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August 5, 2011 at 12:00 AM
Earth! So cheered to see another chapter I read it even before the week is over, which I never do normally (so as not to risk influencing any half-assed idea I might have) :)
It's like Aine and Connor have never been away, back around the roaring fire with snow on the ground outside... I really couldn't guess what use she might have for the handful of earth, especially with Connor having had it a little rough (much deserved some of it!); this ended rather sweetly though.
It's like Aine and Connor have never been away, back around the roaring fire with snow on the ground outside... I really couldn't guess what use she might have for the handful of earth, especially with Connor having had it a little rough (much deserved some of it!); this ended rather sweetly though.
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June 11, 2011 at 12:00 AM
I really hope you write more of these sometime, maybe in a few weeks when the next prompt theme finishes?
It's a fantastic series up to this point, but it leaves us dangling :D
It's a fantastic series up to this point, but it leaves us dangling :D
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March 6, 2011 at 12:00 AM
21. Dream (Chapter 17)
It paints a sweet picture of how very glad they are to be home, especially the anticipation once they could see it yet didn't dare rush. The horses' impatience was probably less than theirs. One sentence did stretch my brain a bit:
Beyond the mechanics, it "stutters" in my mind even after re-reading it a few times.
It was sweet that Aine wanted to take care of the horses (even by a small margin), and the careful details tell that she makes a point to be in touch with her animals; I assume Edward hasn't touched a brush or hoof pick in years. (Though when I ASS-U-ME...) It exemplifies the caring and sensitive nature we know she has, despite her willingness to discipline her pets as necessary. Now I have to figure out if there's a reason why a vision wouldn't come but instead the ominous voice "warned" her. Perhaps the forces she answers to sees what the faeries did about her and Connor.
It paints a sweet picture of how very glad they are to be home, especially the anticipation once they could see it yet didn't dare rush. The horses' impatience was probably less than theirs. One sentence did stretch my brain a bit:
First stamping, then the horses began to jig impatiently, seeing their barn so close, and eager to be inside, out of the weather, enjoying their evening meal.
Beyond the mechanics, it "stutters" in my mind even after re-reading it a few times.
It was sweet that Aine wanted to take care of the horses (even by a small margin), and the careful details tell that she makes a point to be in touch with her animals; I assume Edward hasn't touched a brush or hoof pick in years. (Though when I ASS-U-ME...) It exemplifies the caring and sensitive nature we know she has, despite her willingness to discipline her pets as necessary. Now I have to figure out if there's a reason why a vision wouldn't come but instead the ominous voice "warned" her. Perhaps the forces she answers to sees what the faeries did about her and Connor.
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March 5, 2011 at 12:00 AM
Dream -
...I went to look up if grapy was a proper "horsey" word and couldn't see anything, so is it meant to be gray in that first paragraph? The thing was grapy totally sounds like something you'd heard in a horse context, and if it is a proper term that I couldn't find I will feel vindicated. Or it does sound it to me! :D
Just wrote this before getting further into the story. I'll finish it before I finish the review :)
They made it by nightfall! Nice continuity from the last part. From how you've talked of being involved with horses in the past, I'll assume the details of Aine's putting the horses away to be completely authentic. It certainly feels that way, it's a nice bit of rural-domesticity I think (if that makese sense) and there's echoes of her caring for Connor, which you then reverse back in the last sentence. Cunningly done!
...I went to look up if grapy was a proper "horsey" word and couldn't see anything, so is it meant to be gray in that first paragraph? The thing was grapy totally sounds like something you'd heard in a horse context, and if it is a proper term that I couldn't find I will feel vindicated. Or it does sound it to me! :D
Just wrote this before getting further into the story. I'll finish it before I finish the review :)
They made it by nightfall! Nice continuity from the last part. From how you've talked of being involved with horses in the past, I'll assume the details of Aine's putting the horses away to be completely authentic. It certainly feels that way, it's a nice bit of rural-domesticity I think (if that makese sense) and there's echoes of her caring for Connor, which you then reverse back in the last sentence. Cunningly done!
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March 4, 2011 at 12:00 AM
[b]Dream[/b]
This is definitely developing a sense of things moving toward closure, the pace quickening as the year turns. Aine and Connor are so well suited on so many levels, and her appreciation of his service is lovely, since a good Mistress cares for her pets. Just lovely, as always!
This is definitely developing a sense of things moving toward closure, the pace quickening as the year turns. Aine and Connor are so well suited on so many levels, and her appreciation of his service is lovely, since a good Mistress cares for her pets. Just lovely, as always!
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February 26, 2011 at 12:00 AM
I'm so glad you posted for this prompt! I love the mystery brewing here.
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February 26, 2011 at 12:00 AM
Heh, so he really was rode hard and put away cold and wet as the saying almost has it.. Reading on after the punishment a chapter or so ago it's good to have a bit of good old fashioned climatic release for them both. Sure, I'm speaking as somebody who likes the smut over the plot in a lot of stories but in this story it's something that enhances it all. If that makes sense.
Of the mysterious hints peppered through, "the desire she should have fought," struck me the most - makes me wonder if she's endangered herself by giving in like that. I hope the prompts fall well enough that we find out, the current theme has worked in really well - with this week's subtley defining the speed of all their actions in the plot (or so it seems to me?) New theme in four weeks or so isn't it... hope that one's as good too (Heh in another 8 chapters or so it will be Beltaine out in the nonfiction world!)
Of the mysterious hints peppered through, "the desire she should have fought," struck me the most - makes me wonder if she's endangered herself by giving in like that. I hope the prompts fall well enough that we find out, the current theme has worked in really well - with this week's subtley defining the speed of all their actions in the plot (or so it seems to me?) New theme in four weeks or so isn't it... hope that one's as good too (Heh in another 8 chapters or so it will be Beltaine out in the nonfiction world!)
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February 25, 2011 at 12:00 AM
Nightfall
Once again, this was unbelievably rich and vivid. The cold of the snow against his hot flesh, and Aine's own heated response, and the faeries' observations... Beltane beckons but I'm almost wary of what it will bring. Simply perfect!
Once again, this was unbelievably rich and vivid. The cold of the snow against his hot flesh, and Aine's own heated response, and the faeries' observations... Beltane beckons but I'm almost wary of what it will bring. Simply perfect!
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February 25, 2011 at 12:00 AM
20. Nightfall
Uh oh... I thought Connor and Colin had it bad enough already, but it sounds like there's something rather unpleasant waiting for Connor just over the horizon. At least the faeries and Aine herself realize that there's a big difference this time. On the other hand, Connor is willing to do anything for Aine so maybe she'll have the harder time with whatever plan.
Of course, who knows if what I think is going on is really going to happen and that it's not something else.
Geez, you and your addictive intrigue, loving domination and great bits of sex and discipline mixed in seamlessly! Thanks for another enjoyable chapter.
Uh oh... I thought Connor and Colin had it bad enough already, but it sounds like there's something rather unpleasant waiting for Connor just over the horizon. At least the faeries and Aine herself realize that there's a big difference this time. On the other hand, Connor is willing to do anything for Aine so maybe she'll have the harder time with whatever plan.
Of course, who knows if what I think is going on is really going to happen and that it's not something else.
Geez, you and your addictive intrigue, loving domination and great bits of sex and discipline mixed in seamlessly! Thanks for another enjoyable chapter.
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February 19, 2011 at 12:00 AM
I'm late reviewing, but oh, my! Aine is truly in a state thanks to her brother, and Connor has been pushing, but that ride home... ::winces::
As usual, you draw me right in to Aine's world, and I feel like I'm right there. Marvelously done! :D
As usual, you draw me right in to Aine's world, and I feel like I'm right there. Marvelously done! :D