Price He Demands

I almost didn't want to finish Price He Demands by Curiositykills, but pushed through it anyways. The push was worth it, I must say! It has a very interesting concept, one of the first that I've read with a little bit of next-gen, a lot of Ron love... And a Draco that uses his snarky attitude defensively in a very obvious manner. Afterwards, I felt like I knew Draco just a LITTLE BIT more!

Price He Demands by Curiositykills
Summary: Just how far will Hermione go?
Location: FF.net
Rating: M
Length: 15K
Time Period: 20+ years Post War
Status: Complete
Pairing: Dramione

I didn't rate the smut on this one. One reason, it's not very in depth or elaborate (actually quite brief). Though the story is quite sexy in parts, a lot of it involves Hermione's love for Ron, and self denial. Without giving any spoilers, that is a big theme in the story and in some parts it overshadows the Draco/Hermione pairing. That can either be seen as a plus, or a big minus!

One Last Kiss

One Last Kiss by scifichick774 was a quirky little read just before bed--but I wish it had a sequel! Like most of the classic Dramione stories are now that they're years old, this fic is predictable. But it's well-written and on one of my favorite sites, IATQO!

One Last Kiss by scifichick774
Summary: Hermione comes across something unexpected while patrolling.
Location: IATQO
Rating: M
Length: One shot
Time Period: Hogwarts/War
Smut: 7/10
Status: Complete
Pairing Dramione

I miss these older fics! I suppose 2007 isn't that long ago but in terms of how Dramione has changed since then, or rather, how fanfiction in general has changed, there's a big difference in the quality and thought process that goes into fic writing. Back then, common sources were still being developed, plot lines were still new and exciting.

*just a note*

Thanks to everyone for sticking with me!

I've been changing the site around, trying to find a template that works... Dang this new Blogger! The content will remain though, no worries!

Static

Static by Galfoy
Summary: The Order rescued Draco and Lucius Malfoy after Lord Voldemort turned on them. All the safe houses are full and Hermione Granger is the only one who can take them in. Will she agree after having suffered a drastic nervous breakdown?
Location: FF.net
Rating: M
Length: 79K
Time Period: Post
Smut: 7/10
Status: Complete
Pairing: Dramione

This fic makes me think of the classic Dramione stories. Yet, instead of Draco and Hermione as Head Boy and Girl at Hogwarts eventually falling for one another, we've got a typical snarky Draco with a calmer Lucius, and a truly catatonic Hermione.

The Fallout

I admit, I have yet to finish this fic. It's been my first venture onto Hawthorn & Vine, but I'm glad that I joined to read this! I'm quite a ways into it, and it has a very slow buildup (which I appreciate when I need something for the long-haul). It tells a somewhat epic story of the war, told from Grimmauld Place.

The Fallout by everythursday
Summary: Hermione learns about growing up through the redemption of Draco Malfoy
Location: H and V
Rating: M
Length: 233K
Time Period: War
Smut: 8/10 (It isn't extreme, or raw. It's very 'just' and appropriate)
Status: Incomplete
Pairing: Dramione

The Arrangement

If it seems like I'm overloading on Lumione--sorry! I'm working backwards. They are all very good quality fics though, you won't be disappointed. 

I could not put this story down. It's so sexy and endearing--the things an inmate would do for just a 'peek'... and the things a visitor would do for information... 

The Arrangement by laurielove

Summary: When a prisoner is allowed no other visitors and no gifts, what can be offered to him in exchange for information? Hermione and Lucius come to a very personal arrangement, but will it develop into more than they bargained for?

Location: FF.net

Rating: M

Length: 20K

Time Period: Post War

Smut: 8/10

Status: Complete

Pairing: Lumione

Three Courses for Mr. Malfoy

I read and posted this one a week ago on @igotafanfic! It's an easy, fun 2-day-or-so read for some quick smut from Lucius and the girls.

Three Courses for Mr. Malfoy by laurielove
Summary: When Lucius Malfoy one day comes across three disgruntled witches, he is only too happy to help improve their mood.
Location: FF.net
Rating: M

Length: 27K

Time Period: Post War

Smut: 7/10

Status: Complete

Pairing: Lucius + Hermione, Pansy, Ginny

Out of the Depths

After having stored all of my reads on my tumblr blog, @igotafanfic, I can finally put them on here! I'm working backwards, and many will be posted on Secret Slash and Scenes By Days Twilight. Thanks to all who've stuck with me despite the long lapse! I didn't stop reading, I only stopped until I could get a set way to post these again!

Out of the Depths by laurielove
Summary: A tale of emotional and erotic dependency. A nineteen-year-old Hermione is back at Hogwarts, dissatisfied with life, and her bewildering new feelings for her Potions Master confuse her even more.
Location: FF.net
Rating: M

Length: 146K

Time Period: Post War

Smut: 8/10 

Status: Complete

Pairing: Snape/Hermione

This isn't my favorite pairing, but this is currently one my favorite writers and she's done very well! I haven't finished it, but it carries an amazing bit of desperation that her fics are known (by me!) for. 

It took me--and Blogger a while.

But I'm back! And with new content! Thanks to a new series of fanblogs on Tumblr, and the greatness that has become Hawthorne & Vine, I'm here again to give in-depth reviews (yet surprisingly sans spoilers) of my favorite fics. Look for Dramione, Lumione, and a few random but amazing pairings. I will never post anything that I dislike and don't highly recommend. Do you wonder why this site isn't exclusive to Dramione, hence the name? With the rate that I read, and the fact that I tend to stick to completed fics, I'd run out of stories in a few months! I'm always taking suggestions. Want me to review something? Have a favorite you want posted or mentioned? Comment and I'll get on that straightaway! ~Fanfiction is my life.

Stupid

I thought It'd put this review in both places since... well, it was amazing. I haven't cried this much in years, and that's saying something.

Pairing: HHr
Summary: Hermione's wandering train of thought as she washes the dishes. 'Ron will kill me if he sees me cleaning without a wand. You're a witch, act like it! he'd say. He doesn't understand that I need the distraction...'
Rating: soft M
Length: 8 Chapters, 77K
Location: FF.net

I just finished this, moments ago, and I've still got that pain in my throat and that tiredness in my eyes from their dripping. Stupid by The Seamonkey was a complete surprise for me. When I don't like something immediately, or I can't see where it's going, I'll usually go back to searching without much thought and it's final. Every time I see the story again I'll remember that I couldn't read it before and move right along. I was so close to doing that.

I was maybe 3 paragraphs in and I just couldn't catch on to the writing style, or the phrasing, or the tone of Hermione's POV. I remember a while ago when I couldn't even STAND a story written in first person... I'm sure it's in one of my rules lists on Loves Dramione from 2008. The first instance of "I" and I'd run back to searching again. And with this one I went right back to the search, but read the summary again (bit elusive, isn't it?) with the HHr pairing and the Ron/Hermione descript. But then the word caught, "distraction" and the title "Stupid" and I was determined to figure out what that could mean in this story. Did she cheat? Was she this close to tearing off Harry's clothes at the very sight of him? Did they make some sort of mistake and she was living a lie?

Of course, any of these things could apply and more. So typical, so common in fanfiction are these types of stories that I can usually predict how they play out. I'm just good like that. But no, I was seriously wrong!

This is a story about long lost love, with it standing right in front of you and your very soul dedicated to protecting that person and your life from your feelings. Barely living and going through the motions so as to not mess up the perfect life around you whilst knowing that it is in fact the most imperfect, sad, grey life that's been carved out for you and the slightest touch can set it off. It's a story about self-denial and restraint and just so much goodness for the benefit of others that, although I didn't get it at first, is just so characteristic of both Harry and Hermione.

I'm crying again just thinking about it.

I have searched long and hard for an HHr worth mentioning, and have found few. I can't get away from HD and DHr, but this is just something so amazing that I doubt I'll ever be able to read another in the pairing without comparing the two. Please give it a read, you might not get it at first but.... wow.

Debtors and Collectors

Yesterday I finished this story, Debtors and Collectors by MizSphinx. I was completely blindsided last night by a different story, but this one is still in my head. I'd been on the lookout for a Lumione and this was definitely just what I needed!

Summary: When Lucius is found half-dead, Hermione is tempted to finish the job that Fate intended. Instead, she saves his life thus binding him to a life debt. Now it's up to Hermione to collect her repayment. And collect it she will.

Location: FF.net

Rating: M

Length: 76K, 21 Chapters

Time Period: Post War

Smut: 8/10 (just because I'm greedy for smut!)

Status: Complete

Pairing: Lumione

*small spoiler*

But only enough of a spoiler so you know what's going on. Voldemort's won, Hermione is on the run--and so is Lucius. By the summary and title, you know that there's a debt to collect...

Now, this story was so...sweet. Grim, in parts, hateful in many, but eventually nothing matters but survival. The story is a bit common, but it reads as a suspense filled action/romance, Hermione and Lucius versus the Death Eaters with someone to save. It's actually somewhat rustic and raw (what with the being on the run/forest dwelling), with humor spread about.

Isolation

Oh incomplete fics... I've not finished this one yet, as it's currently waiting on chapter 29, but I really have enjoyed it so far. Isolation by Bex-chan is so nicely done that I'm not even going to wait it out for it to finish before I post a link here.

Chances are, though, that I'd forget it (like I have the past few months) and switch to a new story. I'm hoping that I can hold off for a few chapters and get to the end before I fill out this review completely...

Summary: Post HBP. Ron and Harry are Horcrux hunting and Hermione has been left at Hogwarts to help the Order make it safe for the other students. Draco is forced by Snape to stay in Hogwarts for his own protection, but he can't leave the room he is given; Granger's room. Hermione is the only student trusted with this information, so her and Malfoy share the small space, and Draco tries to avoid insanity as he becomes increasingly isolated with only the Mudblood for company. Something's going to give...

Location: FF.net

Warnings: Mature, explicit language

Rating: M

Length: ~150K+

Time Period: Post HBP

Status: In Progress

Pairing: Dramione

I know, it seems like a typical storyline... And in many ways it is... But there's a good level of obsession and desperation that really makes this stand out, and keeps me waiting for the end.

On Suffering

Such a great surge of stories from this writer! I just read 4 of her fics, and have just begun another... But a one-shot I read (so good that I actually searched for a one-shot!) by LiterarySpell, On Suffering, was the last of hers that I completed. Though short, it was perfect and perfectly erotic.

Summary: Draco kidnaps Hermione, intent on revenge. What he gets is so much more—and less—than he expected. Has he suffered enough, or is he only just beginning?

Location: FF.net

Warnings: serious dub-con (bordering on non-con), bondage, suggestions of mental disease/defect

Rating: NC-17

Length: ~4500

Time Period: PostWar

Status: Complete

Pairing: Dramione

Give it a look!

The Lord's Mudblood

This fic was even more proof that shorter stories can come out complete!

The Lord's Mudblood by MistressMalfoy is about an honest affair, not malicious or hurtful, but about a hot connection between Hermione and Lucius that evolves into so much more.

Our main characters start off as usual, bookish and superior, but the story is interlaced with other couples and pairings. I found that most exciting! You'll be reading about Harry's downright impressive rendezvous, all the while developing some serious disgust for Ginny. All the history and plotlines manage to round out nicely, so much that you'll want to try new pairings...

And look out for Severus!

Location: Granger Enchanted (here)

Summary: She was drawn to him, like a moth to a flame. He was consumed by her. Their affair would rock the wizarding world to the core...

Rating: NC17

Length: 38K

Time Period: Post-War

Status: Complete

Pairing: Lumione

The summary for this story really doesn't do it justice, it isn't just any Lumione. Some may find it scattered, but as I'm always trying to get the most out of my readings, the story turns were awesome.

There are some moments in here where some may think Lucius acts too harshly, or Hermione too fluffily. But it's still hot.

Rehabilitation

This morning I finished Rehabilitation by SoftObsidian74! I started it last night, and quickly read through it... And it was amazing! I rarely read short stories, preferring not having to worry about reaching the ending for a while. I didn't have that problem while reading this!

It's like a beginning of a story, but the actual outcome of it is so sweet and endearing that it still feels complete. I was surprised by Soft's Lucius, and found myself as frustrated as Hermione at times. And I was shocked! And scared for him! But it was so slick... and he was so sneaky and Slytherin...

Just as the title describes, the story is about a damaged, Post War Lucius going through rehab. I wasn't looking forward to that, as I love my Lucius powerful and strong. But don't fear! He's under there!

Location: Granger Enchanted, The Quidditch Pitch (here)

Summary: Hermione decides to help Lucius Malfoy transition back into the wizarding world. She never expected to go through a transition of her own. Post DH, not completely epilogue compliant though.

Rating: RT, M (Restricted Themes)

Length: 32K, 11 Chapters

Time Period:

Status: Complete

Pairing: Lumione

If Lucius is ever in need, I'd be happy to nurse him back to health... :P