For the Summer, Ch. 1-16
I have been greedily devouring your fic without reviewing along the way, so here it is. :)
I love a great coming of age fic, and the beginning of this story has that in spades. We see two children on the verge of the great shift in life. That shift from being a kid to an almost adult. We watch them awkwardly change through awkward bodies and voice changes, new bodies, maturity of mind and desires. Three months out of the year, Edward and Bella grow and learn together. Most of all, they bond.
As Bella and Edward get older, we find them becoming more aware of their situation. Bella is always keeping Edward at a distance knowing he is going to leave. She doesn't allow herself to love him how she wants. How she feels. She is a bit of a pessimist in that she only sees how it will fail, but at the same time, she wants and needs his return. She IS affected by him.
I feel the most empathy for Edward who does put himself out there year after year. Even when he brings a girlfriend, it is Bella he yearns for. He wants to be wanted so badly. He finds superficial relationships back home, but Bella is the river that he reaches his roots towards. He is not living until he finds her.
Both of these characters, as adults, feel shackled by lives their parents chose for them. Neither want these lives, but both are afraid to let down the fathers that kept them going when their mothers left in their own ways. It breaks my heart that they are almost 30 before they try life on their own terms.
Now, that they both know a bit better who they are. I hope that they will both finally allow themselves to have the love that Bella, and in a way Edward, have been denying one another.
I have been greedily devouring your fic without reviewing along the way, so here it is. :)
I love a great coming of age fic, and the beginning of this story has that in spades. We see two children on the verge of the great shift in life. That shift from being a kid to an almost adult. We watch them awkwardly change through awkward bodies and voice changes, new bodies, maturity of mind and desires. Three months out of the year, Edward and Bella grow and learn together. Most of all, they bond.
As Bella and Edward get older, we find them becoming more aware of their situation. Bella is always keeping Edward at a distance knowing he is going to leave. She doesn't allow herself to love him how she wants. How she feels. She is a bit of a pessimist in that she only sees how it will fail, but at the same time, she wants and needs his return. She IS affected by him.
I feel the most empathy for Edward who does put himself out there year after year. Even when he brings a girlfriend, it is Bella he yearns for. He wants to be wanted so badly. He finds superficial relationships back home, but Bella is the river that he reaches his roots towards. He is not living until he finds her.
Both of these characters, as adults, feel shackled by lives their parents chose for them. Neither want these lives, but both are afraid to let down the fathers that kept them going when their mothers left in their own ways. It breaks my heart that they are almost 30 before they try life on their own terms.
Now, that they both know a bit better who they are. I hope that they will both finally allow themselves to have the love that Bella, and in a way Edward, have been denying one another.
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