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I just read all of the 33 chapters in one go and I loved it. Your writing style is absolutely amazing and I can’t wait to read your published work. All the best.
Cheers!

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Your writing is absolutely incredible. This story was beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with us.

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This is the best story I have ever read! You genuinely just made me cry and laugh in happiness and sadness at the same time, that last bit feels just right. I can't believe it's over I will miss this story so much.I want to thank you for this great story and hope everything is alright with you. I definitely want to read your other work. I cannot stress enough how PHENOMENAL of a writer you are, and how awesome it is to be able to read your words. All the best.

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Wow this is such an incredible story.
I am in love with your characters. 
Thank you for writing and sharing this with us. 
I wish it never had to end. 
I'm sure that the novel you're writing in real life is amazing. 
That is all.

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You said this was not going to be another fluffy James/OC story and boy were you right! I was not expecting the twist with the Warlock Tears and fully preparing for the worst but what a good idea! To me it’s reminiscent of Harry willing to die in order to kill the Horcrux inside him... it worked because he was truly willing to sacrifice himself, thinking he would die. Same thing here, and I wonder if it still would have worked if Nellie knew she wasn’t really dying? Hmm interesting thoughts. Anyway fantastic job, how can I find your real novels??

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LOVE LOVE THIS THANK YOU x10 I’m sobbing again in the middle of the night, this was the most intense chapter and one of your best ones yet and that’s saying something cause you have unreal talent! Nel’s a wonderful person, few people would do what she did, there aren’t words to describe her sacrifice!

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I don't know how it took me until now to read this story since it's one of the best I have ever read! I've read it in two days and it has been an absolute roller coaster of emotions. I can't even- Urg! The fact that Nellie was ready to take her own life to save James is so incredible. I'm dying a bit over here. 
Once again, an amazing story. 
~Ana

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omg I loved this story sooo much and you re a wonderful writer. and I would really like for you to publish the epilogue if you want to cause I would love to read it. 
xx

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Thank you so so much - the epilogue is actually up and I hope you enjoy it!

Oh my gosh.. this was without a doubt the best fanfic I've ever read and just an all around fantastic story. I am so so sad that it's over but that's because it was so amazing to read and be a part of! Thank you so much for your time and dedication to this story! I am so glad Nellie and James worked their stuff out- I was worried there for a few chapters!! I absolutely love Nellie's group of friends and the culture of their friend group is so fun to read! The quidditch scenes were especially fun for me to read as they were always one of my fav parts of HP. Good luck on your novels I can't wait to read them - you're amazing!! xx

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Thank you so so much! I loved writing this story and I'm so glad you liked it as much as I did. I will keep the site updated of course on any novels I write but thank you so much again!!

OH! This story was so FANTASTIC! Oh, I loved this entire story, and I'm sorry I didn't leave more comments along the way, but I was so busy these past weeks! This last chapter was so moving!! That was the best ending to a story I've ever read and so so well written! It was so emotional and heartwarming and amazing and poetic,I was both crying and then laughing nearly the whole time. Like just them alive and together makes me happy cause they deserved it! And Nellie my brave baby you made it, this curse is over!! You are a fantabulous writer and should be very proud of this story! Very, very, very, extremely, wonderfully good story! Thank you for writing it! Definitely one of my favorites of all time!How do you write this well? Bravo, Bravo! Thank you!Thank you! I’m so sad this is over though, you have no idea!!

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OH! Thank you so much and I am so happy you loved the ending! I am definitely proud but mostly happy about the way the story ends on a note of atonement. Thank you again!

Hi Ella! Thank you so much for your response to my review, I’m the one who greatly admires you for being so brave to write this story AND simply for writing a story this extraordinary! I so want to thank you again for everything, I’m repeating myself but I’ll hold this story in my heart forever. I don’t know what else I can say without getting emotional..again. I loved this chapter - I love seeing everything coming together. I just want to make you a batch of cookies, congratulate you, anything. You are, without a doubt, one of the most talented unpublished- for now- (which should be a crime, by the way) writers I have ever had the pleasure of encountering. I think a lot of the readers -myself included- have been through every emotion possible reading this but now, all I feel is happiness and peace tainted by sadness simply because it’s over! I don’t think you really realise how MUCH feeling the simplest of things is important until you’ve been numb for a while and maybe Nels is feeling that too and again I can’t thank you enough Ella!!

xoxo, 
Estelle

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Hi Estelle - Wow. I can't even begin to describe how it feels for someone to tell you that they will hold your words in their heart forever. Thank you so so much for reading my little story and for leaving me such beautiful reviews, and I wish you all the best!

XO,
Ella

This last chapter is for sure the hardest to review : 

- I’m so glad Nellie got answers regarding her mother’s death and can now move on from this tragedy with some peace of mind. She now has her remaining family with her (minus Esmeralda, she won’t be missed).

- This certainly wasn’t an easy part to read and still haunts me as I’m writing this but you handled it very well. Nellie’s very brave and selfless. I think she now has CLOSURE - that’s really important and rare! You had me worried for a moment. And it made me cry. Damn

- THANK YOU for not killing them, they deserve happiness and all the good in the world. 
The curse finally makes sense and I’m glad one of the last scenes was just their group of friends enjoying each other, it’s only logical. Friendship is THE heart of this story as you've said. 

Kudos, congratulations, awesome work, and thank you very, very, very much. This was an intense pleasure to read, it's a rare thing to come across a story of such great quality and written with such careful planning and thought and talent- and I feel that much luckier for having found it!

I wish you all the best and keep us updated please, 

Noah

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Noah -

Thank you thank you thank you for your words! And you're welcome for not killing them (lol). I'm so so happy you felt a connection with the story and I will absolutely keep you all updated. Thank you again for reading my little baby!

Wishing you all the best,

Ella

I'm still crying but it's now 3 am ( and I'm the buckets of tears just so you know who's the anon) and I CANNOT manage to sleep no matter how hard I'm trying to so I'm writing this. 

A work of art, Ella. I would have expected nothing less from you.

My heart is full.James and Nellie deserve every shred of happiness they're getting and so do all the characters. Who knew a headache on a train could result in all this? 

It is truly, a fanfiction to go down in history as far more than a classic. This is an exceedingly powerful and moving story. You have done such a magnificent job here. I cannot wait to find out what the future will bring for your fantastic work. Don't forget us when you publish your own books - I know I'd love to read it. 

Worth every word.

Never Stop Writing and THANK YOU Ella!

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Hello Buckets of Tears,

I am so honored by your words - thank you so much. I am so happy to hear that you've been moved by this - it is so encouraging, so thank you so so much and one last time, thank you for reading!

Holy mother of...I’m speechless. Crying and speechless and my breaths have been taken away by your absolute poetry. I can’t even string together a sentence right now. Those last paragraphs...oh my GOD...ok I’m going to review again when I am not so BOWLED over just give me a few...

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Wow. Thank you so so much!

Don't know what rock I've been living under for the past couple of months but damn is this one of the best stories I've ever read...might even be better than some of the actual published books out there. I've been scouring the internet for stories and after a couple days of reading some good and not so good stories, I stumble upon this little gem. The first chapter was such a great opener that it compelled me to read the entire thing in one go. So here we are, 32 chapters later, I come bearing this humble little review...a little too late. Wonderful, wonderful story. There's really nothing I can say about it except continue appraising its awesomeness. I mean you've managed to keep everything so real and light while dealing with sensitive topics, the characters have great depth.I loved this story so much I really want to find you a publisher and make you publish it. But sadly I don't know any publishers around and hopefully you’ll do that with your next novels. 
I mean this story has all the elements of the perfect story: angst, humor, drama, trauma, suspense (that literately made me stick my face to the computer screen and cry in rage because my computer wont load the next chapter fast enough). It was thrilling. You described everything so well, its so easy to envision each scene as they unfolded. You had me in tears multiple times especially with the whole Romeo and Juliet thing. I actually thought you were going to kill them because there was like… 1 chapter left in the entire story - it was so easy to be like they’re both dead - the END bye.But of course you wrote it so it was completely understandable and beautiful and poetic and way way too sad but peaceful in the end. It felt like coming home after a long eventful trip, at peace at last. So yeah, this has turned out to be quite the story. This truly is a brilliant piece of work I'm sad there isn't more of it and your beautiful writing

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Wow you finished the story! Anyway I had no idea you updated at all and even finished the story! I’ve just now discovered that this website worked again and checked my favorite stories so imagine my joy when I saw 32 chapters! It was the most amazing story ever. I love how you made everything make sense and this ending gives a great sense of closure. Can’t believe it’s now over!! so so sad I'm crying

Nobody can deny how incredible your writing and the plot is and what I ESPECIALLY loved about your fic is how everything FITS! The whole sense of CLOSURE. You've obviously did a lot of plotting and thinking on the matter of the curse and it shows! There were many easter eggs, I’ll have to read this again because I missed so many of them!! I don’t know how to explain it, but everything seems so natural. Like it seems natural that Nellie would do something like this and that’s what makes her so incredible, her character was revealed during 32 chapters and not once did I not love her even if I wanted to shake some sense into her during the breakup. Most of all I just wanted to take her in my arms and make sure she always always knows how incredible she is inside out, how loved she is and how much she deserves all the love and good in the world, I love seeing her free and happy at last she deserved it, they all did. I want to hug you for blessing me with this story too! I don’t think I’ll ever get enough of James and Nellie and everyone so I’d love to read some more scenes with them especially James’s friends.

Again excellent story and keep up the good work! You’re incredible! Thank you so much!!

xo G

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I stumbled upon your story long ago and I cannot tell you how glad I am that I was exposed to your story. I hate to admit that normally, I'm a ghost reader...Ik I'm horrible don't take me to jail,I rarely leave a review. But The After Before left me in tears at the end and it seemed wrong to not leave you at least one review professing my undying love and admiration of your talent. At times I literally forgot that I wasn't actually reading a published book. I'm entirely jealous of the beautiful way you write and oh my God what a plot. I, like everyone else here, fell in love with all those characters.The characterisation was perfect, everyone is so realistically flawed and real - Nellie is one strong cookie.You have left me a lifelong fan and I don't think I'll ever be able to think of Harry Potter without remembering your story. I’m so excited to see what’s next for you. xo

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I am speechless. I am never speechless, yet here I am scrambling for words. I am close to tears, now. It is finally, truly over. No! I’m close to punching the screen. Everyone around me hates me for those typing noises but they don't how how much this story deserves it (their loss).I might die of amazing-writing separation anxiety. I cannot tell you how much I loved this story. It has been like a best friend... or a lovely dog. (I know, I am now comparing your writing to animals). New chapters have been waiting for me at home after long days. They have frustrated me when drama has happened and have made me cry.They have made me laugh, scream, and discover words I never knew existed (You have an outstanding vocabulary). I have fallen in love with your characters. I have learned wonderful things, ie. never to trust the Olsen twins but most importantly reminder of LOVE whatever shape or form and friendship.Your story rocks! I AM GOING CRAZY! YOUR AWESOMELY WONDERFUL STORY IS OVER AND MY SANITY IS GOING WITH IT! At least my babies are safe and happy! This is really the last chapter..It is hard to face reality right now.. Here come those tears.Thank you for everything. Thank you, thank you, thank you. You writing is amazing. Your story is stupendous. I have nothing else to say as I am still speechless, though as you can see, I lost my speechlessness temporarily. Not that hard for me to do. Anyway, Ella, great job. Will you be writing anything else on this website? Ever? (Oh, my. I can't say "Will you be writing a sequel?" because you won't. *TEARS!*). Still I’m excited for your future novels or anything you publish (What about this James POV?) Lots and lots of love and best of luck for the future!

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Aw! I loved it! I loved it all, and congratulations on finishing the story! I also look forward to seeing whatever you do next, whenever you do it. As promised, I got my tissues out. 

I have nothing - nothing! - but sympathy and love for James and Nellie.They’ve been through a lot together-Nellie even more so- and they really grew up and are stronger now.

I loved everything about this story but if I’m being honest, I think above the friendship and romance - they were so well done and real- Astoria and Veronica made all the difference in this story for me.They were key characters and felt so real even though they are deceased. Both sacrificed themselves for their child, both had difficult stories, and both were very strong women - and I love love celebrating that in my head! No wonder Scorpius and Nellie turned out so great (well kudos to you really).

And lastly - I loved how you ended this story on such a lovely and poetic note. Now we know that everything is going to be ok. Nellie gained the peace she has been searching for. I’d love to read cute domestic James and Nellie moments because I love them so much and I don’t want this story to end..but whatever you want, no pressure :)

Anyway, thanks again for this amazing story! And I may have said it before, but I'll say it again: I can't wait to see what you do next with your own work.

Again, you’re wonderful

Jules

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Jellie is BACK baby! I am SOBBING AT 1 AM RIGHT NOW AND IT IS ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT! Thank you, Thank you so much!! Tears.TEARS. I take everything I said back, you’re not Voldemort at all, you’re a sweetheart!! It’s seriously so hard to write about such topics and get it right but this chapter was a perfect mix! I'm going to have some serious withdrawals now! A finer story I've never read. My hat goes off to you on this one. An incredibly well written and creative story. I could gush on and on about this one but I think you already know how good it is. You should be really proud of this one! Wish I could have it printed and bound on my shelf! I’m really begging you please please to post the epilogue or anything really, I can’t process this is over. I'm hoping we’ll see more of you either on this site one day or with your own stuff. May you always find joy in writing and share your talent with the world.
Good luck Ella,
Raquelle *blowing kisses*

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Damn you and your power to evoke tears from my eyes! That's it. The end of this...this...wonderful, intricate, beautiful, stunning masterpiece of a story. It's been so long since I've read something that made my mind literally buzz wondering what would happen next and broke my heart over and over.Thank you so much for this story.
It's a bit sad how much of a crying mess I am, but you're just amazing, you honestly are. I squealed out loud when James and Nellie reunited. I knew you weren’t cruel enough to kill them! Still, Nel’s sacrifice should never be forgotten just like her mother’s won’t be! It's amazing how you twist-turn it but keep it logical. Everything fell into its rightful place. I’d love for you to post the epilogue even unofficially.This story was funny then sad than surprising and all around extraordinary, I'm congratulating you on a job well done and best wishes for whats next, keep us updated! xo

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OH. MY. GOSH.

Sorry, just had to get that out of my system. That has been basically the most mindblowingly amazing, unbelievably nuanced and real (and I read tons of fanfic, trust me) and believable and crazily tangible story I have ever read.

I so regret not finding it sooner. Now that I'm calmer, I'd just like to say that I really, really, really, love this story, I was freaking out last night, and this useless thing called 'sleep' (apparently its healthy) interrupting my reading; I was crying a while thinking my two favourite characters were going to die, and now I want to hug you! Ana Clearwater, bye bye girl - just had to get that out of my system.

Anyway, what I loved most with this story is how much attention was given to the details and how it all seemed 'real'. I know that that statement sounds a bit weird but I seem to have a standard when it comes to fiction. I deem a story great when it makes me believe...like everything in the story could actually happen despite you know, it not actually going to happen (I don't know if that was understandable...I blame my sleep-deprived mind). But what I'm getting at is the sense of realism in the story, the setting, the characters. And this story has it in spades. Which I think is quite the feat considering what you're working with…seers, predictions, curses and whatnot. The way it's been handled is spectacular. Thank you so so so so much for writing this, this entire immense story has got to be one of the most intellectually exercised and wonderful ever.Looking forward to what the future is going to bring you!

Ana

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YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! HAHAHA! They didn’t die! -spins around in happy circles-

I'm not going to lie, you had me completely and utterly convinced Nellie was going to die! I spent this ENTIRE chapter(save the Olsen twins part, that was hysterical) in tears. I'm not joking or exaggerating at all. I was sitting in the living room reading this sobbing or laughing hysterically and rocking back and forth. It was too tragic and good. My face was completely red and my eyes were all puffy! My family was really worrying that something was wrong with me, which there probably is, guess I’m really going to therapy soon no matter the ending ..But that's not the point! 

The whole chapter, through my tears, I was singing your praise and mentally sending you hugs and thanks.I am prostrate before the awesomeness of this story. Once again, thank you so much, and am very sorry for my explosive histrionics. Whatever more you want to post/share, please do it. Can’t wait for your published books. 

xo, Liliosa

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THANK YOU! Writing this makes me so emotional. I've been reminiscing all day about this story and how I was on this website when the first chapter was published and I DIDN'T read it right away for some unfathomable reason (I tend to do that with my favourite anything), I remember starting to read a few MINUTES after you published the 6th chapter. I immediately fell in love with the story but I binge read the six first chapters and obviously that was the last one at the time and this chapter always stuck with me because first the Slug club scenes are SO SO good and iconic, I swear I remember sitting there and just thinking WOW and that was how I posted my 1st of a long series of reviews (I cringe reading some of them lol). I remember when the website was down, and I felt so lost without this story and honestly, I googled the title often to check if it was maybe on another website, I was so so happy when you came back. From that point on, I remember everything that I felt after each chapter was posted, and each one brought me something as a reader and brought something unique to the story, no story ever made feel feel like this, it'll always always be my top story like a first love almost. 

Maybe it's time I talk about chapter haha, it was everything I needed. I was crying when I read the first word, the letter really go to me. I thought about Romain Gary's book, La promesse de l'aube, and it contains one of my favorite quotes "Avec l'amour maternel, la vie vous fait, à l'aube, une promesse qu'elle ne tient jamais.".Veronica absolutely loved her children so much. 

The fact is, I scanned my notes today and found that I SORT OF had the ending there all along for MONTHS; I won't share them cause they're embarrassing but sometimes in between chapters I write down some stuff and the new one comes along and I KEEP adding stuff so I end up forgetting about the previous notes but I wrote " Her mother sacrificed herself for one her children, probably Nellie"(I thought THIS was the reason why her father "couldn't be a father knowing this") and wrote " break the curse, what if Nellie dies but not really". Also, I found my questions about Riley (I think she was just a concerned friend ?) and Nellie's future job and her patronus, haha so many details that I wanted to know about. 

BUT, ultimately it doesn't matter at all, this story's about SO MUCH more than figuring out the details of the plot, the emotional side and the intellect behind it is everything. The whole first part was wonderfully written, Nellie's trail of thoughts felt so intimate it's almost unbearable and uncomfortable to read and the taste and the smell was there, I swear I could taste lilacs on my tongue. Every detail, reference was done meticulously, just thinking about Celeste telling Nellie "don't let it fall into faulty hands", it's safe now, it's so symbolic, Nellie wouldn't have permanently died even if James wasn't there but their reunion could've been different, it was meant to be that way and as you wrote, prophecy or not, it doesn't change anything for mortal beings.

Thanks to you, I was in the middle of fully reading Romeo and Juliet - I'm actually really enjoying it- but dropped it when you published the new chapter and again I'm so glad things turned out that way, I'm curious if you ever thought about the story ending in another way ? Fun fact, I'm not a huge fan of Game of Thrones but I purposefully watched extracts and read spoilers just to spoil my friends each season (I can assure you they deserved it) but even if you had killed James and Nellie, you absolutely don't deserve it ! I'm just overjoyed Nellie got the peace of mind, and the truth she so rightly deserves. I thought a lot about my own after The After Before lol and I was worried I wouldn't be able to appreciate it as much as I'd like, not because of the content or writing, it was perfect, but just because it was ending and I didn't want it to, but as I was reading the last chapter, as I'm writing this very emotionally, all I feel is a deep sense of closure, happiness and appreciation and gratitude for these characters and this story, and a deep sense of pride - of Nellie, of James, of all the characters and of you. This seems so weird but I feel like I know you, not in real life although I think you're absolutely so kind and lovely, but as a wonderful writer. Ultimately, it's more than just fanfiction, and it'd be so unfair to call it just that, this is your own imagination and twist to it, I don't know a brave, selfless, funny, stubborn Cornelia Burke in HP, I don't know a clever, charismatic James Sirius Potter who dislikes pasta (which is blasphemy btw), I don't know a Mia Templeton who's the best friend anyone could ever want, etc (Nellie saying " she would be one my hardest goodbyes" breaks my heart and makes me cry just thinking about it even now) but I do now, I know them thanks to you. And that's why, a piece of my heart'll always always be with this story and I'll miss it and miss those characters. I can't express my gratitude.I also have one more note of gratitude to share with you. I thank you so much for your wonderful and stirring reminder that this story shares of the power and magnitude of love; and the perfect unconditional love of friendships.

I never expected to be so emotional writing this but I am,I wish you the absolute best for your projects, if you have a website for your future books, hit me up, and please never doubt your talent, and drop in to say hi, I know I'll be coming back to this story every once in a while just to reread this masterpiece or just to check on it. If you ever want to share missing moments, James POV, PLEASE do and when you publish your books, please do share this information with us, I already am a fan but I'll be your first fan as a published writer. 

With love and much much thanks. xx

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Dear Ella,
Thank you for writing such beautiful stories. They are moving and funny and everything anyone could want in a story. I am very very upset to hear that you will be taking a hiatus, but I am also very glad you are working on your own projects and can’t wait to see what wonderful things you come up with! with that said, I do have to say that your last chapter left me wanting more. I feel so bad to have to criticize you but this is just my opinion and should in no way influence your writing or how you feel about your writing. I just thought this chapter could have more: more dialogue, more plot, more climax, more drama, more fluff, just more everything. It felt as thought it went by very fast to me, which made me sad because I never want your writing to end!! this was a very beautiful and wonderful ending to the story and I hope you put out the epilogue and more James and Cornelia moments!!

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