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EsliEsma

There will be no harems in this tale. I've tried to channel my inner J.K. Rowling to match some of the writing styles and try to create that Harry Potter feels in my own writing. I'll be incorporating many of the minor characters that would have existed during the marauder's era in an effort to try to maintain the real-world feel of the series. There will be new characters that I will simply need to create, but I will try to use surnames that suggest that they might be related to minor characters or some of the 28 families surnames that simply weren't even mentioned nor used. The main character is not overpowered as Harry Potter wasn't himself. There will be cheats, yes, but not to the grade that the storyline falls into second place. The storyline is the first objective!

5yr
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KittensAnonymous

I haven't read any HP fanfics from this time period and I have to say that I'm loving it so far. I like distant cool headed instead of stupid mc like so many hp fanfics have. You insert a new character which most of the time I don't like, but you've pulled it off well. It is an enjoyable novel to read and I can't wait for more updates! highly suggest you read this hidden gem!

5yr
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John_Doe12

For anyone that has even tried to claim a semblance of love for the Harry Potter-verse as they decked themselves out in house colours, hunted for their Patronus or playfull cast a correctly pronounced Wingardium Leviosa. If so then this is the Fan-Fic for you. If not, then maybe this might help you heathens find that little bit of magic in you yet. Through clever use of writing styles that feel like they hauntingly belong amongst our favourite books as a missing sibling "A Bend In Time" Is a truly wonderful creation that comes to life through an amazing eye for detail and a clear love for everything involved. The characters grow organically and there is a depth and originally that brings life to the story as a whole... The world scapes are explored in a beautiful and unique way as original twists are so intricately blended to the canon we all love and know. The author stays true to the roots of the stories as they weave interesting tales and create characters that are both loveable and relatable. Not to mention how it is so wonderfully written. This isn't just some wish fulfilment in which a character prances around without a care in the world. But I will leave you to find out how lovely it is. So, if you are interested, come, have a read, let your inner Potterhead be entertained. On the off chance, you happen to be one of those pitiful little heathens, so devoid of magic, then come find it inside.

4yr
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Alexandre_Cardoso

Lixo!!! Muito ruim, não consigo ler essa porcaria!!! Nota zero!!!🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1mth
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Wuxiafreak

The people who give bad reviews are tools who have not read anything complaining about female MCs or utter nonsense that does not pertain to the novel. By far in my top ten FF for the HP universe. This is not your normal HP FF because it takes place during the time James Sirius Severus Lupin and Peter all are in Hogys before Harry was even born. Give this a chance and you will be hooked.

2mth
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sakurahevn

It has amazing world building. One my fav fanfiction for HP world.

4mth
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Theguard

When writing reviews about a fanfiction I usually base them on the standards that mostly apply to fanfictions. However I must say that this story stands alone, it is by far the most well written fanfiction from the planning to the style of writing. It goes beyond and I have truly enjoyed reading it and I have read it several times. Do yourself a favor and read this masterpiece, and thank you esliesma for not stopping!

5mth
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Theguard

This is for sure the best fanfiction out there. The creativity and character development is fantastic and make you read it over and over… I always look forward to each chapter

5mth
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TheBookEatingGamer

By far the best fic i have ever read and maybe will ever read. Excelent story, great character and world development much better than Rowling ever did. The only bad point is its overuse of repeated descriptions, but with the release timeline it would have refreshed peoples memories so i cant demerit it for it.

6mth
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FlamingoFox

It’s good. You should read it. Yeah, read it.

7mth
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Maimoona_Jasmine

One of the best fan fictions around. The world building and the complex story line is very engaging. Authour doesn't mind breaking the original HP story line or rewriting the well known characters in new perspective . very original and simply the best

7mth
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matropollo

ive read more than 500nchapers of your story and i loved it but the constand downputting of rowan about the familytraits inherited or her skill with magic especially when rowan hersef does it despite her adventiges such as death surge, teleportation ,her meta knowlegde etc. also her fall from a smart and plotting mc htat created her little group and dealt preemtative strickes such as revieling tom marvolo riddle as a halfblood to lessen the support he gets into oh no severus is so much better at litterally everithing than her be it dueling or variouse forms of magic and just stumbeing about insted of taking care of her problems like her soul studies that coud help to deal with voldy hydra and possibly even the negative sideefeccts of death surge it just hurts seeng such good story and character being ripped down

7mth
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Theguard

All in all, this is hands down one of the best Harry Potter works fan fiction that you will ever read. It’s right up at the top, it has a fantastic story, it is well thought out. The characters strengths, weakness, and personality are so well thought out and developed. I can honestly say that you will never feel remiss reading this. Rowan is just a fantastic character, Severus grows but retains his core, such a great read!! I can’t stop and want to know how itends. Give us more chapters!!!!!

9mth
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Jun_MoXi3

he releído esto 3 veces, y sigue estando en mi top 3 favoritos de fanfics de la saga

9mth
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Nefistoteles

A good, very entertaining novel, although unfortunately it is not for me, it is in my opinion a novel of mystery and investigation rather than adventure and the development is very slow, 550 chapters and they are basically at the same point as in chapter 50 and that's without counting the constant unjustified nerfs of the protagonist. , I don't want to say that it is a bad novel, it is, as I have already said, a good novel, but for me it is too slow and lacks adventure. That said, I will pay attention to other works by this author.

11mth
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Odorico

The synopsis is very confusing, which made me waste time reading 3 chapters to discover that it is a female MC, something that could simply be avoided by putting a simple tag instead of trying to appear mysterious

1yr
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Game_Boy_4363

@EsliEsma (Author) This is easily a 5 star story if not for 1 pit fall, Rowan is too nerfed! I don't see any reason why she is weaker than severus after all the power ups she got. There is a difference between NOT OP Mc and super nerfed Mc! There is no justification to severus's strength other than he is 'talented' and worst... he is Male, seriously? Are you forgetting Rowan is his twin and got same genetics? She does all the work, has all those death surges and still weaker than severus who does nothing other than chasing after Lily -_- This is really off putting and making me almost want to drop after reading thru 960 chapters. Thats some super poor power scaling and absolute bias towards severus, why not make him MC if thats he case. Sorry author, absolutely loved the story if not for this one thing.

1yr
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Alchemist

Really misleading summary. I expected a fic with Severus Snape as the MC, instead I got a female MC.

1yr
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mks_kyas

Never seen a HP fanfic which is almost as good as if not better than original. Its a shame if someone missed this golden story. I am not someone who gives high praises but cant help for this particular work. You rock author! Just dont abandon this work at any cost, I wanna see its ending 😺

1yr
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jenn_b

Absolutely MARVELOUS!!! I enjoy HP universe, but never liked HP fanfics. Always felt too distant from the original book vibes. But this one.... Like some people said, it's not flawless, but not even JK was. And for a free story to be this good, well plotted, and very rich in details, back stories and characters, it's just so hard to come by! I dare say I enjoyed this even more than the original books hahahah From the beggining, it's really catching, well planned, full of interesting plots and just gets better! I also liked how our writer respects and creates a world very basead on the original world, but is not limited by it. She's really talented, hard-working and creative, digging even deeper and building an amazing immersive experience.I'm currently on chapter 1000 and I strongly hope Esli will keep updating till the end, be it the time that it takes!!! Congratulation and thank you very much for this fanfic 🥹💛💛💛PS: Actually I'm from Brazil and didn't know about Castelbruxo (aka Wizard's Castle), learned from you hahahahah Thanks for the passing mentions!

1yr
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Moon_Star_6768

i thank the author for sharing this amazing piece.👌👌

1yr
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The_man_The_myth

Sees 1000 chapter HP FF 😁 sees it’s a drama filled fem mc 🤮🤮

1yr
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Income_Tax

(as of chapter 522)I've been reading this ff for a week now and i must say it is a treat. I never mind that the MC is a girl (though there are times it becomes a bit too akward for me lol). Everything is great, writing quality and all. The only problem I have is that the MC is heavily nerfed despite her constant power ups while her twin is as strong as her even without doing anything at all! Nevertheless, it is a great story, might change later though let's see.

1yr
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Corvo_nero

the challenges at school are taken year by year from the books even if they are 20 years ago, some areas of the hp world have remained in the amber and only when the protagonists enter those areas does time begin to flow again, many elements are a bit strange, in general it is full of both good and bad ideas but always ideas are

1yr
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Azeas
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A Great Fanfic no doubt but something that has peeved me recently is due to the Author just Nerfing Rowan Constantly like saying She was far less powerful than Severus when she just got a surge of death energy and has killed 2 male wizards, And they not just princes they have currently 6 Great Bloodlines and The Determining Factor is that severus as the male gets more traits and better traits then rowan no doubt due to biology but at a certain point thats just a stupid excuse with how many times they say Severus is more powerful than rowan always using the fact that Canon Severus matched against Dumbeldore and Voldemort i will honestly not be suprised if the Author is a Severus Simp with how They always make Severus more powerful than rowan if in actuality Rowan should be more powerful plus more experienced in battles

1yr
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mirrox

I don’t know why, but I can’t digest the female protagonist, the author does not warn about the gender of the MC, so after reading the first chapters and learning about the gender, I was disappointed.

1yr
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Cosmin_Petrut

Good story and characters specially rowan🤗😁

1yr
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Secretchicken

This review is going to be similar to another review because it pointed out the same problems I have with the story. The character development is really good with 3D characters but the main character can be seen lacking with them acting out of their character a lot and this is just excused as they have some fancy bloodlines that effect their personality. For some reason the MC got really nerfed around 450 because apparently magic is stronger in men because the MC is really weak compared to some men who shouldn't be so strong, also the nerfed aren't even well explained the reasons given are that "he's a man so he's stronger, smarter, and overall better." I hope this recovers some of it's former glory because I'm at around 550ish and it's really poor writing right now.

1yr
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Donekulda

This story is following its own path way before the events of HP. Unfortunatly my main problem is that its exhausting to read as some things arent stated and its misleading(as a reader i sometimes think that even author doesnt know her origin story), mc sometimes is just too know it all, that it just destroying the story itself and it becomes because of it bland, also sometimes some things are said duplicatly in same chapter or paragraphs are hard to get ones head around.

1yr
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hero4hire

my review got deleted so take this 1 star. i gonna keep doing it every week until it stick.

1yr
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A_W_87
LV 14 Badge

This fan fiction is written as consistently as if from JK herself. Read the author's notes as at the end if many chapters she reveals where her inspiration or straight up facts come from...it is very well done.

1yr
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EsliEsma

There will be no harems in this tale. I've tried to channel my inner J.K. Rowling to match some of the writing styles and try to create that Harry Potter feels in my own writing. I'll be incorporating many of the minor characters that would have existed during the marauder's era in an effort to try to maintain the real-world feel of the series. There will be new characters that I will simply need to create, but I will try to use surnames that suggest that they might be related to minor characters or some of the 28 families surnames that simply weren't even mentioned nor used. The main character is not overpowered as Harry Potter wasn't himself. There will be cheats, yes, but not to the grade that the storyline falls into second place. The storyline is the first objective!

5yr
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KittensAnonymous

I haven't read any HP fanfics from this time period and I have to say that I'm loving it so far. I like distant cool headed instead of stupid mc like so many hp fanfics have. You insert a new character which most of the time I don't like, but you've pulled it off well. It is an enjoyable novel to read and I can't wait for more updates! highly suggest you read this hidden gem!

5yr
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John_Doe12

For anyone that has even tried to claim a semblance of love for the Harry Potter-verse as they decked themselves out in house colours, hunted for their Patronus or playfull cast a correctly pronounced Wingardium Leviosa. If so then this is the Fan-Fic for you. If not, then maybe this might help you heathens find that little bit of magic in you yet. Through clever use of writing styles that feel like they hauntingly belong amongst our favourite books as a missing sibling "A Bend In Time" Is a truly wonderful creation that comes to life through an amazing eye for detail and a clear love for everything involved. The characters grow organically and there is a depth and originally that brings life to the story as a whole... The world scapes are explored in a beautiful and unique way as original twists are so intricately blended to the canon we all love and know. The author stays true to the roots of the stories as they weave interesting tales and create characters that are both loveable and relatable. Not to mention how it is so wonderfully written. This isn't just some wish fulfilment in which a character prances around without a care in the world. But I will leave you to find out how lovely it is. So, if you are interested, come, have a read, let your inner Potterhead be entertained. On the off chance, you happen to be one of those pitiful little heathens, so devoid of magic, then come find it inside.

4yr
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Alexandre_Cardoso

Lixo!!! Muito ruim, não consigo ler essa porcaria!!! Nota zero!!!🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1mth
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Wuxiafreak

The people who give bad reviews are tools who have not read anything complaining about female MCs or utter nonsense that does not pertain to the novel. By far in my top ten FF for the HP universe. This is not your normal HP FF because it takes place during the time James Sirius Severus Lupin and Peter all are in Hogys before Harry was even born. Give this a chance and you will be hooked.

2mth
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sakurahevn

It has amazing world building. One my fav fanfiction for HP world.

4mth
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Theguard

When writing reviews about a fanfiction I usually base them on the standards that mostly apply to fanfictions. However I must say that this story stands alone, it is by far the most well written fanfiction from the planning to the style of writing. It goes beyond and I have truly enjoyed reading it and I have read it several times. Do yourself a favor and read this masterpiece, and thank you esliesma for not stopping!

5mth
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Theguard

This is for sure the best fanfiction out there. The creativity and character development is fantastic and make you read it over and over… I always look forward to each chapter

5mth
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TheBookEatingGamer

By far the best fic i have ever read and maybe will ever read. Excelent story, great character and world development much better than Rowling ever did. The only bad point is its overuse of repeated descriptions, but with the release timeline it would have refreshed peoples memories so i cant demerit it for it.

6mth
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FlamingoFox

It’s good. You should read it. Yeah, read it.

7mth
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Maimoona_Jasmine

One of the best fan fictions around. The world building and the complex story line is very engaging. Authour doesn't mind breaking the original HP story line or rewriting the well known characters in new perspective . very original and simply the best

7mth
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matropollo

ive read more than 500nchapers of your story and i loved it but the constand downputting of rowan about the familytraits inherited or her skill with magic especially when rowan hersef does it despite her adventiges such as death surge, teleportation ,her meta knowlegde etc. also her fall from a smart and plotting mc htat created her little group and dealt preemtative strickes such as revieling tom marvolo riddle as a halfblood to lessen the support he gets into oh no severus is so much better at litterally everithing than her be it dueling or variouse forms of magic and just stumbeing about insted of taking care of her problems like her soul studies that coud help to deal with voldy hydra and possibly even the negative sideefeccts of death surge it just hurts seeng such good story and character being ripped down

7mth
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Theguard

All in all, this is hands down one of the best Harry Potter works fan fiction that you will ever read. It’s right up at the top, it has a fantastic story, it is well thought out. The characters strengths, weakness, and personality are so well thought out and developed. I can honestly say that you will never feel remiss reading this. Rowan is just a fantastic character, Severus grows but retains his core, such a great read!! I can’t stop and want to know how itends. Give us more chapters!!!!!

9mth
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Jun_MoXi3

he releído esto 3 veces, y sigue estando en mi top 3 favoritos de fanfics de la saga

9mth
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Nefistoteles

A good, very entertaining novel, although unfortunately it is not for me, it is in my opinion a novel of mystery and investigation rather than adventure and the development is very slow, 550 chapters and they are basically at the same point as in chapter 50 and that's without counting the constant unjustified nerfs of the protagonist. , I don't want to say that it is a bad novel, it is, as I have already said, a good novel, but for me it is too slow and lacks adventure. That said, I will pay attention to other works by this author.

11mth
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Odorico

The synopsis is very confusing, which made me waste time reading 3 chapters to discover that it is a female MC, something that could simply be avoided by putting a simple tag instead of trying to appear mysterious

1yr
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Game_Boy_4363

@EsliEsma (Author) This is easily a 5 star story if not for 1 pit fall, Rowan is too nerfed! I don't see any reason why she is weaker than severus after all the power ups she got. There is a difference between NOT OP Mc and super nerfed Mc! There is no justification to severus's strength other than he is 'talented' and worst... he is Male, seriously? Are you forgetting Rowan is his twin and got same genetics? She does all the work, has all those death surges and still weaker than severus who does nothing other than chasing after Lily -_- This is really off putting and making me almost want to drop after reading thru 960 chapters. Thats some super poor power scaling and absolute bias towards severus, why not make him MC if thats he case. Sorry author, absolutely loved the story if not for this one thing.

1yr
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Alchemist

Really misleading summary. I expected a fic with Severus Snape as the MC, instead I got a female MC.

1yr
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mks_kyas

Never seen a HP fanfic which is almost as good as if not better than original. Its a shame if someone missed this golden story. I am not someone who gives high praises but cant help for this particular work. You rock author! Just dont abandon this work at any cost, I wanna see its ending 😺

1yr
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jenn_b

Absolutely MARVELOUS!!! I enjoy HP universe, but never liked HP fanfics. Always felt too distant from the original book vibes. But this one.... Like some people said, it's not flawless, but not even JK was. And for a free story to be this good, well plotted, and very rich in details, back stories and characters, it's just so hard to come by! I dare say I enjoyed this even more than the original books hahahah From the beggining, it's really catching, well planned, full of interesting plots and just gets better! I also liked how our writer respects and creates a world very basead on the original world, but is not limited by it. She's really talented, hard-working and creative, digging even deeper and building an amazing immersive experience.I'm currently on chapter 1000 and I strongly hope Esli will keep updating till the end, be it the time that it takes!!! Congratulation and thank you very much for this fanfic 🥹💛💛💛PS: Actually I'm from Brazil and didn't know about Castelbruxo (aka Wizard's Castle), learned from you hahahahah Thanks for the passing mentions!

1yr
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Moon_Star_6768

i thank the author for sharing this amazing piece.👌👌

1yr
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The_man_The_myth

Sees 1000 chapter HP FF 😁 sees it’s a drama filled fem mc 🤮🤮

1yr
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Income_Tax

(as of chapter 522)I've been reading this ff for a week now and i must say it is a treat. I never mind that the MC is a girl (though there are times it becomes a bit too akward for me lol). Everything is great, writing quality and all. The only problem I have is that the MC is heavily nerfed despite her constant power ups while her twin is as strong as her even without doing anything at all! Nevertheless, it is a great story, might change later though let's see.

1yr
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Corvo_nero

the challenges at school are taken year by year from the books even if they are 20 years ago, some areas of the hp world have remained in the amber and only when the protagonists enter those areas does time begin to flow again, many elements are a bit strange, in general it is full of both good and bad ideas but always ideas are

1yr
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Azeas
LV 3 Badge

A Great Fanfic no doubt but something that has peeved me recently is due to the Author just Nerfing Rowan Constantly like saying She was far less powerful than Severus when she just got a surge of death energy and has killed 2 male wizards, And they not just princes they have currently 6 Great Bloodlines and The Determining Factor is that severus as the male gets more traits and better traits then rowan no doubt due to biology but at a certain point thats just a stupid excuse with how many times they say Severus is more powerful than rowan always using the fact that Canon Severus matched against Dumbeldore and Voldemort i will honestly not be suprised if the Author is a Severus Simp with how They always make Severus more powerful than rowan if in actuality Rowan should be more powerful plus more experienced in battles

1yr
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mirrox

I don’t know why, but I can’t digest the female protagonist, the author does not warn about the gender of the MC, so after reading the first chapters and learning about the gender, I was disappointed.

1yr
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Cosmin_Petrut

Good story and characters specially rowan🤗😁

1yr
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Secretchicken

This review is going to be similar to another review because it pointed out the same problems I have with the story. The character development is really good with 3D characters but the main character can be seen lacking with them acting out of their character a lot and this is just excused as they have some fancy bloodlines that effect their personality. For some reason the MC got really nerfed around 450 because apparently magic is stronger in men because the MC is really weak compared to some men who shouldn't be so strong, also the nerfed aren't even well explained the reasons given are that "he's a man so he's stronger, smarter, and overall better." I hope this recovers some of it's former glory because I'm at around 550ish and it's really poor writing right now.

1yr
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Donekulda

This story is following its own path way before the events of HP. Unfortunatly my main problem is that its exhausting to read as some things arent stated and its misleading(as a reader i sometimes think that even author doesnt know her origin story), mc sometimes is just too know it all, that it just destroying the story itself and it becomes because of it bland, also sometimes some things are said duplicatly in same chapter or paragraphs are hard to get ones head around.

1yr
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hero4hire

my review got deleted so take this 1 star. i gonna keep doing it every week until it stick.

1yr
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A_W_87
LV 14 Badge

This fan fiction is written as consistently as if from JK herself. Read the author's notes as at the end if many chapters she reveals where her inspiration or straight up facts come from...it is very well done.

1yr
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