TheWickedTruth posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 11:27pm

Great chapter, can't wait for more.

Jason9 posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 11:23pm

Not a super Christmasy end to the chapter eh? I think it's a mark of the quality of your writing that I actually care about these characters enough for this ending to bother me a bit. I just finished reading the first of the Iron Druid series and can honetly say I couldn't care less what happened to any of the characters I was obviously supposed to care about in that entire book.

After my initial reading, I started to think about some of the previous scenes from Kate's perspective, and coming up with some plausible reasons for her behavior towardsHarry (from her perspective anyway) - I can think of a couple of reasons for why she did what she did, and hopefully her effort on Harry isn't/wasn't wasted.

It's kind of interesting, because if I were to compare this story to your older stuff (as far as pacing goes) that I would be expecting this to start winding down. Instead, you're bringing in new characters, opening new storylines and generally, I get the feeling that you're ramping up into the meat of the story.

In any event, this story is still a lot of fun to read, and I look forward to some of the new stuff you're working on as well (The Starlight Cafe Diner's Club)!

foreceflow02 posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 10:56pm

ouch. That one hurt, mate.

The Seeker posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 9:45pm

Very powerful chapter, almost too powerful, but in your hands it was very entertaining. The ending scene provided balance to the rest of the chapter, but what a sucker punch to the stomach. Kate's comments were wonderfully written and highly acidic. She will be missed but less than she would have been. It's not like there aren't many alternatives.

Hamilton Wrye posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 9:13pm

When you said Kate was popular, you weren't kidding. Over at Caer Azkaban, I could not believe the number of people upset over her departure. I figure it this way; she was not a major character, more mid range, and an OC to boot. You did not kill her off, and Harry learns a valuable lesson, that when you dig down to discover the soul of a whore, you still end up with a whore. Kate never made any bones about who or what she was, she had a business arrangement with the twins to turn Harry from a clueless dork into a studmuffin. Mission accomplished, try to leave quietly because she sees her client starting to fall for her and make assumptions. She needed to come down hard on him, smack him down to the point that he would not become some obcessed stalker with unlimited resources.

Great job,

Hammy

preier posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 8:23pm

well, the bit with kate came somewhat out of nowhere... harry's idea to put kate in 'protection business' actually deserved something of a response but... seems to go contrary to what you built her as. did she grow out of hand to your mental image of the character? seems like it, given your AN

darn characters not staying in the box you intended for them, right?

GBTtown posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 7:41pm

Great update. Long awaited but no less 'preciated!

sirisaac123 posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 7:28pm

This is a great story. I look forward to the next chapter.

ILikeToRead posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 6:38pm

Another enjoyable chapter. I was rather suspicious of the last part of this chapter and wondered for a while if Kate was under a spell? Harry has really grown in your story to be such an adult. I do wonder if Gabrielle will check Harry's new friends as times goes on? Happy belated Christmas to you! Thanks for sharing!

Pennywise posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 4:22pm

Awesome chapter. Is Harry going to turn the Russian agent into a Harry loyalist lol.

WhiteElfElder posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 4:19pm

Kate is an idiot of the highest calibre with what she said and did to Harry; there are things he will not forgive and she committed one of them. Harry needs to have a conversation with Christophe's sister about his hypocricy. I hope that Harry is not quite done destroying Fudge for his attempted action to rest control of Hogwarts and ridance of Dawn. It seems that Harry is continuing to pile on the women, and a lot of them are professionals of one capacity or another. How many nations will have women in their employ liasing with Harry; we have China and Russia so far it looks like and America trying to get in? I am looking forward to Harry's public relations speech and actions. We didn't get to see what Jonathan's god-daughter is supposed to do for Harry.

kilrathae posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 3:56pm

Awesome chapter as always. I love the way you write and this story has kept me intrigued and reading since you started. The way Kate reacted to Harry there at the end threw me for a loop until I sat back for a sec and thought about it. I figure she is coming at it from one of three ways.

1) She is a very accomplished actress and was just always playing the part and this is her true self

2) As we saw previous chapter, maybe the Russians did something to completely drive the wedge between them

3) or she felt she was getting a little too close and got scared, so she lashed out to get the reaction she thought she needed (Spoiler: like the Tyrion and Shae interaction in Game of Thrones when he sends her away)

Either way, I'm looking forward to more chapters on this story and anything else you write.

Lee Dickie posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 2:38pm

Great wrting as always and a fun set of characters coming out of the woodwork thanks to the misunderstanding. I'm sorry to see Kate go as she was an unusual addition to the cast of characters.

Chiyo posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 2:08pm

One thing with Harry is there is almost ALWAYS a button to push... but that was cold blooded.

Excellent chapter as always.. Really enjoying this fic.

HopelessFan posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 10:15am

wow, unexpected end.

Its nice to see that even in the overwhelmingly positve harry fics, sometimes everything dosen't "come up Potter"

as always, thanks so so much for your continued updates and efforts. You rock and your updates never fail to make my day

rpeh posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 9:55am

I'm really enjoying this story. Powerful Harry stories are often boring because there's no challenge but this one has enough going on that this isn't a problem. You have a couple of mistakes : "you're father would be" and "peaked through her memories". Thanks for writing this!

Adam posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 9:19am

was waiting for this to come out after leaving harry where he in the previous one, so thanks for putting it up, make a nice present :). The reaction from the yanks was funny as they found they were running last in the 'contact harry' race.

Shame about Kate, she was a nice character, sad to see her go, especially like that.

DJPotter posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 9:13am

I know that you are writer but When I read that part I didn't look as power requerment but as a abilty to channel it. There is a limit to conduit power & Dawn tells that "only you I can use" in last chapter

joeBob posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 8:57am

This was a nicely entertaining chapter. It's good that Harry still has problems/challenges that he cannot super-power through -- even if they are just girl problems.

Mike C. posted a comment on Friday 26th December 2014 8:56am

Ah well I will miss the lovely Kate but as you're the author and I as the loyal but lowly reader I have to accept your will. I am most anxious for the next chapter. Will Harry ever meet the Queen and will he ever accept his title in the muggle world? Will you be introducing more spies from other governments? And will Harry have to put Han in his place physically or will Han represent China in the kick boxing tournament?