Stranger Than Fiction, The End
Though they have been charted and mapped for centuries, one never can tell how or when the stars will align. Happily for the both of you, and luckily for all of us, they did when you two set out on this venture...or shall I say adventure, together.
You have given us a strong Bella who has survived the NM departure. Not only survived, but persevered, achieved, lived. She is what a woman of her age should be in experience and situation. When Edward reemerges, she doesn't balk. She sets out to claim what she was denied, but most importantly, takes her time and makes him work to regain her trust.
I think your Edward is equally the most boyish and unsure I have seen him portrayed as a vamp. He, too, has suffered and is in full realization that he is the cause of everyone's suffering. He is not the martyr, though, that we have seen so many times. He knows what he wants. He works and fights for Bella. He is not afraid anymore to express and claim what he desires. Selfishness is OK in this new order.
Finally, I think you have shown the other Cullens and the aftermath of the NM leave as we have not seen them. We see how his leaving and distance affected the unit. Though Edward always felt on the outside, you write how THEY are/were not complete without him. I love how you show their hurt, pain, and loss of not having their brother/son around.
I have truly loved and enjoyed the story you have gifted us with. You write wonderful dialog and physically put the reader in the mind, heart, and sometimes body of your characters. Also, him falling out of that tree still makes me laugh my ass off.
Good luck to you both and thank-you!
-Bethie
Though they have been charted and mapped for centuries, one never can tell how or when the stars will align. Happily for the both of you, and luckily for all of us, they did when you two set out on this venture...or shall I say adventure, together.
You have given us a strong Bella who has survived the NM departure. Not only survived, but persevered, achieved, lived. She is what a woman of her age should be in experience and situation. When Edward reemerges, she doesn't balk. She sets out to claim what she was denied, but most importantly, takes her time and makes him work to regain her trust.
I think your Edward is equally the most boyish and unsure I have seen him portrayed as a vamp. He, too, has suffered and is in full realization that he is the cause of everyone's suffering. He is not the martyr, though, that we have seen so many times. He knows what he wants. He works and fights for Bella. He is not afraid anymore to express and claim what he desires. Selfishness is OK in this new order.
Finally, I think you have shown the other Cullens and the aftermath of the NM leave as we have not seen them. We see how his leaving and distance affected the unit. Though Edward always felt on the outside, you write how THEY are/were not complete without him. I love how you show their hurt, pain, and loss of not having their brother/son around.
I have truly loved and enjoyed the story you have gifted us with. You write wonderful dialog and physically put the reader in the mind, heart, and sometimes body of your characters. Also, him falling out of that tree still makes me laugh my ass off.
Good luck to you both and thank-you!
-Bethie
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