Wow, thank you so much for your wonderful comment! I'm glad you appreciated the "heading-towards-midlife" perspective. Being well-entrenched in that perspective myself, I find Harry and Draco more attractive as they age -- I think they would have both aged well physically (although I did think the receding hairline was a cheap shot on JKR's part) and I definitely hope think they would have grown up a lot!

I'm immensely pleased that you liked the pacing. I'll admit, 19 years turned out to be a long stretch to cover. I'm so glad that you enjoyed it!

Thank you again for your kind words!