Holiday Recs #7
Well, this will be my last series of rec's before the end of the year and I hope that I'll have a few more stories to rec in the next few days before the reveals. Though really, I don't expect to be caught up until the end of the month, at the earliest. It doesn't help that I've found 3-4 stories on Harry_holidays that I missed completely. And I expect that I'll find more as I go through the various fests.
Drown Me In Your Reign
Pairing: Snape/Narcissa
Summary: Sometimes, what you want may actually be what you need.
An interesting, well-written story about Narcissa surviving after Lucius dies. She escapes England and ended up in a cottage in Barbados. Two years later, Snape brings an injured Draco home to her. It's a short, intense story. I liked the characterization of Narcissa a lot. And the sex was hot, too.
Property Rites
Pairing: Snape/Harry
Summary: Not all of Snape's ancestors were as pleasant and cheerful as he is. Harry learns to appreciate this fact.
A wonderfully imaginative story about the how the wizarding world deals with its ghost population. I love it when a story explores some aspect of the wizarding world that we don't know that much about and give interesting theories about it. The details and the characterizations make this story so good.
Harry and Snape come together very believably. There is no grand romance here either. But that's okay, after reading so many in the last month or so, this was refreshing. Even to someone who usually wants the story to end with the whole thing all tied up in a neat little bow.
Train Songs
Pairing: Snape/Harry
Summary: After the war is over, Harry and Severus meet on the train from Paris to Istanbul. Since neither has anywhere to go, should they go together?
This was just delightful. Funny, well-written and heartwarming, too. I enjoyed the Harry/Snape dynamic in this one a lot. Both of them seemed wonderfully in character and still vulnerable and a bit sad. There were some absolutely excellent lines in this story.
The Wizarding train space was just too cool. As I've said before, I love clever explorations of Wizarding life.
Drown Me In Your Reign
Pairing: Snape/Narcissa
Summary: Sometimes, what you want may actually be what you need.
An interesting, well-written story about Narcissa surviving after Lucius dies. She escapes England and ended up in a cottage in Barbados. Two years later, Snape brings an injured Draco home to her. It's a short, intense story. I liked the characterization of Narcissa a lot. And the sex was hot, too.
Property Rites
Pairing: Snape/Harry
Summary: Not all of Snape's ancestors were as pleasant and cheerful as he is. Harry learns to appreciate this fact.
A wonderfully imaginative story about the how the wizarding world deals with its ghost population. I love it when a story explores some aspect of the wizarding world that we don't know that much about and give interesting theories about it. The details and the characterizations make this story so good.
Harry and Snape come together very believably. There is no grand romance here either. But that's okay, after reading so many in the last month or so, this was refreshing. Even to someone who usually wants the story to end with the whole thing all tied up in a neat little bow.
Train Songs
Pairing: Snape/Harry
Summary: After the war is over, Harry and Severus meet on the train from Paris to Istanbul. Since neither has anywhere to go, should they go together?
This was just delightful. Funny, well-written and heartwarming, too. I enjoyed the Harry/Snape dynamic in this one a lot. Both of them seemed wonderfully in character and still vulnerable and a bit sad. There were some absolutely excellent lines in this story.
The Wizarding train space was just too cool. As I've said before, I love clever explorations of Wizarding life.