The Science of It All

In the search to find some smutty-quick Dramione, I came across this story from provocative envy. I'd just read Difficult, and was still pretty addicted to her jumpy style! The stressful writing, the emotions that are so relatable, the lack of patience later on... I was frustrated when Hermione was frustrated, and angry, and hopeful, and so drawn to Draco even when he was a complete louse. It was a passionate whirlwind of a love story, and a great read!

The Science of It All by provocative envy

Summary: That clutching, awful, cold, hot, flashing, clawing, cluttering sensation curling its way through my stomach, tearing its way down my vertebrae, winding and trailing and ending up somewhere in my throat. D/Hr.
Location: FF.net
Rating: M
Length: 25K
Time Period: Hogwarts
Status: Complete
Pairing: Dramione

It's short, but thorough, almost like a story that could fit inside some of the best Dramione fics out there seamlessly. Actually, that's exactly what it is :).

Switch

I wasn't sure exactly what to expect, and right after starting the fic I was sure I had missed a chapter somewhere. It starts off quickly, but is worth the time taken to figure out exactly what's going on!

Switch by RZZMG

Summary: It was only supposed to be one night - a set-up with a hot guy at a fetish club in Muggle London for some mind-blowing, no-strings-attached sex where Hermione would play the submissive role. However, when her amazingly skilled and sensual partner, Draco Malfoy, kept sending her tickets and roses to return to the club to meet again and again, how could a single, sexually-experimental girl say 'no'? Hermione's about to learn the hard way that the sins of the flesh can prove to be too tempting for the body - and the heart - to resist.

Location: FF.net

Rating: M

Length: 45K

Time Period: Post Hogwarts

Status: Complete

Pairing: Dramione

Very clever arrangement, not your typical BDSM story with the realistic twist of the 'switch.' A very adult take on life Post-war, for all characters.

Though this review sounds dry, the story is not! Only, it's unique and quite special. And of course, sexy. Sex themed festivals, anyone?

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.

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.

Puzzle Pieces

This story, Puzzle Pieces by Em North, was the perfect day fic. Of course, if I didn't have all this homework to do, I would have pounded it out in less than two hours... but that's another story.

Location: IATQO

The summary for this story is:

"All Blaise wanted was some Transfiguration tutoring. What he got instead was a whole new world."

Warnings: Slash

Rating: PG-13 to NC-17

Length: 16 chapters, 50K

Time Period: Hogwarts, 7th Year

How Good?: Really good, 8/10

And the Smut?: So sweet, but the raw kind!

Status: Complete

Pairing: Draco/Hermione/Blaise

Because of the summary, and the first few lines of this fic, I'd skipped over it time and time again. How I read it, it seemed as if Hermione and Draco had some amazing thing going on, and Blaise ended up walking into some Narnia like world to be lured into their orgy trap. Not only this, but it was in first person--one of my instant no-no's.

But for once, I stepped over all that, was seriously surprised by what I read, and quickly got over the first person tense. It not only gave me the slash, but the Hermione and Draco interaction I love so much, and the sweetness of the building of friendship. I loved this fic, so much that I doubt I'll be reading it again too much in the future, but not for lack on it's part. It's a one-time awesome for me, anything else would be reference to the effects of Belladonna and Helleborne in potions. Lol!

So nicely written and backed up with thorough definitions and legitimate arguments between Draco and Hermione... It's not everyday you read a fic which, in many ways, educates you on an imaginary subject so well that you wish it existed in real life!

I don't mean to water it down with speak of schoolwork! The smut is hot, the arrangement is just so sweet and a bit outside the box (for the traditional D/Hr, threesome reader). The reason it received the rating 8/10 was because it was so short. I mean, although things were fulfilled by the end, the author could have easily switched a few things around and expanded the fic to 20 chapters, still carrying things out the same way, yet being able to stuff in a bit more smut and D/Hr/B interaction. 

Sweet, nicely written, and convenient read!

Her Shoes

I'm back! After a long summer of work and H/D reading, I've gotten my muse back and with it, my love for Hermione. 

I have decided to start with "Her Shoes" by one of my top F-listers margaritama. I began reading this fic when it first came out much earlier in the year, but for some reason held off midway through. It is complete now, so I read it from start to finish over the past few days and was just as excited about it as the first time! 

Location: AFFN, GE

The summary for this story is:

"Draco Malfoy has demanded Hermione Granger head up an important new Wizard and Muggle venture he's funding. They'll be working at his home. Why would he do this? It's clear he can't stand her. Isn't it?"

Warnings: BDSM, Bond, M/F, Dom, Oral, SoloF, Spank

Rating: Adult ++

Length: 19 full chapters, Mid length

Time Period: Post Hogwarts, rather AU

How Good?: So, so good!

And the Smut?: Downright naughty

Status: COMPLETE

Pairing: Dramione

Ever notice how the great writers of fanfiction come up with an idea, stick to it, and manage to come out with an awesome story no matter how different it may be to other people? No matter how it starts out, or how odd or farfetched people call it? Or how many mixed reviews it gets? And to still come out on top, with EVERYONE loving it?! Margarita rolled this one out, with a standoffish and dreadfully aloof Draco and a Hermione addicted to expensive, designer shoes. And it works (out) so nicely! 

And when I say Margarita has style, I mean it. A style all her own, with witty phrasing and easily flowing reading like no other. It's fairly rare that I find a fic that can move me to tears, have me laughing out loud, and at times angry enough to write the author a big chunk of my mind about what she's done with a situation, only to have me wanting more and more and more at the end. And this was her first fic, I believe!

This story is intense, yet playful, stuffed with obsession and girlyness and heartache and sweetness. I wish I could give more detail without giving it all away, but I doubt I could. But I will say this: you won't find an easily submitting Hermione here. Sure, she might be lead by some heady attraction at times but she fights for equality, and is one of the stronger Hermione's I've ever read... and I've read alot... 

Love y'all, and I'm happy I'm back! I have another fic that I've given a shot and read today, and am ready to post my response while I'm on here!

-13Secrets

Magical Memory Prologue

I just sort of popped this out. It is a mystery pairing for, gasp! Twilight.

I'm really proud of it, it's an idea that just came to me like Mirrored Glass, but on a much broader scale. It will also be written in a different style than my usual, but Twilight is much simpler than HP, and I can write like an unaware bint! (Spike used to call Dru that, as I recall).

My beta, new LJ member xsongforyoux edited this for me with 2 minutes notice so yay!

Alright.

Here it is...


I do hope y'all, who dare read something of mine, like it :). I'm new to Twilight writing...

Changing of the Guard

Oh sweet babies! The Changing of the Guard by Lomonaaeren was by far the most interesting thing I've ever read. Like, out of fanfiction, this was the most original that I have come up with. And woot! I love how strong Harry is portrayed. Violations: Harry, Original. *I list these things as violations, because they violate my rules! But they don't matter! 

Location: AFFN!

The summary for this story is: 

"Need a perfect stranger? Come to Metamorphosis. Harry runs it in secret and becomes whoever's needed. Now he's posing as Draco's 'perfect' boyfriend, Brian."

Warnings: Angst, HJ, M/M, SoloM, Trans (not what you think)

Rating: Adult + (note, one plus!)

Length: LONG! 50 Chapters

Time Period: Post DH

How Good?: Genius! 9/10

And the Smut?: When its there, its good. Really sexy, very representative of the characters

Status: Complete

Pairing: Harry/Draco

Its just genius. And the characters work so well together, ALL of them. It's like, you think you'd know who would be perfect for Draco, but... Wow. 

Pros: Long, awesome plot, engaging, sexy, and you really really wanted to know Brian. He is just so perfect its ridiculous! And as Draco becomes engaged in him, and his amazingness, so does the reader. And it was based on such a great cause! It translates to the Wizarding World! And I loved how it was completely played out, didn't just stop at the hard stuff. 

Cons:... only that Draco wasn't even close magically. He was sort of weak in that respect. There's a point where greatest just becomes absurd. 

Her Eyes Closed, She Sleeps

Alright, so this was a stretch for me. This was pretty different than anything I have ever read, morally and ethically, but if I can't be sinful in my addiction, then what can I be sinful in?! Confusion is good for the world, and this story is hot. It's only wrong if you think it is :)

Her Eyes Closed, She Sleeps by Winnett was a surprise. I read it today in class, and it was a great fix...to get me jolly in the middle of a lecture! Oh goodness! That was something, and it was sort of wrong to be reading it. Violations: First Person, Ron and Ginny. But the first person was shared, so I was clued in on both characters feelings and such...

Location: Livejournal (you'd best have an account to open it!)

The summary for this story is:

"I know she's sleeping, because her eyes are closed."

Warnings: Incest, Dubious Consent, Character death (not main pairing)

Rating: NC-17

Length: One Shot...

Time Period: Post War?

How good?: Superb...AHHH!!!

And the smut?: wow, very different, but really realistic! Naughty!

Status: Complete

Pairing: Ron/Ginny

This story is currently nominated for Best Dub-Con and Best Het. Its pretty hot. Really random, but its a good read. I'd suggest reading it in the privacy of your bedroom before bed. It will really get you thinking (I read it just before a quiz in lecture and my mind was racing!)

Kudos to Winnett, I've never read anything by you but woo! Good one! It's pretty hard to deliver something, like something with such a BIG idea behind it so gracefully. YAY!

A New Order of Wizards

Alright, so also LaBibliographe's fics have been fueling my addiction too! She must have some sort of preference for Lucius as ell, seeing as most of her stories are perfect for me!

A New Order of Wizards by LaBibliographe was pretty awesome, great length, thorough... and very...absolved? It was fair, not with Lucius just pushing Hermione to such limits, and her just buried in books the whole time until he wants more. It's got great timing, and awesome smut. 

Location: AFFN

The summary for this story is:

"The Ministry of Magic has outlawed Purebloods, but instead of totally purging them, the Ministry has found another way. Lucius Malfoy & Hermione Granger are caught in the Ministry's web."

Warnings: AR, Bond, FemDom, Lang, Lemon, M/F, MaleDom, Oral, Spank

Rating: Adult ++

Length:30 Chapters, full length!

Time Period: Post War

How Good? Really really... Its up there. 

And the Smut? Hot! HOT! I wish I was Hermione!

Status: Complete, actually complete. Not a thick cliffie. 

Pairing: Lumione

I believe that the first time I came upon this story I didn't think it would be too good. Why? Because the first chapter happened to be in first person. But when I came across it again, I realized that that was just the prologue, and further on, it works back in to normal. I only have a few qualms about this story... Harry as the Minster? Who makes Hermione and Lucius get married? What on earth? That isn't giving much away I hope, but this is a Marriage Law fic. And towards the end, the whole idea with the ghastly tasting potion... that would be obviously disgusting...

Well I suggest all read it, all who can stand BDSM of course. Only then will you understand my rantings. And if you want some hot sex reads then this is for you. But, I do, literally want to throttle Lucius about his belief in Pureblooded lineage.

**Leave a Note

Alright, so I am writing on my story. Actually, for the past few days I stopped. I got so stuck, mainly from a review that assured me that I was rather "on point" with Draco. Which sort of made the entire chapter that I already had written sort of sad, cause it was moving really fast and he was extremely out of character. It's like, I have all these ideas, and I'm just trying to seriously get them all down on paper when the characters aren't really at that stage yet...

Also, I have been reading a story to try to get me back on track with Draco. Silencio, by Akashathekitty. I know, it's ridiculous that I haven't read it by now. It's pretty retarded actually, that I never read it until now and... it is so very well developed! And angst! Oy!!! For some reason I was convinced that this was a story that had Blaise Zabini as a female... Hm, I must be confusing it with something else. 

**Not dropped off the earth!

Alright everyone, I did not drop off the planet! I have been around, reading and such. But my newest development is... I started my own fanfiction! At AFFN it's called Leave Notes On My Pillow, and its really... just an idea. But it's growing into something more! It's as if, once I write a chapter, and post it, it's as if I didn't even write it. I don't know why... I ought not say too much about the story on here, don't want to give anything away, but I will say that there are many different pairings. How they all are involved is still debatable, but yeah. 

Oy, and I started semester classes so, that's slowing things down a bit too! Oy! 

**Recent Reads

I just finished what was posted on Bound by Duty by SoftObsidian74. It is pretty rough, beautifully written. So nicely written that I skipped over quite a few of my rules to get through it. Its a moresome with Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Draco. Its like, insanity. But it works! And its really exciting! I have heard good things about a different story called Some Blonde Fool, so I think I'm going to start that tonight! 

**Stories

I have yet to finish a story! 

I really don't feel like writing about a story that has not been finished yet, but I imagine I will have to with Claiming Hermione. 

Currently, I am re reading a story called "More Than Anything by dynonugget over at AFFN. So far, the only thing I don't really like is the fluff. I miss the old Draco! The mean Draco! The snark!

**When I get a chance

I plan on writing a review of the story The Wedding, a Lumione I finished yesterday! I can find all sorts of stories when I just search deep into the archives of sites....
There was something else I read this morning... or rather, last night, that I will post on as soon as I find it again! And get internet... :(

**Check In

Alright, sorry about the long wait between posts. I have been looking around for an apartment while living in a place in the middle of nowhere, no internet, no tv, nothing...

But I have a phone, a Blackberry, with internet, and I have managed to continue reading quite a bit!

So I am reading three stories right now. One, a WIP is Claiming Hermione (Dramione). Another, Heart and Soul (Luna/Draco thought I'd try something new!). And my current obsession, Love Thy Enemy (Lumione).... I will be posting about Claiming Hermione as soon as I can get on a computer long enough to write about it, and put the links and email the author and such.

Oy, I just realized that a different Harry Potter fanfiction award place is Quill To Parchment. I never really paid much attentiont to anything other than the Dramione Awards... So QTP is where I found that Luna/Draco story... it is actually rather sweet!

Match

Match by Mental was and still is a surprise. I have never attempted to read anything other than Dramione, Lumione, and Dramionaise, and this was a great leap from the norm. I was totally shocked as to how well written this story was, how well developed, and how well the main character grew on me. It was a journey into the past of the HP series... What a wonderful trip!

Location** HPFF

The summary for this story is:

"Ze Meridian has a serious problem: despite the skirt, everyone seems to think she's a boy. Desperate to prove that having short hair, a bloke for a best friend, and a serious obsession with sport does not mean she's lacking in feminine wiles, Ze enlists the help of Sirius Black to set Hogwarts straight about the question of her gender. And since Sirius has just entered into a bet with his friends to see who can remain celibate longest, he shouldn't have any trouble keeping his hands to himself...should he?"

Warnings: Strong Language, Scenes of a Sexual Nature, Substance Use or Abuse, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme

Rating: Mature

Length: LONG, 38 Chapters so far, and it seems like it's just getting started!

Time Period: Marauders

How Good? Top Three Stories of All Time Good!

Status** WIP

Pairing** Sirius/OC

Alright, so it is very high up in my favorite stories. I can relate, I can understand the characters, and there is nothing left out! It's like... a soap opera, with cliffhangers galore! But like I mentioned before, it seems like it will go on forever and ever, like it will never end, but phew! It is definitely the business. 

**What's Up

Just letting everyone know that I am going to be traveling for a few days, going home! Pretty much a cross country trip! So I wont be able to write as often as usual. 

I have been reading Match by Mental. It is pure amazing ness. I can't put it down. 

**Match

I think I might give a story called Match over at HPFanfiction a try. It is like number one top rated stories, most reviews, most favorite... Its not a Dramione, it's a Sirius/OC. I don't even read much Sirius... All I can say is that he's better than Remus and Severus.