Yay!

I'm really new to this site, but I was just nosing around people's favourites (as you do), and I came accross this little gem! I absolutely adore this story! It's got just the right amount of cute, sad, and love! I particularly enjoyed Mark's reaction to Halley moving out - very sweet, bless him! And the [very] cliche 'oh it's your cousin' moment at the end! Plus, I found the story [in particular the first few chapters!] very amusing and humorous!

I really enjoyed the pace of this story, and your style of writing! Plus I have to say I really loved the big comparisons between big city life, and life in the country. Oh, and the relationship between Halley and her father was really interesting, and well done! I found the way Halley suddenly moves away and stays angry with Shawn for six years to be really believable, and humane, and it was really lovely to see them get together in the end!

I also found the descriptions of the little village, and all of the 'country life' to be really, pretty cool, since personally I've never actually lived or worked on a farm...so I don't know overly much about them!

The final thing I think I have to say is that I really loved the epilogue, because it was lovely to see her support for Mark, and to see that she wasn't jealous of his new girl! Oh, and, of course, I loved the bit about the receipt for the ring just falling out! That was a pretty perfect bit!

So yeah, over all, this was a really awesome piece of work! And I look foward to reading more of your works when I have some time!

Wishing she had her own gorgeous farmer-boy,

Rolled-Over-Beethoven

Congrats! I never did get to read the copy you'd posted onto fictionpress, so I'll be keeping my eye out to snatch your book off the shelves! Good luck with your future endeavors and all that jazz. ;)

-Mags

Aw...great story!

xx

so i loved this story.
it kinda reminded of Sweet home alabama. its good movie to.
loved the story though
your a really good writer.
i think i'll read one of you other stories too...

so...i've ran into some really boring stories...and after 3 chapters...i'm still interested in this story.
i can't wait to see what happens...

Aww how wonderful. Im glad you didnt doll it up and make everything absolouly perfect and i like the way mark reacted to everything. Great story!

congrats. you have successfully copied the plot of sweet home alabama. im sure it must have taken a lot of work to come up with new names for the characters. and oh! you moved them from new york to seattle. solid work. it was a nice touch making this mark guy the son of a senator.

I love this story a lot :) I don't mean to sound not like me (not that you would know or anything) but I kind of think this story is precious. It's stories like these that make a suburban/city girl like me wish that I had grown up in the countryside. Guys like Shawn and the relationships that girls like Halley has with him make me really envious. Even though this story was short, and the interactions between them were limited, you could really tell that they're really well suited for one another. You can really see the comfort and chemistry that is between them, and the way they fit so perfectly together. I can't really explain it, but you obviously did in a different way, because that's kind of the feeling that you conveyed. I don't know. It was in the way that after she went to him, he just slid right into her life at ease. The way he laughed at her and teased her when she would say, "Maybe I'll buy that car next year." The way he walked down the porch when Halley was greeting her parents at the end. I don't really know. Small gestures that just kind of add up and paint the blaringly obvious picture that they're meant to be together.

Anyways, I don't know what I'm doing, trying to convince you that your characters are supposed to be together, lol, especially when they already are :) I just like this a lot. You're a really good author. Actually, I remember your Broken Road fic from a while ago :) Not sure if you remember me... my pen name used to be iadoreyooh. OH well. Anyways, I really hope you continue writing more stories like this and your other fic :) I noticed that some of your more recent stories are still incompleted, so yeah.

I love Shawn & Halley a lot. Shawn's such a sweet heart, especially to wait so long like that. It just makes me wonder though why he didn't call even after he got back and found out that she had gone to Seattle. And why did Halley have a falling out with her father at the beginning?

Please continue writing! I want to read more :)

-- Alyssa

This sorta sounds like a sequel but I could be wrong...nonetheless it was a fantastic story :)

so yeah okay chapter one is kinda how can i say this boring sorry to be so mean but it was i know i come off sounding mean

That was really REALLY good!

Haha...I've only got one sentence for ya!(or maybe 2...or more...Haha ;P)

I will definitely buy ALL your books when you start becoming a published writer!

Hope you advertise when you already start selling published books. Haha. And this is definitely one of your better stories. I love this peice. It's definitely a good and heartwarming read. AND perfectly good to read to fel GOD! ;) Haha...thanks for bringing happiness to all the readers who ever read your stories! Wish you the best of luck and GREAT success when you start publishing! :D

Very Precious, and quite consistent, overall a general delight to read!

Aw. I just love happy and cheesy endings. :)

what a cute story! it made me happy :)