There's a lot of party scenes in this fic, but I've kept with it because the overall content is really good. Don't second guess yourself so much. Whatever you put out will be consistent with the storyline. Give yourself a little credit. Your cadence of the written word isn't at all lack luster. 3

My apologies for not reading and reviewing earlier.
This has been a fantastic chapter. I missed Rosalie, but having focus on Bella and Jacob's friendship was a great thing that I enjoyed. I love how Jacob protects Bella. He had a point; Bella should have told Rosalie about the party.
I really hope Bella never has to deal with Renee and Phil ever again. Charlie truly stepped up his game and defended his daughter properly.
I'm glad Chase apologized to Bella. Bella is obviously so much better off with Rosalie, tho. I didn't except Bella's friend Nick to be a vampire, and Victoria killed him? I love Victoria in your story, tbh. She never reached her full potential in the books.
I should have known Lucrecia was far from done with Bella. I wonder what she has planned.

Very good.

Just excellent. Thank you.

Thre moment Bella and Jacob were walking to 7-11 I knew Chase would show up. That being said, I had no idea what turn the party would end up taking. I'm actually pretty proud of Bella for remembering she had a girlfriend and choosing her over Chase.

I LOVE THIS FIC
Damn it’s actually so good I love it please update

Great chapter :)

I feel bad for Charlie and Sue, that they didn't get a better response from everyone. And is it just me, or is Bella getting worse again? It would be hilarious if she woke up and thought she had married Rosalie (and then Rosalie played a prank on her like they did).

Excellent, thanks very much.

good chapter. thanks

Good update! I like the interactions with Edward and Jake.

Hey, so...thank you for writing this?
Honestly, I really, really cannot put into words how much I appreciate this fic. I mean, to start with, I am an anxious trash lesbian, so I appreciate your characterization of Bella a lot, but also this is genuinely just one of the best Twilight fanfictions I've ever read. I love the way you write Edward. I love the detail of the ghouls-it adds this consistent element of horror, which is something I wish the original series had leaned into harder, and it's super cool. Plus, Bella's transformation...I still think about the scene with her breakdown with the knife and get chills. I love the "moon and stars" thing between Bella and Rosalie, and just the way you write soulmates in general... there's no fun in a soulmate story that doesn't have struggle, and I feel like you do a really good job capturing that.
Also... Charlie. I love Charlie, and I love the effort you put into his relationship with Bella, and the very real strain all of the supernatural elements put on it. (I am also INCREDIBLY excited for whatever happens now with him and Sue-and I appreciate the outlet it is giving Alice's need to party-plan.)
The found-family childhood-friemds dynamic between Bella, Jake, Leah and Seth is also just...wow. I sob every time I read the chapter with their party for Bella, and the scrapbook. Like there's just something so sweet about it, despite all the pain Bella's been through, or maybe because of it, and I love it so much.
Also...the catharsis of the Christmas scenes with Renee and Phil...my home life was Not the best, never to the extent of Bella's, but it's still incredibly satisfying and encouraging to read that scene of them being shut out of Bella's life, of her having the people around her to face them... it's just unbelievably satisfying. (Also...suspicious timing is suspiciousmanipulation by Phil?)
I also really appreciated the conversation between Carlisle and Sam. Like, the original series underserves the pack so much, and I love the contrast between Sam and Carlisle, how one of them will be able to give up the mantle of leadership and one carries it forever, (which is especially cool on top of the dynamic that like...neither of them chose to be anything but human, but Carlisle DID choose to create his family and his role as leader, whereas Sam didn't at all). Also just...the description of Sam as growing into himself kinda made me really emotional. (Also while on the topic of the wolf pack, Jared has a life outside the supernatural events of the series! I don't know that I've ever seen that, actually, and I appreciate it immensely!)
And while I'm talking about the Jacob's-birthday scene...I have never been an Edward/Jacob person. Like, I just never got it. But that line "the skin-on-skin contact made him feel warm"...wow. Just...the imagery and the symbolism, and the carryover of the "Jacob is a sun" thing...I'm invested now.
Also on the topic of romance...can we talk about Leah/Angela? Literally my favorite pairing? God, I love it so much. I am so, so happy that it's in this fic. And I cannot wait to see how everything unfolds with the supernatural element-like I feel for Leah, because it's so hard to keep that secret, but it's also complicating everything if she decides to share it, and at the same time, for Angela I can't imagine what it would be like to find out that this massive secret has been kept from you for your entire relationship, (and it is the reason for your relationship, kinda), and I just...wow. I cannot wait to see what happens.
Anyways, now that I've rambled about nearly every topic in this fic, I should probably end this comment. I just really, really appreciate this fic. Your characterization (of all the characters-like I didn't even touch on how much I love Emmett, and Jasper, and Alice, and how you take into account their personalities and their backstories but you also let them be kids! Jasper having OCD! And Rose...like, the way you write her is so perfect it kind of hurts) and writing style are both amazing. I love the little details you put into the world, very small specific changes that add up to this amazingly different narrative, (the ghouls, Jasper as a Union spy, them being in college instead of high school, drunk Monopoly, the Cullen's having gone to Woodstock, and their Y2K party, Seth dying his hair, the group chats, the really deep exploration of the consequences of every change that happens to Bella, redemption-ish-not-really-but-whatever for Victoria, the detail about vampires having an aura that scares other people that Bella could never sense...I should probably stop just listing elements that you obviously know about because you wrote this fic...). And, as I may have mentioned, I am incredibly invested in the plot. Recovery is a long, twisted, painful journey, and I love that this fic really is that.
I hope you're okay with everything insane that is happening right now, and I just want to say thank you again, because having new installments of this to read is pretty much single-handedly getting me through this quarentine.

I'm actually very excited about Charlie and Sue getting married; I can't wait for Charlie to find out about everything. I also wonder how Angela will react about the supernatural, too. I can sense really intense stuff is coming.

What a fun chapter. I really enjoyed the part where Bella asked if she and Rosalie should get married, and Rosalie taking a drunk Bella to bed. I nearly died at Jessica talking about her bad sex life with Mike. I do wonder if she'll break up with him for good. I do hope Bella and Rosalie can talk about sex in the future.

I really loved this chapter. I thought it was very clever to have Rosalie tell what happened to her and disguise it as a ghost story, and I also liked your version of Jasper's backstory and Bella getting comfortable at showing her scars. The little moment between Bella and Esme was one of my favorite parts; Bella finally has the mom she deserves! I loved Rosalie's POV at the end and how she's become braver by being with Bella.