Sleepers, Awake: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme by Feisty Y. Beden/ feistyyoungbeden

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5118949/1/Sleepers_Awake_Wachet_auf_ruft_uns_die_Stimme
http://www.twilighted.net/viewstory.php?sid=5581

Official Description: Bella, compulsive sketcher of wolves, has not dreamed in years. Unexpectedly, she begins to dream again the night tragedy takes away her first and greatest love. ExB, sort of.

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bsmog says: One of the things I love most about this fandom is that I’m reminded of a great big bookstore. Not a big box bookstore, one of those big, old downtown city bookstores that have everything you could ever want to read. Fic is kind of like that for me…you’ve got your non-fiction (canon), and then there’s all the fiction (non-canon/AU, etc.): history, westerns, humor, romance, mystery, suspense, foreign language, everything. You name it, someone’s probably written it and put it out there for the rest of us to enjoy. But you know that part of the bookstore where you find the rare manuscripts and the high literature? The truly phenomenal books that you just want to go stand next to and touch the spines and breathe the dust around them in the hopes that just a touch of the author’s brilliance will rub off on you? In my fandom bookstore, that room is where you’ll find Feisty Y. Beden’s Sleepers, Awake: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme. In a glass case with special shiny lighting. And a security guard. Seriously, y’all. It’s that good. This story takes place partly in Bella’s waking world, where she is a Longfellow University grad-turned temp in Boston with a feisty (no pun intended) yet refreshingly supportive Rosalie for a best friend. When a plane crash and a funeral force her to overcome a VERY severe fear of flying, she heads back to Forks, and we meet her past: her family, her friends, and of course, her Edward (although I caution you, that last is not at all in the way that you think!). The other part of the story takes place in Bella’s dreams. Yes, boys and girls, hold on to your brains. Mindfuckery is afoot in its finest form. Dream Bella is on a quest to save what’s most important to her in all the world, and I promise you, you’ll be on the edge of your seat to see if she pulls it off; I know I am! I don’t want to give a single thing away about this story, because almost everything is integral to the plot, but here’s a small sample of the millions of things I love about this story.

• I hate flying. I really do. I do it fairly frequently, and I know all the statistics and everything else, but I still hate it. So the great attention to detail that is paid to illustrating just how severe Bella’s phobia is grabbed me from the start. I felt like I was right there with her at the airport. I may have panicked a little myself!
• Charlie, who I love so much I want to invite him to Christmas dinner, just so long as he brings donuts, is incredible. His and Bella’s relationship is simple on the surface, but really so complex and beautiful. Some of their scenes together are so lovely that they’ve brought me to tears. In the absence of her mother, who you will meet and likely want to stab with Bella’s pancake fork, they have developed a bond that transcends the traditional father-daughter relationship. Feisty illustrates their interactions, both in person and on the phone, with such care that you want to call Charlie after you read a chapter just to see how he is. One of my favorite lines in the whole story is one of Bella’s about Charlie in fact: “…he is an indelible mark on my skin, an invisible tattoo.“ (Sleepers, Awake, Chapter 19)
• Waking Bella, though achingly ordinary despite her brilliance and talents, is quietly strong and brave and loyal behind her fragile exterior. Dream Bella takes all those traits and strips away the fragility. She’s majestic and heroic, even in her fear, and loyal beyond compare. At first I thought the two were meant to be opposites of each other, but as I’ve read (and re-read), the things I like most about Waking Bella are the parts of her that shine through the most in her dream world.
• I don’t care what team you’re on or how deep-rooted your feelings about Jacob are, this Jacob is one you’ll fall in love with. (Once again, this isn’t what it seems; you’ll have to go read it to believe me though, I’m not giving this one away either.) More tears here, and as if Jacob isn’t enough, you’ll love Seth and even Leah. I know, you don’t believe me. Trust, people, there’s WAY more to this thing than meets the eye. These three have a little something to teach everyone about love, loyalty, and sacrifice. I challenge you not to love them all before it’s over.
• Two words: Fruit stickers.

The bottom line is this: Sleepers, Awake is a beautiful story, but more importantly, it’s a beautiful story with an amazing amount of substance. It’s smart, genius even; it’s funny in the right moments, heartbreaking in many more, and mesmerizing in its originality, its grace, and its suspense. So get your tissues and your comfort food and get to reading, y’all. This is one wild ride you really don’t want to be missing.

Melissa228 says: Sleepers, Awake is a all-human fic that transports readers into a web of fantasy versus reality. In most cases, the line between what is real and what is not is clear, but in this story, the line is blurred and nothing is certain.