Never a Bride-20 Part II /27

[the_bluesuede]

Author: BlueSuede
Title:  Never a Bride
Rating:  NC17
Genre: Romance/Humor
Pairings/Characters: primarily Chloe/Oliver
Summary:  When a newspaper prints a false engagement announcement for Oliver Queen and Chloe Sullivan, and all their friends are thrilled, Chloe and Oliver decide to stage a fake engagement and breakup to prove to their friends how

Comments

[scout09]

I remember an interview in which someone, I think it might have been Justin, said that Oliver brought out a fire in Chloe. While I think he had a good point, I would amend that comment a bit. Chloe as a character had a great deal of fire in the early days - it's one of the many things I loved about her. What Oliver did for her more specifically was to help develop that spark into sexual confidence. In this story, you've translated that beautifully. In the beginning chapters, Chloe is high-spirited, but understandably sexually reserved, knowing her history. Oliver has done a wonderful job of bringing her out of her shell in that respect by making her feel comfortable and desired, which in my opinion is exactly what happened on the show. Nicely done.

That said, I love that you've maintained your own version of these characters. They continue to snip at each other, even though the bickering is now laced with affection, and that's so fun to read. There's such an incredible amount of passion with these two, especially with two days of family time interrupting sexy time. My God, I really thought they were going to go at it right in Chloe's parents' house! The culmination of the cell phone battle was priceless and perfectly timed.

Wonderful chapter - I'm running out of ways to describe how fantastic this story is. Thanks so much for the update! :D

[the_bluesuede]

Thank you so much for this review! I'm still smiling from this. Like, wow. As much as I am enjoying the "wow so hot"s because those are a lot of fun, this is better still. I actually really want the sex scenes to help further the plot in this story, and it was so incredible to read that that was hitting home for you. Thank you, thank you for sharing your thoughts, this made more than just my day, it made my whole week.