Reading Room - The Larton Chronicles by Rhiannon

[byslantedlight]

Title: The Larton Chronicles
Author: Rhiannon
Link to story or zine/ProsLib info: Zine only, available from Gryphon Press
Pairing: B/D
Further story information found at prosficspoilers

How do I even begin to tell you how much I adore The Larton Chronicles, by Rhiannon? Reading it is rather like existing with B/D right inside the icon I've used for this post,

Comments

[msmoat]

Ah, The Larton Chronicles! I have to ration my reading of it, you know. I don't want to memorize it, although I've come awfully close. *g* And also when I read it, I have such longing to be there, and to stay in that world. It's actually rather painful to have it end. *g* It was such a joy when Best of All Ways actually came out.

I'm in the camp that see the essences of Bodie and Doyle in the characters. They aren't "Bodie and Doyle" in the sense that they didn't lead the lives the Bodie and Doyle did. There are differences (even beyond the obvious of backgrounds). But the essence is there, and the stories work for me beautifully as an AU.

I also love the "less is more" writing style. It means that I can reread and, each time, find something new, even if it's just the deeper meaning of a half sentence that I blipped over before. *g* And you're right, with that marmalade example in the comments--it says so much, and resonates because it's showing and not telling.

Oh, and the humour! So much humour in this! And fabulous supporting characters who are interesting in their own right.

The Larton Chronicles just cheers me up every time I read it--except for the whole black depression then when it's over. *g*

[byslantedlight]

I have to ration my reading of it, you know.
I know! I could sit and read it over and over again, and then I'd lose the joy of spotting the little things that you forget - or "blip" over... *g* I've just finished re-reading it now, and I'm still in that lovely cozy place of adoring the Larton lads and wanting them back - I want mooooore!