#mindspeak

Author: Phoenix.Writing

Description: As Hermione, Harry, and Ron are about to begin their seventh and final year at Hogwarts, they learn some surprising and dangerous information regarding what it means to be Pure in the wizarding world.

Review: I really love this fic. This is one of the only ones I’ve read that genuinely feels like a stand alone novel with all of the details that were put into it. It deserves to be printed in my opinion with how well written it is. Hermione and Severus have a looooong build up of angst (I wanted to strangle him several times), but it plays out very well. I will say that during the first 8 chapters or so I did consider quitting, but that’s because the author is laying a lot of backstory out for the fic to continue successfully. It feels a bit rushed through, as several key plot points are put into motion all at once and it’s a bit overwhelming. It sort of feels like she’s overloading the main characters with powers (that will make sense when you read it). However, having read the story I will say that it all falls in place very well and is necessary to move forward with the story. And considering how long the story is, it’s honestly better that these points weren’t set up in current time.

*SPOILER*

For example, we find out that our main characters are pure adults and all that may entail, and then immediately after Hermione magically can turn into a unicorn and has been for some time? That’s where the story almost lost me, but I will say that I absolutely loved the storyline of the unicorns and it played a crucial part in making the story as amazing as it is.

Is this where I panic?

Speaking deprecating words in my mind

Accepting my present as the way it should be

Telling myself that I’m a failure

A good for nothing

All because of something he said

That she said about me

A good for nothing

Something about my past 

A mistake I just made

Seeing me the way I used to be

I used to be this way it’s true

I listened to the bile that flowed from those lips

Wallowed in bitterness

Almost always drowning in depression

Going to bed but not sleeping

Shoving food into my mouth but not eating

Washed with sweat

Waiting with bated breath for an end that was not to be

Desperately hoping for tomorrow

Impatient because of today’s never ending

It had always been this way

Until I told myself, “not this time!”