Reviewer: coleamber (Signed) · Date: October 08, 2019 06:53 PM · On: Seven Days in April
good one
Reviewer: Dido_MagnaCarta (Signed) · Date: September 28, 2014 09:01 PM · On: Seven Days in April
I absolutely adored this story! It was brilliant in the humor department- like many of the reviewers here, I have to say I was laughing the whole way throughout this. "Aw, has Blake been lying to you again?" has to be one of the many great lines by Brian. Speaking of whom, you depiction of him was absolutely spot on in this. Grouchy, witty and secretly missing his Sunshine. This is definitely how I pictured him post 5x13. I love the idea of flowers- even though in real life I am not the biggest fan of such gestures, LOL! And I loved the idea of Brian going back to get them once he realized who they were from; the golden gardenia's part was very clever in that regard. Almost died laughing when Justin fell asleep; this was an excellent way of avoiding cliched romantic endings- adding a twist. Lovely banter between the boys and a great ending that leaves more to the imagination. A good place to end the story. Yes, this is an unnecessarily long review, but what the hell? Your story was great!
Reviewer: YumYumPM (Signed) · Date: April 10, 2013 05:33 AM · On: Seven Days in April
Seven days of the most beautiful flowers. These herald not only Spring but the return of Justin!!! Love the tea cozy. lol
Reviewer: Frayach (Anonymous) · Date: April 09, 2013 07:07 AM · On: Seven Days in April
Lol! I laughed all the way through reading this - and the happy ending is sweet and well-earned. Thank you for sharing :)
Author's Response: I'm so glad you laughed and that you enjoyed. When I started out, I didn't realize I was writing a post-S5 reunion, but I'm kind of pleased it went that way!!! Thanks for leaving a comment!
Reviewer: Tagsit (Anonymous) · Date: April 09, 2013 06:00 AM · On: Seven Days in April
Brilliant! The perfect combo of grouchy Brian (just enough to keep him in character) along with a healthy dose of romantic springtimness. I loved it - this is EXACTLY the type of story I had in mind when I proposed this challenge. Thanks for writing! TAG
Author's Response: I'm so pleased that you liked it!! Thanks so very much for the prompt!
Reviewer: Vin (Anonymous) · Date: April 09, 2013 03:27 AM · On: Seven Days in April
Beautifully done! Loved it.
Cheers,
Vin
Reviewer: Bryton4ever71 (Signed) · Date: April 09, 2013 02:30 AM · On: Seven Days in April
Comment for Day one: That was sooo funny. his total overreaction to the flowers denying them to Ted and then having them in his line of sight anyway had me in internal stitches. And the last bit...Aww has Blake been lying to you again? Priceless.
I would suggest however reformatting the story so that each day is its own chapter for easier reading.
I'll wait a bit and then comment for day two coming soon.
Author's Response: I'm so happy that you are enjoying and that you plan to leave more reviews!!! (I am ever so excited, I love reading reader-responses!!!) Feel free to inundate me if the inspiration strikes you ;)
The decision to make it a one-shot versus a short chaptered piece is based purely on the fact that I don't really view these as chapters, and to stop-start like clicking to a new page would disrupt the flow. I am not at all a fan of works that are posted in teeny installments because it ultimately makes it more difficult for the reader to become engrossed and engaged in the story. From the start, I viewed this as a one-shot, so that's how I posted, though I think I might go back in and bold the text for the days or something, for a cleaner distinction.
Reviewer: No sleep (Anonymous) · Date: April 08, 2013 09:32 PM · On: Seven Days in April
“…they weren't picking up where'd they'd left off.
They started up again someplace new.”
I loved those lines as much as I loved the description of the flowers that were sent. And I thought that Justin was trying to set Brian up with Marco too, LOL. The part about Justin falling asleep after creating the romantic atmosphere was cute.
Reviewer: snow (Anonymous) · Date: April 07, 2013 08:50 AM · On: Seven Days in April
this was such a fun read with a perfect ending :)
Reviewer: sophie'smom (Anonymous) · Date: April 06, 2013 09:28 PM · On: Seven Days in April
I could have kept reading forever. Liked how once he knew the sender, he went to get the flowers back.
Poor Ted wanted the flowers so badly. It was a sweet story.
Reviewer: Predec2 (Signed) · Date: April 06, 2013 08:37 PM · On: Seven Days in April
This was great! Loved Ted's line about Brian's first bouquet looking like a Pride flag, and I knew the golden gardenias were going to make an appearance at some point. I also smiled at the thought of Justin orchestrating such a ridiculously romantic setting, only to wind up falling asleep before his 'victim' arrived - ha! Very cute! Thanks for sharing this with us and participating in the challenge; I'm loving all these stories! *Hugs* ~Kim
Author's Response: I really couldn't avoid the golden gardenias because, well, who could, really. That scene at Kinnetik in S5 is one of my favorites for that way Brian steps in and Justin mouthes 'thank-you', it's absolutely sweet. Avoiding drama and angst was a real challenge, but it was a lot of fun trying to figure out how this scenario could be plausible and walking the fine line between 'aww' romance and 'eyeroll' romance and also try to keep everyone sounding like themselves... I had this whole end-scene in mind but when I got there, Justin fell asleep on me and I thought, "Well, okay then" and went with it. This was a great challenge idea and lots of fun to be a part of!!
Reviewer: 4depthoflove (Signed) · Date: April 06, 2013 07:55 PM · On: Seven Days in April
really love this story with Brian warming up to the flowers he originally rejected, much the same as he did with his blonde ray of sunshine not to long ago...
great coming home story!
thanks!
Charle
Author's Response: Ooh! Insightful, I totally didn't put that together but now I will pretend that this was absolutely my intention all along ;)
Glad you liked!!
LB
Reviewer: Blanca (Signed) · Date: April 06, 2013 04:23 PM · On: Seven Days in April
Oh how I love flowers! Even Brian kept on telling that he doesn't like receiving flowers, but still he is trying his best of getting them back after finally knowing those were from the love of his life!
Love can really make people change or do something you are not used to; it is not sacrifice....it is true love.
{{{Hugs}}}
Author's Response: Brian totally is a closet-romantic, he can deny it all he wants, we know better. I figure it's ingrained, that he says he doesn't want flowers because he's never been given flowers, and he can't resist. Especially when they're from Justin. So happy you liked it!!!
Reviewer: pacagirl (Signed) · Date: April 06, 2013 03:35 PM · On: Seven Days in April
I loved it! thank you
Author's Response: Welcome!!
Reviewer: Flossee (Signed) · Date: April 06, 2013 01:27 PM · On: Seven Days in April
I love how Brian went and got the flowers back once he knew who they were from. Very sweet. This is a great read. Good luck with the challenge.
Cheers
Author's Response: Thanks so much! There are some great spring reads involved in the challenge, some of which are part of whole established verses so... but this was great to try my hand at because dear lord, have I ever gotten out of practice when it comes to writing something devoid of angst and drama! lol. It's shameful...
Reviewer: LoveTheCoat (Signed) · Date: April 06, 2013 11:51 AM · On: Seven Days in April
LOVE. This was wonderful, and sweet, and so very Brian and Justin.
Thank you!
Author's Response: You're most welcome! Thanks so much for leaving feedback!
Reviewer: Hytense (Signed) · Date: April 06, 2013 11:29 AM · On: Seven Days in April
*grinning brightly*
Perfect way to start the weekend, thanks:)
Author's Response: My pleasure! Glad you liked!!
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