Story recs
Elementary:
Death Before Dusk: usually I don't read stories in which the relationship between Sherlock and Joan turns sexual, but this one is by
yahtzee63, so I gave it a go, and am glad I did. It's a story in which the world is awaiting a meteor strike that will end humanity in three months, which means clearing up murders is not exactly a priority anymore. But Holmes and Watson are on the case anyway. And yes, there is end-of-the-world sex in between, but it's not the main point of the story, and doesn't result in them having sudden epiphanies about the nature of their relationship. A good case story, a clever take on an apocalypse-on-the-horizon genre, and Bell, Gregson and Moriarty (!) all have great appearances.
A Place of Greater Safety/ French Revolution History:
Bonsoir chère maman: this one doesn't announce itself as a crossover, but in a way, you could almost count it as one, between Hilary Mantel's novel about the French Revolution, A Place of Greater Safety, and Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. Or you could count it as historical fiction. A vignette about Annette Duplessis, Camille Desmoulins' mother-in-law (after she'd been other things to him) who outlived so many and saw much, experiencing the revolution of 1832. Short, and yet a brilliant character portrait of Annette, who for me was one of the most vibrant characters of Mantel's novel.
Les Porcelets; or, an Afternoon in Arcis : also a vignette: Camille and Danton during that time Danton took Camille and Lucile to meet his family in Acis. Has the novel's wit, emotion and UST.
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Death Before Dusk: usually I don't read stories in which the relationship between Sherlock and Joan turns sexual, but this one is by
yahtzee63, so I gave it a go, and am glad I did. It's a story in which the world is awaiting a meteor strike that will end humanity in three months, which means clearing up murders is not exactly a priority anymore. But Holmes and Watson are on the case anyway. And yes, there is end-of-the-world sex in between, but it's not the main point of the story, and doesn't result in them having sudden epiphanies about the nature of their relationship. A good case story, a clever take on an apocalypse-on-the-horizon genre, and Bell, Gregson and Moriarty (!) all have great appearances.
A Place of Greater Safety/ French Revolution History:
Bonsoir chère maman: this one doesn't announce itself as a crossover, but in a way, you could almost count it as one, between Hilary Mantel's novel about the French Revolution, A Place of Greater Safety, and Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. Or you could count it as historical fiction. A vignette about Annette Duplessis, Camille Desmoulins' mother-in-law (after she'd been other things to him) who outlived so many and saw much, experiencing the revolution of 1832. Short, and yet a brilliant character portrait of Annette, who for me was one of the most vibrant characters of Mantel's novel.
Les Porcelets; or, an Afternoon in Arcis : also a vignette: Camille and Danton during that time Danton took Camille and Lucile to meet his family in Acis. Has the novel's wit, emotion and UST.
This entry was originally posted at http://selenak.dreamwidth.org/911556.html. Comment there or here, as you wish.