Excellent story. Captures the characters from the series perfectly
I could see everything in my mind as if was being televised. I don't remember the Gordo or Blitz nicknames, but that was the only thing that seemed out of place for me. I will probably read again as I read it at bedtime, and tried putting it down twice to go to sleep, but twice, turned the light back on, to fight through my yawns to finish. Excellent job!

IMO, this is one of your best. Great plot, action, angst, etc. Excellent me-and-theeness moments. Well done. Hopefully you’ve started on the sequel!

To I Love SH- I'm sorry if I got defensive. I felt you were 'picking' on the author. These stories are written for fun and enjoyment. Not being published in a book. I agree a very poorly written story is almost impossible to read, but this is nowhere that way and why not just enjoy the story instead of looking at grammatical errors. I call a truce.

MaryEllen2932

To Guest: I love SH

MaryEllen2932 is protective, and like Starsky & Hutch...she has my back. I have taken your suggestion regarding the word "smirk" and have reviewed with my Beta Readers. I am polishing my thesaurus in hope of improving my vocabulary.

I so wish you had posted under a member name or in private. Leaving a guest review doesn't offer me a proper way to respond and or acknowledge you. This was the only way I could respond to you.

I appreciate you taking the time and leaving a spectacular review. Thank you, Startisparticus 2017

To MaryEllen2932, yes smirk is a fine word in the right place but in at least 6 of the 15 times it appears in this story it is not in the right place as I understand the definition of the word.
And yes I have read the story! How else would I be able to comment? Why jump on me for expressing an opinion which is different to yours?
The premise of the story is good, the writing is good and it was a good read. I was merely querying the overuse of a word which to me did not fit.

Thank you, Nancy. I enjoyed this story very much. Got to love Hutch comfort.
I'm with the previous reviewer though - DS *does* do suffering so well, we really need a hurt Hutch story ;)

This was a good story, filled with tension. Loved Hutch's caring. Maybe you could reverse roles in your next story? I really like hurt Hutch (DS did suffering so well!)
I have to agree with the previous reviewer about smirk however. Unless it has a different meaning in the US? According to Google it means to smile in an irritatingly smug cconceited or silly way and that has always been my interpretation of it. So it does seem a bit odd to me in the context of your story. (It would have been nicer if she'd not been so unpleasant about it perhaps but hey ho. You can't please all the people all the time.)
Anyway I've rambled too much. Enjoyable story. Well done. And thankyou.

To 'I Love SH' Smirk is a fine word and I enjoyed the use of the word in this story. The story is balanced. Did you read this? Did you really read this story? It seems to me that you spent your time knitpicking the way it was written rather than enjoying the story. Nancy, you are an excellent writer. There is nothing wrong with this story. I love your voice in all your writings. Keep writing as you do. Thank you for such touching, emotional stories. MaryEllen2932

Hmm. Interesting story, well told.
But can I ask you to look up the definition of the word "smirk"? You use it so many times and every time I mentally cringed as it was entirely the wrong word to use in the circumstances you used it. And because of that it felt over used. Do you have a beta reader?
You obviously love these characters and you've done a good job keeping them in character, although it is very obvious to me which one you prefer. Maybe you can redress the balance in your next story?

loved the story .. so glad you posted

I’m so glad you decided to disregard the “stupid” comment. As you say, reactions like that are usually prompted by something or someone in the commenter’s life. I really enjoyed the story. The complicated relationship between the brothers feel authentic; most of us view a situation through our personal lens, as Nicky does, and don’t have the empathy to see it any other way. The ring is a sweet touch. I hope there’s a sequel!

I find there are many stories I don't like - I don't insult the author (unless it's unreadable because of grammar, spelling, etc - and that's just trying to help) and their ideas. Mainly because I don't have any ideas and just read all your wonderful stories. I find it interesting that someone said the story was stupid because I genuinely didn't think that at all. In fact, I loved the banter between the guys. The only thing I can think of is their fight during the rain storm - but even that was pretty much in character. I don't know - to each their own, I guess. I enjoyed the story and thank you for your contribution!

I really enjoyed your story: very sweet, very exciting, very moving (particularly chapters 9 and 10). I've always disliked Nicky and you managed to make me feel sympathy for him. Very glad you decided to put this back on.

Love this!

Simply said really good story, I could see and feel our beloved characters, all of them. Enjoyed reading this and well said closing comments after the story.