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Beauty for Ashes  by Nina the powerwriter 2 Review(s)
DreamflowerReviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/5/2004
Your prologue deals with the mother's death, and now we have the father's death, and are shown the conflict between the siblings. I am personally very familiar with the fact that sometimes one sibling will be in denial about a parent's decline, and leave all the dirty work to another sibling. It creates a very sticky situation.

Author Reply: Usually the relationship between Fred and Stella in other fics is happy-go-lucky and all, but I wanted to have conflict between them. They love each other very much, but they also have faults and different opinions. Estella is outspoken, so that adds to the tension.

IorhaelReviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/26/2004
I'm trying to red something out of Frodo's world and I like it! Poor Estella and yet poor Fredegar too. I don't really know them and I want to know more from you. :)

Author Reply: Thanks for reading, Iorhael! It's good to get away from Frodo sometimes ;) Estella and Fredegar (at least my take on them) are pretty complicated beings, but nonetheless interesting!

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