The Animal Doctor
Viewing comments for Chapter 13 "Ten Oakes"Love Among the Thorns
39 total reviews
Comment from comanalbert
Wondering through the site looking for a good romance story when I stumbled into yours. I went back a few chapters to get a hint of the action and decided to follow and become your fan. I have also a romance story in progress and I wanted to see how a better one sounds, and it is excellent.
reply by the author on 02-Mar-2014
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Wondering through the site looking for a good romance story when I stumbled into yours. I went back a few chapters to get a hint of the action and decided to follow and become your fan. I have also a romance story in progress and I wanted to see how a better one sounds, and it is excellent.
Comment Written 02-Mar-2014
reply by the author on 02-Mar-2014
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Wow, thank you so much. I am so flattered. I'm sure I can learn a lot from your writings as well.
Comment from Shirley E Kennedy
Found this chapter interesting and great for explaining the little things which may otherwise go overlooked.
Yout have captured the emotional roller coaster of continued loss and I finally parenthood quite well.
The sometimes insensitivity of seduction Nathan is well portrayed.
reply by the author on 14-Jan-2014
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Found this chapter interesting and great for explaining the little things which may otherwise go overlooked.
Yout have captured the emotional roller coaster of continued loss and I finally parenthood quite well.
The sometimes insensitivity of seduction Nathan is well portrayed.
Comment Written 14-Jan-2014
reply by the author on 14-Jan-2014
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Thank you so much for reading my latest chapter. I really appreciate it.
Comment from Selina Stambi
Hi Auntie,
I was off FS for four weeks over the holidays and see I have some catching up to do!
This is a great chapter. So Nate had no problem accepting his father-in-law's largesse - good for him! Hope he earnes enough to maintain the home and staff - or was papa doing that too?
The miscarriages .... awful.
Margaret is back in town ... oh, the plot thickens. I'll have to wait for the next posting, won't ?
Happy New Year, Aunty Harriett, dear.
Love,
Sonali xx :)
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2014
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Hi Auntie,
I was off FS for four weeks over the holidays and see I have some catching up to do!
This is a great chapter. So Nate had no problem accepting his father-in-law's largesse - good for him! Hope he earnes enough to maintain the home and staff - or was papa doing that too?
The miscarriages .... awful.
Margaret is back in town ... oh, the plot thickens. I'll have to wait for the next posting, won't ?
Happy New Year, Aunty Harriett, dear.
Love,
Sonali xx :)
Comment Written 03-Jan-2014
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2014
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LOL...welcome back. I'm glad you liked the chapter. And Happy New Year to you, dear.
Oh, don't forget Dr. Koren is retired and Nathan has taken over his medical practice. Plus, Nate became quite the hero during the Cattle Tick Fever breakout. So, his practice is booming. There's only a few Veterinarians for miles around. These cattle ranchers are very wealthy and can afford to pay top buck for Nathan's services. He's not a millionaire, but makes thousands of dollars monthly. He's able to keep his household going. Plus Black servants weren't paid that much, which is why they were in demand.
Comment from forestport12
Definitely building some suspenseful conflict and intrigue for the next chapter. An ending to the war, but now the domestic war begins. Believable dialogue, a deepening plot. Good story!
reply by the author on 30-Dec-2013
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Definitely building some suspenseful conflict and intrigue for the next chapter. An ending to the war, but now the domestic war begins. Believable dialogue, a deepening plot. Good story!
Comment Written 30-Dec-2013
reply by the author on 30-Dec-2013
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Thank you. I'd missed hearing from you.
Comment from STEPHEN A CARTER
Well written and presented without SPAG or POV infractions. As to the plot, I've come in late and will not comment. However, as to this chapter, all is not well on the set of 'Dallas' so to speak. As to miss carriages, they were common back then. My mother has 2 before I was born in 1946. A good read.
Regards:
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2013
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Well written and presented without SPAG or POV infractions. As to the plot, I've come in late and will not comment. However, as to this chapter, all is not well on the set of 'Dallas' so to speak. As to miss carriages, they were common back then. My mother has 2 before I was born in 1946. A good read.
Regards:
Comment Written 19-Dec-2013
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2013
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Thank you so much Stephen. Your reviews mean a lot to me. No SPAGS? I must be getting better. Let's see how long that lasts. LOL
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Dear amahra: Thanks. Sometimes I think that SPAG is my initials. Just posted the prologue to my 100 poem series on America. Do drop by.
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
With Respect: Steve C
Comment from Dustybones
Well this is the truth; This chapter may lack excitement because it's not a complete chapter. I need to keep chapters short for my fan-readers who keep up with the story. Yet the chapter does have punch, I loved it just fine!
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2013
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Well this is the truth; This chapter may lack excitement because it's not a complete chapter. I need to keep chapters short for my fan-readers who keep up with the story. Yet the chapter does have punch, I loved it just fine!
Comment Written 19-Dec-2013
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2013
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Thank you so much. I'm glad you enjoyed it. And thank you for the stars.
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I GOT EM, ALL JUST FOR YOU, THE STARS THAT IS!~
Comment from Gungalo
Boy I guess he's come a long way!! LOL it seems this was the place he would be comfortable in, eh? Amahra you are doing really well with this story. I love the light hearted feeling you give to them.
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2013
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Boy I guess he's come a long way!! LOL it seems this was the place he would be comfortable in, eh? Amahra you are doing really well with this story. I love the light hearted feeling you give to them.
Comment Written 19-Dec-2013
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2013
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Thank you, my dear, for keeping up with my story. I really do appreciate it.
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Smile you.
Comment from B. Diehl
There is so much dialogue in this story, but that is actually something I look for. Lots of dialogue in a story makes the work easier to process. This story reads almost like a free-verse prose poem (which I love). Great work.
-B<3
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2013
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There is so much dialogue in this story, but that is actually something I look for. Lots of dialogue in a story makes the work easier to process. This story reads almost like a free-verse prose poem (which I love). Great work.
-B<3
Comment Written 19-Dec-2013
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2013
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Wow, thank you for your review. I'm so glad you liked the dialogue. Do you write free verse prose? I like it too.
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I write poetry! But yeah, it's all free-verse and pretty prosey. Check it out sometime if you get a chance. I'd really appreciate that. :)
Comment from Evelyn Fort Stewart
Oh my, the last line really put a new twist to the story and kind of leaves a Alfred Hitchcock feeling...leaving you to guess what happens. Great job. God loves you and so do we.
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2013
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Oh my, the last line really put a new twist to the story and kind of leaves a Alfred Hitchcock feeling...leaving you to guess what happens. Great job. God loves you and so do we.
Comment Written 19-Dec-2013
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2013
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Thank you Evelyn. Hmmmmmmm Alfred Hitchcock. Wow!
Comment from Kylossus
Excellent job taking us back into time! I actually think it was the dialog over your descriptive work that did it best. And the emotional tug of war that occurred for me with each character was also excellent, I loved your main character Nathan yet criticized him at the same time. This is my first time reading a piece of your work and I found it to be almost flawless. Only one critique, and it is a small one - you world hop, which put me in a worldly perspective, so each time I read the last name "Koren", my brain kept reading it as "Korean". Not sure if you have ever heard that issue before, could just be me :) but it tripped me up. Keep up the fabulous work!
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2013
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Excellent job taking us back into time! I actually think it was the dialog over your descriptive work that did it best. And the emotional tug of war that occurred for me with each character was also excellent, I loved your main character Nathan yet criticized him at the same time. This is my first time reading a piece of your work and I found it to be almost flawless. Only one critique, and it is a small one - you world hop, which put me in a worldly perspective, so each time I read the last name "Koren", my brain kept reading it as "Korean". Not sure if you have ever heard that issue before, could just be me :) but it tripped me up. Keep up the fabulous work!
Comment Written 19-Dec-2013
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2013
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Thank you Kylossus for your fine review. No I've never heard that issue before. Perhaps I'll put a pronunciation in my author notes in the future. It's pronounced, Cor-rin (rin sounds like sin)