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7/3 c26 1The-Sweater-Sloth
Great chapter! I loved it so much! I loved the interaction between Dorian and Auden so much
6/20 c25 illex
Vesper seems kinda sus. Honestly can't wait for the next update too see what you do with Gabbi plot.
4/7 c22 Guest
That was amazing! Kinda disappointed Jordan didn't do more but still amazing. Elodie's my fav so I've been looking forward to her chapter for a while. Keep up the great work!
2/14 c20 me
brilliant. spectacular. showstopping. unique. fabulous. amazing.

also: pain
2/7 c19 4L.C. Carraway
Your A/N made me lol. Meant to write something fluffy, ended with an assassination attempt. Why am I not surprised.

Parades are ridiculous, I agree with Auden, and CLEARLY as we're about to get into, unsafe. I hope her dumb future mother in law feels awful about insisting on it when Auden tried to be like aren't parades a bit much in an earlier chapter, but she seems like she's going to be a terrible character so probably not. Anyway, I'm getting ahead of myself.

Auden is definitely waxing poetic about life and thinking everything is perfect exclusively because of Dorian and must be horrifically in love already, because her staff sounds awful. She also has the patience of a saint, because I would lose it if I couldn't eat breakfast without someone treating me like a doll. It also feels very telling that her look is supposed to scream princess vs future queen. Feels like a power play.

Despite Auden not wanting it, the parade sounded really cute and sweet until the gd stop at the governor's. He seems like a tool. But tbh, the assassination attempt really wasn't as bad as it could've been. Sounds like it was mostly focused on the queen, and as discussed not a fan. Although it does make me worry/wonder if they would've eventually come to Dorian and Auden had they got the queen. I'm also wondering if the governor was somehow involved somehow, since he sounds very unlikeable/potentially bad. There are so many potential bads in this story that I feel like some of them have to be red herrings/me overthinking everything. But for the moment, I'm side-eyeing him just like I was Vesper last chapter.

And the moment that we got between Dorian and Auden was so sweet. I love that he proposed despite there not being a technical reason for it. I loved the fluffy end. I was kind of glad for the assassination attempt, because the escaping/hiding scene was so beautiful. It was also a Ruby imagery masterclass.

Also the biggest lol Auden being worried about Dorian's pants and not realizing he's proposing to her. That was one of my favorite moments in this chapter.

I loved TBaH so much, but I feel like I am falling in love with the sequel equally/possibly edging on more a little bit somehow? Not sure how you do it, Ruby, but I'm so invested in these kids. It seems like there is A LOT of potential for things to hit the fan, so I am a little nervous, but I'm enjoying watching your brilliance play out.
2/7 c18 L.C. Carraway
More Illeas! Ugh, I love.

Except I knew the second that Vesper was like "nah ghost Rhys he'll understand" that she is going to be trouble. And then she started asking about the label and it was just all red alarm bells. I'm hanging on her "people do the strangest things when they feel trapped" line. I have a feeling Vesper feels trapped (by something) and is going to do something that is NOT GOOD. And then talking about Kaden making Hayden have a Selection... I have suspicions about you Miss Vesper. Or I could be totally off base and she could just be the best. I don't know. I'm sus for now.

I feel bad for Hayden, because clearly there is a lot of internal conflict. But I also just want to shake her. Like go get your Romeo and Juliet on and be with Rhys, you have so many other siblings that are doing the 'perfect' marriage/Selection thing (and unhappy as a result), don't do that too.

The pashmina thing was so funny. That poor Selected. And the fact that she was judging his taste over anything else was great.

THE ENDING. RUBY. For once, thank the lord I am behind so I can just go read the next chapter. I should've known that (despite Gabbi LITERALLY BEING TERMINALLY ILL, Elodie's HORRIFIC marriage, Kase and Delia's whole beings, the secret Rhys relationship) things were going too tame for one of your stories.
2/7 c17 L.C. Carraway
Okay, I am SO behind in reviews, so I'm going to try to make up for it today. Please know that I do still love this story. I just have a bad habit of reading when I'm procrastinating/avoiding real life, so it's hard to review at the same time XD

Distracted Kaden is immediately concerning, but considering his children and all of their different current escapades, I'm trying to tell myself that it's really not that serious. But knowing you, I'm probably being naively optimistic. The sibling dynamic between Elodie and Delia is so painful but realistic. They are the classic opposites and clash so well. Like I have definitely known siblings who treat each other that way (despite not being royalty and having that added layer of complication). But it's good to see them working something out. It also just makes me love Elodie more. Poor thing can help everyone but herself.

I love group dates as a rule. The way that Delia just picked the first people that she saw was hilarious and on brand. I'm honestly impressed that she even remembered some names. Of course, Jae was the scene stealer. He seems like a trouble maker, very Delia-like, though I'm not sure that she needs someone like that. But he is fun to read, and I enjoyed his sass nonetheless.

Pausing to fan girl over your writing. There are so many little things that you sneak in that are funny without being overly comical and changing the whole feel of the chapter ("It was mildly offensive that he would rather read the words of pretentious dead white men than go on a date with her"). And then there are other moments that are just so illustrative of the scene and the mood (like the line about not choking on the silence). The balance and beauty of your writing is just always 10/10.

I feel so bad for these poor Selected. They seem like a sweet (if slightly/rightfully terrified) group of guys. These flashbacks are always so interesting and really help to shape Delia. It's obvious that she wasn't always like this, and I'm so interested in finding out why/what happened. And if it's something she can overcome.
1/30 c18 Guest
Another awesome chapter! Tbh I only really care about Elodie but the plots for the other characters are amazing too!
1/30 c18 Guest
Wow
1/18 c17 Guest
Awesome chapter!
8/20/2020 c16 L.C. Carraway
Please ignore the fact that this has taken me literally like a month. It's really in character for me by now, but I like to pretend that it's still shocking that reviewing could possibly take me this long.
Anyway. Oh boy, another Gabbi chapter. They just scare me, because who knows with you.

I love how you bring all your real life Dr. Ruby knowledge in with the references to the side effects of the different meds that Gabi takes. It makes her illness so much more realistic to read about and really makes you realize how much she's going through.

I think I kind of forget that she's keeping her timeline (prognosis? is that what the medicals call it?) from her family until I read about it again and then I really want her to tell them because they don't even know how limited her time is and they're just out living their lives normally because they don't know. Even though I'm sure that's going to be a painfully heartbreaking conversation that will kill me when I read it so there's that.

Ezra is cute, and their interaction was so well written and just nice to read. Honestly, Ruby, your writing is beautiful. They had great banter, and I fee like you saw something about each character.
Ezra was surprisingly open with Gabi, and it was nice to see some of her own vulnerability as well when they hugged and she actually let herself enjoy human contact. But guess what, I know your game. I'm not letting myself do any shipping because then we're getting into A Walk to Remember pain territory and I won't do it to myself :) I am interested to see this ploy to "win" Delia though and wonder if it will actually work, because I'm guessing that would cause a lot of personal inner conflict for Gabi.

I've probably told you this before, but I love how you write all the siblings relationships. Even the ones that aren't the best (like the mentions to Hayden and Delia). There's a lot of them, but they're all so different and realistic. "Don't make me miss you too" stabbed me in the heart because Hayden doesn't even know D: Ugh. Ruby. Amazing but painful as always.
7/29/2020 c16 Abandonedaccounthmm
Oh, nice! Gabbi's story is so intruiging! I can't wait for more to happen!
7/28/2020 c16 2MoonChild913
Yes, yes, yes. The queen of all queens of writing has graced us with another update. And an INCREDIBLE one at that (okay, maybe I'm a bit biased, but that's besides the point). Gabbi is very quickly shaping up to be one of my top favorite characters. Not to mention her over-the-moon-adorable relationship with Ezra. Usually, this would be the kind of thing where I would start shipping them, but I just love them so much as fiends. It is the greatest thing ever. They are just so sweet. He is so genuinely interested in getting to know her, and she just wants a friend. It's so great. I am in love. I could go on for hours.
I also love that she is going to help him. I feel like that is going to be fun. Lots of opportunity for humor.
Yet again, Ruby has blown me away with her talent. Go off girl.
7/9/2020 c15 Guest
Pleeeeeaaaaase update! I need to see Elodie and Jordan together! Also, how many chapters will this story be?
6/23/2020 c15 4L.C. Carraway
Have I previously expressed my belief that Elodie is a Virgo? Because she HAS to be a Virgo. Also, random thing, but I love that she feeds her own cat. Unexpected for a future queen with an entire staff but just one of those things that makes me want to declare my love for Elodie all that much more because she is a literal and figurative queen.

Uh, but like we need to chat about the mention of the mark on her face. Not okay, Ruby :( It broke my heart just how methodical she was about dealing with it as part of her routine. Also I forgot about Delia's terrible bangs. Cringing.

I had a total Alexander Hamilton moment and all my brain could do was scream MY SON when I saw Dante in this chapter. Not like I expected anything else, but you really did write him perfectly. You can tell that he's caring and smart, the way he got a little worked up when he was talking about something he was passionate about. That moment that you included with the allusion that there's something else to him too was so fantastic for me as his creator, and I truly loved it all.

Also, the way that Elodie went from being late for a meeting for the first time to full on skipping one for the first time made me lol. Go big or go home, Elodie.

The fact that Finnley gives off more mom vibes than queen vibes is really sweet and enjoyable. It's what I expected of her after TBaH, and it's pretty clear from this chapter that she's a good mom on top of it. Also forever bonus points for being a cat person. I was really loving all the cat chat this chapter.

Okay there are so many dreamy men in this story I don't know how I am supposed to just handle it. Between Rhys, Dorian, and Jordan, I really am just at a loss. He continues to be the ABSOLUTE best, and I need him and Elodie to just get past the dancing around their feelings for each other because they are so clearly in love, and I need them to be happy together. I basically died when he was like "you talk about me?" It was the cutest.

Kind of a bummer thing that I realized while I was reading the Elodie/Jordan moments was that it stinks that they're not going to be able to just sail off into the sunset together and fully kick Felix out of their lives because he's still Essie's dad. Even if Jordan is a great stepdad, Felix probably won't disappear entirely (unless he's like an actual pos, which you know, he probably is, but I'm hoping he at least cares about his daughter).

I think this chapter also for some reason (probably seeing Jordan in his governor role, making calls and being charming) made me think about how awkward it might be to be like "hey, I'm your future queen, and I'm just going to divorce my Selection winner and marry this governor, everyone cool with that?" I suspect some people will not be cool with that. So now I am worried about Elodie and Jordan.

Another absolutely amazing chapter. I care about all of these characters so much and beg you to not hurt them too badly, Ruby D:
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