Reading Room - On the Side of the Angels by AnythingButPink
(Posting on behalf of this week's host, jessebee, who will be around for comments/chat etc.!)
Hello there! I am pleased - or crazy enough - to have volunteered to be first out of the box for this round of the Reading Room, and the story for this week is “On the side of the angels” by AnythingButPink, and can be found here on AO3.
Author's summary:
"Demons and angels. Different sides of the same coin in my book," he said.
"Indeed, Doyle. So, what do you say? Fancy joining the A Squad?"
Doyle smiled. "Where do I sign?"
This is a slash story, with the pairing being our lovely lads Bodie and Doyle. It is also a crossover, or perhaps fusion would be a better term, with Eternal Law. The author states up front that the “story DNA is 95% Professionals - no previous knowledge of Eternal Law required,” and I'd say that's accurate, as I don't know beans about Eternal Law but had no trouble navigating the plot.
The tale opens in Bodie's POV as he crouches behind a car to reload, cursing a hostage situation gone bad and the unknown copper who, in Bodie's mind, “clearly had an enormous talent for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.” The copper, it becomes apparent to the reader, is Doyle, but a Doyle who clearly has a little something extra about him.
The story seems to be the author's first in this fandom, and other than some POV confusion here and there, is nicely written. The author has some lovely turns of phrase and good pacing, and I recognize the lads portrayed here as pretty much the ones I know. Doyle's motivations and reactions are dead-on; I have no trouble matching him up with my perception of canon-Doyle. I find this Bodie a good match as well, although not as completely, but the author does a nice job of portraying Bodie's dangerous menace without tipping him over into out-of-control mean, which is a problem I find in a lot of fic. The intimacy (okay, porn (grin)) is both well written and fairly realistic and better still, actually moves the story along and has bearing on the outcome.
Personally, I enjoy a good story with a touch of the extra-ordinary or the supernatural - I adore “Legacy of Temptation” by Ellis Ward - and as there are not so many of this type in Pros I was delighted to come across this one. I think it to be one of this author's best, although her story “Unexpected” runs a close second, and remains one of my go-to's when I'm in a Prosy rereading sorta mood.
Title: On The Side Of The Angels
Author: AnythingButPink
Pairing: B/D
Link: A03
Other Notes: Published 10.3.13. Crossed with Eternal Law
Hello there! I am pleased - or crazy enough - to have volunteered to be first out of the box for this round of the Reading Room, and the story for this week is “On the side of the angels” by AnythingButPink, and can be found here on AO3.
Author's summary:
"Demons and angels. Different sides of the same coin in my book," he said.
"Indeed, Doyle. So, what do you say? Fancy joining the A Squad?"
Doyle smiled. "Where do I sign?"
This is a slash story, with the pairing being our lovely lads Bodie and Doyle. It is also a crossover, or perhaps fusion would be a better term, with Eternal Law. The author states up front that the “story DNA is 95% Professionals - no previous knowledge of Eternal Law required,” and I'd say that's accurate, as I don't know beans about Eternal Law but had no trouble navigating the plot.
The tale opens in Bodie's POV as he crouches behind a car to reload, cursing a hostage situation gone bad and the unknown copper who, in Bodie's mind, “clearly had an enormous talent for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.” The copper, it becomes apparent to the reader, is Doyle, but a Doyle who clearly has a little something extra about him.
The story seems to be the author's first in this fandom, and other than some POV confusion here and there, is nicely written. The author has some lovely turns of phrase and good pacing, and I recognize the lads portrayed here as pretty much the ones I know. Doyle's motivations and reactions are dead-on; I have no trouble matching him up with my perception of canon-Doyle. I find this Bodie a good match as well, although not as completely, but the author does a nice job of portraying Bodie's dangerous menace without tipping him over into out-of-control mean, which is a problem I find in a lot of fic. The intimacy (okay, porn (grin)) is both well written and fairly realistic and better still, actually moves the story along and has bearing on the outcome.
Personally, I enjoy a good story with a touch of the extra-ordinary or the supernatural - I adore “Legacy of Temptation” by Ellis Ward - and as there are not so many of this type in Pros I was delighted to come across this one. I think it to be one of this author's best, although her story “Unexpected” runs a close second, and remains one of my go-to's when I'm in a Prosy rereading sorta mood.
Title: On The Side Of The Angels
Author: AnythingButPink
Pairing: B/D
Link: A03
Other Notes: Published 10.3.13. Crossed with Eternal Law