You'll call me one of the wannabe fans because I definitely just read the first book, lol. I need to sit down and read the others, but I'm just so terrible when it comes to reading... I don't know why. I try really really hard to just sit down and read and finish reading, but I think I have a form of adult ADD and I just can't sit and read for too long. And it doesn't even matter how much I get into the book! Or maybe I need glasses... I dunno.
Yeah, I definitely enjoy the norther feel for the Apples. Do you have any plans to do anything with all these characters? Are you writing stories for them or a comic? It would be really neat to read an AU with them. More importantly, I would love to see a graphic novel with them.
The stiff horse hair crest always shouts Roman to me, so if you're not trying to go Roman, good luck.