugh. It reminds me of the tv she is Dwadwoid and their use of cocksucker. So funny!

Intense start.  I like the idea that her memory is so perfect.  I'm curious to see if her acute mental abilities will help to get her out of the situation. 

Oh my goodness, I just stumbled upon this, and am so delighted to find it finished! I haven't read your final chapters yet. Because I remember how great your story is, I feel I really need to start over and reread it in its entirety.

I know how hard it can be to finish a story. Please know that your efforts to tie up this loose end are greatly appreciated.

I also look forward to reading your paranormal fic, after I've had time to resavour and finish this one!

best regards,

One of your long time fans

The story was absolutely fascinating and I'm truly sad it's over.  I love (I wish there was a word that meant more) the way you undid the evil carnage waged by the horrible old whore who wrote the infamous book 7. I was tempted to be done with the fandom then too, but I couldn't bear to leave Severus Snape dead. The Half Blood Prince deserved so much better than what the blond whore gave him.  I hated that book, and it took me years to read the whole thing through once I saw how she had killed of Severus Snape in the most un-Snapish way possible.  But, so many wonderful authors like yourself came to my rescue, and I was eventually healed by the overwhelming evidence demonstrated by a plethora of other stories that proved Severus Snape had not lived a tragic and lonely life, then died a horrible meaningless death as his reward for protecting Harry Potter and helping to destroy Voldemort.  Instead, he had survived and found love at last. But your story is the only one I can think of that lessened my dislike of Albus Dumbledore for his unfair exploitation and cruel use of Severus Snape to accomplish his goals for the greater good. It seemed Albus thought everyone else had a right to some little happiness except him. I was desperately looking for a nice long love story between Severus and Hermione when I saw that I had bookmarked this story and came back to finally find it had been finished. The way you brought back Dumbledore was utterly brilliant! You also achieved a very rare feat in this fandom by allowing Severus to not only live, but live without the lifelong grief of having killed Albus Dumbledore.  The fact that the curse on the tower knocked Albus over the side didn't seem like any other Avada Cadavra listed in cannon. At the end of book 6 I had a little hope that maybe he wasn't really dead after all. I also don't think I've ever read a story where Voldemort was rehabilitated.  That was genius! I did find it fitting that he should be nearly a squib and take Filche's place. He deserved so much worse.  Thank you so much for coming back and finishing this story.  I am sorry you are done with this fandom, Pooka. I love your writing. Thank you a thousand times for such a happy ending.  I'm still as addicted to the fandom as I was 12 years ago when the first movie was released. I must be completely crazy. 

No! No! I must go to bed again!!!  You are marvelous. You are brilliant!  I will tell you how brilliant when I have more time.  I must exercise self discipline and tear myself away so that I can rise at 5 am.  Maybe just one more chapter. 

I have to go to bed and I just don't want to stop reading. I always write reviews but I can't stop between chapters. I promise to go back and read the entire story again and write my reviews. The story is just too good to pause from.  Love to you PlaidPooka. I love this story. I must make myself go to sleep so I can work tomorrow. Kisses and hugs to you from breastlady. I'll be off to mother mothers and another very long day.

I stand by my opinion that JKR got to the Polyjuice scene, everyone changed.......and she dropped the completed book in a puddle on her way to her editor and had to hurry the rest out over a long weekend. 
'm so pleased that you've finished this!!

Thank you! 

When I caught this title on the newest updates list, it tugged at my memory, that perhaps, I had read some it of, but I wasn't sure. Into the first chapter, I certainly recalled it.
Even though I knew it had been some time, I hadn't realized just how long it had been since I lost track of your updates.
I sat down and read this from start to finish all of this morning.
I can't recall exactly how long ago I read this - I will tell you that this story has been embedded enough in my mind somewhere, so-much-so, that I remembered each and every chapter as I re-read them.
I am very pleased that you found it within you to complete this tale. It's incredibly well thought out, well written and overall, just a wonderful story.
I, too, was immensely disappointed with book 7. I have read so much better endings in the fan-fic realm, that that drivel that JKR thrust upon her fans. And it does appear that now, in hind-sight, she is realizing that herself. Not that it does much good, at this point.
I do find it sad that you have washed your hands of fan-fic. You have such a passionate balance, a realistic approach with these characters - its truely a pleasure to read your works here.
I enjoyed The Price of Madness very much. Thank you for sharing your musings.

Ah...  I just finished reading this in one sitting, and to the end!  I've always lamented that such a great work was unfinished - but no more!  Thank you so much for coming back and completing this story!

Good god, the lunch discussion had me heaving with laughter! Your writing is a joy to read and the story has me on my toes to find out more!

I enjoyed it all. Couldnt stop. Now 2:43 am it was an excellent fic.

I should be writing more reviews.  This idea of getting Albus back, Bloody Brilliant.  I find the story extremely good and was so happy to see I did not have to wwit till the end for Severus to get his wits about him again. I ov that Harry and Ron treat him with respect and took him in, also understanding Hermione falling in love with the mad man.  I love it when they are mature enough to understand him.

gads its 1.25 am and I'm going to have to get to bed, Tomororw will be Christmas eve 21012.  So much to do.  I do hope I can finish but I don't see how. Thanks again for such an amazing story.

Precious, love the dangly bits sentence, hysterically funny.  I'm loving this story and can't imagine how I've missed this one. It's new, brilliant and a pleasure to read.

~Squees with joy!~

Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you! I am ecstatic to see this story finished. Thank you so much for seeing it through to the end. Sometimes obstinate little fangirls gets exactly what they want for Christmas!

~Smooches you.~

Thank you so much for finishing the story. I had forgotten about it until I saw it again this morning. I'm glad I stopped and read the ending.    I like what you did with Tom, I think it gives hope to the world. A very sweet ending. I will never be able to see the word or hear the word trollop without smiling. 

 I don't usually write reviews on stories because I don't really have a way with words but here goes.  I can't tell you how excited I was when I heard that you had finished this story.  It has always been on my top ten favorites and I was resigned that it would remain unfinished.   I am very grateful to all of the authors that give their time and put their heart and soul into writing for others enjoyment.   There are so many wonderful unfinished works out there and it is really a shame.  I am so glad that this story isn't one of them any longer.  I can understand your feelings about book 7.  I still have not read it all and was very disappointed in how it ended.  
 
     Thank you Pook for all the wonderful memories reading your stories! Maybe some day the muse will hit you and you"ll come back and write something else!

Thank you, Pook for finishing your story. Though I wasn't one of your original readers, I've certainly enjoyed myself these last two-and-a-half days. (Hardly fair, is it? Something that takes years, devoured in the blink of an eye...)
I share your sentiments wholeheartedly about Book 7. I adored the first five books, and read and re-read them many times. Book 6 seemed to me to be a bit off; almost as if Jo were getting even with all us SS/HG shippers. But it was all right, re-readable. Uh huh. Book 7 was read once... and then thrown roughly to the floor, never to be read again.
Almost made me give up on reading fanfiction, almost. Though I've lost the thrill of SS/HG, I'm still here.  I loved your mad Snape and all the whore references. Thanks for being here for us long term fans! B R A V A ! ! !

Wonderful story! You are now one of my favorite fic-writing trollops!