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Date: 2006-03-30 10:44 pm (UTC)
[livejournal.com profile] beachtree, your reviews totally rock! I love the detail you go into. It really gives me a good idea of what things are coming across and what aren't. Thank you!

So, let's see. Yep, I just can't get enough of the Cohens + 1 dynamic, especially when they are out of their element. It makes for a nice switch when Sandy, Kirsten, and Seth are the outsiders looking in, since it's normally Ryan in that position.

I worried about the actions and transitions, so I'm glad that played out well. I love getting The Kirsten in the picture, as to me she is a different breed of cat than your normal Kirsten Cohen. She's kind of fascinating to me, considering how well she blends in to the Newport life, and yet talks so fondly of her time with Sandy in Northern California.

In a lot of ways, I suspect she felt very much like a fraud when she first started working for her father. After all, I've never really heard discussion of just what qualifications she had to do the job she did, yet when we first met her, there was never any doubt - she was obviously good at it. In a lot of ways, she shares a chameleon-like quality with Ryan, and I especially like to play that up between her *and* him.

I adore how well meaning all the Cohens are, and yet still miss the mark a lot of the time, as evidenced by Oliver and even Trey. Ryan sent all the signals he could, and Sandy just blithely missed them all.

Sometimes I still feel like Ryan's a complete alien to them. For all that they know about his past, there's a lot not said as well. Lots of boyfriends - mom's an alcoholic - things sometimes got abusive just really doesn't span a childhood. That we never get the details is something that, to me, make it seem like that much more.

So... Thanks again for your kind words and gentle hints that you still wanted to know where this story was going. It's why I posted what I had. I'm glad you liked it, and think it's pretty safe to say the next part will definitely come sooner than this last one did, and come to think of it, I can shoot you an email when I post, just to let you know, if you like (I still have the one from January). Cheers!
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