wow, i think i cried throughout the whole story. It was amazing, absolutely breathtaking

I cried, I laughed, and at the end I wished there was more.

This story deserves thousands of reviews.

I'd been meaning to read this story since last summer but I kept putting it off; it was heavier and more real and it scared me more than chick lit, so there you go.

But I just read the whole thing through and although I was right (it WAS enough to scare me) it was also lovely. So thank you for writing, and thank you for writing something that's elevated far beyond the high school realm of the jock and the ice princess, the playa and the nerd.

Lovely story. I couldn't stop reading!

You have grammatical errors here and there; you should employ semicolons, they're wonderful tools.

Your characters are well-developed and you draw readers into the story itself.

Overall, extremely well written. There were a couple of places where things seemed to drag on, but nothing detrimental to the story.

Well, I said I would read it, took me a while to find, but hey. I really like it, somethign about the characters is so real, it's like you really could know them.

Your writing is great, and wow, just wow.
Jessica x

Thats the saddest thing I'v ever read in my life!

First of all to be honest, I was only looking for a story to read out of boredom, looking through some authors' favourite stories and I came across this at the top of a list.

I read the story in one day within only one to four hours, a few days ago. Oh, and dear God, I cried; I was left completely speechless at the last few paragraphs of the story.

You've created amazing developed characters. They hit a bump in the road, but towards the end they change and move on. Your sentences flow together great, with emotion and context.

As well as many others, I'm quite disappointed with why this story hasn't been given the spotlight it should receive.

For now I have nothing else to say, since I'm still quite speechless that I can't really put my thoughts into many describable words.

I wish you good luck on your future writing.

God, this story has overtaken my life for about two straight days. Now that it's over... I dunno. I can't believe this story is not more popular.

No lie - this is not anything I have ever said to anyone on FP - this is THE best story I have read online. The way you write is just incredibly enchanting, and the story told from Tilly's voice (if it was not really your own) was... was... GAH. Honestly, you write so well I believe it'd be a damn shame you didn't continue some kind of career in writing. If you wrote books, I would no doubt buy them. You've got such an incrediblt talent, you really do. Not to mention, this story, it ended with me feeling utterly satisfied, and rarely does that happen. Nothing was left untouched, everything was resolved in a way that in NO way could it be improved.

Really, really, really excellent job.

I began reading this story a long time ago before vanishing into a deep ravine I like to call life. I was unable to find the story again, until now, a year and a half later. How I missed it.

The ending was quite possibly the most beautiful way to close such a good story. Really. Words cannot begin to cover the, for lack of a better word, awesomeness the last sentence was. I have always found endings the most difficult to write and I respect your writing that much more for the ability to close with such a powerful statement.

This story has really brought on a different view that so few writers can achieve, the dead side of life. I have read stories where the author completely botches the deceased character's narration and/or opinion. You, I believe, were spot on.

Back to the very first topic I brought up: as I said before, I had read the first two chapters of this story a year and a half ago. Things came up and I was unable to find or read this again, until now. I can honestly say that I had, indeed, missed this story. Your writing is original and uncomparable that the characters and events seemed to take a life of their own, living or otherwise.

In short, brilliant story.

Wonderful story!! Really original, I haven't read something like that before... Tilly was actually like the narrator of the story and I really can't explain everything I want to tell you. It was good, I liked your characters, the plot and the ending. We don't know what's going to happen in the future and life will always be like that. Thanks for posting this! :)

So I read this story and then took some time to think about it before I commented. In short, it's wonderful. I enjoyed every second. Your characters were incredibly unique and well-developed and you didn't succumb to overt sentimentality like so many people would have had they attempted to write a story like this. Particularly Tilly's parents were so well-written and so relatable that I was super impressed. I'm not normally into slash or whatever, but you wrote it in a very believable, relationship way that totally shut down the stigma of slash for slash's sake, if you know what I mean.

In all, I found the story heartrending and beautiful and it has made an impression on me in the sense that I catch myself thinking occasionally, "...oh, like Tilly.." or whatever, which I think is probably the highest compliment I can pay you. :) Great job. :) I hope you work at getting it published.

"It was the way that our weird co-dependant friendship seemed to work- we smoked each other to stubs, we drank each other in and then, when we needed more, we injected each other into our veins and spent sticky hours in sheds and beds and up on the downs."

That was in like the first or second chapter, but seriously you are an amazing writer. the narrative is just so easy, but clever and funny and insightful at the same time. you have a ton of writing talent. this story was awesome and i really liked reading it :). Thanks!

I really, really love this story.

I am rubbish. Sorry I took so long to read on! And congratulations for your SKoW nomination; from what I've read so far you completely deserve it!

I will try to make this review good and be a grammar nazi to make up for being such a slowpoke.

'Canterbury is great, there’s something terribly ironic about taking chemical drugs and going to neon clubs whilst being surrounded by old churches and ancient cottages' This is a brilliant first line, but I think the comma should be a semi colon.

'they carried on their football games, for all my short dresses and smoking' same here

Totally agree with Jake. I have to be very very drunk to appreciate club music :)

'and milled over to the bar area, the music was quieter here' I think this is a run on.

'You know, you’re probably the best looking ginger person I’ve ever met' hehe the charmer

'“ Come one Jake, you’ve had me, multiple times in fact' Typos with the one and the speech marks.

'Owen spent the night vomiting into a bush, I looked after him for a good hour before getting bored and a little grossed out (I’m not proud of leaving him, okay) and Jake pulled the birthday girl' hehe sounds like a good night!

'“Martyr.” I teased, looking over at the boy with the glasses' I think the first full stop should be a comma?

'It was him, and he was forty five and he did actually shag him' hehe this was great!

'but Own looked terribly morose' weeny typo

'It was the way that our weird co-dependant friendship seemed to work- we smoked each other to stubs, we drank each other in and then, when we needed more, we injected each other into our veins and spent sticky hours in sheds and beds and up on the downs.' Wow this sentence is amazing! I love your writing to bits.

'“You didn’t need to do that,” Owen dug in his wallet to pay him back' I think the comma there should maybe be a full stop.

'the music had grown in volume, there were many people talking and a few girls (who looked suspiciously underage) shrieking so I had to lean very far into Mitch so he could here me.' I think the 'the' should be capitalised and the last 'here' is hear.

I loved the paragraph about ectasy. Seriously, your writing is amazing! You also got the whole drunkeness thing down perfectly. Your descriptions are so beautiful and I love your surreal metaphors like when Tilly's breth hardens into icicles. So good! Also, your characters are so three dimensional and interesting, like completely real people.

Oh yeah, and let me know if the grammar stuff bugs you. I know a lot of people like petty typos being pointed out, but it bugs some people so if it does tell me and I won't do it again (I'm pretty annoying at the best of times in my reviews, even when I'm not being all semi colon-happy).

Sorry once more for taking so long. I'm a really slow reader/reviewer so I'm way behind on just about everything. Will check back when I can, though- I totally love this.

I applaud you for your fantastic story. I had a feeling that it'd be typical and cliché and utterly awkward high school years. In any case, I got more than I bargained for; instead of a silly story I found moments that were utterly philosophical and others that had this amazing flow to them. Your characters were original and dynamic (both alone and with each other). Everyone was very well rounded and they all had their little niches and nuances. I don't know what else to tell you. Great writing! I hope to read more of your stuff later on.