Monday, February 22, 2010

An Introduction to Swirl and Daisy by m81170

Title: An Introduction to Swirl and Daisy

Author: m81170

Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5642262/1/

Summary: A first kiss, a first dance, a first curse word shared between best friends. This is the tale of a boring young geek and the social pariah who thought the world of him. A tale of growing up. A tale of a Non-Romantic Romance.

Rating: T

Readability - 10
Grammar - 10
Humor - 9
Fluffiness/Angst - 2
Fur-friendly (Jake love scale) – n/a
Emo-sensitive (Edward love scale) – 10
Smut – n/a

Is this story complete? No

Did the reviewer finish reading the story? Up to latest update (Chapter 11 at time of review)

*Spoilers follow*

The story starts off on Bella's first day of school in Forks. She's in the 8th grade and meets Edward in her first period class. It just gets more and more adorable from there. There's no Jakie so far, so there's no need to worry about him becoming the bad guy. This story is just fluffy, hilarious goodness and I can't wait for the next update!

Sidenote: I wanna pinch Edward's cheeks and take him to Comic Con. He's sooooo cute! (Don't judge me, he hasn't fucked up yet and he is cute)

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Girl Afraid by agoraphobiantic

Title: Girl Afraid

Author: agoraphobiantic

Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5234244/1/Girl_Afraid

Summary: Edward moves to Forks with his father during his senior year, where he meets Bella Swan. Gorgeous, confident, and non-malicious hater extraordinaire. She hates Edward, and it's anyone's guess why.

Rating: M

Readability - 10
Grammar - 10
Humor - 4
Fluffiness/Angst - 10
Fur-friendly (Jake love scale) – 2, then 3
Emo-sensitive (Edward love scale) – 10
Smut – 7

Is this story complete? Yes

Did the reviewer finish reading the story? Yes

*Spoilers follow*

This story starts out pretty tame. Edward rolls into Forks and Bella hates him the first day. Then the shit starts to hit the fan. Jakie isn't too much of a major player here, but what is seen of him is not awesome. Bella explains some of his behavior later, but still...

Bella...I honestly thought Bella was insane. Then I got to the final few chapters and I just wanted to cry for everyone. Every character with a direct connection to Bella needed a hug (except for Renee and Phil. Be prepared to hate them).

Hydraulic Level 5 by Gondolier

Title: Hydraulic Level 5

Author: Gondolier

Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4931075/1/Hydraulic_Level_5

Summary:Critics hailed Edward Cullen’s novels as “masterful” and "brimstone beauty"--a genius of our time. Eh. I gave him my heart when I was four…and still, he left me for his stupid vampire books. Now he's an NYC elite...and I have extreme sports in Forks, WA.

Rating: M

Readability - 10
Grammar - 10
Humor - 7
Fluffiness/Angst - 9
Fur-friendly (Jake love scale) – 10
Emo-sensitive (Edward love scale) – 5, 10
Smut – n/a
Sensuality - 7

Is this story complete? No

Did the reviewer finish reading the story? Up to latest update (chapter 29 at time of review)

*Spoilers follow*

This fic is really good and has a good bit of everything. It's pretty much Jakie neutral. He's a great friend to Bella, and there's a little Edward jealousy/animosity, but it really isn't that big a deal and the story focuses much more on the ExB relationship.

Edward. He is not perfect. The reason I gave the Edward love scale a 10 is because his actions are explained and once you understand, you can't really hold it against him.

The ExB relationship has real world problems, but they are working through them which is beautiful to read. I love how Gondolier takes real world relationship issues and lets the characters deal with them in very relatable ways.

Parting note: Leah is my favorite character in this fic. Hands down.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

The University of Edward Masen by SebastienRobichaud

Title: The University of Edward Masen

Author: SebastienRobichaud

Link: **This story has been removed from the Internet**

Summary: Edward Masen is the selfish and brooding university professor; Bella Swan is his shy, but determined graduate student. Appearances can be deceiving. Have their paths crossed before? Rated M for good reason, all human, canon pairings, AU, OOC, ExB

Rating: M

Readability/Grammar – 9 (sometimes it’s just a little hard to follow with the third person POV)
Humor – 3
Fluffiness/Angst – 8
Fur-friendly (Jake love scale) – 1
Emo-sensitive (Edward love scale) – 8
Smut – n/a... for now
(sensuality: 5... for now)

Is this story complete? No.

Did the reviewer finish reading the story? Yes (Chapter 21 at time of review)

*spoilers follow*

Jake-lovers beware. In this fic, he’s a controlling prick that we haven’t even learned much about. All we know is that while they were dating, he forced Bella into oral sex, and got upset when she wouldn’t go further. He has since called her by breaking into Charlie’s house and dialing from his speed dial, and Bella has to get a new phone number. We don’t even know much about him other than he’s a scary prick for Bella, and now Edward would like nothing more than to feed Jake his own balls on a silver platter. Or worse.

Aside from that little note, I-LOVE-THIS-FIC! It’s sweet and romantic, and is all about redemption (for everyone but Jake, I assume… If that changes, I’ll be sure to update this review).

*more major spoilers follow*

As you may derive from the summary, the hindrance for ExB in this story is that it seems everywhere they turn, their love is forbidden. As a 17-year-old girl, Bella goes over to Alice’s house for dinner, and she is finally going to meet Alice’s older adopted brother, Edward, who she had stolen a picture of from Alice’s room (a little stalkerish, but what don’t we do when we’re 17?). Hah… the clincher here? Edward is 27. And a crack addict. Bella doesn’t know this when she takes a walk with him out to the meadow. Nothing happens, of course. Edward is a Dante specialist, and after the evening is over, he is convinced that their midnight rendezvous is nothing more than a dream, and his Beatrice was a figment of his romantic imagination. It takes a while for him to realize that his new student, Bella (who is now 27, and consequently, Edward is 37), is the same girl that stole his heart that evening.

I can’t wait for this story to continue developing. A must-read for Edward lovers. *wide grin*

Note 2/15/10: Yeah... If you love Jake, you WON'T love this story.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

It's Just Lunch by Tampagirl81

Title: It's Just Lunch

Author: Tampagirl81

Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5383669/1/Its_Just_Lunch

Summary: Bella is in L.A. to finalize her wedding plans. She comes across a rare opportunity to have a chance with the Hollywood "It" guy, Edward Masen. Rated M for lemons, language and adult situations. Canon couples? Maybe! Very OOC.

Rating: M

Readability - 10
Grammar - 10
Humor - 7
Fluffiness/Angst - 6
Fur-friendly (Jake love scale) – 10
Emo-sensitive (Edward love scale) – 10
Smut – 7
Is this story complete? No
Did the reviewer finish reading the story? Up to the latest update (Chapter 14 at the time of review)

*Spoilers Follow*

Have you ever seen Entourage? Personally, I never miss an episode (Turtle is my personal fav). This fic is very similar to that show. Edward is an actor. Jasper is his manager and Carlisle is his agent. The difference is that Bella is an heiress and Emmett is her fiance and Alice is her personal assistant.

This fic begins with a lot of humor, but as you continue to read, you learn a lot more about how things came about and the shit really hits the fan. I don't think I've ever read a fic where I wanted to punch Emmett, but I have my moments in this one.

Jake...*sigh* Jakie is in this fic. He's sweet and a really good friend to Bella (hence the high rating), but don't get hot and bothered for him. He's gay. Apparently, he will have his "Nessie" in the next update, and I'm interested to see how that will come about.

Overall, this is a really good story with a lot of twists that I didn't see coming. You should def read it...unless Jakie playing for the other team makes you too sad. If that's the case, just change his name in your head and keep reading (Personally, I call him Eric hehe)