Non-Romantic Rec - Daring the Sea

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Title: Daring the Sea
Author: Bistokidsfan
Link to story: Author's Website Also at The Hatstand
Zine: Not in a zine
Short review:

How about this one - it actually uses the dreaded "l" word, but I think it manages to stay completely unsoppy (unromantic) while doing so!

It's only short, but I love the atmosphere that the author's written, and the way we realise with horror exactly what's happened to Bodie - and feel Doyle's horror too.

What does anyone else think?

Comments

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, I hadn't read this one before. A wonderful, tense fic that keeps you wondering just what is going on with Bodie right to the end. And you're right, the 'l' word works.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

It's good, innit! It's from ages ago, when I was first in Pros in fact, and there were weekly challenges at the_safehouse...

[windrain10.livejournal.com]

I think I'd read this one before but as is usual for me, I didn't get it the first go around. I did figure it out this time and it's a well-done story. I guess the author's style is a bit sparse for me, but I'm the type that needs everything spelled out.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Lol - I actually thought she was very poetic in places! I quite like things to be a bit oblique too, which is probably why this appealled more to me!