Books 2014 - The Larton Chronicles by Rhiannon

[byslantedlight]

Oh, Larton... I made myself not read it for a while, and isn't it just fabulous, again, and still? The lads are so themselves, even though it's very much an AU... I know not everyone agrees about that, and I didn't myself many many years and re-reads ago, but... yeah, they're so themselves, even without the guns and car chases (not counting the Jenkins boys) and all... *g* I hate that the story comes to an end - I'd like some more, please!

Anyone else done a re-read recently...?

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[londonronnie.livejournal.com]

By coincidence I got my copy out yesterday, so a re-read is imminent! *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh excellent - what a very good coincidence! *g* Though I always miss the lads so much when I come to the end... Having resigned myself for years to the idea that Rhiannon wouldn't write any more, I got all hopeful again when that new story of hers appeared on A03 (though I suppose she may not have written it recently...) Perhaps I shall just keep dreaming... *g*

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

I'm re-reading loads at the moment - I've just finished All These Years by Angelfish, which was the first Pros fic I read. And I still love it!

I'm incredibly lucky being a slow reader - even after all this time, there's still a mountain of fic I've never read. Yay!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

My trouble is that I've refined what I want from fic hugely since I began reading Pros. I used to rather like Jane's fic, for instance, and now I can't read it at all, which is such a shame, cos there's loads of hers that I haven't read. I just don't like being lectured to in a story... But Larton will never fall into a category like that... *vbg* And yeay for mountains of fic! *g*

[ali15son.livejournal.com]

I've just finished reading " saints and miracles" by jack Reuben Darcy and now I'm in the middle of reading " catch a fallen star" by rosemary which I think is the second or third time I've read this, I have to keep reading it in times when something else doesn't require my attention .

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do like Saints and Miracles (though I always want to Britcheck hell out of it... *g*) I've not re-read Catch a Falling Star for ages... I know what you mean about needing space free to read fic - we want to concentrate! *g*

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

I read it years ago, so it's not exactly fresh in my memory, but I do remember really liking it. There are differences in the lads, yet, at the same time, it's still them.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, it is them - it really, really is... *g* It doesn't matter how often I re-read it, it's just as wonderful - probably even more so each time... *g*

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

I mentioned recently on your LJ that first time round reading Larton I was wondering what all the fuss was about - but over the next twelve months I found myself thinking of it fondly, to the point that I needed to re-read. And now I love it too.
ali15son mentioned "Catch a Fallen Star"; I couldn't stand that, seeing what Rosemary did to Doyle's character, but then a few years after the first read I was looking for some Ray-whumpage, and thought of that fic, and on the second read I quite liked it after all.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

How interesting about Catch a Fallen Star - I liked it the first time I read it (though I did think huh about the softening of our Ray Doyle), but the next time I tried I was much less forgiving... I should try it again though. Ray-whumpage is a good way to go... *g*