What I read during my husband's vacation.

[marguerite_26]

My limited time on-line last week meant a great chance to catch up on my MUST READ ASAP pile. I managed to read three things. I HIGHLY recommend them all.

Wicked Gentlemen – which is of course, an actual BOOK, and not a bunch of papers 10pt font, 4 up… It was nice. Very nice. Both the feel of the book in my hand and the book itself. I thought it was a lovely universe with interesting characters. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you very much, Rickey!!! ♥

Title: A Prelude To Ruin
Author: stonegrad
Pairings: Lucius/Regulus (background Lucius/Narcissa)
Word Count: ~17,000
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Minor character death and implied major character death, violence, dark themes, rimming, some aspects of a d/s relationship, a collar, a blindfold, implied abuse, angst

This was written for the lovely melusinahp for livelongnmarry. It's incredibly written. Made me want to re-write ever sex scene I'd ever written because – dammit – this is how it's done. *stares in awe* Yes, I ached in envy reading it. And a beautifully spun relationship between Lucius and Regulus. Impressive fic, all around.

Title: Getting There
Author: leashy_bebes
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 59K
Pairing: James II/Scorpius
Summary: Whatever way you look at it, James Potter is seriously cool. And this is coming from a Slytherin, mind you. A Malfoy Slytherin, no less, and you hate the Potters. It's in the blood. Except, apparently, it's really not.

I don’t think I'd have read this fic, if it hadn't been recced to high heavens. The present tense 2nd person threw me for the first… 1000 words. I'm not sure I've ever read a fic in that style and I did struggle to keep focused. But dammit everyone said it was amazing and I did print out the entire 59k of it! So I felt I needed to give the first 10k a good try at least. Woot! Am I ever glad I stuck with it. There is a reason this fic is recced so often and so passionately. It is an instant classic. Funny and hot and well written. James's characterization, through Scorpius's eyes is fabulous. You cannot help fall in love with him. A great feel good, happy, clever fic. ANYONE could love this fic.


ETA: kennahijja is gaging people's interest in a write your own fic fest.

It falls in same time line as hp_sas and career_fair so I'm totally out. But WOW, I love the concept. I think authors do really well at writing their own plot bunnies/prompts but often times the fics don't get finished or as much exposure as fest fics do.

Comments

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

I have to say that I was so impressed that the fic didn't drop off or disappoint me a little by the end. It is VERY hard to find a fic of that length that doesn't lose steam.

Oh! go enjoy! 'tis awesome. :D

[rickey-a.livejournal.com]

oh good :)
I think a few of us were inspired to write some response fanfic after reading. Some lovely little vignettes here:
wickedgentlemen
I've toyed w/the idea of writing a little more, but right now I don't think so.

:)

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

oh! Shiny!!! *joins*

I didn't think I'd be interested in any fanfic, until I saw the names of the authors. :D

[leashy-bebes.livejournal.com]

Haha, wow, I can't believe you printed it! How many pages did it come out at? Thank you for the rec :)

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

hee! It was, I think, 90+ pages in Word with my formatting. I print double sided, four pages per page. So... yeah... But I got to read it while getting my hair cut, so bonus!

Awesome fic, my dear.