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Something to Write On
Title: Something to Write On
Author: Cybele
Rating: Hard R
Category: Pre-slash
Story Link: Via the author’s web site, below
Author's Web site: http://www.swish-n-flick.netfirms.com/
Author's Livejournal:cybele_san
Summary: Harry must turn in his Potions journal. He wish he'd known that when he wrote in it.
Reviewer: Gaycrow
Two weeks before the end of Harry’s seventh year of schooling he sits for his Potions NEWT exam. When he gives Snape his exam sheet, much to his horror he’s also asked to hand over his Potions Journal. Of course, Harry hasn’t realised Snape would ever read the things he’s been writing during the year - things about his Potions Professor which he would only confess under Veritaserum.
Cybele alternates between Snape’s POV, Harry’s POV written in the form of his Journal, and also third-person, to very good effect.
I particularly liked the paragraph where Snape realises just who Harry is interested in,
I reread the passage four times before placing the journal carefully on the desk. I drink deeply from my flask, letting the liquid calm my rapidly beating heart. My first impulse is to believe that the entire thing is a joke.
and his reaction:
Be that as it may, I am horrified to find that his impure thoughts are directed toward me. I am. Horrified. I will my face into a disdainful expression and read on...because as his professor it’s my job to read his...potions notes.
Harry seems to have a fascination with Snape’s writing quill ...
He’s stroking his lips with the tip of the quill. Can I transfigure myself into a feather?
and his fantasies about what he would like Snape to do with that quill feature prominently in his journal.
The ending to the story is amusing, and leaves the reader asking for more. It’s a good thing Cybele has written a sequel, otherwise I’m sure there would be a lot of unsatisfied devotees demanding a more satisfying conclusion.
Title: Something to Write On
Author: Cybele
Rating: Hard R
Category: Pre-slash
Story Link: Via the author’s web site, below
Author's Web site: http://www.swish-n-flick.netfirms.com/
Author's Livejournal:
cybele_sanSummary: Harry must turn in his Potions journal. He wish he'd known that when he wrote in it.
Reviewer: Gaycrow
Two weeks before the end of Harry’s seventh year of schooling he sits for his Potions NEWT exam. When he gives Snape his exam sheet, much to his horror he’s also asked to hand over his Potions Journal. Of course, Harry hasn’t realised Snape would ever read the things he’s been writing during the year - things about his Potions Professor which he would only confess under Veritaserum.
Cybele alternates between Snape’s POV, Harry’s POV written in the form of his Journal, and also third-person, to very good effect.
I particularly liked the paragraph where Snape realises just who Harry is interested in,
I reread the passage four times before placing the journal carefully on the desk. I drink deeply from my flask, letting the liquid calm my rapidly beating heart. My first impulse is to believe that the entire thing is a joke.
and his reaction:
Be that as it may, I am horrified to find that his impure thoughts are directed toward me. I am. Horrified. I will my face into a disdainful expression and read on...because as his professor it’s my job to read his...potions notes.
Harry seems to have a fascination with Snape’s writing quill ...
He’s stroking his lips with the tip of the quill. Can I transfigure myself into a feather?
and his fantasies about what he would like Snape to do with that quill feature prominently in his journal.
The ending to the story is amusing, and leaves the reader asking for more. It’s a good thing Cybele has written a sequel, otherwise I’m sure there would be a lot of unsatisfied devotees demanding a more satisfying conclusion.