Harry Potter and The Bound Prince

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!

**Reading List

PERMANENT

Will be edited over time

Scales and a Tail

Newly found, reading faithfully!

Water

Waiting for Coloured Grey to reappear! So I can read the ending... which apparently does exist. 

Claiming Hermione

Waiting for update!!! Ch. 29

A Licentious Proposition

About to read new update! Ch. 15

Out Of Control

Slowly working through, a little bit iffy at the moment as to whether I like it or not :(.

Girl Talk (L/Hr)

Waiting for updates, but rereading past chapters to keep me going...

List: Beyond the Veil, Ball and Chain, Diamond in the Rough...

Addictions

I started and finished reading Addictions by Cliodna yesterday, and I was not disappointed! It was just the thing to keep me entertained :). 

Location: -Personal Website-"Cliodna Writes"

The summary for this story is: "Hermione can't seem to figure out why Draco Malfoy wont stay away from her-and even more disturbing, neither can he.

Warnings: None Listed, but contains the usual. M/F sex...

Rating: NC-17 (not really)

Length: 15 Chapters, Mid-Length

Time Period: Post Hogwarts

How Good?: 9/10, perfect length, a great amount of everything, but falls a teeny bit short in the smut...

And the Smut?:  Where that point is lost. Though sexy, descriptive, and nicely timed, but a little more angst/experimentation could be given. Explanation below.

Status: Complete (2005)

Pairing: Draco/Hermione, Harry/Hermione

This Round 4 Dramione Award winner was a definite treat, and a great day read. It was rather predictable, but not disappointing in the least. Sometimes a story that has a major twist is ruined because of it! 

SPOILER!

And about the smut... The only problem I had was that if Hermione was experienced sexually, why on earth would the wildest thing she tries (illustrated in one of the sex books) be oral sex. If she is having sex with Draco Malfoy, there is definitely going to be some spanking, anal, the works. Not necessarily, but he is painted to be a bad boy in this story. Although the little bit of DubCon is very sensible, and used quite well, the idea that Draco needs/wants more than the usual that he's getting with Natalia should be played upon. He's sex starved, and should want as much and as many different versions as he can get, and should have no problem using it to mess with Hermione. 

Anywhoo! It still got a great rating, and with good reason. Harry is perfect for Hermione, in the literal sense... but logically, she belongs with Draco. It's clear with this story.

I'm still here...

I am really wondering about certain stories...

Just a little mumble in my head.

I am reading! Quite possibly 10 separate stories at the same time... I just read Adamo Fidelitas by pixiezombie, or rather, what was posted of it. I haven't looked too hard for the rest of it (maybe it's on a personal page, or posted over at IATQO, but it hasn't been updated in 5 years! I love it though, and apparently so do/did a lot of people! It's a Dramione... :)

I just realized that people tag things... like in their posts, to narrow down searches! I will have to go through all my posts to do that! (Add tags!)

List of Stories

I do believe I will make a Twilight Fanfiction Blog in addition to my Dramione one... 

I have been switching back and forth between Twilight Fics and Potter Fics like a crazy, filling up the cache on my phone :). 

Here is a list of what I am currently reading!--

-Entranced, Twilighted

Bella is a witch, a healer, and the Cullens are new to Forks. She is a florist...

-A Licentious Proposition, AFFN, Scary Bear Hair

Malfoy has convinced Hermione to be his personal slave for a month. !!!! Post War, way sexy...

-Stranger Than Fiction, Twilighted

RPattz/KStew. Fall in love during filming!

-Water, Coloured Grey, Kissherdraco

Dramione, So painful, so beautiful... It's sort of chilling, but it makes you want to cry. 

-Irritable Grizzly Adams, Fanfiction.net

Twilight Fic, Edward left after the accident with Jasper. Bella never forgets him. Years later a chance reunion brings out the truth... 

Pretty hefty!

The Affair

I just finished The Affair by Snapes_Goddess over at AFF... It wasn't amazing, or exciting, or different... just impossibly sweet! I don't know if she meant it to be sweet at all, and in the beginning, she mention's tissues...as it was supposed to be sad. As I have never experienced such trauma, I didn't find it sad as much as... OOC sweet. It was resolved, complete, and simple.

Location: AFFN

The summary for this story is:

"Two people living lives of misery find comfort in each other, but can two wrongs ever make a right?"

Warnings: Adultery, Angst, AU/AR, HJ, Language, M/F, Oral, SoloF, SoloM

Rating: Adult ++

Length: 30 short chapters...

Time Period: Post Hogwarts, EWE I believe

How Good?: See Below

And the Smut?: See Below

Status: Complete

Pairing: Lucius/Hermione

This story is particularly soft... Really short, but complete. But nothing made me laugh out loud, or get really excited... The smut was plain, not Snapes_Goddess 's best, but it was fitting to the story.  It should be rated Adult +, at most... It's a great story for someone entering the Lumione ship, but not as risque or sexy as possible. 

The Affair was a pleasant read, a good day trip read... but not too good past that. 

Perhaps if Hermione were a bit more strong willed... And Lucius was meaner... maybe that would make sense?

So, my worst rating yet, for a story that I actually did enjoy, just not to full capacity, a 6/10.

And the smut? Fine. 

I hate to have it sound as if I didn't like it, or I didn't appreciate the story line, but I didn't like it as much as I could have. I finished it though... 

Sigh.

FInding Himself

It's not Dramione but... It's the business.
So I just finished the first novel by Minismoo called Finding Himself. It literally is a novel. While reading, I was wondering "Why the crap is this chapter so long?!!!" It took me forever to get through the first chapter, eventually thinking it must be a one-shot. And by the fourth chapter I thought it must be ending soon. It freaking when on for 38 chapters! If on paper, the author claims, it would have been an 800 page book. While reading it, I thought it must have been some sort of tomb! ( Apart from the dark dank room, I trust its a really large book as well). Er, maybe thats tome. This is my kind of story, long, dramatic, enthralling... And after Twilight, I needed more imaginings of Robert Pattinson... Yay! I'm currently on the sequel, and its proving to be just as amazing as the first, a continuance of the first book but having its own story...

Location: LiveJournal

The summary for this story is: "'The boy who almost died' has to figure out what it means that he didn't. Harry's tumultuous fifth year at Hogwarts is Cedric's seventh and final. Bound together by a shared trauma survived, both boys fall under Ministry suspicion and fire, and both undergo a 'deconstruction' of sorts in the face of that crisis. Who is Cedric Diggory? He must find himself amid rumors of war, the awkwardness of falling in love, and a crippling personal tragedy."
Warnings: This tale contains ADULT situations and imagery. Don't want to get too specific and give away surprises, but just ... be aware.
Rating: None listed, PG-13?
Length: Long. NOVEL
Time Period: Hogwarts
How Good?: OMG. Perfect for me! 9.5/10
And the Smut?: So... realistic. Not tons, its not a smut story, but its pretty good.
Status: Complete, Sequel WIP
Pairing: Cedric/Cho, Cedric/Hermione...

This story is wonderful! It's wonderful, and long, and I have to say the best edited fanfic I've read yet! Cedric, Hermione... One of the most depressing stories... I haven't cried so much from a story in ages, but it's also enlightening. It really gives a good sense of what counts, and really gives Cedric some life. Watching the movie, and reading the books, he just seemed like the most perfect person, with a happy family, and everything he could ask for (not like a Malfoy, but like someoe who's popular for popularity's sake. Not because of blood, or money, but because he's really the nicest person ever thought up.). If you want length, accuracy, and heartbreak resolved, Finding Himself is quite possibly the pest thing you'll get. I haven't found much else like it :).

I guess I can't give much away... Check out the link, the fic has its own pretty site!

The 9.5/10 is an accurate score. I'm a smut queen. I love it, and it's almost the main reason I read fanfics. So the -.5 is for the lost smut. And for Cho. That chick's retarded.

I will eventually post

I've been reading! But after Twilight, it's been Cedric fics. 

I decided to re watch GoF the other day, and decided that killing him off like that was quite ridiculous. I'm searching for any and all fics that keep him alive to finish his years at Hogwarts. I mean... he's so perfect. Like, he's a good student, he's tall and gorgeous, Quidditch Captain even! He has loving parents, and a wonderful House (Yes, I do love Hufflepuff's now). The most perfect person in the books, just gone. AHHH!

I am currently reading, literally, the best edited fanfic I've ever come across. It's like, all the emotions packed into a forever long story. I love length, grammar, and feeling. I cried within the first 10 minutes of reading. It is called Finding Himself and it even has its own website apparently :).  I promise, if you give it a look, you'll be a better person.