for To Feel the Sun6/11/2010 c10 
1Candescence
I like Jonah even though I don't know much of him yet. And, like she said, I don't think whatshisface is right for her. I can't wait until she gets over Carlin. It's gonna get annoying if she keeps pining after him.
1CandescenceI like Jonah even though I don't know much of him yet. And, like she said, I don't think whatshisface is right for her. I can't wait until she gets over Carlin. It's gonna get annoying if she keeps pining after him.
6/10/2010 c20 3AJS
Oh and by the way, I love the title of this story, and also the title of your oneshot. Both very thoughtful and meaningful and very fitting. I guess I wouldn't have known that was what jonah meant in your oneshot if it hadn't been the title, but I think it's a nice touch too.
I think I love Jonah so much because of his personality... haha. So uptight and close-lipped and yet... he loved Gracie the entire time. And so discretely too. It makes me happy to hear people like Sarah and Danielle saying they suspected it because he would just look at her sometimes... I don't know why but that just sounds so much more attractive than if it was super obvious and out in the open. Just the fact that is was like, a hunch, just makes it so much more mysterious and appealing. :) Anyway. I'll stop rambling, haha.
- Alyssa
3AJSOh and by the way, I love the title of this story, and also the title of your oneshot. Both very thoughtful and meaningful and very fitting. I guess I wouldn't have known that was what jonah meant in your oneshot if it hadn't been the title, but I think it's a nice touch too.
I think I love Jonah so much because of his personality... haha. So uptight and close-lipped and yet... he loved Gracie the entire time. And so discretely too. It makes me happy to hear people like Sarah and Danielle saying they suspected it because he would just look at her sometimes... I don't know why but that just sounds so much more attractive than if it was super obvious and out in the open. Just the fact that is was like, a hunch, just makes it so much more mysterious and appealing. :) Anyway. I'll stop rambling, haha.
- Alyssa
6/10/2010 c19 AJS
Okay, so hopefully I'll have more things to say for this story, considering that this is where the meat is. I guess I feel like Simon's character wasn't developed enough? or it was too inconsistent. He seemed like a completely different person while he was getting to know Grace, after he and Grace got together, and then after he got mad at her. He didn't seem like the type of person who would end the way he did, and I guess I didn't really like much that it ending being about his incapability to admit his mistakes, when in reality, the real problem was that Grace just never liked him. I definitely do agree that they lost their spark once they actually got together. It was like the reason why people thought they would be good together to begin with was because they would argue and he would "rub" her the wrong way and they challenged each other and he brought her out of her shell, so to speak, but all that seemed to disappear the moment they actually started going out.
I guess we never really had enough exposure to Calin's character to really make any judgments about him, or to see what happened coming, and I guess anything we did find out about Calin was all filtered through Grace's biased perspective anyway. I guess when she was dating Simon, it didn't really seem like she was much too hung up on Calin at all though, so it didn't seem like she ever cared as much about him as she thought she did. It's amazing that Calin would string her along like that though, for so long, because they had been friends for so long too. I guess you could say that was disappointing on his part, but I suppose it had to happen too.
And you already know I love Jonah. Haha. Jonah is like... perfection. Goodness, I wouldn't know what to do if I met a boy like that. Why did he let Laura hang off him the first time though? I wonder what was going through his head when Grace started to date Simon though - what did he make of him? Obviously Simon never really knew Grace like he did... actually there was one slip up though, I think when they were visiting Grace and Sarah's grandparents the first time, he called her "Gracie," when he wasn't supposed to be calling her Gracie yet.
Gah. Thinking about Jonah makes me all tongue-tied though. I must I don't know if it's because I'm biased or what but your writing seemed a lot better and more... concise and organized? When it came to Jonah, and especially after the whole scene where Grace got kicked out and everything. I guess up until that point things didn't necessarily flow and fit together very perfectly, but after that, it just seemed to really take out. Maybe it's the effect of Jonah, haha. I guess it just seemed like most of the direction of the story was seen in Jonah, and it got muddled up when talking about Simon and Carlin and stuff.
Every time I think of the scene where Gracie came to Jonah that one time makes me giddy inside, and her stealing his robe, LOL. Anyways, great story. :) I liked it a lot, though I can't really say that i would have liked it as much if she didn't end up with Jonah. I guess I would say the ending where they're married is a little sudden, but they ARE getting old too (how old is Jonah?) so I guess it would makes sense. I just wonder what Grace ever decided to do with her life...
Please keep writing! I am interested in your sequel, and I believe you were saying in your livejournal that you had another oneshot of Jonah & Gracie somewhere, so I'm off to read that (hopefully, unless I'm just making things up, haha). Please continue writing! I favorited you as an author. :)
- Alyssa
Okay, so hopefully I'll have more things to say for this story, considering that this is where the meat is. I guess I feel like Simon's character wasn't developed enough? or it was too inconsistent. He seemed like a completely different person while he was getting to know Grace, after he and Grace got together, and then after he got mad at her. He didn't seem like the type of person who would end the way he did, and I guess I didn't really like much that it ending being about his incapability to admit his mistakes, when in reality, the real problem was that Grace just never liked him. I definitely do agree that they lost their spark once they actually got together. It was like the reason why people thought they would be good together to begin with was because they would argue and he would "rub" her the wrong way and they challenged each other and he brought her out of her shell, so to speak, but all that seemed to disappear the moment they actually started going out.
I guess we never really had enough exposure to Calin's character to really make any judgments about him, or to see what happened coming, and I guess anything we did find out about Calin was all filtered through Grace's biased perspective anyway. I guess when she was dating Simon, it didn't really seem like she was much too hung up on Calin at all though, so it didn't seem like she ever cared as much about him as she thought she did. It's amazing that Calin would string her along like that though, for so long, because they had been friends for so long too. I guess you could say that was disappointing on his part, but I suppose it had to happen too.
And you already know I love Jonah. Haha. Jonah is like... perfection. Goodness, I wouldn't know what to do if I met a boy like that. Why did he let Laura hang off him the first time though? I wonder what was going through his head when Grace started to date Simon though - what did he make of him? Obviously Simon never really knew Grace like he did... actually there was one slip up though, I think when they were visiting Grace and Sarah's grandparents the first time, he called her "Gracie," when he wasn't supposed to be calling her Gracie yet.
Gah. Thinking about Jonah makes me all tongue-tied though. I must I don't know if it's because I'm biased or what but your writing seemed a lot better and more... concise and organized? When it came to Jonah, and especially after the whole scene where Grace got kicked out and everything. I guess up until that point things didn't necessarily flow and fit together very perfectly, but after that, it just seemed to really take out. Maybe it's the effect of Jonah, haha. I guess it just seemed like most of the direction of the story was seen in Jonah, and it got muddled up when talking about Simon and Carlin and stuff.
Every time I think of the scene where Gracie came to Jonah that one time makes me giddy inside, and her stealing his robe, LOL. Anyways, great story. :) I liked it a lot, though I can't really say that i would have liked it as much if she didn't end up with Jonah. I guess I would say the ending where they're married is a little sudden, but they ARE getting old too (how old is Jonah?) so I guess it would makes sense. I just wonder what Grace ever decided to do with her life...
Please keep writing! I am interested in your sequel, and I believe you were saying in your livejournal that you had another oneshot of Jonah & Gracie somewhere, so I'm off to read that (hopefully, unless I'm just making things up, haha). Please continue writing! I favorited you as an author. :)
- Alyssa
6/9/2010 c19 AWWWWWW
I LOVE THIS STORY!
I LOVE THIS STORY!
6/7/2010 c9 sandcastlesinthesand
I don't how many reviews I've sent, so I'll keep on going.
And DUH I'm trying to bump up your reviews.
And I know you weren't looking for reviews, but I was more than willing to give them. Mwahaha.
Ok. Way too much to say about this chapter.
"Please? My family really wants you to come, and if you don't, Sarah is going to spam your Facebook page with LOLcats."
I laugh every single time. end of story.
Jonah with his hating raisins (which is apparently from some movie as you said in your A/N) Still hilarious. Gotta love Jonah lines.
All of Simon's jealousy is gold. I'm just like AHA! SUCKA! JONAH FOEVS! But not like that. Because I'm not that big of a dork.
AHA. SMASHING PUMPKINS CD.
Actually I love the Smashing Pumpkins. Lol.
BUT STILL.
And I want to go to Ireland.
AND I WANT THAT HOBBIT COPY.
SO COOL.
JONAH IS SO AWESOME.
ugh and then Simon smokes.
I wouldn't want to kiss that.
And JONAH GAVE HER AN AWESOME UMBRELLA THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
What what.
I don't how many reviews I've sent, so I'll keep on going.
And DUH I'm trying to bump up your reviews.
And I know you weren't looking for reviews, but I was more than willing to give them. Mwahaha.
Ok. Way too much to say about this chapter.
"Please? My family really wants you to come, and if you don't, Sarah is going to spam your Facebook page with LOLcats."
I laugh every single time. end of story.
Jonah with his hating raisins (which is apparently from some movie as you said in your A/N) Still hilarious. Gotta love Jonah lines.
All of Simon's jealousy is gold. I'm just like AHA! SUCKA! JONAH FOEVS! But not like that. Because I'm not that big of a dork.
AHA. SMASHING PUMPKINS CD.
Actually I love the Smashing Pumpkins. Lol.
BUT STILL.
And I want to go to Ireland.
AND I WANT THAT HOBBIT COPY.
SO COOL.
JONAH IS SO AWESOME.
ugh and then Simon smokes.
I wouldn't want to kiss that.
And JONAH GAVE HER AN AWESOME UMBRELLA THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
What what.
6/7/2010 c8 sandcastlesinthesand
Aw, I love their interactions.
They have their first [sort of] fight!
And he apologizes.
And this line is simply gold...
"I'll call for Chinese. We need sustenance if we want to make it through the midnight hours."
Oh Jonah. How you make me laugh. And drool.
Aw, I love their interactions.
They have their first [sort of] fight!
And he apologizes.
And this line is simply gold...
"I'll call for Chinese. We need sustenance if we want to make it through the midnight hours."
Oh Jonah. How you make me laugh. And drool.
6/7/2010 c7 sandcastlesinthesand
SDFSDFLJAS
OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD
EPICNESS EPICNESS EPICNESS
I LOVE THAT PART I LOVE THAT PART I LOVE THAT PART
OH MY GOD.
SO AMAZING.
SO BREATHTAKINGLY AMAZING.
SDFSDFLJAS
OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD
EPICNESS EPICNESS EPICNESS
I LOVE THAT PART I LOVE THAT PART I LOVE THAT PART
OH MY GOD.
SO AMAZING.
SO BREATHTAKINGLY AMAZING.
6/7/2010 c6 sandcastlesinthesand
(squeals uncontrollably while covering mouth and giggling)
I LOVE THIS ONE TOO!
Jeez, I seem to love all of them don't I?
I love when they friend each other on Facebook.
But GAH I absolutely hate Simon. He's such a... douche. Especially later when he won't admit he's wrong.
Ugh.
(squeals uncontrollably while covering mouth and giggling)
I LOVE THIS ONE TOO!
Jeez, I seem to love all of them don't I?
I love when they friend each other on Facebook.
But GAH I absolutely hate Simon. He's such a... douche. Especially later when he won't admit he's wrong.
Ugh.
6/7/2010 c5 sandcastlesinthesand
I LOVE THIS CHAPTER.
One of my favorites, definitely.
I love the part where Sarah is talking to Jonah.
Hahaha, I love his comment about french toast. GENIUS.
You write his character so well.
I LOVE THIS CHAPTER.
One of my favorites, definitely.
I love the part where Sarah is talking to Jonah.
Hahaha, I love his comment about french toast. GENIUS.
You write his character so well.
6/7/2010 c4 sandcastlesinthesand
I LOVE THE JONAH PARTS IN THIS CHAPTER.
Hehehehe.
I love the parts where she is talking on the phone and Jonah is listening.
Especially the coffee part... MWAHAHAHA.
I LOVE THE JONAH PARTS IN THIS CHAPTER.
Hehehehe.
I love the parts where she is talking on the phone and Jonah is listening.
Especially the coffee part... MWAHAHAHA.
6/7/2010 c3 sandcastlesinthesand
HAHA I still love the last part of this chapter.
"Three hours, a bar of chocolate, and depressed Facebook creeping later..." HAHA.
That reminds me of me.
I love Facebook creeping.
Although I do hate it when I'm depressed.
HAHA I still love the last part of this chapter.
"Three hours, a bar of chocolate, and depressed Facebook creeping later..." HAHA.
That reminds me of me.
I love Facebook creeping.
Although I do hate it when I'm depressed.
6/7/2010 c2 sandcastlesinthesand
You want 400 reviews right?
I'll help you.
:P
This story is fantabulous.
And I absolutely loathe that word, so that's saying a lot.
AWESOMENESS AWESOMENESS AWESOMENESS
that's what your story is.
You want 400 reviews right?
I'll help you.
:P
This story is fantabulous.
And I absolutely loathe that word, so that's saying a lot.
AWESOMENESS AWESOMENESS AWESOMENESS
that's what your story is.
6/7/2010 c1 you'll never guess who this is
MWAHAHA.
So I don't feel like going back to Twitter to see if you responded to my message, os I'm going to write you on here.
I SECOND EVERYTHING REVIEWER SAYS.
This story IS amazing. And so is Jonah. I'm pretty freaking sure I've had a dream about him. He's that person in all of my daydreams.
I feel like I should keep going on about how much I love this story because I feel bad for not having a review as awesome as person below, so I will go on. PLUS, EVERY TIME YOU TALK TO ME ON FACEBOOK CHAT, I AM NOT ACTUALLY ON.
OK OK OK.
TO FEEL THE SUN.
Let's see... I've spent over an hour describing the entire story to my best friend Meredith just so I could vent about how amazing it is.
I've reread it AT LEAST six times, and it never gets old. It's like that book you have on your shelf that you are immediately drawn to no matter how many books you have or how many times you've read that book. It still surpasses all of the others.
That's why when you asked me yesterday for some good FP stories, I was immediately about to respond with TO FEEL THE SUN!
Then I realized you were the author, so that was kind of stupid. Lol.
Um, I've never told you this before but whenever I'm having trouble writing I actually go to this story to see how you write. Like, I study it like I'm in English class to see how you words thing and what-not. I'm not kidding or exaggerating. I'm like, "SHIT! I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS! Let's check To Feel the Sun..."
That sounds like I plagiarize. Trust me, I don't.
Anyway, hm...
When I was bored in geometry class, I used to just think about Jonah. You created the best man ever. I now have even higher expectations for men than before. Which might be a good thing. Who knows?
Scoot over Darcy.
(ACTUALLY DON'T. CAUSE I LOVE YOU TOO, FITZWILLIAM!)
AND YOU ARE MY IDOL.
You are me, but a cooler version.
I'm kinda boring. (cough cough REALLY BORING cough cough)
YOU BELLY DANCE.
YOU DO PHOTOGRAPHY.
You're like everything cool about a person packaged into one awesome person.
And although sometimes it's annoying when I get woken up by a text message alert of your latest Tweet about your calorie intake, I STILL LOVE YOU!
:P
MWAHAHA.
So I don't feel like going back to Twitter to see if you responded to my message, os I'm going to write you on here.
I SECOND EVERYTHING REVIEWER SAYS.
This story IS amazing. And so is Jonah. I'm pretty freaking sure I've had a dream about him. He's that person in all of my daydreams.
I feel like I should keep going on about how much I love this story because I feel bad for not having a review as awesome as person below, so I will go on. PLUS, EVERY TIME YOU TALK TO ME ON FACEBOOK CHAT, I AM NOT ACTUALLY ON.
OK OK OK.
TO FEEL THE SUN.
Let's see... I've spent over an hour describing the entire story to my best friend Meredith just so I could vent about how amazing it is.
I've reread it AT LEAST six times, and it never gets old. It's like that book you have on your shelf that you are immediately drawn to no matter how many books you have or how many times you've read that book. It still surpasses all of the others.
That's why when you asked me yesterday for some good FP stories, I was immediately about to respond with TO FEEL THE SUN!
Then I realized you were the author, so that was kind of stupid. Lol.
Um, I've never told you this before but whenever I'm having trouble writing I actually go to this story to see how you write. Like, I study it like I'm in English class to see how you words thing and what-not. I'm not kidding or exaggerating. I'm like, "SHIT! I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS! Let's check To Feel the Sun..."
That sounds like I plagiarize. Trust me, I don't.
Anyway, hm...
When I was bored in geometry class, I used to just think about Jonah. You created the best man ever. I now have even higher expectations for men than before. Which might be a good thing. Who knows?
Scoot over Darcy.
(ACTUALLY DON'T. CAUSE I LOVE YOU TOO, FITZWILLIAM!)
AND YOU ARE MY IDOL.
You are me, but a cooler version.
I'm kinda boring. (cough cough REALLY BORING cough cough)
YOU BELLY DANCE.
YOU DO PHOTOGRAPHY.
You're like everything cool about a person packaged into one awesome person.
And although sometimes it's annoying when I get woken up by a text message alert of your latest Tweet about your calorie intake, I STILL LOVE YOU!
:P
6/7/2010 c19 12Aderyn Azula
I'm not sure that you understand how amazing your story is! I was hooked from the very first line about Eponine. And then you proceeded to write an amazing story about some of the best things in life: musical theatre, hot boys and Ireland. Honestly, it doesn't get much better than that.
All the characters were great-Jonah was my fave, but i love Gracie too! And Bruce Campbell therapy makes me laugh =]
This is the best romance that i've read on fiction press/any where in a long time! I seriously had to stop after a few of the chapters and make my self take in a deep breath. And there were a lot of "holy shit!" moments too. Like when Carlin decided to be a total douchebag... I honestly felt awful for Danielle.
And I think that I'm in love with Jonah. Seriously, he is the best ever. He's serious and cute and smart- basically my dream guy xD
Anyways, sorry that this review is long and gushy, i'm normally a bit more composed than this, but this story is seriously amazing! i just wish there had been more cute scenes between Jonah and Gracie (though the ending is really cute too!)
if this story hasn't been nominated for like a million awards at skow and some of the other award sites, i will go and nominate this very instant!
12Aderyn AzulaI'm not sure that you understand how amazing your story is! I was hooked from the very first line about Eponine. And then you proceeded to write an amazing story about some of the best things in life: musical theatre, hot boys and Ireland. Honestly, it doesn't get much better than that.
All the characters were great-Jonah was my fave, but i love Gracie too! And Bruce Campbell therapy makes me laugh =]
This is the best romance that i've read on fiction press/any where in a long time! I seriously had to stop after a few of the chapters and make my self take in a deep breath. And there were a lot of "holy shit!" moments too. Like when Carlin decided to be a total douchebag... I honestly felt awful for Danielle.
And I think that I'm in love with Jonah. Seriously, he is the best ever. He's serious and cute and smart- basically my dream guy xD
Anyways, sorry that this review is long and gushy, i'm normally a bit more composed than this, but this story is seriously amazing! i just wish there had been more cute scenes between Jonah and Gracie (though the ending is really cute too!)
if this story hasn't been nominated for like a million awards at skow and some of the other award sites, i will go and nominate this very instant!
6/6/2010 c19 bananaaa
hi!
you are freaking awesome!
(why is it that in all my reviews I say the word awesome?)
you are muffinlicious!
you are scrumptious! (I know :P right?)
you are full of munchkinny goodness
yayay! I love you for putting up such an awesome story... I honestly didn't think that Gracie & and Jonah would be married...
which is good cos I like surprises!
yay!
I'm getting an account just so I can favourite your story and look at whenever I want (yeah, I'm creepy like that...)
because
I
Like
Pie
hi!
you are freaking awesome!
(why is it that in all my reviews I say the word awesome?)
you are muffinlicious!
you are scrumptious! (I know :P right?)
you are full of munchkinny goodness
yayay! I love you for putting up such an awesome story... I honestly didn't think that Gracie & and Jonah would be married...
which is good cos I like surprises!
yay!
I'm getting an account just so I can favourite your story and look at whenever I want (yeah, I'm creepy like that...)
because
I
Like
Pie