Beneath Your Station

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Beneath Your Station by O. Yardley is the next rec in my Rec50 table. It's actually part of the Party Spirit series, which I really like as a whole.

Title: Beneath Your Station
Author: O. Yardley
Link to story: Beneath Your Station and link to first of the Party Spirit series
Zine: The Hatstand Express 16
Permission to archive the rec/review at Palely Loitering: Yes

Short review:
Two days after It's Only A Beautiful Picture, and Bodie finds himself still angry with his partner. Of all the places he could choose to have the argument – he picks the tube. O.Yardley has a real talent with the lads and their dialogue, I adore her. Beneath Your Station is one of the ones that make me laugh out loud. Which when you're on a laptop in Starbucks is not... well, you know. You get looks. This fic stands alone, but is number 20 in a beautifully long series, so I've included the link to the start of the series too.

or almost the same review at Review at rec50

Comments

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

This *is* a good rec. I haven't read that much of this writer's work but I think her writing in the party series, as far as I can remember, came across as really fresh and fluent. And a lot of fun. And I enjoyed the mood and tense she used. Thanks for this.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I like that idea - she's fresh and funny! There's mabe one of two of her's that I haven't got all excited about, but generally, if I know I want a good read and I'm not feeling adventurous enough to risk a writer I don't know, she's an author I know I can rely on!

[hagsrus.livejournal.com]

Two of hers still make me laugh out loud:

Off Day
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/6/offday.html

and

Ghostly Shadowy Ghost-Shadow
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/0/ghostlyshadowy.html

I haven't read Party Spirit for ages, thanks for the reminder.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Hee, yes these are good - I had to re-read them to make sure I remembered them properly (oh the toil...) and I think I should add clever to my description of O.Yardley!

[paris7am.livejournal.com]

Wonderful to read this one again and laugh! Great choice :)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Isn't it great?!

[moorspede.livejournal.com]

I love your recs table, thanks for posting it.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! It's nice to know that people are looking at it, it was fun to do *g*