Two Worlds And In Between

[icarus]

*Icarus clears throat.* I have been remiss. Up until this time, although I have long admired mctabby's talented and effective (and controlled!) use of first person, I have despised Julius Marvolo too much to read Two Worlds and In Between.

But now I have read it, and I wish I'd read it sooner.

This story is brilliant, magical, powerful. Compelling. Unlike many stories in the HP fandom, it doesn't ignore magic, but keeps magic (and issues surrounding its use) as the centerpiece of a fascinatingly complex game of power. I'm grateful that I waited this long however, because I didn't have to wait for chapter four, by far my favourite chapter so far.

I'm at once satiated, and hungry for more.

EDIT: for Typo.

Comments

[exbentley]

I've never read it, but I trusts your recs, (or anti-recs as the case may be... *ahem* I just finished Psychic Serpent, after four weeks of gruelling agony.)

..Should I?

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

You know, I never meant for people to figure out which story that was, I was just making fun of some random comments because the author had irritated me, personally. So it really wasn't an anti-rec, and I'll be more careful in the future. I googled, and I still can't figure out how people tracked it down. I guess, advertising is advertising.

Anyhow, mctabby's Two Worlds And In Between is as original as the Mirror of Maybe and the Durmstrang Chronicles, as powerful as Call Of The Wild and it has a unique flavour all its own. I can believe that this fic has spawned obsessions and a Yahoo Group all its own.

Icarus

[exbentley]

Oh, I worked it out because I was reading it at the time, someone told me it was "better than book 5" or an "alternative to book 5" -.-* I guess it's cause they ship H/Hr. But I decided not to say anything.

Oh, brilliant. Yay, reading material.

[exbentley]

Actually, I only figured it out because I was, by cmplete coincidence, starting it that day, and I recognised the lines. It was recced to me by someone whose taste I trust, but who ships H/Hr - among other things - and she said something about it being a lot like Book 5... eh, well.

Excellent. Reading material.