A lovely story, really well done.

one of the best written Monk/Natalie stories i have read! :)

oh. my. gosh. that was an incredible story. you have a true gift. keep writing! ]

I've just started reading Monk fanfic, and yours is adorable! Very nice piece. The bonding between Monk and Natalie does not seem awkward and it warmed my heart!

That was the best fanfic I have ever read! You totally captured the characters-everything they did was exactly what they would have done on the show. The humor, dialogue, everything was perfect! And I LOVED it! Great work! :D

This was a very nice little story!

The best part was that there was nothing unbelievable about the way things turned out. If the TV show were to put Natalie and Monk together, this way would work and I would feel it fit. And I don’t even think I want them together, but this would work over the course of a few episodes.

That’s what I don’t like in some fics, the events (especially in romantic ones) are unbelievable and poorly written.

It was short, sweet and clean.

Great Job!

Well, I read the second part first, and then came back to read this one. On the first review I said that I was making it an even "thirty" with that review instead of leaving it at "thirty-nine." I MEANT that I was making it an even forty! I couldn't delete the comment, and leaving another one would mean making forty-one comments, which is also wrong! Well, anyway, I'm making this one an even twenty. It's at nineteen. :-)

(I'm just kidding by the way. I'm not really OCD.)

Anyhow, this is a really great story. I'm so jealous of Natalie! Adrian is so great... I could so be his assistant! Anyway, the only thing you need to work on is spelling. There are a lot of misspelled words, and getting words that sound alike confused (their/they're/there, than/then, etc.). But it's a great story, aside from the fact that NATALIE CAN'T HAVE HIM! HE'S MINE! lol.

I think this Monk/Natalie romance is not far fetched. In fact during the last christmas episode The Man Who Shot Santa Natalie told Mr Monk that she loves him two times. The first time was so casual that I almost missed it. She said "I love you but I dont think its a good idea" and the second time she said "you should stay christmas whith Julie and me the people who love you"

Very sweet, and very monkish. I like the Christmas lights, you're right I'm not sure why but everyone does the whole turn off the lights and listen to chirstmas songs infront of the tree thing.

Wow. This has to be one of the most beautiful stories I have ever read. You did a wonderful job.

Sweet story Monk finally closes the rift Trudy left.

OH, that was a wonderful ending to a wonderful story! This chapter was very sweet. It was nice to see Monk enteract with Natalie and Julie as though they were his family. And it was wonderful how Monk did not want to correct the woman at the end when she mistook Natalie to be his wife and Julie his doughter. It was touching the reaction he gave. And once again, it was totally keeping with the character from the show! and that was probably the greatest part of the story that you kept it so inline with the characterisms that the T.V. show already set.

All together, you astounded me with this story. and to think that this is the first story you have ever posted on fanifction! I can honestly say that I hope to hear more from you as a writer in the furute, particularilly romance stories because you are very good at it.

Again, wonderful job! you can be sure to find this story among my favorites list. Well done!

-Monker

Oh, this was my favorite chapter so far. It was so cute and sweet and just perfect! I loved it!

And the way that you wrote it made it seem very possible and believable. It didn't seem awkward the way you wrote it and it was easy to get absorbed in.

And all the Al Gore things made me laugh. And Monk's reaction to the dog was pricless! He said "how could you?" almost as though he were being betrade by her. It was really great in keeping with Monk's character.

Some of my favorite parts of this chapter (though it's hard to narrow it down) were...

"She liked trying to impress Monk with the things she learns on the Discovery Channel, and he liked letting Natalie think she impressed him."

-I can understand why Natalie would want to impress him. He's like this wonder-boy who is absalutly brilliant and can never be fooled. So it would be cool if one could actually impress him or surpries him with something he didn't know, or hasn't caught. So I liked this line. And also that Monk endulges her in her efforts to impress him, that seemed cute to me.

"'I use to sit in front of the Christmas tree too'...'and wonder who ever thought of bringing nature in the house.'"

-lol...I've had the very same thought cross my mind before. I mean, we've all heard of house plants before...but who ever thought of bringing in a whole TREE? lol

"Idly on the couch—trying not to think of dogs or Al Gore—Monk thought of something better."

-lol...again, keeping humor in it. That's good. And it made me laugh.

I liked how, at first, MOnk and Natalie were both really wary with their holds on each other during the dance. On Monk's part, it was probably becaus eyou had already mentioned that he found her, almost fragile (while she was sitting in front of the tree)...so that might be why he wanted to be careful. And on Natalie's part, it was probably because she knew how timid he could be, and she didn't want to scare him off. But then you had them grow closer and closer as the songs prgressed. And the kiss(es) was perfect! Not demanding, not rough...just simple...and sweet. I enjoyed it. But half of me wished that you would have had Julie peek out through her door and see them dancing, I think it could have been a nice thing for her to witness. But that's just me.

One more thing before I read the last chapter...I liked the fact that you never really told us about the case, and in doing so, you alloud us to keep our attention on Monk and Natalie and Julie. It was a simple way of directing the reader's focus to what the story was actually about. So well done also with that!

-Monker

o...a bit of a cliffhanger. But I still must review, the writer in me demands it.

Again, I liked this chapter. As far as technicallity goes, you might want to be a little careful when it comes to tenses. I noticed that you jumped from past-tense to presente-tense and then back to past a couple of times ("...they would be wonderful. But for now, no matter how fascinated he is of her, he is still terrified of loving another. Monk was content with just being in the same room as her."). But aside from that, this chapter was wonderful, as were the first two.

And the romance is really starting to turn into romance on Monk's side! lol. The sappy romantic in me really loves that. But I really like the fact that you are keeping it a clean love, like you said, more of a fasination. The less lust that's involved makes for a better love story in my opinion. So I like the way you are writing this.

I don't, how ever, appriciate to drummer joke. I am a drummer and I keep time just fine, and I'm NOT stupid! lol...but I also have a sense of humor and I no how to take a good joke (I'm also blonde but I still laugh at blonde jokes...lol). That part was funny, and I liked how Monk didn't get it. We love 'im, but he can be rather slow sometimes. lol. That was great.

And it was also nice that you didn't have Julie be one of those whinny kids that always argue when they are told to go to sleep. It showed some maturity in Julie that I found refreshing.

Again, very well done. I look foward to the next chapter.

-Monker

oh...I loved this chapter too!

It, again, was greatly written in common with the show. I liked being able to picture Monk, Natalie and Julie sitting around the dinner table, eating and talking away. I think that sometimes, the show can focus so much on Monk's annoying and funny side, that it can leave out some of the more touching and sensative moments between Monk and Natalie and Julie as well. Don't get me wrong, I still LOVE the show. But I think that it sometimes lacks is the softer sides. So it's nice to see those softer sides protraid (if that's even how you spell that dumb word)in this little story of yours.

Also, with this being a romance story (or at least partiaal romance), it's important that you add in little moments here and there just to remind the readers of that fact. And I personally like the way in wich you are doing that. Both moments were there has been a tad bit of "romance" were both done from afar. So it wasn't up-in-your-face "I LOVE YOU! YOU'RE THE MOST ATRACTIVE THING I'VE SEEN!" "I LOVE YOU TOO! LET'S GET MARRIED!" (even though I've never read a story that has ever been that loud and blunt about it...lol...but you know what I mean). So I am really liking the subtle feeling of this story.

And also I think that, for a single parent who really loves their kid, one of the most attractive aspects of any partner would be for the parent to see that person enteracting easily with their child, and their child excepting the person in return. So I like the fact that you gave Monk and Julie their own little moment, and that Natalie got to witness it.

Over all...I am really loving this story. So far,. the only bit of critisism I could give is to watch out for lines like this...

" Natalie grumbled something and went back went back to her work."

You kind of had a little deja vu moment with the whole "went back went back" thing. But that's easily recognized and even more easily rectofied. But that is the only mistake I have found so far. Great job!

-Monker