http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5540509/1/This_Is_Not_My_Life

Official Description: Follow Bella as she tries to survive a madman’s abduction and keep a stranger’s child from succumbing to his wild fantasies, and follow Edward as he tries to stay sane searching for his daughter taken right before his eyes.

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EdwardsBloodType says: When Isakassees, a loyal reader of High Anxiety, asked my opinion on her story idea, I was honored and intrigued by the original concept enough that I knew I would read it, never mind beta for her.

The story starts very innocently, with handsome young Dr. Edward Cullen and his four year old daughter, Lily, literally run into Bella in the grocery story. Things suddenly go awry when a psychotic madman James, sees Bella and Lily giggling amongst a pile of wayward apples, thinking in his messed up mind that they are his estranged wife and daughter. Subsequently, he kidnaps them by gunpoint, taking them far into the remote woods to a cabin that he has well prepared… and then shit gets weird.

Bella’s POV is in fact quite scary, but at the same time, speckled with these humorous, witty bits of her inner monologue that make the extreme angst of the piece much easier to swallow. We watch as Bella lives in terror of this lunatic, forcing her to take various unnecessary medications which make her drowsy, clumsy and incoherent. He hurts her physically, denies her food and punishes her for things that she does as a direct result of the effects of the pills he’s giving her. However, he restricts all of his abuse toward Bella, and is nothing but sweet and kind to Lily.

The relationship between the sweet little girl she doesn’t know quickly blossoms into this beautiful, unexpected mother /daughter connection that is just heartwarming and the true highlight of the story.

All the while from Edward’s point of view, you see him breaking down, distraught at the disappearance of his child while he relies heavily on the strength and support of his amazing family as well as Charlie, who is helping with the case. Isakassees does an awesome job of giving each of her characters a voice and distinct personality, which are very canon, but at the same time, funny and relatable. You want to abandon your own family for one night at the Cullen’s dinner table. (Except for when Renee is doing the cooking.)

The finite details of the kidnapping and rescue aspects are remarkably realistic and accurate, so much that I often question where Isakassees really acquired her four month old baby. All joking aside, she allows us to feel as though we are intimately involved in the actual grueling process of police procedure, frustrating as it all is.

For her first piece of fiction, Isakassees delivers a realistic, dramatic, funny story, giving the readers a frightening and suspenseful ride in the weeks of two people taken from their lives, and the family that was left behind to grieve. It is incomplete as of yet, but there is a promise of an HEA and some much anticipated lemons, as we’re all waiting for the reunion with baited breath so Edward can finally hook up with Bella, once she regains her life back.

MF’er says: EdwardsBloodType did a fantastic job of summarizing this story for you all that I feel it would be silly for me to add to her words.

isakassees has done such a fantastic job coupling angst with humor and taking us all along on this wild ride. You will get wrapped up in this story quickly, and find yourself both sympathizing with and hoping the best for her characters in the future.

Along with everyone else, I am awaiting that reunion and the HEA and looking so forward to James getting exactly what he deserves for what he’s done.

Kassiah says: Like Madame said, EdwardsBloodType did a fabulous job. I just wanted to throw my two cents in here and say read this story, right now. It’s so amazing and real. I am absolutely on the edge of my seat waiting to see what will happen. I think you’ll love it too.