This is my first review on this story, so it'll be a long one.
First of all, I've read Life is funny that way when you were still writing it chapter by chapter and, of course, the sequel.
I have to say I really appreciate two things in particular about your writing style.
The first one is the plot: on this site there are many stories that I like, yours being one of them, but not all of them feature a solid plot.
In LIFTW2 your characters often have a background history and there are treacheries and schemes (something I always like).
The other thing I find really amazing is how your dialogues are structured.
For example when I was reading the argument between Tory and Frankie, when she had found him chatting with Christina,
I could picture their exspressions and motions in my mind as clearly as if I was watching a film and not reading a story.
And the dialogue itself has a depth that lets the reader understand the emotions of the characters.

That being said, when you left us with that cliffhanger 'bout Tory being swallowed by
Frankie I was like "Wtf? Why? Is she pretending to have swallowed him?
Maybe she has tagged along with Christina?" Than I convinced myself that she was just faking.
But that was a good cliffhanger indeed.
Last thing: I personally think that Victoria's masterplan is to start some sort of war between
regulars and giantess because she'll be able to gain something out of it. The real question is:
what's she really trying to achieve? Power? Blackmail the governments?
I guess that we need to wait and read through your schemes :)
P.S. I agree with you 'bout almost everything you wrote in your bio.