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*left arm flailing wildy* Wow, it's really hard to type with one hand.

Oh, but can I say that I LOVE this chapter. I love how you described Evie's "relations" with men. And, how she felt when she read the letter. Really, the way the letter is presented, like, not just all out there. But, how she read us excerpts. If that makes sense. And, what Jow says to her when they meet again.

*dies* You. Are. BRILLIANT! :P

I don't know if I should praise you or strangle you for leaving it there!! What a heartwrenching letter! It's all I hoped for and then some. I've been waiting for this moment; the moment where Evie would come to realize that the sacrifices she'd made were not in vain and you didn't disappoint me! Joe's situation breaks my heart but his cheeky comment to her at the very end of the chapter was perfect. I can't wait to see what will happen now that they've found each other again. Simply brilliant chapter:) Bravo!

Oh no.. he doesn't leave Maggie at all, why would he? She loves him and vice versa. I think you will find that Joe has the ability to love a great many people in different ways, as does Evie. Thats the point...love- both his and hers- it is not finite and it burns bright. Take what you will from the story, thats the readers prerogative, but from this authors mind it is not anything about betrayal, very far from it. Maggie and Evie and all the rest of them share something, Joe, and he has enough for them all.

Ch 6. Ah! 3 years have passed. I was wondering how you would have Evie reconcile stealing Joe from poor Maggie. Very neatly done. Oh the powers of the author. I presume Maggie will now be off the scene and Evie's conscience can now be clear. Well sidestepped. Isn't writing great?

Beautiful characteristaions. Looking forward to more...

The actions begins! This chapter was brilliant, the interaction between Joe and Evie simply wonderful. It's heartbreaking though that she's been driven from her home, that Joe's gone away, that Evie's future is uncertain. You always manage to make the reader imagine that they are actually there, your attantion to detail, the lingo of the time, the way you set up a scene, it's all simply fabulous. PLEASE update soon!!

This has been an absolutely stunning debut, nuit. The richness of characters and dialogue, the politics, the effort to ensure a sense of historical accuracy - it has been beautiful to read. This latest installment (love the chapter title) is so powerful. The interplay between Michael and Joe is fantastic - Joe comes across as so strong and yet finds it unnecessary to use physical force against Michael. Evie's and Joes relationship finally gets an inner core that you really feel has more than physical attraction to it - shared history and experience (as well as him having those curls - damn that man!). I can;t wait for the next installment.

Holy shit, three years?! Sorry, just had to get that out of the system. Now on to a real review type thing.

This chapter has to be one of the best yet. You weren't kidding about picking up the pace. Evie has been thrown right in the thick of the "battle" so to say, between the coppers and the Gang. Well, the coppers and the Irish in general. =/ I wanted to cry when she had to leave. Just like that her whole life has been uprooted because she went out on a limb. *gives up and cries*

Oi!! That was fantastic nuit... brilliance. I want to say this one thing before I fall asleep on the keyboard: it feels so intense when you write it. I cant really put it into a method or style that you have- i cant name it. But it feels so distinctly real and different that it makes me shake my head in wonder! Bravo!

Finally another chapter. I've been going crazy with wait. *does a little crazy dance to demonstrate* Anywho...

Favorite part of the chapter, the way you describe Joe's kiss. Wow.

SPOILERS BELOW

Sigh. Is just brilliant, Nuit. A few of my favorite bits:

"Full pelt into me “crimes” which now I think on it were nothing more than refusing to be anyone other than meself, but then maybe for me Ma that was enough."

I won't copy the whole speech but really every character is so alive. I can hear her mother's haranguing tone and its contrast to her fathers.


"You could feel the bristle in their beards"; "those coppers’ eyes wouldn’t have missed a fourth leaf on a clover at 100 yards, "

I have no idea how many of the sayings you make up vs what is historical, but either way I feel as if you must have lived in Beechwood to know them all so perfectly. There's never a wrong note.


Well me mouth went all dry, he was all around me, well that’s what it felt like any how, the warmth and the scent of his body hitting me as his jacket fell open. A flick of MY eyes down that, God help me, I am sure I did mean for him to see.

You are brilliant at the sensual - by which I mean sense-filling details. warmth and scent - you bring the reader right there.

I won't quote anymore b ecause I feel it would do it a disservice. But I want to say that the fullness of Joe shows up. His determination, his kindness, his intelligence, his flirtiness, his hunger, his ability to be taken by surprise by her, his anger, his sweetness. Oh, Joe....

Evie continues to be one of the strongest, most unique voices I have ever read. I can't begin to say what an honor it is to get to read it and I can't wait for more!