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Pearl of Great Price  by Lindelea 1 Review(s)
Lady ForlongReviewed Chapter: 16 on 5/21/2025
Wow! Segments on the worm and holes in the buttons?!? Major attention to detail. I was afraid Lalia was going to find fault so she could get out of the contract, but I guess she's not all bad.

And didn't anyone realize that Ferdi was going to freak out when they lit the Yule log? I hope that doesn't send him back into his catatonic state. Guess I'll find out in the next chapter...

That being said, hobbits really know how to party :)

Author Reply: JRRT certainly set the tone with Bilbo's birthday party! Hobbits and parties seem to go together quite naturally. (And parties can be so much fun to imagine and write about!)

Lalia has some good points, which makes her a more interesting character in my view.

The Tooks were rather short-sighted about the possibility of Ferdi freaking out when the Yule log was lit; however, it's quite possible they thought his earlier distress at the remembrance ceremony had to do with the stream rather than the candle. Tooks as I write them are quite wary of rivers and streams.

Thanks so much for reading and sharing your thoughts!

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