The Reasonable Doubt Series by china_shop (NC-17)
#10
Title: The Reasonable Doubt Series by china_shop
Fandom: White Collar
Pairing: Peter/Elizabeth/Neal
Categories: AU, angst, romance, virgin (to gay sex)
Length: Epic (~46,000 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ: china_shop
Website: http://www.stonesoup.co.nz/chinashop/fic/index.html
Review:
Peter, Elizabeth, and Neal are meant to be with each other. They are. Now if only Neal and Elizabeth can convince Peter of this fact.
My favorite romances are long and slow, where the road to true love isn't smooth and where characters have to make conscious decisions about what they need and what is most important to them. The Reasonable Doubt series is the epitome of difficult romances and much of the story is taken up with the hard choices that Neal, Elizabeth, and especially Peter are going to have to make for any kind of romance between the three of them to be possible, much less successful.
Everyone in this fic is perfectly in character, but I'm most impressed with Peter and Mozzie. Peter's struggle with his desires and his morality is the heart of this story and it's an affecting, powerful tale. Mozzie isn't central to the story, but he's so well-written that I can hear his voice in my ear and every moment he's in the fic is a positive delight.
Finally, I'm hugely impressed with the ending of this fic, which is probably the most realistic happy ending I've thus far encountered in the White Collar fandom. The ending, even more than the fabulous characterizations, is why I'm reccing this fic (and why it found its way into my reread folder).
Fair warning: the Reasonable Doubt series is a collection of short stories; as such, it does start off rather choppy. By a quarter of the way in, however, the fics flow seamlessly from one story to the next, so the entire series reads as one very long, very satisfying tale.
The Reasonable Doubt Series
Title: The Reasonable Doubt Series by china_shop
Fandom: White Collar
Pairing: Peter/Elizabeth/Neal
Categories: AU, angst, romance, virgin (to gay sex)
Length: Epic (~46,000 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ: china_shop
Website: http://www.stonesoup.co.nz/chinashop/fic/index.html
Review:
Peter, Elizabeth, and Neal are meant to be with each other. They are. Now if only Neal and Elizabeth can convince Peter of this fact.
My favorite romances are long and slow, where the road to true love isn't smooth and where characters have to make conscious decisions about what they need and what is most important to them. The Reasonable Doubt series is the epitome of difficult romances and much of the story is taken up with the hard choices that Neal, Elizabeth, and especially Peter are going to have to make for any kind of romance between the three of them to be possible, much less successful.
Everyone in this fic is perfectly in character, but I'm most impressed with Peter and Mozzie. Peter's struggle with his desires and his morality is the heart of this story and it's an affecting, powerful tale. Mozzie isn't central to the story, but he's so well-written that I can hear his voice in my ear and every moment he's in the fic is a positive delight.
Finally, I'm hugely impressed with the ending of this fic, which is probably the most realistic happy ending I've thus far encountered in the White Collar fandom. The ending, even more than the fabulous characterizations, is why I'm reccing this fic (and why it found its way into my reread folder).
Fair warning: the Reasonable Doubt series is a collection of short stories; as such, it does start off rather choppy. By a quarter of the way in, however, the fics flow seamlessly from one story to the next, so the entire series reads as one very long, very satisfying tale.
The Reasonable Doubt Series