A good chapter. Sure, the 'action' wasn't as drawn out and detailed as some people might like, but it got the point across without getting bogged down.
Also, an interesting way of getting rid of Snape, while keeping the kids' hands clean...throwing himself in between Harry and a killing curse, to repay the life debt. Definitely not a method for offing the greasy bat that I've ever seen before.
Author's response
Thanks for the feedback, and, as for Snape's death, it worked for the story and i'm still trying to avoid as many of the 'been there, done that' scenes as possible.
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