did i ever mention how much i love this story? probably not. when i like a story, i tend to just read and read and then forget to review! which is just awful. i know.

so yes, the entire plot of Crowned Jewel is magnificent (not to mention the sex ;D ) and i hope you'll write something more soon! it's so hard to find good slash fantasy these days. hmph.

This was BRILLIANT. Seriously, though ive had less time than ive liked to read it, ive been completely addicted, theres just something really unique about this story, ive never read anything like it..i cant pin point it, but i do know that the idea of the brothel, the whole world you built up around it was amazing and so interesting. I loved the magical element, your take on dragons, the spells and curses and legends like the sebs dad, i love true fantasys like this where there is a whole different world with different rules and cultures, and what you did create, is so your own, and i read a lot of fantasys but you managed to do something different.
The quality of writing is high as well, your brilliant at descriptive text, i got so caught up in some of the scenes with Adrian. It all flowed really well, and i kept on getting shocked at the end, finding out about the love spell was shock enough, i didnt see it coming at all and was having a hard time figuring what was happening, (but in a good way :D) but then it seemd there were so many other twists and turns, that just when i thought they had finally found out about each other and their situation, there was some other secret they didnt know. I thought the ending was perfect too, not too cheesy and of course long awaited (because of the sex lol.)
Seriously i loved it so much and i know its bad that i didnt give you even a little bit of critism but if there were any little things i cant remember them because it took me a while to read it, and there were no major flaws at all. I seriously think you should think about getting this published, have you ever been on authonomy? If you havent and are interested, registering on there would be good because they have scouts. Sorry, dont know where the advertisement came from but i reckon a site like that could be really useful for anyone looking to get published. Cant wait to see if you have anyhting else for me to read! :D

Haven't read it yet but your summary really puts me off. Sounds like a bunch of pretentious cockshit, seriously, wtf?

aw cute cute cute

oh
i love this

awesome beginning
you're a great writer

NO ADRIAN

After all the recent plagiarism and taking down of stories, I decided to go to my fav. list today, just to see who hasn't left fp yet. I'm so glad I did. Finding this story again was awesome =) Given how bad my memory is, i've deciding to read this again, though I know I loved it when I read it last!
I'm so happy this is still up here for people to read =)
I've also decided to subscribe to you, so I can enjoy your awesome writing !

Absolutely stunning, well written, and full of intrigue just as the title promises. Thank you very much for posting this, I enjoyed it thoroughly.

One of the genuinely sweetest things I've read, and it kept me guessing the entire time. I'm impressed by how well you pulled everything together in the end. I realise you finished this a while ago, but if you'd like a bit of c/c then I'd say the cultural hodgepodge was interesting but didn't entirely work, since as you said it represented no fixed time and seemed to simultaneously reflect both an invented culture/socio-political map and actual historical figures, legends, etc. If you're planning on an edit, my advise would be to stick with what you've invented and don't try to force references to the rest (the inclusion of the Christians seemed particularly out-of-place, and maybe it's just me being a nerd but putting Sun Tzu, Dido and paisley in the same place seems...wrong)--it's still an interesting fusion but avoids all the paradoxes you get yourself tangled into. It's also where you're strongest, because I was genuinely interested in the world you created. Also, a bit of a gap: why was Adrian so surprised about the homosexual courtesans and bisexuality if his own first lover was male, and he'd supposedly read up on it? And an unclear point of curiosity, maybe a shallow one but I think it'd effect how people like, say, his betrothed and her parents would react to meeting him: when the curse broke, did Adrian keep the scarred or healed face? And I thought you might be amused to hear I consistently misread Lime Jade as Limeade. :P Anyway, it was a great story with fantastic and individual characters, and was worth the time it took to read it. Keep it up!

I found this story via the SKOW awards, and I couldn't stop reading. The pacing is very well done, and there were a few loopholes, but most you already commented on in the next chapter. I also enjoyed the way you slowly get to know things. The only think that I found a bit annoying, is that instead of latter you use later in constructions as "of those two it was the latter".
I really enjoyed reading the story. Thank you for putting it online!

Oh, what also bothered me a bit is that after the last vision Sebastian's duality doesn't seem to be completely resolved.

I haven't finished the story yet but I just want to tell you taht I absolutely love it so far.

And that no matter what some stupid chart states, I've thought him to be the prince since, like, the moment he appeared and I'm still sure of it.

It just makes sense.

And congratulation on winning the Best Slash SKoW award. That's how I found the story. :)

I fu*king love you, and this story! There is no other way to put it, honestly I feel so sad that it has ended but wow, the twists, the dialog, the plot; its breathtaking.
I think this is by far the best story I have ever read on this site. Period.
I cant wait to read your other stories, you’re a brilliant writer! Your so darn talented, the plot and idea was flawless! I usually figure out the endings, I guess it’s a skill of mine but this one my gosh, no idea what was going to happen, and say so myself you have pure talent if you are able to do that. It is the hardest thing and you pulled it off bigtime.
LOL I’m just ranting on now aren’t I? But damn, I’m still shocked. I can honestly say staying up to 5:34am everyday reading this WAS TOTALLY WORTH IT.

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regards, chasingclouds

oh my god.. I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS FIC!
I'm only up to chapter 15 because i want this to last and never EVER EVER END! Its everything you could want and god, your really an amazing writer!

In the crudest possible terms: the story absolutely, fantastically, forcibly brain fucked me, hard. I adored it, and was completely bowled over by your twisting plot. Cus, i can generally tell where a story is going, but you had me screaming like a raving lunatic, on the edge of my seat, yelling at everyone around me that this story is going to kill me!
It was terribly wonderful! Since this is a review, i guess i should critique, because i rarely do that, but i love this story so much... i only had a few problems with it, most that had to do with spelling and the occasional sentence error. I always had trouble remebering that Sebastian was a man. As black viper he was clearly masculine, but as Sebastian i found myself forgetting. And as Rose Quartz of course, but that can be forgiven ^^. A small plot hole you never bothered to clarify was what happened during Sebastians year off. Maybe you mentioned it in the AN, but i forget to read them... I was disappointed that we never got to see a sex scene where Sebastian topped... I really was looking forward to that ever since black Viper. I think it would really make the "Death" of black viper more... like black viper is really a part of Sebastian. Otherwise it feels too much like character death... (okay, i just miss him). THere was something else... But i can't remember, lol. Sorry. This stroy seriously deserves, like, rewards. I don't think there was enough foreshadowing about Sebastian being cursed. It sort of felt like a conveniant last minute plot device. I also didn't like that they married as man and woman. As the future king, it seems a little unlikely. i like the lies they used... but i still think it would have been better if the whole thing would have come out... an din the long run, a lot more likely. I don't think it's very satisfactory that Sebastian will have to lie his whole life and pretend to be a woman... and that eventually, when he doesn't produce an heir, lie even more, because physicians would probably be called in to figure out why, and the king and queen will want answers, and how will everyone react to fining out the princess soon to be queen is a man? There was also no confrontation about why the king had sent his son away... i felt there at least needed to be a but more explanation of that fact. And hey! I just realized... your conveniant plot device of having Sebastian similarly cursed really was a conveniant plot device... explaining a small plot hole you hade brought to attention about how lav and diamond and everyone wasn't affected by sebastian after he kissed adrian. it also would have been useful to cover up the fact that noone noticed his scars, if you had thought to use it as such, except that would likely have messed up even more of the plot, since his scars were a pretty major plot point... you'd have had to rewrite a lot...
Anyway, hugely lond review aside, i love this story, love the characters, love the setting, the themes, the sex, the views about sex, the magic, the plot and plot twists, and you too. just for this lovely story.