painless_j’s Rec:
I like when it happens that I open a fic and find myself in the middle of it, seemingly in the blink of an eye. This is what happened with this story. I can’t say I’m particularly interested in Cedric or Cedric/Harry, but I started reading, and somehow the woes of one soon-to-be-dead Hufflepuff immediately began looking like the most interesting thing in the world, and then Harry came into play, and time travel, and a clever and interesting AU that follows, and lots of suspense. And as a result, I went to bed two hours later than I had intended.
I like how this story is written — in a way that you don’t notice how. Nothing makes you stop or stumble. For me, it’s like watching a film, only in letters. Very smooth. Yes, the plot here dominates but not at the expense of characterisation. The author tells and shows exactly enough for you to understand the characters and believe in them, and even to keep thinking about them after you finish reading.
I really enjoyed this story and — rare case — am thinking of begging for the sequel. The story is completed in and of itself, but I would love to know how this AU developed afterwards.
There is a sequel, Aorist Subjunctive
