| H/D Rec |
[Sep. 23rd, 2008|10:48 am] |
Rec of the day...
As many of you well know, I am an absolute fanfic snob. Yes, I can enjoy sheer smutty PWP's but when something has a plot and is supposed to be a "story" I look for sharp writing, solid story telling, and I am a plot construction whore. There are a lot of "good" stories out there, and not that you shouldn't read them, but there are always little bits of this and that to throw me out or that I notice like little pimples. I am reccing this next story heartily and do not think you'll find an ounce of fault with it. It's tightly woven. The characterization of Harry and Draco are wonderfully derived from canon. Hagrid and his brood of magical creatures make an excellent supporting cast that adds to the main tale, never detracting or seeming forced into the story.
Rising From the Ashes over at ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) hd_inspired
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Rating: R
Summary: Draco Malfoy never knew that he was, for a short time, Master of the Elder Wand. He also never expected to be saved from a fate worse than death by Harry Potter, of all people. But when “The Chosen One” chooses not to save his father, Draco sets out on a course to either reclaim the wand or make Potter pay, or both.
Warnings (if any): Violence, Angst, language, sexual situations.
Total word count: 30,432
ETA: Author: ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) oldenuf2nb
I will say that I did figure our who the author was. For the life of my I have no idea why the mods have left in the "notes" before the reveal on this anon fest. There've been 4 stories that I easily and correctly guessed the authors just from the headers. And I don't really think you'd need to be close friends or even know them that well. Maybe only have seen one of their headers before. Anyway... so maybe I have a slight bias, but I'm usually a pretty harsh judge, even with folks I know/read. On the other side of that coin, I haven't been too interested in back to Hogwarts fics as a genre in general and have only read a handful of stories from this fest that I've seen rec'd/discussed elsewhere. So for me to like a "Hogwarts" fic, it has to overcome my general "tired of it" feeling that I've had for quite some time. I was so impressed at the sharp focus of this fic. It never got bogged down like so many "8th year" fics do with full school year story telling of classes and meetings... Even the telling of the trials was masterfully done. Just enough to give us the exposition we needed as it set the tone and provided the motivation for our protagonist.
I also gave the author points for choosing a really smart prompt. She took a neat idea (kudos to the prompter) with a two paragraph outline and excecuted a well crafted 30k word story. If you like down and out Draco and a Harry who just wants to find his way in the world, you'll love this. It looks at many of the themes from canon and reworks them into this tale of hope, love, redemption, and acceptance. It also has an extremely realistic feel to it.
Go Read. And don't forget to leave a comment. Comments are like candy:D I must say that I always boggle when I see someone reccing a fic of mine and they've never left me a comment. We love them! We really do! |
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