Soul Man
julymorning460 Reviews | 5.3/10 (460 Ratings, 0 Likes, 330 Favorites )
Just after Voldemort's defeat, Hermione is doing research at the Department of Mysteries when she discovers she has inherited Spinner's End. As she uncovers the secrets of the house, the effect on her work – and her life – is startling.
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This is original, fascinating and exciting. It has an original character we like, Mark, one we don't know about, Teach, and also your original ideas about ghosts and souls. Really a super story!
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thank you! It was kind of a gamble, I think, putting in two very different OCs, but I'm glad you appreciate it! Thank you so much for the (very encouraging) review! :-D
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thank you! It was kind of a gamble, I think, putting in two very different OCs, but I'm glad you appreciate it! Thank you so much for the (very encouraging) review! :-D
I just got a chance to read your update. Brilliant again. I love all the plot twists and interactions with Snape. What is he trying to tell her and steer her away from? Great work!
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Hooray, thank you! I'm so glad you like the story. There will be another update soon! :)
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Hooray, thank you! I'm so glad you like the story. There will be another update soon! :)
I thought for sure the basement would hold all the books and secrets of Severus. ((frets))
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Ah, yes, but that would be too easy! Thanks for the review! :)
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Ah, yes, but that would be too easy! Thanks for the review! :)
Draco & Hermione got drunk together! 
that is too damn funny!I am glad Hermione left. That not!ghost is really unnerving me.
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
There is more Draco coming up later, and more not!ghost as well. ;)
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
There is more Draco coming up later, and more not!ghost as well. ;)
I am intrigued by the "horror" warning on this story. The not really ghost that Hermione keeps seeing is freaking me out. Love it!
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Glad to hear you are enjoying being freaked out! I promise the 'horror' will not be anything gory or disgusting. :) Thanks for reviewing!
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Glad to hear you are enjoying being freaked out! I promise the 'horror' will not be anything gory or disgusting. :) Thanks for reviewing!
Snape Snape Severus Snape~thats who!!
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Oh dear, I shall have The Mysterious Ticking Noise in my head all day now... :)
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Oh dear, I shall have The Mysterious Ticking Noise in my head all day now... :)
I wonder if Snape is in the basement fending off all attempts to open his liar? The character of Mark made me a bit misty eyed.
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Aw, how sweet! Thank you so much for the review. :)
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Aw, how sweet! Thank you so much for the review. :)
oh my heavens, i love love love love love this story, and I absolutely cannot wait for more! I can't wait to see what Severus can manipulate next.
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thank you thank you thank you! More is coming up soon - had to take a brief break while I moved house, but now I am back on track! :-D
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thank you thank you thank you! More is coming up soon - had to take a brief break while I moved house, but now I am back on track! :-D
Looking forward to learning what is going on.
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thanks!
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thanks!
Damn it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I need more!So, I couldn't wait to read this tonight... I JUST HAD TO read it now...Oh, I love the fit he had. So, now, I"m interested in what her intentions were... didn't she know he would do that? And he's trying to warn her about Teach... I wonder why.I mean, something is fishy with him, but I can't figure out what yet.God, the dream at the start of the chapter... oh, so wonderful. And her red footsteps--it's stuff like that, that make as story--the attention to detail... so awesome.I really hope there is more soon.Shell~
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
There is more soon, I promise! RL has intruded this week, but I am open for business again. Next chap will go up tomorrow.I'm so pleased you are enjoying all the juicy little details. :) Thanks for your awesome review!
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
There is more soon, I promise! RL has intruded this week, but I am open for business again. Next chap will go up tomorrow.I'm so pleased you are enjoying all the juicy little details. :) Thanks for your awesome review!
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That was pure, unadulterated Snape! Prat! But is he actually trying to warn her about Teach because Teach is bad, or just because he doesn't want her involved with someone? I think it's the former, there's something (can't quite put my finger on it) about him that I don't like.
Does he choose to appear as his younger self? Is he that vain, LOL? Or does he just think he can seduce her more easily?
Well, now you've got me and my friends hooked! You scared the heck out of Shell last chapter! (good work!)
Author's Response: Hooray, pure Snape! :)
I don't think it's a question of choosing how to appear. I think that, throughout our lives, we sort of retain in our heads an idea of how we look - even as we grow older, we can see our 'young' faces in the mirror and feel how we felt when we were young. So I suppose if we could all manifest after death, we would do so in whichever appearance we associate with ourselves - in Snape's case, what he looked like in his youth. (Hope that made sense; I'm being a bit dense today.)
Glad you're enjoying the fic! More to come soon. :)
SQUEEEEE... I just saw chapter 10 was up! I'm packing right now, so I can't stay and read until tonight, but I just had to tell you...last night, after midnight, I was reading chapter 9, you know with the marbles etc...Well, I closed my laptop and turned off the lights and as SOON as I put my head on the pillow a blue light started glowing in my room!!!!!!I just about died.Of course, the logical side of me was like, "Shell, that's the cell phone light, saying it's done charging"but the scardy cat in me took over. bwhahahahah...Thanks, dear... you are really FREAKING me out here!!!! Okay, just wanted you to know what your story is doing to me! I'll be back later with more comments!Shell~
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Oh, goodness! I have done something similar before with my computer stand-by light. I'm so happy to know that you are scared (and enjoying it)! :-D
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Oh, goodness! I have done something similar before with my computer stand-by light. I'm so happy to know that you are scared (and enjoying it)! :-D
What bothers me is, why would somebody with a formidable thirst for research NOT research the man who is giving her a nice-sized blank check to follow her muse? Did she assume Kingsley and/or the Ministry had already done so?Excellent chapter. I think you've got Snape dead to rights. (Sorry about that.)
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Oh, thank you! I am pleased that you are pleased with my version of Snape. :) And yes, Hermione has committed quite an oversight there... :-D
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Oh, thank you! I am pleased that you are pleased with my version of Snape. :) And yes, Hermione has committed quite an oversight there... :-D
A jealous Snape it appears to be, but somehow it doesn't quite fit. Would he be jealous of any man or just Teach? I suspect there is more to Teach than Hermione knows.
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
V. perceptive. :) Perhaps Snape is not, in fact, jealous... but I think that's still the first explanation Hermione would jump to. Thanks for reviewing!
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
V. perceptive. :) Perhaps Snape is not, in fact, jealous... but I think that's still the first explanation Hermione would jump to. Thanks for reviewing!
Just fantastic!! I love jealous ghost!Snape. The dream sex is so so hot and I want them to be able to go all the way, but I think the message is pretty clear: no sex with Teach. This story has be totally hooked, thank you and look forward to more!
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thanks! Yeah, I'd say the message is pretty clear, too. :) I guess the question is: is Snape jealous? Or feeling something else? We shall see very soon... ;)
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thanks! Yeah, I'd say the message is pretty clear, too. :) I guess the question is: is Snape jealous? Or feeling something else? We shall see very soon... ;)
Just perfect. The right tension, the right amount of romantic suspense. I admit to being very greedy for more.
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thank you so much! I will be posting more very soon. :-D
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thank you so much! I will be posting more very soon. :-D
Fantastic update, and tantalizing clues to deepend the mystery. Also a very good shape to the chapter, with the dream at the beginning, and the desire To dream at the end and not being able to. Looks forward to more.
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thanks for the lovely review! And thanks also for noticing that bit with the structure - I was rather proud of that. :)
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thanks for the lovely review! And thanks also for noticing that bit with the structure - I was rather proud of that. :)
Yeah, I would scream too!So, this red, green thing is a true thing then?? I've never heard of it... so very interesting! I love the conversation they are having and the questions she's asking... oh, I wish this was a movie... playing with the lights and shadows of the figure before her... that would be such scary fun! hahahahAnd question... the little quotes at the top of the chapters... could you explain them to me?I hope you have many more chapters, because I do not want this to end anytime soon.Shell~
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Yes, the Urim and Thummim are 'real' in the sense that I did not make them up. :) You can find them mentioned exactly where I said, as well, in the Bible. It's such an interesting piece of lore that it crops up in lots of other places. For example, if you watch LOST, you will perhaps remember the bodies they discovered in the cave in the first season. Those bodies had a white stone and a black stone with them - a reference, I suspect, to the Urim and Thummim. :)So the quotes at the top of the chapters. I am crap at coming up with titles, so I tend to use songs. Those little quotes are a snippet of lyric from the song whose title is the title of the chapter, i.e. 'Bad Moon' by Creedence Clearwater Revival. I try to choose bits that are related to the content of the chapter - a little preview, if you will - but really, it's just a bit of fun, to distract me from being a bad title-maker. :)
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Yes, the Urim and Thummim are 'real' in the sense that I did not make them up. :) You can find them mentioned exactly where I said, as well, in the Bible. It's such an interesting piece of lore that it crops up in lots of other places. For example, if you watch LOST, you will perhaps remember the bodies they discovered in the cave in the first season. Those bodies had a white stone and a black stone with them - a reference, I suspect, to the Urim and Thummim. :)So the quotes at the top of the chapters. I am crap at coming up with titles, so I tend to use songs. Those little quotes are a snippet of lyric from the song whose title is the title of the chapter, i.e. 'Bad Moon' by Creedence Clearwater Revival. I try to choose bits that are related to the content of the chapter - a little preview, if you will - but really, it's just a bit of fun, to distract me from being a bad title-maker. :)
Oh, I don't know what to think of this!That poor teach dude! It's like he had a spell cast at him... he didn't even let her explain! Then, the dreams... I love these dreams.And how you explain the two Snapes--the older, worn, strict one vs his younger self... You are just such a good writer!
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thank you so much! That means a lot to me - coming from you especially, as I know you beta for some of the best writers on this site. :)
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thank you so much! That means a lot to me - coming from you especially, as I know you beta for some of the best writers on this site. :)
That's so chilling--going through the room of someone who has passed... seeing what the last record was... gives me goosebumps.
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thanks! Yes, I imagine doing something like that would be quite chilling and moving all at once.
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thanks! Yes, I imagine doing something like that would be quite chilling and moving all at once.
What more can I say? Best story I've read yet.
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Hey, thanks! That is fantastic to hear. :) I am hoping to have another update within the next day or two.
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Hey, thanks! That is fantastic to hear. :) I am hoping to have another update within the next day or two.
Very creative and captivating story. Hope you continue! Wouldn't do to leave the characters stuck at this point.
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thank you! Oh yes, I will be continuing - the whole fic is planned out already. :) More to come very soon!
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thank you! Oh yes, I will be continuing - the whole fic is planned out already. :) More to come very soon!
YESSSSSS
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Erm... thanks!
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Erm... thanks!
Wow! This story is wonderful. I can't wait to find out what happens next. I'll be checking constantly for updates. Great work...keep it up!
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thank you so much! :-D Chapter ten is in the queue right now.
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Thank you so much! :-D Chapter ten is in the queue right now.
Oh finally she runs!!! lol... that is so creepy! Like he was waiting for her to apparate back! I love how Draco asked her to dinner... hahhah... drinking will do that to you, dude. lol.
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Drinking makes fools of us all - which is why we should indulge at least once a week, to keep us from taking ourselves too seriously. :) Thanks for the review!
Response from julymorning (Author of Soul Man)
Drinking makes fools of us all - which is why we should indulge at least once a week, to keep us from taking ourselves too seriously. :) Thanks for the review!