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 :).

Dramione is still super popular

And I love it. I can't remember the last time I heard someone pumped and excited over a canon pairing and it sure is sweet...

I've been reading a little bit of everything (hence my blog, Loves Fanfiction) but I'm still a Dramione fan at heart.

I'll update y'all on the stories I've been reading over the weekend... Feel free to fill me in on your addictions!

You know what I did?

I reverted to my old template! How I missed the simplicity of this one--without the ads, pages, headers... All that. I hope I can keep it after Blogger forces me to, once again, try the new Blogger interface!

As always, I Love Dramione!

Check out this question/answer from akashathekitty, "A Very Dramione Question" with responses to what story (or stories) people think is (are) on top of the Dramione charts right now or of all time. The Fallout? Isolation? Some story even I haven't even heard of? So many fics have been mentioned...

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.

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

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!

Hunted

I'm currently reading, along with several others, a Dramione fic by LJ author Bex-chan. I'm a little over halfway through, and it is one of the few stories that I've read that have enough plot and drama that make me want to read the entire thing! I hate endings, truly, so I usually space the last chapters out over a few days, or a week if I really like it.

But this one has endured!

Location: FF.net (here)

Summary: Forced to work together when their old schoolmates start dying, Hermione & Draco must overcome their differences to solve the mysterious deaths. The tension in the office is getting rather...heated.

Rating: M

Length: 200K!

Time Period: 4 yrs Post-War

Status: Complete

Pairing: Dramione

There are some very, very sexy matures in here... Like I like it! Ahhh office relations...

I hate to give much away, but even though the smut is wonderful it reads like a tv suspense drama. We're trying to figure out what's happening, while Draco and Hermione are going through it as well as developing an intimate relationship. Wonderfully paced, and full. No wasted chapters, and always surprising! And I love love love Narcissa!

Parade of the Sun

I just finished quite possibly the best epic fanfiction I have ever, EVER, read in my years as an addict. Everything I was reading prior to opening this story really just dissolved in comparison, and I've stayed up nearly all night for the past week just absorbing all of the mystery and adventure and... Parade of the Sun is in it's own category of brilliance!

Location: Livejournal

Summary: Floralis Fati is a plant with the power to control time, hidden in the wild, and protected by a magic that strips people of their own while seeking to kill them. Hermione wants it to save the world. Draco wants it to save himself. Sometimes what we want can destroy us -- and sometimes it can build us new again.

Warnings: Sex, violence, cursing, EWE

Rating: NC-17

Length: Novel Length

Time Period: Post War

Status: Complete

Pairing: Dramione

If I were to elaborate much, I'd start giving things away... It's that good. There's so much to it, so many emotions, so many events. It never stops, and everything matters. No loose ends, no wasted space, just honesty, and comedy, and pain... Every emotion, every motion is illustrated to the fullest. I've never read anything this refined...

Props to everythursday, and the most amazing set of betas for the crazy amount of work this must've been!

**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. 

**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.