You captured a moment perfectly. I look forward to reading more. Thank you for sharing this with us.
In response to your forum topic, I actually have no idea why you didn't get a lot of reviews for this. There were some minor typos, but they weren't distracting in any way because I understood the meaning and the rest of the prose was very lyrical. I almost felt like I was reading a dream, if that makes any sense. It's not a heavy Sesshoumaru x Kagome fic, but more of a quiet silent one, much like how you made Kagome describe Sesshoumaru. I really liked it because there was a lot of presence in what you wrote. I could visualize the warmth of the room and the fireplace and the contemplative but comforting athmosphere.
I would really like it if it continued, but at the same time, because of the way it stands on its own, I feel like it might be ruined because the picture is so simple but complete, showing the change in so little words. It almost felt like time was being represented because it matched everything else. I hope you write more pieces like this.
GREAT use of the theme. Kagome's thoughts associate Aka-shita with danger both times, but in such different senses... the first is the danger of his awe-inspiring power, but the second is sooo sensual, the danger of arousal, which she rightly welcomes should he *ahem* extend the invitation. I utterly adored that play on words. Quite brilliant! I look forward to more of this series!
I loved the prose in this piece. You have an almost magical way with words and you create wonderful imagery. I wasn't what point of view it was in and you did have a very typo and syntax issues, but other than those minor things, this was wonderful for your first time. I sincerely hope you continue to work on other Kag/Sess fics.
MontiK (Chapter 1) - Tue 07 Jul 2009
For your first Sesskag this is pretty damn awesome! It's not over the top, and you don't rush into their loving eachother right away. Your descriptions are very good and I liked how you focused on the aka-shita as a guardian it's similarities to Sesshoumaru as he changed. I'm really excited you entered my challenge and again you did a great job :) one thing you might want to be careful about though are tense errors, sometimes you flop between 'he did this' and 'he does this' which breaks flow but it's easily repairable. -MontiK
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