False alarm.

[icarus]

It turns out Amazon was just striking terror in my heart covering their bases. I got the book on time and should not have believed random emails about "we might be late." *panics again*

Have read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Loved it. Though if I knew someone about to read the HP series right now, I'd tell them to wait until the next book is out because, while this is not quite a cliff-hanger, it's so close to one as to leave you a little hungry.

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[twistedrecesses.livejournal.com]

Agreed. Especially as Snape maintains that he's the Half-Blood Prince. And who better to leave excellent helpful hints than a future potions master? One question though: How could Harry not have ANY clue that that was Snape's writing?

[ragnhildholm.livejournal.com]

Well, it took *me* by surprise. So embarrassing. I mean, it's a *potions* text... And I even thought the description of Eileen Prince sounded like a female version of Snape - and even then I didn't make the connection... *feels stupid*

[twistedrecesses.livejournal.com]

It's not that it didn't take me by surprise, but your comment just inspired a thought: If Snape inherited his mother's talent for potions, there's a good chance that a lot of that came from the book which may have been written in by his mother to some degree, in which case he might or might not have matched his handwriting to that already in the book in order to...I dunno, take credit for it all? I kind of got lost halfway through that thought, realizing it wasn't complete. Anywho, I didn't match the description of Eileen Prince to Snape...and I also managed to miss teh Way slashy "Draco Malfoy in you" imprications, so I'm right there with you in the missing obvious connections boat.

[ragnhildholm.livejournal.com]

Heh, there was SO much dodgy subtext in this one - it had me in stitches ;-)

Not convinced it's not Snape's own work and writing - I think it is - but it's an interesting idea.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

She was noted as Captain of the Gobstones club, but there was no mention of any potions talent, was there?

Icarus

[ragnhildholm.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

How could Harry not have ANY clue that that was Snape's writing?

Probably someone already answered this, but Harry had seen it before in Snape's pensieve, as young Snape wrote his Owls. (But heck, I didn't remember it.)

Icarus