Amazing. Just blown away

What a beautiful, well-written story. I have never appreciated the second person narrative until now. Thank you for sharing.

Wow... Sam finally got a girl... I only have one word to describe this story... Beautiful...

Supernatural Fanfiction Monthly awards review (February 2016):

This was a skillfully written love story, and you had me sold on the idea of Lily as Dean's love. The pieces, from their first meeting through her injury on the job, to Dean's almost leaving, through the last chapter, felt real and right.

What didn't work for me was the second person form you wrote this in. I didn't feel like it put me any more into Sam's head than first person would have, and at times, it jerked me out of the story. It's really my only criticism.

It was, however, a beautiful story.

Woman of Letters

Supernatural Fan Fiction Monthly Awards Review - February 2016

This story was a pleasant deviation from the show. I had a little trouble with the first chapter, because it seemed like Dean fell for Lily faster than the Dean I know, but after that I just let myself follow along. Lily seemed to fit into Sam and Dean's lives well enough, and the fact that she followed Dean, in order to be with him, became believable to me. I also liked the way you had Sam look at Lily as though she were Jess in the beginning, but then he managed to adjust and accept Lily for who she really was. I liked that Sam was always conscious of Lily being Dean's and not his, even though he found himself wishing he had a relationship again. Having John know Lily's mom was a surprise, and I was a bit sorry that Sam wasn't the one who gave Dean his amulet, but I understood why you tied it to Lily. Overall, other than a few misused words, it was a well written story.

Supernatural Fan Fiction Monthly Awards Review : February 2016

As a story to show Sam’s slow healing from loss and grief, this worked quite well, although there were areas where plausibility and characterisation were sacrificed to facilitate specific narrative goals.

Second person view is a difficult one to get right, particularly over a longer story. This is written very well from that view, never losing sight of the narrative requirements. It was an interesting choice, since it didn’t really give the character’s thoughts but rather the narrator’s idea of them. The background romance, although the only driving mechanism in the plot, was barely sketched in characterisation and detail, due to not just one but two filtering perspectives. The distance presented made it difficult to care about the characters as the reader doesn’t get to know Lily, or understand why Dean was so attracted, or even know Sam’s feelings, since they’re always ‘told’ through the more distant viewpoint.

Oh my gosh I love this! I just...ugh...so great!

Really sweet story. You've written it in an unusual and interesting way from Sam's point of view and really made it work well. Great development and arc, great writing. :-)

i have tears swimming in my eyes, i have been on the verge of bursting into a sobbing mess of tears and feels since i got half way through the first half of chapter one, i seriously feel really emotional right now, i always hated the heartbreak Sam went through but i never really understood it, or rather feel it when i started watching supernatural, but reading this...damn, it makes me never want to meet my true love if i have to suffer through losing them... my whole chest feels hollow and wants to cave in. You are a very talented writer to bring these emotions out, to put that amount of feeling into those words. I have a bigger appreciation for Sam surviving all that and keep going, plus i always liked Sarah so ending it on that note was a big thumbs up for me :D i can't wait to read more of your work cause i got a strong feeling telling me it'll be just as awesome x

Simply beautiful. Perfect story. What a talented writer.

Honestly, this is one of the best OC fics I have ever read. I think you did an amazing job at capturing how Sam would feel in this situation, especially considering how soon it is after Jess's death. And I adore Lily as a character, she is just so good for them. Also, can I just applaud you for how well you wrote this? Because damn, you're good! I usually refuse to read second person, but that did nothing to take away from this story; in fact, it was that more relatable for it. Thank you so much for sharing this, and thank you for finishing it, and thank you for being brilliant. Really, how do you not have more reviews? Ugh, so achingly good.
Ah, I hope I'm not being too forward when I say this, but would you mind giving me some tips? How do you manage to write chapters of such length, with such beautiful descriptions? Because, personally, I struggle with including as much description as I would like to without disrupting the flow of the story. Just...teach me your ways, please, because you're a lovely writer.

I really liked this.

I didn't think I would because of the you viewpoint but after a couple of chapters it seemed to work really well and now I couldn't see it done another way. It really helped to get inside Dean's head. Brilliant done :)

Very well-written and a pleasure to read.

I am enjoying this story a lot, the writing is a pleasure to read and Dean's stubborn anguish, seen by Sam, is something that's not so easy to find these days. Nice work.

Took a little while to get used to the second person viewpoint but it was very effective and I felt a lot like Meg, riding in Sam and watching through his eyes!