Reviewed by: Imhiriel -- Score: 3

Her portrayal of the various Fëanorians, and their interactions, is exquisite: psychologically insightful, multi-layered, believable. Her stories are rich in details, evocative, moving; the writing full of elegant imageries.

Reviewed by: Rhapsody -- Score: 10

I discovered Dawn last year, when she just started to share her fan fic epic AMC with her livejournal friends. I had no idea what to expect from such a story title, but I started to read and soon this story became my treat to end a long workweek or a mere escape from other activities what I normally would seek in a good fantasy novel. As I reviewed this piece, we exchanged ideas, views, and experiences. It almost felt like a sort of homecoming and throughout posting AMC to her livejournal, Dawn became a good friend. Dawn’s writing is exquisite, thought provoking and exciting at the same time. Often you hear how good writers can paint a picture with their words for their readers: Dawn has a natural talent for it. Even though AMC might feel like a family epic, in her words and layers underneath, you can feel the drama underneath it. She writes her characters according to the age they represent, weaving in canon details in them, but those factoids do not dominate the work itself. It often surprises me that she gets commentary of fabricating fanon, while the base of her writing comes from the works of Tolkien himself. Another thing Dawn is quite good at is showing the reader the tragedy of the House of Finwë by writing her material between Black and White: even the ‘good’ characters are flawed in her works, which gives them a very human feeling. This especially shines through in Return to me, where the loyalty and love for a child makes even one of the mightiest Elven Lords doubt his course of actions. I am glad that I discovered Dawn's works!

Reviewed by: Marta -- Score: 4

Dawn really brings the First Age-elves to life. She takes these characters that to readers like me who have only read the Silm once or twice are little more than names, and really forms them into characters that I can feel the emotional weight of the situation. Her characters always jump off the page and seem very, very real to me, and more importantly make sense without an excessive amount of knowledge of the backstory.