Yeah, on the very first page there's a mention of Neets being fourteen, which confused me because I thought by the time we got to Alone she was fifteen...but whatever. She was thirteen in SYWTBAW.

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thought several D/R parts were SO hilarious! Like the wardrobe thing with Dair (XDXDXD), and also how Roshaun's parents thought they were *ahem* (And of course D/R's flustered reaction to this ahahah)

I also thought the couple of times when Neets fell onto Sker'ret were funny.

I have always hated Nita/Ronan. Always. Can't help it >_> I definitely prefer Nita/Kit (or my new pet crack!pairing, Nita/Sker'ret XD)
Other than that, Dairine/Roshaun - I liked this one even near the end of WH, but I really fell in love with them this time 'round. I also think Ronan/Carmela could be fun, too.
(And I'm still a Tom/Carl fan too, even though they weren't in this book very long at all XD *hides*)

I'm even more Nita/Ronan now. Uh huh. They've still got it. *sighs happily* I need to write more fic...

As for Dairine/Roshuan? Meant.To.Be. I'm convinced. They're adorable. I *love* a good "argumentative" couple. (See above *g*)

I don't think Nita/Ronan is still a possibility really. Didn't she sort of give Carmela 'permission' to go after him? At least, that's what I thought she did. Or maybe I'm somehow making scenes up in my brain because of wishful thinking. Hmmm *goes searching in the book*

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'Yeah, okay,' Carmela muttered. But she shot Nita a sly look. 'See that? Hung up on my little brother as you unfortunately are, I got you to admit it. He is utterly hot.'
'I am not-'"

I think they were talking about Ronan...right? Why would Carmela admit that Kit was hot? O____O
I would never say that my brother is hot.

As for K/N...I hope it doesn't happen. There are too few close relationships that are entirely platonic. I always like the young wizard books because of the K/N friend relationship thing. (Still a N/Ronan fan)

<<And I'm still a Tom/Carl fan too, even though they weren't in this book very long at all XD *hides*>>

I agree! (are you waku from sheroes?)

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<<And I'm still a Tom/Carl fan too, even though they weren't in this book very long at all XD *hides*>>
I agree! (are you waku from sheroes?)

Yay, someone agrees with me. And yes ^^ S'far as I know, I'm the only "wakuchan" anywhere.

Reboot: Yes they were talking about Ronan in that scene. Also, I found the scene where Nita tells Ronan that he's got her 'permission' to go after Carmela if he wants too.

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Page 429, US Hardback Edition:

Then she has to grin a little bit herself. "Which is why the Powers have now sent you the greatest challenge of your life."

Ronan suddenly looked shocked, and glanced around him with a sudden guilty look of someone who's just been found out."What? What do you-"

Nita looked sidewise to where Carmela, having having finished up with another session of fussing over Ponch, was heading toward them. "She's all yours," Nita said, and turned away.

So I guess I wasn't hallucinating or just thinking wishfully, which is a bit of a relief since I have a couple of tests coming up and I can't afford to start mis-remembering things like that.

Ronan and Carmela, eh?

I mean, it's not that it wouldn't be interesting, it's just more that it would just freaking weird. Because Carmela is all pep and perky and attitude. And Ronan is dark and goth and attitude. So maybe they're like Dairine and Roshaun where they both become each others challenger. Isn't that what turned Ronan onto Nita in AWA in the first place? That she totally called him out anytime and the Irish girls didn't?

OK, to start off, this is my very first post in this forum, so bear with me.

Regarding Ronan and Carmela: I don't see how that will progress, because Ronan was only around in this book because the situation at hand was a universal thing (literally). He'll be going back to Ireland soon, won't he?

As for Kit and Nita, I've been rooting for that from the start; seriously, ever since Nita saw Kit drawing his spell diagram on the ground--or no, it was actually since the tree told her that another wizard was messing up the artwork of some other trees. Nita expressed distress when she heard that the other wizard was a boy; ever since then, I've thought they'd become more than friends. The last few lines of that first book seemed to confirm that, as did the bit of info Nita read in the manual in the third book (the bit about 'permanent partnership'). Anyway, if their relationship doesn't go any further, how will they stay as close and have serious relationships with others? Hearing what another is thinking, hearing their deepest thoughts is incredibly intimate. If they stay partners, which they had better do, how will, say, Nita ever feel close to her boyfriend/husband/whatever if she knows Kit's thoughts but has a much more limited relationship with another guy?

Roshaun and Dairine: wow. Yeah, I, uh, I had a 'precognition' regarding those two the minute he started giving her trouble. Honestly. It's really difficult for her, but she needs someone like that. She cares about him, but at the same time he drives her insane, probably because he's so much like her in the most annoying ways. Some of you have said that Carmela's comment about Nita's feelings for Kit meant it was probably true. Didn't Nita tell Kit that she thought what Dari felt for Roshaun was more than a crush?

Yeah, I know it's a lot, but that's how I am. I don't post unless I've got a lot of significant things to say.

~phoenix753~ (a.k.a. siriusstar)

Ah, Sarah, thank you. I HAD A PRECOGNITION TOO.

People don't believe me, but I liked (and later loved) Roshaun right from the beginning. Am I crazy? Possibly. But now I'm not alone!

Thank you again for being so articulate

Wakuchan! 'Tis DoMO from Sheroes.

I'm also a Tom/Carl fan. That's one of the few slash-pairings I support in any book, but their interactions in The Book of Night With Moon clinched that ship for me.

I haven't been here in awhile but this was something I had to say. I love Dairine and Roshoun. I have since Holiday. I will always be a K/N fan and I think this book dropped hints all over the place of them getting together. Carmela and Ronan should be fun as long as Ronan is not with Nita then I am happy. As for Tom and Carl I never thought to be a fan of it I always just thought that was the way it was like a fact of nature. Kit and Nita are meant to be even though I'm always a fan of a a good platonic relationship I think they fit together so well and I'm just waititng for them to realize it.

Something is going to happen between Nita and Kit. It's undeniable seeing as there's been so many references to it throughout the series. I, too, have been a K/N fan since the very beginning, and I'll admit I was more than a little upset during that whole thing she had going on with Ronan.
Dair and Roshaun are definetly going places, and it's going to be interesting to see that develope.
As for Carmela and Ronan, I think that could work out, but it's going to be kind of hard to work that into the series.
Personally, as long as N/K wind up together, I'll be happy!

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Originally posted by EWizard11:
Yeah, on the very first page there's a mention of Neets being fourteen, which confused me because I thought by the time we got to Alone she was fifteen...but whatever. She was thirteen in SYWTBAW.

Wait . . . what? How can she only be 14?? In SYWTBAW, she was 13! I'm reading AWA now, and it specifically says that she had gotten her power 2 years ago, which would have made her 15 in Ireland!

Nita basically gave Carmela permission to go after Ronan a good few times in this book. there's the ones that have already been mentioned, and I was re-reading WaW earlier today and I found another (pretty much) dead give-away as to Nita not really being interested in Ronan that way anymore.

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pg. 83
Without warning, Carmela came around the corner and puled Nita away from behind Ronona, backward and out of sight of the dining room, where Kit had started to ask Ronan something.
"Who. Is. Your. Friend??" Carmela whispered and Nita regained her balance. "Where did he come from?"
"Ireland. THere's this town on the east coast, it's called Bray-"
"No, no, no," Carmela said. "I meant it in a more existential way. I was refering to his basic, you know, hotness." Carmela put her head down by Nita's. "Is he attached?" she whispered.
"In ways it would take me days to describe," Nita said, "yes."
Carmela's face fell.
"But none of them are those kinds of ways," Nita said.
A smile slowly appeared on Carmela's face. "Oh, good."
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So yeah, major hint that i didn't see mentioned before, and if it was, sorry for wasting your time in reading it. Just thought I'd put it out there.

And I still want to know, how does Nita know this? How does she know that Ronan and Majella, who both came over to talk to her, aren't "an item"? You'll notice that Nita was introduced to the whole group, but the readers were only introduced to Ronan (who we know about) and Majella. Do you think that was an accident? Maybe she's his wizarding partner, maybe she's his girlfriend, maybe she's his sister. Who knows? (DD does!)

Of course, this doesn't change the fact that Nita's clearly not interested in Ronan.

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Well I am rather happy at the Dairine/Roshaun partnership. I was rather unimpressed with Roshaun at first in WH, but by the end he had grown on me and I could see that he and Dairine had met their match!

I think it is hilarious at what Carmela and Ronan seem to have got themselves in for. I like how Nita has managed to talk to both Carmela and Ronan seperately and given them her blessing. To me it points the way to a Kit/Nita 'ship.

I've no problems with a Kit/Nita partnership. I've just always assumed it would turn out like Tom and Carl's partnership right from the first book. No fuss, no bother, just a close partnership right from the start.

Re: what happened to the twychild at the end of WAW: The Concordance says brainburn, although it's your choice whether you want to take "burnt out" as severe brainburn or... something else.

As for 'shipping... I enjoyed all of it in the book, despite not being a huge D/R fan. However, I now have to scrap everything I wrote for Alida for fanfic100. *facepalm*

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And I still want to know, how does Nita know this? How does she know that Ronan and Majella, who both came over to talk to her, aren't "an item"? You'll notice that Nita was introduced to the whole group, but the readers were only introduced to Ronan (who we know about) and Majella. Do you think that was an accident? Maybe she's his wizarding partner, maybe she's his girlfriend, maybe she's his sister. Who knows? (DD does!)

Of course, this doesn't change the fact that Nita's clearly not interested in Ronan.

Yeah, it doens't. But meybe DD gave that much info 'cus Majella and Ronan both came up to Nita in the chicken place. I mean mebbe someone from their 'group' was like "Hey, look at that girl over there, in't she American?" Then like Ronan or Majella could've brought up the idea of asking her to sit with them but mebbe Ronan or Majella just brought the other for like support or something...like I dunno so they wouldn't be the only one asking a stranger to sit with them?

Well, I don't know...if anyone can understand that then good job.