Case in point, last week after posting I decided that I was going to devote this week's blog to WWII fics because tomorrow is the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, which brought the United States into the conflict. Good plan, right?
And then the Mafiaward group on Facebook decided to have a group read-a-long of the Storm series. And posting snippets of the first story. And then I made the mistake of reading those snippets. And then I had to start reading Quiet Storm because those snippets were just so gooooood and made me want to read the series again so that whole plan I had about making my blog post tonight about WWII just disappeared on me. And then there's a good possibility this post will be late because I can't stop reading any of the Storm series.
Betcha can't guess which genre tonight's blog post is about, huh?
Lawbreakers.
Criminals.
Men of honor.
That's right, bitches. Snitches get stitches. Holla!
Ah, Mobward. That sexy muthafucka. No matter which story it is, that Mobward is always a smooth sumbitch.
Cocky.
Sexy.
Lethal.
Oh, how I love a good Mobward story. There's just nothing better when it's done well. I have two series for you, this week.
I popped my Mobward cherry with There Will Be Blood. And what a great story to have been my first.
Summary: Edward Cullen, 25, the son of a Chicago mob boss. He is second-in-command, cold and dangerous. Bella Swan,18,small town girl who has just enrolled as a freshman at Northwestern. A story about how love can survive in the cruelest of worlds.
TWBB has a sequel called There Will Be Freedom.
Summary: Two years have passed. Bella and Edward are safe on their island but will the dark underworld of crime pull them back in?
As I said above, There Will Be Blood was my first Mobward story.
In TWBB and TWBF we get to meet Edward Cullen, the original OCD-Gangsta. He's 25 (2nd in command to his father in an organized crime family) and a he-whore extraordinaire. Enter Bella Swan, 18-year-old Northwestern University freshman with a terminal case of klutziness. She meets Edward (briefly) for the first time when she wakes up on his desk after fainting in his brother's dance club. She and Alice leave the club, but Bella left her purse under his desk.
He wants her and can't get her out of his mind. He's reduced picking up women to a routine so practiced and slick it takes him less than 5 minutes to score and she picks up on that when they meet so he can give her his purse back. She refuses him and he is baffled by this. He honestly can't believe that he failed to get her to have sex with him. She does her best to resist him, but eventually he convinces her to go out with him and they end up together.
The mafia parts of the story are good. The Cullens (mainly Edward) face several antagonists: the police (featuring an obsessive Jacob Black), the Volturi crime family (featuring an obsessive Aro Volturi and his skanky niece Vienna), along with other criminal organizations.
A heart-breaking conclusion ushers in a thrilling sequel in the form of TWBF. The story of the OCD-Gangsta and his klutzy damsel continues in this with Carlisle turning over the organization to Edward and Esme wanting a divorce because of a secret that Carlisle kept from her for 2 years.
Aro Volturi keeps trying to kill Edward, skanky niece Vienna keeps trying to get Edward to show her a good time and all he ever wants to do is be with his wife. How dare he?
The sex is hot, the violence is graphic and the story is fantastic.
There Will Be Blood can be found here:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6116028/1/There-Will-Be-Blood
There Will Be Freedom can be found here:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6787771/1/There-Will-Be-Freedom
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What is widely regarded by fan fiction readers as the gold standard of mafia fics is SexylexiCullen's Storm series, and with good reason. It consists of Quiet Storm, The Eye of the Storm (a stand-alone story of outtakes of events that happen during Quiet Storm but weren't included in Quiet Storm), Weather the Storm, Riders on the Storm, and After the Storm (future takes of the storm series following the children of Edward and Bella, and will have some EPOV future takes as well someday).
Quiet Storm Summary: "Two weeks. Two years. Who cares?" A lesson in love, crime, and passion. When two young lovers find themselves in the middle of the storm, can love conquer all? AH. OOC. Rated M Mafia fic.
Weather the Storm Summary: How does the head of the world's most powerful crime family juggle being a father, husband, and boss? Surrounded by trouble, Edward tries to manage his organization while struggling to spend time with his children and wife, Bella.
Two years have passed since the epilogue; do Bella and Edward still have what it takes to Weather the Storm?
Riders on the Storm Summary: Welcome to part 3 of the storm series. Sixteen years after Weather the Storm. Follow the Skip, Bella, and their kids - now older, wiser, and enmeshed in the family business. How will Edward cope with trying to teach Damion and Sonny the ropes, keeping Kylie out of trouble, and Bella happy? Does he still have what it takes to juggle all his duties?
The Eye of the Storm Summary: A compilation of Quiet Storm outtakes. Most outtakes will be in the secondary character's points of view. Read Quiet Storm first.
After the Storm Summary: Fourth Addition to the Storm Series. This is a compilation of future-takes that follow Riders on the Storm. We'll hear from Damion, Kylie, and Sonny. We'll get glimpses into their future, adult lives. And every Storm character will be present, including Edward and Bella.
There are several stories (or series of stories) in the fanfic universe that are so popular and widely-read that unless you are the newest of newbies you will recognize them with only one-word names. There are the Gravity and Angel series by Drotuno, and probably a few more by other authors, but there is only one one-word-named Mobward series: The Storm series.The Storm series is one of those experiences you have to have at least once in your life. It's one of those fan fiction stories that you're just positive would be a best-seller if the author would just re-work it and publish it. The series spans close to 30 years.
Bella must have a magic pussy because Edward is in love with her (naturally) but so are Carlisle and Aro. And y'all know that Edward has a giant, always-hard, regenerates-in-seconds wonder-cock! They're a match made in heaven! Holla!!!
(There's no banner for After the Storm)
The Storm series can be found here:
http://www.twcslibrary.net/viewseries.php?seriesid=278
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So that's it for this week all you awesome readers of the finest fanfic in the land. Y'all know how long the Storm series is to read, right? That means I may not have anything coherent to post next week, but I will try my best.
Right now I'm in the middle of the 2nd story in the Storm series. I hope I'll be able to read something good in time for next week's blog.
Anyway, I will see you next week. Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel.
I've never read a mafia/mobward that I've liked, so I'm going to start on the first and work my way to the rest.
ReplyDeleteYou should read This Life by CaraNo. That Edward is swoonworthy. Whistler
DeleteWow, let me guess.....You like the Storm series? *snickers* You are right my dear, it was phenomenal. I really liked there will be blood, except that she had to spend time in jail. Yeah, pissed me right the fuck off. js See you next time, same Bat time, same Bat Channel. :)
ReplyDeleteI totally agree on the Bella spending time in prison thing with TWBB/TWBF. As far as I'm concerned, she should have shot Carlisle the first time she laid eyes on him after she got out. LOL. And coldcocked Edward. She forgave them so much more easily than I would have. LOL. And yeah, I love the Storm series. LOL.
DeleteYou will LOVE these references here. So good! Tribute by Sexylexicullen is also so so so good! (But not complete) but I loved it so much.
ReplyDeleteI've heard Tribute is good but I don't want to read it until she finishes it. I loved Bold Gestures. That one was great. Lexi gives good Mob. <3
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