AHHH!!! I finally finished it! Although I just started two days ago, Harry Potter and The Bound Prince by Slashpervert and Sayingsorry_hh was a long, thorough read. It was unbelievable. This was my first venture into the Harry/Draco pairing, and it was enjoyed!
I don't even know where to start....
Location: The Quidditch Pitch, LJ
The summary for this story is:
*BELOW*
Warnings: BELOW
Rating: ADULT
Length: Novel Length, 125K
Time Period: Hogwarts, 6th Year
How Good?: So so so good. 10/10
And the Smut?: Hot, constant nonstop. HOT.
Status: Complete
Pairing: Harry/Draco
"In Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince there is a pivotal moment where things could have gone very differently. That is the bathroom scene where Harry nearly kills Draco by accident. Draco is upset that Harry has caught him crying and throws a hex. It escalates and ends in blood. Our story begins with the simple premise of "what if" something changed in the bathroom scene so that Harry and Draco talked instead of throwing hexes. It also takes the assumption of unvoiced attraction between the two. Draco takes a chance and kisses Harry. Once sparked, their mutual desire and exploration becomes the driving force in the alternative ending to that of Half-Blood Prince. Draco's "mission" from Voldemort turns out to be more complex than that presented in canon and their solution even more difficult. [Rating: ADULT. Heavy sexual content, slash, kink, D/S and monogamy. 125,000 words, 37 chapters.] Harry Potter and The Bound Prince won the 2007 Quill to Parchment Awards for 1) Best Male Slash, 2) Best Novel Length and 3) Best Trio Era fan fiction."
This is a big story. A BIG STORY. Not just in length but... When I started this story, and just now looked it up for links, I didn't realize that it was such a huge deal. That it was novel length, part of a series of HUGE HUGE novels. This is the kind of writing all writers should aspire to. Prolific, plentiful, and well betaed.
The entire series (though incomplete) is (here).
There was so much smut, so much drama and angst. It was so long, and everyone knows I like long stories, long fics. This is the most complete fic I have ever read, especially because of the continuance of the story with Harry Potter and The Secret Keeper which I have yet to read, but plan to today.
Everyone should read this, everyone. It's a little overwhelming at first, especially if you are new to slash, but then it's just so great. Draco and Harry are so equal, so even...
And you know, there is something that I find throughout both the HP and Twilight fandoms, in fanfiction, where this is some remarkable pairing, event, that goes unnoticed by the outside world. Draco and Hermione are a great pair, but rarely are they seen in public together, do anything in public together, and most certainly don't come out to everyone with anything even indicating how everyone takes it and how they go on. Perhaps that didn't make sense...
The writers who created this story/fic/novel, did a great job of continuing the story, exposing the couple, and explaining and showing the reactions of the school. Most stories keep the couple, whether a slash or just a het fannon pairing, a secret, or just end the story with the pairing coming out. No reaction, no backstory, just THE END.
I'm so happy that I get another story after this one, and then another, and another. I'm so excited! 10's all around!
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