Reading Room V - The Lads on Holiday - Week 2 - Of Sunshine and Cemeteries by Slantedlight

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Title: Of Sunshine and Cemeteries
Author: byslantedlight/Slantedlight
Archive: The Automated Hatstand
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle


Hi there! I’m unoriginal_liz - long time lurker, first time participant in the awesome Pros fandom, so…here goes ☺

My rec for today is Of Sunshine and Cemeteries by byslantedlight, and I’m pretty sure no-one needs me to say that it’s fantastic, but I’m going to do that anyway.

I would guess there are a lot of issues in writing a Pros fic – distinctly British ‘voice’, specific era, intriguey-plots so that the lads have something to do (…besides each other…). And that’s just fic set within the normal parameters of the show. There’s an added challenge when you’re dealing with AU fic or fic that takes the boys out of the CI5 world, which is that Bodie and Doyle have to be, well…more the same than ever, since the reader is already in an unfamiliar environment. And when you add to that the fact that this new environment has to seem believable and compelling... ☺

That’s what I love in byslantedlight’s story. When I’m reading, I really, truly believe that Doyle and Bodie went to France, and these things happened. More than that, I’m transported there with them. Magic ☺
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