Lately I've been reading...
I've been awful at keeping up to date with my recommendation posts. I don't know if anyone else reads them but it's a good way for me to keep track of the good things I've read, so must try harder.
Chaptered
Unraveled Knot - I know Unraveled is spelt wrong. This fic has you're/your mistakes. Normally, that would probably cause me to flounce already, but this story made me forget all of that. One of the really good things about it was the level of mystery that was there consistently. A lot of authors make one of the characters have a troubled or mysterious past, but it's always obvious what the gist of the problem is. Here, though, I just knew I felt so heartbroken for Edward, even though I didn't know why. I was completely addicted to this story, and it was worth the nights staying up til 5/6am reading it. Taken from chapter 4: Sometimes, when things are perfect all the time, I develop this huge anxiety because I'm so afraid of messing them up.
Work in Progress
An Introduction to Swirl and Daisy: The Non-Romantic Romance - I think everyone's already reading this, but my avoidance of WiPs made me late to the party. It starts with Edward and Bella's first meeting when they're 12/13 and I think it's going to go until the end of High School? I'm not sure, they're still quite young at the moment anyway. All you need to know is this: it is the cutest thing ever, and Edward is a Lord of the Rings geek. See? Perfection.
I've read another chaptered fic this week, that I can't bring myself to rec. It was a Bella/Edward/Jacob, but that's not why I'm not recommending it ;) I thought it was really good at the start, but then there were a couple of chapters that didn't sit easily with me. I'm not okay with stories where one character has to persuade, almost to the point of forcing, another character to have sex. It was not rape, but it was definitely not okay either. I carried on reading because the story had intrigued me, but I took a step back from it and skim read a lot of the sex scenes after that. I don't really know why I'm making the point of saying this. I guess it still belongs in my 'records' of what I've read, but yeah. I'm not going to encourage anyone else to read it. I do however like this quote: It's still love even if the person's wrong, even if they're playing you. It's just fucked up love that's never going to last. For the record, it was called Acting Out. Well written, but I can't 'approve'.
Chaptered
Unraveled Knot - I know Unraveled is spelt wrong. This fic has you're/your mistakes. Normally, that would probably cause me to flounce already, but this story made me forget all of that. One of the really good things about it was the level of mystery that was there consistently. A lot of authors make one of the characters have a troubled or mysterious past, but it's always obvious what the gist of the problem is. Here, though, I just knew I felt so heartbroken for Edward, even though I didn't know why. I was completely addicted to this story, and it was worth the nights staying up til 5/6am reading it. Taken from chapter 4: Sometimes, when things are perfect all the time, I develop this huge anxiety because I'm so afraid of messing them up.
Work in Progress
An Introduction to Swirl and Daisy: The Non-Romantic Romance - I think everyone's already reading this, but my avoidance of WiPs made me late to the party. It starts with Edward and Bella's first meeting when they're 12/13 and I think it's going to go until the end of High School? I'm not sure, they're still quite young at the moment anyway. All you need to know is this: it is the cutest thing ever, and Edward is a Lord of the Rings geek. See? Perfection.
I've read another chaptered fic this week, that I can't bring myself to rec. It was a Bella/Edward/Jacob, but that's not why I'm not recommending it ;) I thought it was really good at the start, but then there were a couple of chapters that didn't sit easily with me. I'm not okay with stories where one character has to persuade, almost to the point of forcing, another character to have sex. It was not rape, but it was definitely not okay either. I carried on reading because the story had intrigued me, but I took a step back from it and skim read a lot of the sex scenes after that. I don't really know why I'm making the point of saying this. I guess it still belongs in my 'records' of what I've read, but yeah. I'm not going to encourage anyone else to read it. I do however like this quote: It's still love even if the person's wrong, even if they're playing you. It's just fucked up love that's never going to last. For the record, it was called Acting Out. Well written, but I can't 'approve'.