It was dull, poorly written, and truly boring. I feel as though I wasted my time. Just kidding with you, mate. Well, granted, it is kinda boring, but that's just for me because I'm reading it without having read the latter three books you listed, nor the majority of the EU books for that matter. Your writing style is smooth, and flows well. This reads much better than most fan fiction (And by 'much better' I mean infinately better) and, as an added bonus, has a fairly small number of grammatical and spelling errors! W00! The only downside is that there seems to be no real hook- it's almost as if your seeing this from the perspective of a stone skipping across water as opposed to one which is actually immersed in it. That may be a result of the snippets, but it still exists for me. Other than that one issue it's very good- write some more, SOCL! P.S: If you kill me now, I will A) Be severely irritated and B) Become more powerful than you can possibly imagine!