He Just Makes Me All Twitterpated!

Ahem. It's still Tuesday on the west coast of the US.

How is everybody this week? Have we all disposed of our Thanksgiving (for those who celebrate) leftovers by now? I never host these dinners so I never have the leftovers, but I wish I had taken home a bowl of my sister's stuffing this year. That stuff was the bomb, yo! And my sister asked me if I wanted her to bring me some of it and I told her, yes, but then her evil son and his friends got ahold of it and I was out of luck. A moment of silence please, while I mourn my loss of the best stuffing I've ever tasted.





Thank you for allowing me that self-indulgent moment of grief over something that can likely never be replicated. I appreciate that. You're awesome.




You may be asking yourself how I can say I'm all twitterpated if I'm in a state of mourning over a lost opportunity to eat my weight in Thanksgiving stuffing. I've asked myself the same thing, and I have an answer for you. 

Sweet, baby, high school aged, Edward Cullen.

He just makes everything better, and in the fics I've read this week, I just know you'll find yourself a SweetWard to make you feel better at the end of a bad day. How do I know? Because I've got two older, completed stories that I've read over the course of the past few days, along with a WIP that features an Edward so sweet that, when I look in a mirror, I can see those little cartoon hearts in my eyes for hours after I read a new update. And then I just want to grab him and hug him and pet him and squeeze him.





And yes, I have equal fervor for Robert Pattinson. I'm sure that if he knew just how I feel about him he'd get that protection order he's no doubt been contemplating.



Anyway, I have three stories that I am confident you will all love, if you like totally adorable, sweet, wonderful, human Edward Cullens.

The first story I have for you this week is called Watching Her by les16.

Summary: She's his Drummer Girl. She plays. She dances. She's got secrets. He watches her. If he comes out of the woods will she let him in or close the doors forever?

There's a sequel to Watching Her, which is called Drumsticks and Penalty Kicks.

Summary: He still watches her. She still plays the drums. They just do it together. Drummer Girl and Creeper learn to love, trust, and grow together. Sequel/Continuation to "Watching Her".

I came across Watching Her in a post in the No Rules facebook group. The post was about another story I will be reviewing here today, and the person who posted about Watching Her said the Edward in Break My Silence reminded her of the Edward in Watching Her, so I decided to give Watching Her a read.

Now, I will be the first to admit that the first few chapters gave me pause. By, gave me pause, I mean that Edward kind of comes off as seriously skeevy for a while. By skeevy, I mean that I kind of wanted a Silkwood shower to get the skeeve off after reading those first few chapters. . .





But the more I read, the better I felt about Edward. He really did care about Bella, without even knowing who she was or why she seemed so sad. He just wanted to make her feel better.

And the longer I read, through his first contact with her, her fright and subsequent curiosity about Edward, the more I grew to love both of them. You see, they don't even speak to each other. They write letters back and forth. They don't even speak over the phone until weeks after their first contact. But in those letters, they learn everything about each other. And they learn how to help each other through some of the worst experiences human beings can go through.

I swear that this story has the longest, slowest burn. They don't even meet face-to-face until the very last chapter of the story, but the payoff is so worth it. When they do finally meet up on the first day of school, they are already completely in love with each other. No other girl or boy has a chance with them. Their foundation is rock solid, and they are in it for the long haul.

And the sequel, Drumsticks and Penalty Kicks, is so dreamy. I just love everything about it. You won't be sorry if you give these two fics a chance.






Watching her can be found here:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7956616/1/Watching-Her

Drumsticks and Penalty Kicks can be found here:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8158357/1/Drumsticks-and-Penalty-Kicks

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My second selection is also a twofer by m81170. An Introduction to Swirl and Daisy, and, the author describes The Misadventures of Daisy and Swirl as snippets and stuff that happened within An Introduction to Swirl and Daisy but didn't make into the official story. I just finished reading Introduction and I'm smiling so big my face hurts. It's that good. There are also outtakes on the author's blog, which I am reading right now and they are adorable.

Bella is twelve when she goes to live with Charlie in this story. On her first day at Forks Middle School, during her first period Yearbook class, she meets her soulmate, Edward Cullen.

Edward is a lonely boy and has no friends. But when Bella comes into his life he gets a best friend and soul mate all rolled into one.
Our teacher arrived and started calling roll, an unnecessary formality. This was a woman who had watched each and every one of them grow from diapers to adolescence… who had invited them to all of my LotR-themed birthday parties… who had listened to me cry when, for whatever reason, they no longer invited me to theirs. I smiled a little. As long as I had my mom here and my dad at home, I didn’t need anyone else.

The next day, I came into class a little early and began sorting the previous day’s photos. I did it again the day after that, and the day after that, and the day after that. Then I’d upload the good ones to the server like a good photographer, so no one would have any reason to ask me where they were. And no one did. No one ever talked to me, until one day…

“Hello,” a quiet voice said from right next to me.

I ignored it. Last week, I had made the mistake of thinking a seventh grader was waving me over to her table. I was halfway to there before I realized she was actually waving to a friend who was walking right behind me. I had instantly changed direction and headed to the Yearbook room. I’d been eating lunch with Mom in here ever since.

A throat cleared, followed by a more forceful, “Hello.”

I looked up. The first thing I saw was a bright light, before a face came into focus, one that I had never seen before. Spots marred my vision as my eyes adjusted. I blinked them away, trying to take in this person – this girl – in front of me.

She was an interesting kind of pretty. The part in her hair was crooked. Her thin fingers clung to the straps of her backpack. No make-up tainted her features.
She wore a t-shirt.

T-shirts were my downfall.

I had the impulse to snap her picture, but a lens would only distort her visage – the greatest injustice of our time. Such beauty could never, never be captured. No. I had to remember this moment, imprint it to my brain. What was said. How I felt. The way she looked. This was the moment I’d be speaking about for years to come… when people asked me how I met my wife.

That beautiful little piece of literary heaven was from an outtake of the first time he met her. <le sigh> The outtakes are available on the author's blog here:

http://m81170.livejournal.com/


An Introduction to Swirl and Daisy is available here:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5642262/1/An-Introduction-to-Swirl-and-Daisy



The Misadventures of Daisy and Swirl can be found here:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6065116/1/The-Misadventures-of-Daisy-and-Swirl

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The last story I'm reviewing tonight is called Break My Silence by Kittanja.

Summary: Forks was a polar opposite of Arizona, and it was perfect. I just wanted to figure out how to live again. Mom was dead, which meant I was safe now. They didn't have any use for me anymore. I just wanted to be alone, it was easier… but Edward Cullen didn't do easy. I don't know why he kept torturing himself by trying to be my friend.

Bella Dwyer moves in with her Godfather, Charlie Swan, after a horrific incident leaves her traumatized, and physically unable to speak. She can't stand to be touched by others or touch them, either.

He arranges a job for her, and buys her a car, and takes her in to Forks High School to arrange to do her studies over the internet, so she doesn't have to come in contact with anybody. It's while they are at the high school that she meets Edward Cullen.

Of course, she can't speak to him, and when he sticks out his hand to shake hers, it gives her a slight panic attack, but she is able to give him a little wave as she leaves. And, for his part, he recognizes that her reaction to him is off, but doesn't know exactly what is going on.

Though their first meeting is in the office of Forks High School, their friendship begins out in a field an equal distance between their homes. It's where they each discover the other person has a penchant for getting high. For Bella, it's a means to reduce her anxiety, and for Edward, it's a means to release the stress and anger he has about his life.

Edward talks to Bella like she is a normal person and he does the best he can to make her comfortable, no matter the situation. As time goes by, she is able to sit next to him, and even let him hold her hand without freaking out about it.

The story is still a WIP, and hasn't been updated since October 26th, but I'll patiently wait because it's just that good.

Unfortunately, there is no banner for Break My Silence so here's a nice pic of Rob and Kristen for you instead. . . 


 

Break My Silence can be found here:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11823555/1/Break-My-Silence

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Okay, while I was perusing m81170's blog, I found a banner that she made for a story called Primal Instincts by Ms.SB. The story is pulled, but if anyone has it, help a sister out and send it my way, will you. You all know how I get when I can't find a fic. Here's the banner that m81170 made for the story. Isn't it great? I will love you forever if you have the story and send it to me.

Anyway, that's it for this week. I'm just going to go sit over here in the corner and sulk until I get my hands on that story I can't find.

See you next week!

Nobody Knows the Trouble He's Seen. . .

How the hell is everyone? I've had a so/so week. I had to buy a new battery for my car yesterday, which sucked. You know, it's the whole I-don't-have-this-money-to-spend-it dealio. But it's cool, my son floated me some cash and said call it your early Christmas present. That was the bad part of the week. I would start drinking but. . . 



On to the good part. . .



So, just the other day I had this fantastic idea. I decided that for my blog this week, I am going to do PrisonWard. 

What? I figure he's been without female company for long enough that he might be desperate enough to let me do him. I can picture it now, he's sitting there on his bunk and the guard opens the cell door for me to walk in and stand in front of him. He looks up at me, grabs me by the hand and says, "Not even if you were the last woman on earth. I only love Bella. I'll only ever let Bella touch me."



Fine, I guess I'll just take my fat ass back behind my computer and recommend stories about you and BELLLLLLLLAAAAA. But there's no need to look at me like I'm the most disgusting thing you've ever seen, Edward. And I get so sick of hearing that bitch's name come out of your mouth! It's always Bella this, or Bella that. Bella, Bella, Bella. Jeez, and now you just made me sound like Jan Brady. But who do you come to when you need money to pay off your cell-mate, Spooge? Do you go to your precious Bella? No! You come to me! You're too pretty for prison and we all know that. So who sends you the money keeping you from being Spooge's bitch? ME, not Bella! Fictional characters have. no. money. Edward!



I am so happy to say that I have not one, but two. . . count 'em! TWO guest reviewers for you this week. Yes! I was actually able to talk two real people into making recs for this week's blog! I'm so stoked.




The two wonderful ladies who decided to enrich your lives with quality PrisonWard are NKubie: aka Nan Kubie on Facebook, and Pinto9847: aka Susan Robinson on Facebook. So, I'm going to give you their reviews first, and then I will give the review to the story I decided on recommending this week. 

First up, the amazing Pinto9847, or Susan Robinson:

Susan is reviewing a story called The Breakers by les16.

Summary: After spending 7 years in prison, Edward gets a new start in the fishing village of Corea, Maine. Can a little girl and her mom, Bella, see beyond his past and can they all find love again...or will the ocean swallow them whole?

The Breakers by Les16

Beloved BeLynda...I am pretty much just free-balling this, so feel free to chop and change this, ok? Add pretty pictures wherever, because you know I don't have the technology to do so, lol!!!!!!!!!!!

In summary, the story is about Edward trying to start his life over in the fishing village of Corea, Maine after being released from prison where he served a 7-year prison term in Old Colony Correctional Center in Boston. 

Do you want to put a snazzy pic of the prison here? There aren't many good ones online...

The question is...What.The.Fuck.Did he do to get himself landed in prison?! And why does he want to go to Corea, specifically? So, I guess two questions, but you know what? I am writing this, and I know the answers, so I can do what I want!

At the beginning of the story, we are told only the basics...that Edward was in prison for 7 years, is now paroled, and is being given special accommodations to move from Boston to Corea, Maine. Oh, yeah, and he is also given $100,000 for some reason...

When he ends up in Corea, the first person he meets is a sweet, smart, precocious 7-year-old girl named Peyton who immediately accepts Edward when he thought nobody would want an ex-con in their small town. Peyton gives Edward the courage to go inside the restaurant called The Breakers, where he is to meet his new employer, Charlie Swan. With his new Best Friend by his side, Peyton introduces Edward to her grandpa, Charlie! Charlie knows about Edward's history and accepts him...and also offers him a job on his fishing boat.

Then Edward meets Bella...and she runs from him...twice! Edward learns something terrible happened to Peyton's father before Peyton was even born. Both Edward and Bella struggle to tell each other about their pasts, and when they do, they also have to think about Peyton. There was an amazing quote that I found that brought tears to my eyes when I read it. It is from Edward, and it is explaining how Peyton has helped to heal him after an amazingly emotional moment between them:

"How do you thank a child, who with each passing day I'm convinced is the most amazing one ever, for making you feel … human again? For making you feel alive and worthy? For seeing you for who you want to be instead of who people assume you to be? For making you feel important and wanted? I'll never truly be able to make her understand, mostly because I don't understand it myself, but I can't deny what Peyton makes me feel. The fact that she does it just by being herself means even more. No agenda. No hidden meaning. Just Peyton being Peyton."

After things settle into a routine, ghosts from the past come back to haunt Edward...will he end up losing the little family he has created because of his past? 



The Breakers can be found here:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7096926/1/The-Breakers

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Next, I have a review from the always wonderful NKubie, or Nan Kubie. The story that Nan is reviewing today is The Man Next Door by Robzbeanie.

Summary: When Edward Cullen is released from prison, 18-year-old Bella becomes fascinated by her new next door neighbor. But is this strong young woman strong enough to handle his past? 

I always feel it’s a little bit like cheating when I write a rec or review for a story that I’ve preread. However, I don’t preread for stories that I wouldn’t enjoy as a regular reader. So when BeLynda asked me to write a rec for The Man Next Door by RobzBeanie, after I stopped squeeing and picked myself off the floor, I got to thinking about all the things that make TMND such a great story.

The Man Next Door started as an entry for the May to December Romance Contest, but was expanded after the contest was over and went on to win 2nd place for September 2015 and 7th place for ALL fics for the year on TwiFanfictionRecs. Needless to say, I’m not the only one who thinks this story is a gem.

The fic begins with Edward’s release from prison after he’s exonerated for a crime he didn’t commit.

“Edward Cullen is being released from the state prison in Walla Walla today, after 18 years on death row for the rape and murder of 16-year-old Bree Tanner. Despite the fact that DNA evidence now points to another man, some people in and around Forks still believe Edward is guilty. The case is dividing our tiny Washington town; it's the biggest thing to hit Forks since the murder itself.

At the time of his arrest, Edward Cullen was the town's golden boy, the son of a prominent surgeon and interior designer. He had recently graduated from Forks High School near the top of his class, making State in both basketball and track.”

Edward’s parents, Carlisle and Esme, never gave up hope as to their son’s innocence and in fact made huge career changes and gave up their upper-class lifestyle to prove it. That move brings them to be next door neighbors to the Swans, thus the name of the story.

Some people might assume this as a typical May-December romance, with the older, more experienced Edward and the younger, wide-eyed innocent Bella, but this is far from that simple. To say that Edward’s 18 years in prison changes him from the boy he used to be is a massive understatement. All of Edward’s 20s and over half of his 30s were spent in prison, and while he has the actual life experience of a 36-year-old, it also leaves him emotionally scarred. This sort of levels the playing field. In fact, because of Edward’s traumatic experiences, Bella is more emotionally stable than Edward, so in many cases, she becomes the more “adult” individual in the relationship.

Due to the age difference and circumstances, Bella and Edward feel they need to keep their relationship a secret. Even Charlie, who doesn’t deny Edward’s innocence, can see that there may be issues that Bella isn’t ready to deal with.

"I, um, I saw him today. When I got home from school."

"I saw him too," Dad says, "Outside smoking a cigarette. You should stay away from him, Bells. Even if he's truly innocent, there's no telling what 18 years in prison did to his mental state."

The one-shot for the contest ends with Bella asking Edward to move with her to Tucson, Arizona where she’s going to college. But this is where the story really begins. The journey that takes Edward and Bella to Arizona is far more than just geographical; it’s also physical and emotional.  Dealing with Edward’s psychological scars and trying to build a lasting relationship is the real journey, even after they settle in their new home. They both have a lot of growing up to do, but they do that together, though not smoothly. There are plenty of bumps along the way. Everything from the way that Edward reacts to touch to Bella navigating her first romantic relationship plays a part in this very rich and layered tale. You’ll want to cry when you realize what Edward has gone through and shout for joy with every victory of Edward overcoming his fears. But what often touched me the most is how Bella got through to Edward and gave him an emotional haven.

"No!" Edward yells suddenly.

I immediately turn toward him, and he's deathly pale, looking like he might throw up. "Edward?" I whisper.

I slowly bring my hand in front of his face, hoping to God he can see it, then caress his cheek, trailing my fingers down to his neck. He's breathing a little heavily, but nothing like that day in his room. Gently, I pull him forward by the back of the neck until he leans his forehead on my shoulder, then scratch my fingers through his soft hair.

"Can you hear me?" I whisper to Edward. In answer, his arms slowly wind their way around my waist. We stay like that for a while, until I feel him starting to calm.

Scenes like this occur frequently through the story and Edward’s road to recovery. But that’s what makes the triumphs that much more satisfying. Watching Edward slowly come out of his shell and eventually being the one to reassure Bella is an incredible transformation.

"I've always thought of myself as just a normal, average girl. And sometimes… sometimes I wonder if you'd find any girl attractive after being in prison for so long."

"Baby, where is this coming from?" he asks, tipping my chin up so I'm forced to look him in the eye. "I think you're beautiful, I've told you that. You could have any man you want, and I'm so honored that you've chosen me.

"And as for me, no, I definitely would not want just any girl. From the moment you waltzed over to me and introduced yourself, it's only been you."

"Please," I scoff. "I was probably the first female you saw after you got out of prison."

"Not true," he shakes his head. "It's a long drive from the prison to Forks. I saw plenty of women when we stopped along the way." He rolls his eyes, then brings his hands up to brush them along my sides. "How could you doubt this, baby?"

And then Edward really shows her how much he loves her. (Psst. This leads to a lemon.)

Speaking of lemons, they are plentiful and plenty hot! RobzBeanie is a master at writing sexy times and this story showcases her talent in a big way!

So if you’re looking for a fic filled with compassion, heartache and comfort, and plenty of citrus, this is the story for you. Enjoy!

xo

Nan

The Man Next Door can be found here:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11041506/1/The-Man-Next-Door

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As for me and my rec, well, I get the incredible honor of betaing this fic. It's had me from word #1 and it hasn't let me go since I started reading it. You can even ask the author; every time I was finished reading the last chapter she sent me I was pressuring her to write more. I need this fic.



What's that? You want to know what fic I'm talking about? Silly me. Of course, you want to know what fic I'm talking about, why wouldn't you? The fic I'm reccing this week is Ex Delicto by MeteorOnAMoonlessNight.


Yes, I told people in my group that only I get to rec this story. No, I'm not ashamed of myself, at all.



Disclaimer: Spoilers ahead. Read at your own risk.

Summary: An imprisoned man who's run out of options to prove his innocence, a young attorney volunteering her time to help the wrongly convicted, and the actual criminal walking around free for ten years. The consequences of a crime are far reaching and often unseen.

Bella Swan is a busy corporate lawyer by day, who takes on cases for Innocence Project Northwest in her spare time. She's been volunteering for IPNW since she got out of law school.

Edward Cullen is a man who was convicted of rape when he was nineteen and in college. He was talked into going to a party with friends, drank a beer and danced with a couple girls. Then he passed out. When he woke up he was under arrest for rape.

The DNA evidence was mishandled, but Edward was still convicted. His parents went broke hiring lawyers to appeal his case, but nothing positive ever happened.

By the time Bella meets Edward he has run out of hope and he is hostile. He doesn't think that anyone can help him so he refuses to have hope or cooperate, at first. But Bella keeps coming back and gets him to help her win his release.

This case involves Bella, Edward and a cast of tertiary characters that include the usual Twilight folks. Carlisle and Esme are Edward's parents. His mother never stopped believing in his innocence, but his, now estranged, father believed in his guilt.

Bella's father, the Police Commissioner, didn't believe Edward was guilty when the case originally happened, and told Esme that he would most likely walk free. Nobody but the person who set Edward up believed he would be convicted.

Rest assured, Bella saves Edward, but who will save her when her life is threatened in a later chapter? I guess you'll just have to keep reading to find out.



Ex Delicto can be found here:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12177956/1/Ex-Delicto

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On behalf of NKubie and Pinto9847, I want to say thank you for reading the blog this week.

As for myself, I just want to say how happy the fact that people I know and respect are out there reading my blog. You have no idea how wonderful that makes me feel.




Really, really wonderful. 




Anyway, the fact that you are reading means so much to me. I'll be honest, up until last week, I was toying with the idea of stopping. But then a few people told me how much they were liking it, so I decided to keep going. I just want all of you who are reading it to know that it means a lot to me that you are. There are so many fic rec sites out there...and for you to be reading mine along with them...that's pretty awesome. So. . . 

from the bottom of my cold, black, dead heart,

See you next week. 

A Near Miss. . .

As in, I almost decided not to post tonight. I'm tired, y'all. 



See, I'm a night owl. Always have been, always will be. And it doesn't matter how little sleep I got the night before (you know, because I read fanfiction all the time and I have to read just one more chapter. . . multiple times. . . until three in the morning), if I haven't fallen asleep by say, ten p.m., I will get a second wind and be WIDE AWAKE!

So, I thought about not posting tonight in order to get some actual sleep. But, I couldn't do that to anyone who might be waiting for me to post this week's blog.

Disclaimer: I really don't know if more than three people, including myself, actually reads this, but if they do, I want it to be there for them.

Anyhoo, you may have noticed that I like to have a theme to my blogs.



Yeah, I really do. So, for this week, I'm focusing on stories that feature a character or characters of the Twilight saga reading the books which bring about subtle (or not so subtle) changes to the events which happen in the books.



Without further ado. . . 
Just a word of warning for all you wonderfully persnickety people (like me) out there: none of these stories is grammatically perfect, and a couple of them really have a lot of issues. . . that being said, give them a chance, they are all stories which are worthy of reading, but if you focus too much on the negative aspects, you may miss something you consider a gem if you had just stuck it out.

The first fic which featured a character or characters reading the Twilight books I ever read was called Happily Ever After Is Worth Fighting For, written by Humble4.

Summary: Bella receives a gift of the Twilight Series from her ancestor who mysteriously disappeared over 300 years ago. Her choices are to move to Forks or run in the opposite direction. What is a girl to do?

Bella Swan comes home from school one day to find a package of books, along with a letter, waiting for her on her front porch. She opens the package to find four books along with a letter. She's never heard of the books so she decides to read the letter. In the letter, she discovers that the books tell of events that will happen to her over the next couple of years if she chooses to go through with her idea of moving to Forks. The letter further advises her that she has several options available to her: she can decide against moving to Forks, she can move to Forks and let events unfold as they would in the books, or she can use the books to her advantage and avoid the pain caused to her by the supernatural forces in the books.

She decides to learn from the mistakes in the books, and one of the first things she decides to rectify is her relationship with her dad, Charlie. She decides that her treatment of him in the books was shabby, so as soon as she gets off the plane, she acts happy to see him and excited to be there.

The second decision she makes is to not be the pushover she was in the books. She starts off with telling Rosalie off for being such a heinous bitch from the moment she woke up as a vampire, Emmett for torturing Edward with the sexual images, and Edward (in as nice a way as possible) for his unilateral decisions.

She also has the brilliant idea to have Jasper project her feelings for Edward and his feelings for her to the rest of the family, and the even more brilliant idea to project her pain at the thought of Edward leaving her to the whole family. She lets them know that events happen in the second book that lead to him convincing the family to leave Bella behind and leave Forks. They vow to never leave or let him leave without her.

I really like this story. It's a bit fluffy with no real angst, but it's a great palate cleanser for when you've just read something incredibly painful. I've read this one two or three times now, and I don't get sick of it. I think that if you give it a chance, you will really enjoy reading it.

There is no banner for this story, so here's a nice picture of Edward and Bella in the meadow for you. :-)



Happily Ever After Is Worth Fighting For can be found here:    
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7018302/1/Happily-Ever-After-is-Worth-Fighting-For


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For the second fic this week, I would like to recommend another story I've read in the past but liked enough to read multiple times, called, Hoping For A Different Tomorrow by alternatetwilight.

Summary: Bella receives the Twilight books two weeks before she moves to Forks with a message not to share the books with anyone until a certain decision is made. While she's waiting for word that she can share the books, she writes letters to the Cullen's.

I have to say, I really enjoyed this story. The major events in the Twilight books happen in this fic, but they happen on an accelerated timeline (within a year instead of two), and the events a changed a bit. For instance, instead of Bella cutting her finger at her birthday party, Bella is at the Cullens a couple of weeks before her birthday and Emmett startles her so she breaks the glass in her hand and cuts herself. Edward starts to attack her and Jasper tries to fight him off but then Edward's thirst is projected to Jasper and then they are fighting each other to attack her. Once that gets all calmed down, Edward decides to leave but Bella talks him out of it. In doing so she manipulates Edward into staying and he starts to question her motives and she gets so upset by it that she falls into a month-long coma and dreams that she and Edward went on with their lives together, but he was pulling away from her like she read in New Moon, causing her as much pain as it did Bella in the book. Edward, in turn, can't feel her presence while she is in the coma and he feels just as much pain as book Edward did.

That was just one example of how events are twisted in this new imagining of the Twilight saga. Action and angst, love and happiness, pain and sorrow all have a place in this fic. If you read it, I know that you will find it just as wonderful as I did.

Unfortunately, there is no banner photo for this story, either, so here's another sweet Edward and Bella picture:


Hoping For A Different Tomorrow can be found here:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11169847/1/Hoping-for-a-Different-Tomorrow-Repost


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The last story I'm going to mention here for this week is called Will Things Change? by 2brown-eyes.

Summary: After Edward leaves in New Moon he & his family receive four books. One book of the past and three books of the future. Will reading the books send Edward racing back to his soul mate sooner or will he continue think that it right to stay away? Text of the books is not copied in the chapters!

This story begins three months after Edward left in New Moon, and opens with Jasper and Emmett sent by Alice to fetch him from that attic in Brazil. She received a set of books from S.M. letting Alice know that her visions come to her in her writing and that the information in the books is vital to all of them. Bella also receives copies of the books, but instead of Twilight, she receives Midnight Sun.

This story is different in the sense that all of the main characters get the books (Jacob even gets a hold of Bella's copy and the wolves read everything but Breaking Dawn). The characters read the first book and about half of the second book and the Cullen family decide to go back to Forks right before Christmas, which is around two months earlier than they did in the original timeline, and in Bella finding out where the Cullens went after they left and being determined to find them.

They all arrive at the same place fairly close to the same time, just in time to stop Victoria and Riley from killing Bella, which negates what happens with the newborn army in Eclipse. That's a good thing, and since they are back early, Bella never gets a chance to bond with Jacob, so they are able to avoid the love triangle. The wolves/Quileutes give them some trouble, but it's easily handled.

All in all, I really enjoyed this story and I know I will read it again someday.

I really enjoy this author's work, and if you look at this story (her first fanfic) and compare it to her most recently completed stories, you will be able to see her wonderful evolution and improvement as a writer.




Will Things Change? can be found here:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6646963/1/Will-Things-Change


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I hope you give these stories a chance, and if you do, I really hope you enjoy them. If these stories aren't for you, try something else by the authors, they did some great work with these stories and other works by them might be more your cup of tea.

Okay, since I managed to complete my blog before midnight, and I actually still feel tired, I'm gonna go try to get some sleep. It probably won't work, however, I already feel that second wind coming on and I'm gonna feel like a jackrabbit on meth in about fifteen minutes.

Wish me luck!!!