Prosfic Rec Advent Calendar, Day 23: The Larton Chronicles by Rhiannon

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I'd been trying to decide which story I was going to rec today, when I saw this leaning up against a wall here in the farm yard, and I just knew that I was going to have to do it:

The Larton Chronicles
by Rhiannon

It wasn't all that long ago that I wouldn't have had a link to post above, and I'm so pleased that everyone can share in the joy now! This is an AU story, and to be honest it took me a while to get my act together and be able to read it - I couldn't see the point of AUs for ages, when what I wanted to read was more Bodie and Doyle. But eventually I'd made my way through the Circuit and the Hatstand and I wanted more, and I had another go... and oh! *g* This is very much AU Bodie and Doyle, where they live an Aga-saga life, complete with cats and dogs and muddy roads, but Rhiannon has captured the essence of both our lads, which is what I want in an AU, and she does it with gentle, quick humour and love, and I adore these stories! There are five parts on AO3, and In the Deep Midwinter is the especially Christmas-y one, with gorgeous moments like this one...

( Doyle moved slowly... )

Plus, of course, it's a whole huge novel when you put the five parts together - bliss! *g*