From the opening chapter in the flower bed to the very last battle, this book had me at every turn. It's my favorite of them all. I loved walking through #13 with the characters, not knowing if I should trust or dislike Snape, being happy for Harry and Sirius and then, being very sad. I didn't know what to think and I liked that. The introduction of Bellatrix was artfully done, as was the rest of the Black family saga. The Prophecy was something I didn't see coming and while The Order of the Phoenix equally posed as questions as it answered, I didn't mind one bit.
Everyone told me book 5 would make me really angry; maybe it's the undergraduate Lit major in me, but what I loved the most about this book *was* the conflict. Harry in real peril, the evilness of Professor Umbridge, the secrecy of Dumbledore's Army... Anger never found me in reading this book, rather, I appreciated that Rowling had finally started trusting that her readers could handle something more developed than a happy ending.
I'd read 4 and 5 in paperback but while I was holed up on the porch at night reading, John was busy bidding on the remaining copies of the hardcover books he didn't yet have. eBay came through and for under $35, we now own the entire set in pristine hardback, something which I dreaded as Book 6 was so lengthy...but in the end, was quite a nice change from the paperback. In addition, after July 4th I'd accumulated a new list of books I want to read before it's time for school to start again. I thought about taking a Potter break (ha, ha, get it?) but decided I better just get through them all or I'd never go back. I've got a stack of library books sitting in the car waiting for me to get done with one story before starting another and it took all my reading willpower to keep my eyes on Harry...so many books, so little time to read them ALL.
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