Title: La Bestia
Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: La Bestia/Naruto, Uchicha Itachi/Uzumaki Naruto
Categories: AU, creature/wing, mystery, dark-ish but not really :)
Length: Medium (9,071)
Warnings: This is not bestiality. I repeat, there is no bestiality. :) But there are guns, cards, blood and tigers.

Author on LJ: flypaw
Author's Website: AO3/Y! Gallery/Tumblr

Author's Summary: Lost to a wager, Naruto is sentenced to life (or death) under La Bestia, a man who is more animal than human. Abandoned by his father, with a murdered mother, Naruto cannot go back, but what sort of life is waiting for him under the paw of The Beast?

Review: This fic is Beauty and the Beast redefined. It's starts with a sense of mystery and it keeps that mysterious sense with it all throughout the fic. I love how Imperial Mint manages to make the setting believable, how she manages to make it seem all real. I love how the romance between La Bestia and Naruto happened, slow and steady with each passing night.I love how she portrayed La Bestia's vulnerabilty, it made the ending that much more believable.

What I don't like is how Naruto seems like a typical damsel-in-distress. There's none of that fiery personality that makes up the Naruto that we know. But then, this fic is an AU.

Note: The author herself says that the core of this fic is Beauty and the Beast but she leaned heavily on 'The Tiger's Bride' by Angela Carter.

La Bestia

Title: La Bestia
Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: La Bestia/Naruto, Uchicha Itachi/Uzumaki Naruto
Categories: AU, creature/wing, mystery, dark-ish but not really :)
Length: Medium (9,071)
Warnings: This is not bestiality. I repeat, there is no bestiality. :) But there are guns, cards, blood and tigers.

Author on LJ: flypaw
Author's Website: AO3/Y! Gallery/Tumblr

Author's Summary: Lost to a wager, Naruto is sentenced to life (or death) under La Bestia, a man who is more animal than human. Abandoned by his father, with a murdered mother, Naruto cannot go back, but what sort of life is waiting for him under the paw of The Beast?

Review: This fic is Beauty and the Beast redefined. It's starts with a sense of mystery and it keeps that mysterious sense with it all throughout the fic. I love how Imperial Mint manages to make the setting believable, how she manages to make it seem all real. I love how the romance between La Bestia and Naruto happened, slow and steady with each passing night.I love how she portrayed La Bestia's vulnerabilty, it made the ending that much more believable.

What I don't like is how Naruto seems like a typical damsel-in-distress. There's none of that fiery personality that makes up the Naruto that we know. But then, this fic is an AU.

Note: The author herself says that the core of this fic is Beauty and the Beast but she leaned heavily on 'The Tiger's Bride' by Angela Carter.

La Bestia

Title: La Bestia
Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: La Bestia/Naruto, Uchicha Itachi/Uzumaki Naruto
Categories: AU, creature/wing, mystery, dark-ish but not really :)
Length: Medium (9,071)
Warnings: This is not bestiality. I repeat, there is no bestiality. :) But there are guns, cards, blood and tigers.

Author on LJ: flypaw
Author's Website: AO3/Y! Gallery/Tumblr

Author's Summary: Lost to a wager, Naruto is sentenced to life (or death) under La Bestia, a man who is more animal than human. Abandoned by his father, with a murdered mother, Naruto cannot go back, but what sort of life is waiting for him under the paw of The Beast?

Review: This fic is Beauty and the Beast redefined. It's starts with a sense of mystery and it keeps that mysterious sense with it all throughout the fic. I love how Imperial Mint manages to make the setting believable, how she manages to make it seem all real. I love how the romance between La Bestia and Naruto happened, slow and steady with each passing night.I love how she portrayed La Bestia's vulnerabilty, it made the ending that much more believable.

What I don't like is how Naruto seems like a typical damsel-in-distress. There's none of that fiery personality that makes up the Naruto that we know. But then, this fic is an AU.

Note: The author herself says that the core of this fic is Beauty and the Beast but she leaned heavily on 'The Tiger's Bride' by Angela Carter.

La Bestia

Title: La Bestia
Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: La Bestia/Naruto, Uchicha Itachi/Uzumaki Naruto
Categories: AU, creature/wing, mystery, dark-ish but not really :)
Length: Medium (9,071)
Warnings: This is not bestiality. I repeat, there is no bestiality. :) But there are guns, cards, blood and tigers.

Author on LJ: flypaw
Author's Website: AO3/Y! Gallery/Tumblr

Author's Summary: Lost to a wager, Naruto is sentenced to life (or death) under La Bestia, a man who is more animal than human. Abandoned by his father, with a murdered mother, Naruto cannot go back, but what sort of life is waiting for him under the paw of The Beast?

Review: This fic is Beauty and the Beast redefined. It's starts with a sense of mystery and it keeps that mysterious sense with it all throughout the fic. I love how Imperial Mint manages to make the setting believable, how she manages to make it seem all real. I love how the romance between La Bestia and Naruto happened, slow and steady with each passing night.I love how she portrayed La Bestia's vulnerabilty, it made the ending that much more believable.

What I don't like is how Naruto seems like a typical damsel-in-distress. There's none of that fiery personality that makes up the Naruto that we know. But then, this fic is an AU.

Note: The author herself says that the core of this fic is Beauty and the Beast but she leaned heavily on 'The Tiger's Bride' by Angela Carter.

La Bestia

I'm thrilled to say that the time has finally come for our first Recapalooza rec to be posted! I want to send a big warm thank you to everyone who participated -- you've all managed to unearth some gems that I can't wait to share on your behalf!

To kick things off for us, here's a rec by ember_reads:

Fandom: Person of Interest
Pairing: John Reese/Lionel Fusco
Categories: Romance, Angst, Drama
Length: Long (25,000)
Warnings: Stalking, power imblance, consent issues

Author on LJ: livenudebigfoot
Author Website: AO3 Profile

Summary: Fusco thinks he's being followed by a man in a suit. He's right.

Review:
In this story Fusco is being followed by Reese A LOT. The really stunning thing about this fic is Fusco's pov, not only is his characterization spot on but we also get to see Reese through Fusco's eyes. Fusco sees how troubled and messed up Reese really is and yet he also can't help but to be drawn to him. The power imbalance in their dealings is so scued in one direction it makes for a intriguing dynamic. The journey these two very damaged individuals go on is so well done. Don't let my sad reccing skills scare you off, this story is really brilliant. I highly recommend it.

Harmless Observation

I'm thrilled to say that the time has finally come for our first Recapalooza rec to be posted! I want to send a big warm thank you to everyone who participated -- you've all managed to unearth some gems that I can't wait to share on your behalf!

To kick things off for us, here's a rec by ember_reads:

Fandom: Person of Interest
Pairing: John Reese/Lionel Fusco
Categories: Romance, Angst, Drama
Length: Long (25,000)
Warnings: Stalking, power imblance, consent issues

Author on LJ: livenudebigfoot
Author Website: AO3 Profile

Summary: Fusco thinks he's being followed by a man in a suit. He's right.

Review:
In this story Fusco is being followed by Reese A LOT. The really stunning thing about this fic is Fusco's pov, not only is his characterization spot on but we also get to see Reese through Fusco's eyes. Fusco sees how troubled and messed up Reese really is and yet he also can't help but to be drawn to him. The power imbalance in their dealings is so scued in one direction it makes for a intriguing dynamic. The journey these two very damaged individuals go on is so well done. Don't let my sad reccing skills scare you off, this story is really brilliant. I highly recommend it.

Harmless Observation

I'm thrilled to say that the time has finally come for our first Recapalooza rec to be posted! I want to send a big warm thank you to everyone who participated -- you've all managed to unearth some gems that I can't wait to share on your behalf!

To kick things off for us, here's a rec by ember_reads:

Fandom: Person of Interest
Pairing: John Reese/Lionel Fusco
Categories: Romance, Angst, Drama
Length: Long (25,000)
Warnings: Stalking, power imblance, consent issues

Author on LJ: livenudebigfoot
Author Website: AO3 Profile

Summary: Fusco thinks he's being followed by a man in a suit. He's right.

Review:
In this story Fusco is being followed by Reese A LOT. The really stunning thing about this fic is Fusco's pov, not only is his characterization spot on but we also get to see Reese through Fusco's eyes. Fusco sees how troubled and messed up Reese really is and yet he also can't help but to be drawn to him. The power imbalance in their dealings is so scued in one direction it makes for a intriguing dynamic. The journey these two very damaged individuals go on is so well done. Don't let my sad reccing skills scare you off, this story is really brilliant. I highly recommend it.

Harmless Observation

I'm thrilled to say that the time has finally come for our first Recapalooza rec to be posted! I want to send a big warm thank you to everyone who participated -- you've all managed to unearth some gems that I can't wait to share on your behalf!

To kick things off for us, here's a rec by ember_reads:

Fandom: Person of Interest
Pairing: John Reese/Lionel Fusco
Categories: Romance, Angst, Drama
Length: Long (25,000)
Warnings: Stalking, power imblance, consent issues

Author on LJ: livenudebigfoot
Author Website: AO3 Profile

Summary: Fusco thinks he's being followed by a man in a suit. He's right.

Review:
In this story Fusco is being followed by Reese A LOT. The really stunning thing about this fic is Fusco's pov, not only is his characterization spot on but we also get to see Reese through Fusco's eyes. Fusco sees how troubled and messed up Reese really is and yet he also can't help but to be drawn to him. The power imbalance in their dealings is so scued in one direction it makes for a intriguing dynamic. The journey these two very damaged individuals go on is so well done. Don't let my sad reccing skills scare you off, this story is really brilliant. I highly recommend it.

Harmless Observation