Title: The Song of Iowa ‘Verse
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Riley/Xander
Categories: family, holiday, humor, post-canon
Length: Long (~16,000 words)
Warnings: n/a

Author on LJ: entrenous88
Author Website: Buffyverse Sub-Index to the Complete Fic Index

Review:
On Thanksgiving Eve Xander just happens to be in Iowa on the unsuccessful finale of a search for a slayer. He’s trying to kill time in a gas station, when, who does he run into but Riley Finn. Riley, like the good Mid-Westerner he is, insists no one can spend Thanksgiving alone and invites Xander back to the Finn place.

Every time I read this fic I fall a little more in love with it. EntreNous is one of those authors who seems to take pride in writing unusual pairings, and she truly excels at it. Both Xander and Riley’s voice in this are perfect, and the relationship is natural. But best of all are the OCs. It takes a special kind of skill to write interesting OCs and EntreNous has more of that skill than anyone else I’ve ever read.

I don’t care if you’re a fan of Riley or hate his guts, if you’re a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer at all, read this fic. It’s honestly one of my all time favorite stories in the Buffy fandom.

The Song of Iowa
Family Recipe
Yummy Good Chili
The Talk
Unexpected

Title: The Song of Iowa ‘Verse
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Riley/Xander
Categories: family, holiday, humor, post-canon
Length: Long (~16,000 words)
Warnings: n/a

Author on LJ: entrenous88
Author Website: Buffyverse Sub-Index to the Complete Fic Index

Review:
On Thanksgiving Eve Xander just happens to be in Iowa on the unsuccessful finale of a search for a slayer. He’s trying to kill time in a gas station, when, who does he run into but Riley Finn. Riley, like the good Mid-Westerner he is, insists no one can spend Thanksgiving alone and invites Xander back to the Finn place.

Every time I read this fic I fall a little more in love with it. EntreNous is one of those authors who seems to take pride in writing unusual pairings, and she truly excels at it. Both Xander and Riley’s voice in this are perfect, and the relationship is natural. But best of all are the OCs. It takes a special kind of skill to write interesting OCs and EntreNous has more of that skill than anyone else I’ve ever read.

I don’t care if you’re a fan of Riley or hate his guts, if you’re a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer at all, read this fic. It’s honestly one of my all time favorite stories in the Buffy fandom.

The Song of Iowa
Family Recipe
Yummy Good Chili
The Talk
Unexpected

Title: The Song of Iowa ‘Verse
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Riley/Xander
Categories: family, holiday, humor, post-canon
Length: Long (~16,000 words)
Warnings: n/a

Author on LJ: entrenous88
Author Website: Buffyverse Sub-Index to the Complete Fic Index

Review:
On Thanksgiving Eve Xander just happens to be in Iowa on the unsuccessful finale of a search for a slayer. He’s trying to kill time in a gas station, when, who does he run into but Riley Finn. Riley, like the good Mid-Westerner he is, insists no one can spend Thanksgiving alone and invites Xander back to the Finn place.

Every time I read this fic I fall a little more in love with it. EntreNous is one of those authors who seems to take pride in writing unusual pairings, and she truly excels at it. Both Xander and Riley’s voice in this are perfect, and the relationship is natural. But best of all are the OCs. It takes a special kind of skill to write interesting OCs and EntreNous has more of that skill than anyone else I’ve ever read.

I don’t care if you’re a fan of Riley or hate his guts, if you’re a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer at all, read this fic. It’s honestly one of my all time favorite stories in the Buffy fandom.

The Song of Iowa
Family Recipe
Yummy Good Chili
The Talk
Unexpected

Title: The Song of Iowa ‘Verse
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Riley/Xander
Categories: family, holiday, humor, post-canon
Length: Long (~16,000 words)
Warnings: n/a

Author on LJ: entrenous88
Author Website: Buffyverse Sub-Index to the Complete Fic Index

Review:
On Thanksgiving Eve Xander just happens to be in Iowa on the unsuccessful finale of a search for a slayer. He’s trying to kill time in a gas station, when, who does he run into but Riley Finn. Riley, like the good Mid-Westerner he is, insists no one can spend Thanksgiving alone and invites Xander back to the Finn place.

Every time I read this fic I fall a little more in love with it. EntreNous is one of those authors who seems to take pride in writing unusual pairings, and she truly excels at it. Both Xander and Riley’s voice in this are perfect, and the relationship is natural. But best of all are the OCs. It takes a special kind of skill to write interesting OCs and EntreNous has more of that skill than anyone else I’ve ever read.

I don’t care if you’re a fan of Riley or hate his guts, if you’re a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer at all, read this fic. It’s honestly one of my all time favorite stories in the Buffy fandom.

The Song of Iowa
Family Recipe
Yummy Good Chili
The Talk
Unexpected

Title: The Song of Iowa ‘Verse
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Riley/Xander
Categories: family, holiday, humor, post-canon
Length: Long (~16,000 words)
Warnings: n/a

Author on LJ: entrenous88
Author Website: Buffyverse Sub-Index to the Complete Fic Index

Review:
On Thanksgiving Eve Xander just happens to be in Iowa on the unsuccessful finale of a search for a slayer. He’s trying to kill time in a gas station, when, who does he run into but Riley Finn. Riley, like the good Mid-Westerner he is, insists no one can spend Thanksgiving alone and invites Xander back to the Finn place.

Every time I read this fic I fall a little more in love with it. EntreNous is one of those authors who seems to take pride in writing unusual pairings, and she truly excels at it. Both Xander and Riley’s voice in this are perfect, and the relationship is natural. But best of all are the OCs. It takes a special kind of skill to write interesting OCs and EntreNous has more of that skill than anyone else I’ve ever read.

I don’t care if you’re a fan of Riley or hate his guts, if you’re a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer at all, read this fic. It’s honestly one of my all time favorite stories in the Buffy fandom.

The Song of Iowa
Family Recipe
Yummy Good Chili
The Talk
Unexpected

Title: The Song of Iowa ‘Verse
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Riley/Xander
Categories: family, holiday, humor, post-canon
Length: Long (~16,000 words)
Warnings: n/a

Author on LJ: entrenous88
Author Website: Buffyverse Sub-Index to the Complete Fic Index

Review:
On Thanksgiving Eve Xander just happens to be in Iowa on the unsuccessful finale of a search for a slayer. He’s trying to kill time in a gas station, when, who does he run into but Riley Finn. Riley, like the good Mid-Westerner he is, insists no one can spend Thanksgiving alone and invites Xander back to the Finn place.

Every time I read this fic I fall a little more in love with it. EntreNous is one of those authors who seems to take pride in writing unusual pairings, and she truly excels at it. Both Xander and Riley’s voice in this are perfect, and the relationship is natural. But best of all are the OCs. It takes a special kind of skill to write interesting OCs and EntreNous has more of that skill than anyone else I’ve ever read.

I don’t care if you’re a fan of Riley or hate his guts, if you’re a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer at all, read this fic. It’s honestly one of my all time favorite stories in the Buffy fandom.

The Song of Iowa
Family Recipe
Yummy Good Chili
The Talk
Unexpected

Title: Point of Contact
Fandom: The Sentinel
Pairing: Blair/Jim
Categories: angst, AU, BDSM, dark, family, hurt/comfort, prostitute, discussion of slavery, first time male/male sex
Length: Super Epic (~144,000 words)
Warnings: discussion of rape, reliving of rape, PTSD, graphic BDSM, dub-con, some Naomi-bashing if you squint

Author on LJ: janedavitt
Author Website: Jane’s Stories

Review:
On Blair’s thirtieth birthday he does something impulsive. Something he may have never done if it hadn’t been for the fact that there’s a double motive for it now. He hires a prostitute to fulfill his wildest desires. Only instead of the dominatrix he was expecting, one Jim Ellison shows up at his door.

Unlike most prostitute fic, this is actually almost believable. Jim is the owner, retired from the actual prostitution side of things. Blair is his same inquisitive self. All in all, it’s almost realistic that the two of them would get involved in a relationship with each other right after meeting.

When I first read this, it was the first BDSM I’d read that is actually well-written. The punishments are descriptive but not too descriptive. The dom/sub dynamic is a growing thing, not natural or perfect in any way. Perhaps the best part is that the characters are quite flawed.

The supporting characters in this are all fantastic. Sam is perfect as a heartless dominatrix. Simon is just the man you’d expect him to be in this situation. Perhaps best is Naomi; it’s fascinating to see all the ways she affected Blair’s life in this.

Point of Contact
Point of Order
Loss of Contact

Title: Point of Contact
Fandom: The Sentinel
Pairing: Blair/Jim
Categories: angst, AU, BDSM, dark, family, hurt/comfort, prostitute, discussion of slavery, first time male/male sex
Length: Super Epic (~144,000 words)
Warnings: discussion of rape, reliving of rape, PTSD, graphic BDSM, dub-con, some Naomi-bashing if you squint

Author on LJ: janedavitt
Author Website: Jane’s Stories

Review:
On Blair’s thirtieth birthday he does something impulsive. Something he may have never done if it hadn’t been for the fact that there’s a double motive for it now. He hires a prostitute to fulfill his wildest desires. Only instead of the dominatrix he was expecting, one Jim Ellison shows up at his door.

Unlike most prostitute fic, this is actually almost believable. Jim is the owner, retired from the actual prostitution side of things. Blair is his same inquisitive self. All in all, it’s almost realistic that the two of them would get involved in a relationship with each other right after meeting.

When I first read this, it was the first BDSM I’d read that is actually well-written. The punishments are descriptive but not too descriptive. The dom/sub dynamic is a growing thing, not natural or perfect in any way. Perhaps the best part is that the characters are quite flawed.

The supporting characters in this are all fantastic. Sam is perfect as a heartless dominatrix. Simon is just the man you’d expect him to be in this situation. Perhaps best is Naomi; it’s fascinating to see all the ways she affected Blair’s life in this.

Point of Contact
Point of Order
Loss of Contact

Title: Point of Contact
Fandom: The Sentinel
Pairing: Blair/Jim
Categories: angst, AU, BDSM, dark, family, hurt/comfort, prostitute, discussion of slavery, first time male/male sex
Length: Super Epic (~144,000 words)
Warnings: discussion of rape, reliving of rape, PTSD, graphic BDSM, dub-con, some Naomi-bashing if you squint

Author on LJ: janedavitt
Author Website: Jane’s Stories

Review:
On Blair’s thirtieth birthday he does something impulsive. Something he may have never done if it hadn’t been for the fact that there’s a double motive for it now. He hires a prostitute to fulfill his wildest desires. Only instead of the dominatrix he was expecting, one Jim Ellison shows up at his door.

Unlike most prostitute fic, this is actually almost believable. Jim is the owner, retired from the actual prostitution side of things. Blair is his same inquisitive self. All in all, it’s almost realistic that the two of them would get involved in a relationship with each other right after meeting.

When I first read this, it was the first BDSM I’d read that is actually well-written. The punishments are descriptive but not too descriptive. The dom/sub dynamic is a growing thing, not natural or perfect in any way. Perhaps the best part is that the characters are quite flawed.

The supporting characters in this are all fantastic. Sam is perfect as a heartless dominatrix. Simon is just the man you’d expect him to be in this situation. Perhaps best is Naomi; it’s fascinating to see all the ways she affected Blair’s life in this.

Point of Contact
Point of Order
Loss of Contact

Title: Point of Contact
Fandom: The Sentinel
Pairing: Blair/Jim
Categories: angst, AU, BDSM, dark, family, hurt/comfort, prostitute, discussion of slavery, first time male/male sex
Length: Super Epic (~144,000 words)
Warnings: discussion of rape, reliving of rape, PTSD, graphic BDSM, dub-con, some Naomi-bashing if you squint

Author on LJ: janedavitt
Author Website: Jane’s Stories

Review:
On Blair’s thirtieth birthday he does something impulsive. Something he may have never done if it hadn’t been for the fact that there’s a double motive for it now. He hires a prostitute to fulfill his wildest desires. Only instead of the dominatrix he was expecting, one Jim Ellison shows up at his door.

Unlike most prostitute fic, this is actually almost believable. Jim is the owner, retired from the actual prostitution side of things. Blair is his same inquisitive self. All in all, it’s almost realistic that the two of them would get involved in a relationship with each other right after meeting.

When I first read this, it was the first BDSM I’d read that is actually well-written. The punishments are descriptive but not too descriptive. The dom/sub dynamic is a growing thing, not natural or perfect in any way. Perhaps the best part is that the characters are quite flawed.

The supporting characters in this are all fantastic. Sam is perfect as a heartless dominatrix. Simon is just the man you’d expect him to be in this situation. Perhaps best is Naomi; it’s fascinating to see all the ways she affected Blair’s life in this.

Point of Contact
Point of Order
Loss of Contact

Title: Point of Contact
Fandom: The Sentinel
Pairing: Blair/Jim
Categories: angst, AU, BDSM, dark, family, hurt/comfort, prostitute, discussion of slavery, first time male/male sex
Length: Super Epic (~144,000 words)
Warnings: discussion of rape, reliving of rape, PTSD, graphic BDSM, dub-con, some Naomi-bashing if you squint

Author on LJ: janedavitt
Author Website: Jane’s Stories

Review:
On Blair’s thirtieth birthday he does something impulsive. Something he may have never done if it hadn’t been for the fact that there’s a double motive for it now. He hires a prostitute to fulfill his wildest desires. Only instead of the dominatrix he was expecting, one Jim Ellison shows up at his door.

Unlike most prostitute fic, this is actually almost believable. Jim is the owner, retired from the actual prostitution side of things. Blair is his same inquisitive self. All in all, it’s almost realistic that the two of them would get involved in a relationship with each other right after meeting.

When I first read this, it was the first BDSM I’d read that is actually well-written. The punishments are descriptive but not too descriptive. The dom/sub dynamic is a growing thing, not natural or perfect in any way. Perhaps the best part is that the characters are quite flawed.

The supporting characters in this are all fantastic. Sam is perfect as a heartless dominatrix. Simon is just the man you’d expect him to be in this situation. Perhaps best is Naomi; it’s fascinating to see all the ways she affected Blair’s life in this.

Point of Contact
Point of Order
Loss of Contact

Title: Point of Contact
Fandom: The Sentinel
Pairing: Blair/Jim
Categories: angst, AU, BDSM, dark, family, hurt/comfort, prostitute, discussion of slavery, first time male/male sex
Length: Super Epic (~144,000 words)
Warnings: discussion of rape, reliving of rape, PTSD, graphic BDSM, dub-con, some Naomi-bashing if you squint

Author on LJ: janedavitt
Author Website: Jane’s Stories

Review:
On Blair’s thirtieth birthday he does something impulsive. Something he may have never done if it hadn’t been for the fact that there’s a double motive for it now. He hires a prostitute to fulfill his wildest desires. Only instead of the dominatrix he was expecting, one Jim Ellison shows up at his door.

Unlike most prostitute fic, this is actually almost believable. Jim is the owner, retired from the actual prostitution side of things. Blair is his same inquisitive self. All in all, it’s almost realistic that the two of them would get involved in a relationship with each other right after meeting.

When I first read this, it was the first BDSM I’d read that is actually well-written. The punishments are descriptive but not too descriptive. The dom/sub dynamic is a growing thing, not natural or perfect in any way. Perhaps the best part is that the characters are quite flawed.

The supporting characters in this are all fantastic. Sam is perfect as a heartless dominatrix. Simon is just the man you’d expect him to be in this situation. Perhaps best is Naomi; it’s fascinating to see all the ways she affected Blair’s life in this.

Point of Contact
Point of Order
Loss of Contact