A lovely read. Thank you!

Loved this story. So sweet in so many ways.

This story was as enthralling as your others.

Excellent story fully immersed in the Valdemar we know sprinkled with allusions to ML's works. Strong characters - being a Gill myself I was delighted with the family.
However I felt the story should have been split into more chapters to avoid the sudden switches to new events.
Also the words "complement" instead of "compliment " and "discrete" instead of "discreet" - their meanings are quite different. I look forward to reading more of your work.

I love this story! It feels totally realistic within the world.

are there going to be more to this story it is really a great story, it is nice to see the other side of the country than just the Heralds.

This story is amazing. I love your characters and everything else about this story! Wow! Amazing job. Mercedes Lackey is definitely the best.

Great story i hope you do many more chapters.

OMG...this was an awesome read!

I have to go back and reread everything again!

Nice story you have here, thanks for taking the time to write it and give us a chance at reading it!

First, some comments concerning things I thought could have helped me enjoy the [first chapter] more.
- Chapter length. 25,000 words per chapter makes it almost seem a chore to 'try to finish the chapter before I stop to do [...]. 6,000-10,000 is generally enough to make up a 'large' chapter while 4,000-8,000 is something I really enjoy reading. I still may end up reading 25,000 words in a single reading but I don't feel like I will lose my spot of I go make dinner. I did check and it looks like your newest story is more average for chapter length.
- Friction and Conflict. (Truthfully, you likely intended to write this the way you did so feel free to ignore it completely!) This story seems to be a 'day-in-the-life-of' novel with little in the way of action. You did make it mostly K but even the brief moments of conflict were externally based and barely touched on your protagonists. The Gills seem like cool enough people and your story is a very pleasant read but personality is often developed from flaws, struggles and tension even for the 'good guys'.

And of course, things I enjoyed:
- The beginning was nice, just enough tension and struggle to show both joy and sadness at the same time-friction doesn't always have to be hatred and wars. Tavener and Marcia's quiet joy and quieter sadness was touching.
- The discontinuity of the townsfolk concerning the 'rich commoners'. While they know the Gills personally and most of the 'town' is profitable because of their honest work, they still have that seed of jealousy-even though I expect they would defend them from outsiders.
- Blane not being 'fully honest' under truthspell when placed in the Gills' care. No boy could be expected to answer Coram's questions positively without some resentment.
- The Bales brothers. They are both good characters and have some obvious history between them that would be fun to explore. I'm kind of hoping there was a hint that it may have been the younger Bales brother who was the one that removed the Truewald's will...
- Tavener having Earth Sense. It explains some things while opening the story to various possibilities (and with it not a normal heraldric gift it doesn't make the already perfect Tavener seem even more perfect-in fact, it could go a long way to explaining why he is such a 'good' person if the books are anything to go by.)

great story

Another brilliant story! If only the world had more people like Tavener and Marcia. I have a feeling the world would be a much better place...

I know you didn't mark this story as complete, but it almost could be with the way you ended chapter 4. Is it actually complete? If so, loved the story - thoroughly enjoyed reading every moment of it. If not, I look forward to more! :)

I absolutely loved this story. It was so well written. I am so excited to see someone writing in this universe so beautifully. Marvelous story! Loved it!

You kick so much booty! I love both of your stories!

I love this story and hope you continue it.