hullo!!!I'd like to say I really love this fic..it's easly one of my most favourite...but why can't you update it sometime soon???it's been months, MONTHS I say...and I'm here, hopeless and sad, beacause I don't know if Hermione will divorce Snape or not. Sure, the great bat would make everybody freak out in no time at all...but the scene with the roses is so sad!!!!!please, give us another chapter if not the end...I await with my hands joined for a good conclusion (not too happy: it wouldn't be in theme with the story)ok???good luck with your work and may God bless you.^_^

i love the story.  but the links to the pictures arent working.  sniff*

an unusual story that's for sure.so what happens next?

I loved the story but I want more.  My husband has been laughing at me because I have spent so much time on the computer reading the fan fics.  Yours is the best I have read so far!

He finaly said it. Yeah!

Wow!  Inever thought it would go that way with Harry. Interesting.

Found this story quite disturbing to start with, but I kept reading and now I find it intriguing and am desperate for a conclusion.

Excellently written, brilliant plot......................need more! 

I love the story so far. I was walking thru the grocery store and saw the cucumbers and laughed out load. HEHE

I have to admit that when I first started reading this story I was a little, well "disturbed" shall I say about Severus' sexual preferances. But as I kept reading I got over that fairly quickly and found myself unable to get off the computer. I really like this story, it is probobly the best one I have read and I desperately want you to update with more chapters! Please tell me that Hermione re-considers the whole"anullment" deal and that they work things out!

Oh gods, I finally got to finish what you'd written (it took a long time, as I started this story way back when, and then stopped, and recently found it again, lol).This is really well written, and I can clearly see why it was nominated for the award.I'm saddened by the turn of events though. I hope you will be updating soon, so that I can read more, and find out if they'll eventually be able to work things out. However, I think that Severus is screwing up again by creating a love potion. He's just really slow at figuring things out right now, isn't he?*sigh*I just hope he realizes what he's about to do, BEFORE he figures out how to get her to drink the potion. Whether Hermione wants an anullment, or not, she'd be even angrier, and more hell bent on divorcing him if he does manage to give her the potion, and she finds out later, what he's done.Men...

One of the strangest things in fandom is the survival of hope. Despite the oddities called canon, long lapses between updates or uncomfortable cliffhangers, us, the devoted readers, still hope that our favourites will be updated once upon a time. So, just to let you know. We are still here. Waiting for you and your muse to sort out your issues.

I loved it! I can't wait for more! I have read a lot of marriage fics, but I think this one has to be one of my favorites. Keep up the good work!

well, i was determined to stay up late until i finished reading this. now, i am depressed and disappointed at the turn the story has taken. all i know is hermione better stop sucking and go back to snape soon because i will definitely not be happy with how this ends otherwise.

Yikes! I've read this story and I'm chilled and exhausted, and am afraid that I know where you're going with it. Poor Severus - his life has unravelled. And Hermione is getting her strength back.

You are a compelling writer. 

I have never been a fan of S&M fanfic, but your story is so well written that it captured me from the begining. I'm really sad you have decided to destroy the romance this was heading to. I thought in the end things would work out for them. As some people have already said, I feel disapointed, waiting for so long to see all you have build between them disapear in one chapter. I think that's it for me with this story...Having said that, I want to congratulate you for your talent. You have a beautiful writing style. I just wish you would have ended this story on a happy romantic note...sad...Ecric

OHH!! WOW...this is one of the best stories I've ever read....can't really wait for the next chapter...I'm so inmersed in it...like it's my lifeforce...

An exceptional story and one that I enjoyed, hoping that you continue to write so that I may find out what truely happens to this relationship

What in the world? Snape seems have to  gone on a downward spiral and seems... I dunno. Proud and firm Snape feels like a love-sick stalker.  And Hermione has changed drastically as well (she used to actually seem to care or want to talk things out, not just running off and being pissy). They don't seem like the same characters anymore. I'm a bit disappointed, I must admit, and I almost wish I'd never devoted so much time and feeling for the story. Yes,yes, you have the right to do wtf you want, but for the first year or so, the "false advertisement" about the long road to love lured me in. Then suddenly, "Ah, well, changed my mind, thanks. Made you all read those horrible situations and won't give you any payback." Sure I was rooting for Hermione to leave the fucker... back then when he was a dick. But after she went back to him, over the course of time, little things he did and said made me start liking him and hoping for something more. Good luck with whatever else you do with this story or any other works. I just don't really know that I'll be reading--maybe a skim to see if it's worth it emotionally or word of mouth. Cheers

I'm glad Hermione is now safe.  On the down side, it's a shame that she doesn't love Severus at this point, but I can understand why. He hasn't treated her the way she should've been. I think it's great he realizes what he did wrong, and desparately wants to make things right. I have a feeling the potion he made is some sort of love potion, or some other type of potion to bind Hermione to him, and get her to return. If this is so, that can only backfire. He has to be able to show her he does love her, even though she believes it.  Hermione needs to feel that he's going to cherish her, and not mistreat her any longer. True, she did agree to their bed games, but he manipulated her into it from the beginning. Hence the reason why Dumbledore is so disappointed in Severus. I'm not saying Hermione shouldn't have enjoyed it, because Severus never took things too far, but they really didn't have a healthy relationship. She's absolutely right in the fact that the only relationship they had was sexual. At the same time, what Hermione did with Harry was absolutely wrong. She prides herself on her Gryffindor characteristics, yet she was able to be unloyal to Severus. I'm glad she realizes she only felt sorry for Harry, but that doesn't excuse her behavior either. I think she should give Severus the chance to talk things over with her, before deciding to completely leave him, or seek an annulment. I don't know how an annulment would be possible, since one of the biggest stipulations of an annulment is that the marriage not be consumated, which it has been. I would like to see Hermione and Severus work things out, and start their relationship over from fresh. This time, hopefully they'd be able to build a true relationship.

I actually think Hermione's change makes a lot of sense, and that it was not all that much of a change from where you started.  I think the people who are feeling betrayed are feeling that way because they put some of their own expectations onto you.

Hermione always has been a bit bossy, and having all three men (Harry, Lucius, and Severus) all try to protect her simultaneously and assume they know what's best for her would make her suddenly start thinking about her whole life... exactly as you have it here.

Severus seems very in character as well, but I'm hoping he'll figure out that if he keeps pushing the issue, it's going to drive her away.

Finally, I have to say that I think there is still hope for them, provided Severus actually *does* learn to back off, and provided Hermione really has enough time to sort through her thoughts.  After the rose incident, I can assure you that I, myself, would not be too keen to go back to him.

I'm very happy that you have continued with this story.  I hope to read more chapters in the near future.  Keep up the great story.

I remember when I first started reading this story and was horrified because I am in the lifestyle and to see basically forced submission disgusts me  but I kept on reading and enjoyed for the most part. Now usually I am all for SS/HG being together but in this case it was bound to break off since her submission wasn't natural for her and in some ways she was taken advantage of. I think personally if he could see the fault in his actions that migth help bring things  back to where they should be but  honestly this SS needs a true submissive and not the woman he apparently loves. Perhaps an open marriage?

I'm going to start with the good... cause I'm like that *smile* in one hand, I hope Severus's potion works and Hermione goes back to him... but on the other, I really think it would be the wrong thing to do.

But overall, I'm really on his side, so "GO FOR IT SEVERUS!" 

I enjoyed this chapter because it really moved the story along, and it was nice to have somebody that Hermione could talk to, turn up.

Okay, now for some bad... I had to ignore the way you written the stuff about the University, mainly cause there's no way you could correct it without changing a hell of a lot. But I'll tell you anyway, because I know if it was me and my story, I'd want to know:

In the UK we don't really apply to University, solely to go there. We apply for a specific course at that University. So you can't apply when you don't know what you want to do... if you get what I mean.

We also don't have room-mates. We have flats. Each student has their own room. Flats can be mixed sex or single sex and you can specify which you would prefer on your accommodation application form.

If I'd been writing a similar scene, I would have had Hermione's door to her room open when Clarice arrived - because a very similar thing happened to me on my first day with a flatmate, although she had arrived before me.

And Hermione would have said 'Chemistry Teacher' not Professor.

That seems like a lot of negative, but it isn't really, it's just cause that's more specific then the good stuff *shakes head* I know you've been having problems keeping this going, getting the motivation etc. But this is such a fantastic story and on the whole, well researched.

I really am looking forward to the next chapter, and I hope that Severus at least finds some peace if he doesn't end up with Hermione.

Just one request... don't have Hermione end up with Harry. *gets on knees and begs* in my view he was an arsehole for saying anything to Hermione on that vacation, and so he doesn't deserve her. But that's my opinion and I'll continue to read either way - yep, loyal fan here *waves banner* - so please update as soon as your muse can assist you *smile*

I'm so happy you've returned and given us this update.  This story has consistently rated in my top 5 stories I want to see finished, aka what updates would make me happiest.  (Your compadres are Betz, Bambu & Jezzie.)It confused me alittle when Hermione told Clarice she'd gotten married "Last November."  I seem to remember two Christmases passing in this story, one while he was still teaching and another before the Swiss vacation.  Or have I just conflated this plot's timeline with some other mlc tale?  (Please pass the Memory Sharpening Potion or at least the ginkgo biloba.)  I'm also finding it  interesting that all the angst, ambivalence and chaos have shut down her sex drive as well as her earlier desire to be emotionally close to someone, the need that drove her experiment with Harry.  Hmm, perhaps that is the point of Snape's latest potion?  It's disturbing, if not unexpected, he went in that direction.  Just reader speculation.  I look forward to reading more whenever you can manage it.  ~

bubble, bubble, toil and trouble.  Severus needs to be very careful.  He should simple try dating her maybe, you can catch more flys with honey.