Amazing story, just spent two days reading it. Loved Tonks’s character and the OC’s were wonderful as well. Would you mind maybe doing a one-shot of Tonks’s reaction to actually seeing Sirius again? I was sure she would’ve connected that he also was an Animagus at the end. Anyways great story

Best fanfic I've ever read and I've read it a number of times over the years! Thank you so much for writing and this book is hugely recommended to anyone considering it!

Wow.
This is without a doubt one of the best stories I've ever read - fanfiction or otherwise. The plot is wonderfully engaging with plenty of twists and turns. The tone and pacing of the story were absolutely perfect - it's long, but it really works. You're consistent with all the details, making it as easy as possible to keep track of all the characters. I absolutely loved your attention to detail, especially with the names and spells, and all the little nods to canon. You really know your stuff! On a similar note, all the little allusions to the books are wonderful and give the story such depth, like the curse used on Hermione in the Department of Mysteries (although my favourite is definitely the 'curse breaker, dragon tamer, werewolf' one in chapter 16).
In short, I love it!
Well done!

Okay. So. Now it's stuck in my head and not going away. A duel between a certain fellow named Robards and of-course another fellow named Potter. Harry Potter.
That's become my fantasy, and of-course it has to be written by you- who else could write something like that so well?

This is the story that introduced me to fanfiction. It's been years since I actually read it, but I think you at least deserve a review. I quickly learned that most fanfiction is not as good as this, but then I imagine writing over 250 000 words, then proof reading and editing a story that has no hope of ever generating any financial gain isn't easy.

I know it's some time since this was finished, but on the off chance that you still read reviews I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed this.
This story is definitely one of the best HP fics I ever read! The characters are original, the storyline is great and it feels like canon material.
I just hope you will write a sequel :)

Ah, and here it ends. I'm sad to see that it's over, because I spent my free time in the past few days quite enjoyably thanks to you. But all good things must come to an end, as they say, and this was a good place to finish the story. So now I suppose I can give you an overall review.

The plot. Brilliantly thought-out, intricate, a little confusing at times but mostly just amazing. There were twists and turns at every corner. You've created so many new characters and situations that this might almost be an original piece, not fanfiction. I do hope you can bring out the sequel you planned, but I guess four years after you wrote NTLJ it's not likely.

The characters. You've understood the canon characters perfectly, so they're all more in-character than I've seen in most fanfics. Your original characters are spectacularly conceived. There are many of them, but each one is distinct and special. Cassius and Rhiannon are my favourite ones (hence the shock when I thought you'd killed off the latter :) ).

I understand you wrote this pre-DH, but I'm assuming you came back to change Tonks's father's name after DH was published. In chapter 18 (Sources of Information), you've forgotten to make the change. In the fourth section from the end, Gringott refers to Tonks as 'Edward's little girl'. Since Mr. Tonks is called Ted everywhere else, I thought I'd point this out.

The originality. Honestly, most of your fics have got really original ideas that I've never encountered before on this site, and this one is no exception. You'd think that with over 630K HP fanfics on this site, you'd see it all, but it seems most fanfiction operates within a specific character set with specific types of plot. I stumbled upon this fic while looking for a well-written story that involved Tonks but was not a history of her romance with Lupin, and believe it or not, yours was one of the only ones fitting that criteria, of the 4000 odd complete stories listing Tonks as a main character.

The flow. On the spelling, grammar, punctuation and sentence structure front, there can be no complaints. The flow of the sentences leaves nothing to be desired. As for the story, the transition from one part to another is seamlessly done. At no point did I feel like the story was jilted or abrupt. The pacing was also pretty good. I saw another reviewer complaining that it dragged a little in places, but it didn't feel like that to me. There wasn't any unnecessary detailing or purple prose; you did it all just right. If there must be a complaint, it is that you used the phrase 'sotto voce' a little too often, though maybe I just felt that because it is a slightly unusual phrase that I had to look up the first time you used it :)

Overall, there is nothing I can say except that you have done a phenomenal job. I really hope you go on to write your own novels one day, because they will be awesome. You can count on me as a reader if you let me know!

Angelica, a witch? Talk about a twist in the story! It all makes sense when you lay it out like that, but that was something I could not have imagined, ever!

I hope Cassius doesn't leave the department. It would be a real shame; his experience so far has been evident and very useful.

The 'meet the parents' bit at the end was quite entertaining. Sirius had the guts to show up, which is awesome :D

Oh, thank goodness, she isn't really dead. You got me for a while, and I swear I hated you for a few minutes :P

I think it's really unfair that everybody seems to be blaming Ben for giving Clark 'ideas'. He did what he thought was best in the situation; how was he to know that Clark would throw the curse right back at them? Agreed, Rhiannon has the right to be bitter for a while, and Don as an extension, but Tonks as well? I was disappointed that she didn't apologise later.

Bletchley stole the harpsichord? That I did not expect. Maybe Don can finally get a divorce now he has a one-up over Norah, eh?

Whoa, it's scary how Tonks seems to have clues for everything under her very nose. Muggle Hunting For Pleasure and Profit; of course the answer could be in a book of that sort.

The Veritaserum interview definitely went completely haywire. I hesitate to think this plot device might be used again, but could there have been Polyjuice involved? Things simply do not make sense!

Well, well, well. I have suspected Clark for a while, actually; my bets were on Angelica at first, but then when we got to know her a bit I thought she didn't seem the type. My mild triumph aside (come on, you can't begrudge me that! :P ), poor Cassius! And poor Angelica, too, though I don't feel as badly for her as I do for Cassius. Both their emotional responses are spot on.

Okay, I'm now at the end of the chapter. Holy crap, you killed Rhiannon? How could you? I'm barely restraining myself from writing in caps and putting a hundred different exclamation marks in! That was... bloody unexpected, to say the least. I suppose you had to do it, as an author, but... way to put in a twist, anyway. Sorry if I'm not making much sense, but I really was quite attached to her character. Which obviously means you did a good job.

Nice chapter. Lupin's house is just as I thought it should be: frugal, obviously, but decent, because he held a certain measure of defiance against wizarding society's views of him as a werewolf. His conversation with Tonks and reminisces about Sirius are definitely convincing, and even compelling, because you just have to feel sorry for the guy and what he has gone through.

The last sentence was hilarious! I bet her mirror is in for a rough time :D

Wow, this chapter was absolutely phenomenal! Tonks as 'Tonky' the house elf was absolutely hilarious. The action was heart-stoppingly perfect. It seems Carrack is a very smart lady, indeed. Beautifully unpredictable, had me hooked till the last second. And now, if you'll excuse me, I need to find out what happens to Tonks!

Wait, is Mrs. Hallendale the one? She mentions a piano that plays itself, and then she says she makes potions... and she's from Latin America! Plus, she asked about Jacmel, like she'd heard of it before. I'm suspicious... But I can't think of a motive, so I'm not sure.

Okay, I suppose since this is a review, I should probably offer some criticism, not bore you with my wild guessing. Something I've noticed is that you sometimes (not very often, though) miss a full stop after the end of a sentence. It's a real nitpick-y thing to say, but there is nothing else I can find fault with at the moment, so there you go!

I cannot tell you how gleeful I was reading the first part of this chapter. I was like, yes, yes, FINALLY! I knew Tonks could not reconcile matters with Sirius very quickly, and I'm glad you didn't make it such that they met each other at an Order meeting, listened to the facts, kissed and made up as though nothing major had happened. Tonks obviously has a lot of issues with her ancestral background (understandably). You've depicted her struggles with the hope that Sirius might be innocent very well indeed.

The Portia connection is very mysterious. I have a feeling it will turn out to be one of those little plot details that isn't given much attention but turns out to be something very important. Just like Tonks is with her investigation with Sirius, I feel like I'm missing a simple but vital nugget of information (though I'm hardly an ace sleuth ;) ). And I'm pretty sure Mrs. Hallendale is big, too, but I cannot for the life of me figure out where she fits in!

Is Chesney going to cast Tarantellegra on Tonks during the Halloween Ball? The evil grin seems to suggest so!

On a side note, I've gotten so engrossed with your story that when Islington was mentioned on TV today, I almost blurted out, "Isn't that where the bookstore is?" before realizing that was fiction, not reality :)

I wondered before why this story was rated a 'T'. Now I know. The Auror training class was quite gruesome, though probably not worthy of an 'M'. But I would have appreciated a small warning at the beginning of the chapter, maybe. There isn't a reason to expect one normally, I suppose, because you hardly find warnings of violence on actual novels. But in the fanfiction world it seems to be a sort of norm. It's not compulsory... just a thought, I guess.

Your small references to canon are masterfully done. I'm guessing the Gutting Curse was the one used on Hermione in the Department of Mysteries, and that the two early victims of the curse are the Prewett brothers.

The little power struggle between the Aurors and the guy from Magical Law Enforcement was rather amusing. Tonks's reaction to the death was quite natural. I think I've mentioned this before, but your detailing is really commendable. There are so many aspects of magic that would come up in an investigation that aren't very clear in canon, but you've certainly thought things through. You've clearly defined what can and can't be done with the help of magic.