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It’s a system designed to get rid of the best of us.

Rare and sweet as cherry wine by perchancetosleep

December 9, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“I can’t do this without him,” Ronan admits, his voice as rough and as hoarse as rusted nails. “I can’t lose him, too.” They don’t speak after that. Ronan breathes until it doesn’t hurt his lungs anymore, until he can’t feel new wetness sliding down his face, pooling underneath his chin. The ground is as cold and hard as ever. It will still be there when Ronan returns. And Adam will still be alive. If Ronan gives up hope, there’s no one left. Adam has […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: alternate universe, fanfiction, gay romance, hurt and comfort, Maggie Stiefvater, perchancetosleep, queer love, The Hunger Games, The Raven Cycle

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:74 · Genres: Fanfiction, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: alternate universe, fanfiction, gay romance, hurt and comfort, Maggie Stiefvater, perchancetosleep, queer love, The Hunger Games, The Raven Cycle ·
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There are no distractions from you. You’re every idea I’ve ever had.

The Roots that Clutch by TheCryingClub

December 4, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

The Roots that Clutch ― TheCryingClub (A Normal People AU) I’ve taken a liking to Hozier’s music lately and I can trace the origin back to when I read this fic for the first time. I think what keeps pulling me back to it, and what resonated with me in Normal People, is the feeling of bittersweetness that lingers, mellowing from a sharp pain to a dull throb. It’s this gorgeous aching that pulls my mind back to this story again and again. The title […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Fiction Tagged With: Adolescence & Coming of Age, alternate universe, fanfiction, gay romance, growing up/coming of age, Maggie Stiefvater, Normal People, queer romance, Sally Rooney, The Raven Cycle, TheCryingClub

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:73 · Genres: Fanfiction, Fiction · Tags: Adolescence & Coming of Age, alternate universe, fanfiction, gay romance, growing up/coming of age, Maggie Stiefvater, Normal People, queer romance, Sally Rooney, The Raven Cycle, TheCryingClub ·
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Mr. Willoughby Rides Again

The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2) by Claudia Gray

October 19, 2023 by narfna 4 Comments

I enjoy this series so much. There’s just something so pleasurable about watching a talented author who knows Jane Austen’s work in all the right ways play around in that world and with those characters, and then add in a well-executed murder mystery on top of that and I’m gonna be happy no question. This is like, the essence of good fanfic, except it’s polished, professionally published fanfic (hence my shelf name). So last time we had Mr. Wickham getting his just desserts, and this […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: claudia gray, fanfiction, historical mystery, Jane Austen, mystery, narfna, professional fanfiction

narfna's CBR15 Review No:96 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: claudia gray, fanfiction, historical mystery, Jane Austen, mystery, narfna, professional fanfiction ·
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Adding vampires to history and historical fiction, metaphor or plot device?

Scarlet by Genevieve Cogman

September 4, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 16: History Scarlet is basically fan-fic of historical fiction; totally counts for history since the historical part is real (revolutionary-era France). The historical fiction base is The Scarlet Pimpernel, set in the aftermath of the execution of the rulers of France; if you don’t know the story basically the mysterious masked hero from England saves the lives of French nobility by sneaking them out of France while the French authorities try to put a stop to that. So, basically, Batman who is British and […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Fantasy, History, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #French Revolution, cbr15bingo, fanfiction, Genevieve Cogman, historical fiction, Scarlet, the Scarlet Pimpernel, vampires

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:71 · Genres: Fanfiction, Fantasy, History, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #French Revolution, cbr15bingo, fanfiction, Genevieve Cogman, historical fiction, Scarlet, the Scarlet Pimpernel, vampires ·
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Does what it says on the tin. #CBRBINGO – Snake

The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray

November 2, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

The short, spoiler-free version: Two thumbs up, very fun. Surprisingly angsty. Does justice to murder mysteries and to Jane Austen. The longer, mostly spoiler-free version (spoils the premise and which characters are in the book from the Jane Austen canon): But where is Elinor?? I am disappointed that she only merits a couple of mentions in this book when we are in Marianne’s POV, but maybe Claudia Gray just doesn’t love her as much as I do. That’s pretty easy to do, I guess, because […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Mystery Tagged With: cbr14bingo, claudia gray, fanfiction, historical mystery, Jane Austen, mystery, narfna, professional fanfic, reimaginings, The Murder of Mr. Wickham

narfna's CBR14 Review No:172 · Genres: Fanfiction, Mystery · Tags: cbr14bingo, claudia gray, fanfiction, historical mystery, Jane Austen, mystery, narfna, professional fanfic, reimaginings, The Murder of Mr. Wickham ·
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Found Family is Just My Favorite Trope, Forever

It's Called A Flush by Deniigiq

Flush: Chatlog by Deniigiq

April 28, 2022 by NTE Leave a Comment

My brother is an OG-we-had-the-Darth-Vadar-Cases-for-our-action-figures Star Wars fan. One of the only things my brother says he will never forgive my mom for is falling asleep in the theater when she watched A New Hope for the first time: In her defense, she was 16, and leaving the house childless for the first time since my brother was born, so she was pretty tired. She remembers the words crawling up the screen, a ship, and that’s all folks. New moms everywhere can understand. I know […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, boba fett, deniigiq, din djarin, fanfic, fanfiction, fennec shand, grogu, luke sywalker, sci-fi, star wars, the mandalorian

NTE's CBR14 Review No:3 · Genres: Fanfiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, boba fett, deniigiq, din djarin, fanfic, fanfiction, fennec shand, grogu, luke sywalker, sci-fi, star wars, the mandalorian ·
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