Fictionator Friday – 1/6/2012

Fictionator Friday

Happy Friday, Fictionees! We are excited to be back from the holidays, and we’ve got five great recommendations for you this week!

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This Week's Recommendations

Thank you to our amazing guest reviewers: 107yearoldvirgin, FoxxyJ, mjinaspen, Sharicullen, and sparkledamnu!

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Wicked Wednesday RecommendationDid you check out our latest Wicked Wednesday Recommendation? Don’t miss I Still Remember by Oh Jasper My Jasper.

FicBreakDid you catch our latest book review? You’ll want to read The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight for sure!

 

What We're Reading

Songster: So here I am in my pj’s in all my post Christmas glory and something pops into my inbox and knocks me right off my comfy sofa. Holy Long Time Coming Bat Man! OCDindeed just updated The Fallout. I love this story so freaking much. It’s one of two AU vamp fics that I would wait until the end of time for the completion. Beautifully written, strong characterizations. *sighs* What a fab Christmas present.

LJSummers: I was so pleased to see this had updated! Yes, a fabulous present indeed! :) The first part is just so ANGSTY and then…Wow! *swoon* Brilliant characterizations. I also treated myself with a re-read of one of my favorite human Edwards – Coincidental Major by m7707. Sweetest guy out there. I just adore the puck out of this hockey player.

Songster: Oh yes, it is angsty and we all know angst and me don’t get along so well, but then… yeah so worth the wait. Speaking of waiting for it, Firefly in Summer updated and it made me so happy. (I need to find a super happy gif here LOL).

Katinki: yes! i love that The Fallout is updating again! And lo and behold, Last Rites, too! :D It’s like Christmas… oh wait… ;)

LJSummers: For reals! My notifications are pinging away like mad! :)

Songster: I know, I had a second episode of falling off the sofa when I saw Last Rites show up. I have had mucho fun re-reading and catching up with Love in Idleness by plummy. So good. If I got to play in The Wood, I’m not sure I would come out.

Kassiah: I’m so thankful for all of these great fics. Know what else I’m thankful for? The beautiful and insanely hot mjinaspen (who incidentally writes one of my favorite stories evar) is joining us! She’s going to be doing a monthly column on fics from other fandoms. So, say ‘hi’ to MJ!

Also, I’ve been reading like it’s my job. Wait…it is my job. haha I have lots of fics and books to talk about, but I need to organize my thoughts a bit. I will say that I rediscovered Vines by FictionFreak95, and ohmygosh. I loved it so much! This is absolutely one of my favorite Edwards, and we’re rec’ing it this week!

Katinki: on a non fic note, i just started the Guardian Trilogy by Laury Falter. it’s quick to read and surprisingly good. it’s YA. it features angels, conversing with the dead, some decent UST, a rather attractive and mysterious young man with some awesome powers, and a pretty intriguing female lead. i’m rather enjoying it….. eta… okay, because clearly, I have no self control, i finished book one, lol. was quite happy with the outcome and can’t wait to start book 2. here’s my review on goodreads.

LJSummers: Read a Hunger Games o/s by the very talented giselle-lx, called A Gift for Self-Destruction. Written for a fic prompt meme at A Different Forest, it’s a very IC look inside Katniss’ head. I highly recommend it. Giselle has a gift for catching the flavor of a protagonist.

Caren:YAY! jayhawkbb updated No Holds Barred! I read this a few months ago on Kass’s rec and loved it, and this chapter was just as good. Ballerina and Barman are awesome. :)

Songster: I spent my day reading Holding Sam by MeeraNaamJoker. It’s a Sam/Bella pairing that is beautifully written and sizzling with heat and emotion. Even E/B shippers would like it. I swear :)

Totally agree with you, LJ. Giselle is one of my favorite writers, must go read this.

Caren:I don’t know about that, songster. :P

My girl belladonna1472 just posted her new story Off The Record, and let me tell you… it’s fantastic. I love this idea so much!!!

Katinki: @songster my inner exb is cringing so hard right now. lol i’m glad you do the non-canon and i get to play with the vamps. :D

Songster: LOL. I am really ExB. Kassiah talked me into this or arm-twisted me or hypnotized me or something. Did anyone catch the update for Breaking News by WriteOnTime? I just love these two characters and it’s complete.

Kassiah: I am pretty mesmerizing. haha

LJSummers: ForksPixie updated Visions of Our Destiny (Jasper/Bella) after a bit of a hiatus. I am going to be re-reading the whole thing to refresh my happy memory. In this story, Jasper’s been waiting for his mate – seen in a vision by Alice – for 60 years. His involvement with her even before he meets her is just adorable. MsK’s The Trip Home 2 (How about And Baby Makes Four? Can we call it that or is that too spoilery?) updated and it’s so SWEET. :)

Kassiah: I just finished reading Shatter Me, and I liked it, even though I might be team Warner *ahem*. I also read Carano’s A Drink with the Girls and A Beer with the Guys, and aside from the fact that it’s two stories in one, I like it. Them. Whatever. It’s totally totally hot!

Also, Dirt Roads ended. Which…I haven’t read the end. You know me and never wanting stuff to end! But I’m sure it’s awesome! haha

Katinki: i also wanted to recommend a one shot for any interested in a good tear jerker. it’s called Seraphim by Anna Faze. It’s truly beautiful, but… yeah, it’s a little heartbreaking.

MsKathy: omg, I am so late to the partay here. Sorry. I feel like I’ve read so much lately, but my brain is fried. I really loved My World At Your Feet, even though (tmi?) I am totally not a foot fetishist. Don’t let the fetish aspect scare you away, it is really a beautiful piece between two hot dudes.

I am also way way behind on (but loving!) String Theory and Winter Song.

Totally had a snotsobby moment over Forgive Me Father and the angst and truth of feeling trapped and unable to love whom your heart yearns for.

If you’re in need of some vampslash, check out The Man You Make Me. GUH.

Songster: Speaking of… I am really taking a walk on the wild side this week by reading These Violent Delights by Magnolia822. Harry Potter/Twilight crossover starring Draco/Edward including some hot slashytimes between the wizard and the vamp. How’s that for a mishmash? Very good though.

Thanks to everyone who gives us support, sends in their recs, and just generally makes our lives in the fandom more entertaining. We couldn’t do this without all of you.
See you next week!!

xoxox-The Fictionators

Raw and Rosy by TuesdayMidnight

Official Description: Jasper Hale hates his high school rival Edward Cullen with a passion. What happens when Jasper discovers Edward’s little secret? Spank!Fic. AH/AU/OOC. Rated M. Contains mature content.
Word Count: 96,993

Don’t miss the outtakes: Raw and Rosy Revisited!

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Warning issued by author: This is a spank!fic. It has a great deal of PWP and contains EXPLICIT ADULT CONTENT. This is not exactly a bdsm story. Edward and Jasper are seniors in high school, both 18, so they don’t have a lot of experience. They naturally fall into a sort of d/s dynamic, and this is a story of how they work through this discovery. Though this is 80% smut (and the smut is not entirely realistic), I see the remainder as a character study into Jasper’s psyche. If this is not your cup of tea and/or if you are not of legal age – please stop reading now.

When some friends were going on and on about an update for the story Raw and Rosy, I couldn’t help but ask what it was about. When they said it was a slash spankfic, I will admit I had no idea what that meant, although I could guess. Then they started Skyping me exerpts and I was piqued. I had only read one other slash one shot and I didn’t know it was slash until the end, so I wasn’t really sure how I would feel about Jasper/Edward slash. I mean Edward is supposed to be with Bella, right? Well, unless he can have a somewhat domineering, fuckhawt, no holds barred Jasper spanking his ass and giving him something he never even knew he wanted. I’ll admit I wasn’t too sure, but I trusted my fellow Edward/Bella shippers and dove in.

I was not disappointed. Raw and Rosy is not just hot and sexy wild slash fic. It is a really great character study as well, with a Jasper and Edward that will surely win your hearts over.

The beginning really nails it and just draws you in completely:

JPOV
I hated Edward Cullen.
I hated him with a passion.
I hated the way he smiled that obnoxious crooked half smile. I hated the way the other guys at school tried to get their hair to stay up the way his so casually did. I hated the way all the girls at Forks High soaked their panties every time he walked by. I hated hearing my sister swoon about him ever since the first day he showed up in Forks. I hated the way he was so aloof and basically a dick to everyone, but somehow had everyone eating out of the palm of his hand. I hated that I was no longer big man on campus.

Jasper is the bad boy prick who doesn’t care what anyone thinks and cares less about the politics of High School. Edward is the popular, big man on campus, who seems to have the world at his fingertips. So, why does Edward let Jasper get under his skin? So much so that they get into fights regularly at school. They hate each other. This one day to try and not get in trouble for fighting, Jasper tells the principle they were just horsing around and he smacks Edward’s ass to prove his point. The reaction is not quite what he expected:

Cullen’s reaction was unmistakable. His body tensed and his face turned a rosy color, but it was his expression that was the most revealing.
He was aroused.

Jasper tells Edward after school that he’s coming over. When he gets to Edward’s, he wastes no time:

“You don’t need to pretend. We’re not friends. I came here for one thing, and one thing only.”
I stepped up to him and grabbed the waistband of his jeans. I unbuttoned the fly slowly, closing the distance between us by nuzzling into the crook of his neck, greedily drinking in his scent. I never noticed it before I had him shoved against his car, but he smelled like sandalwood, musk and something else I couldn’t place. Then, I yanked the stupid skinny jeans along with his briefs down in a rough motion and spun him around.
I took a second to take in his lithe body before speaking.
“Bend over for me,” I ordered.
He glanced over his shoulder at me and his eyes widened, but he still said nothing. Instead, he shuffled over to the stairs that ended in the foyer, his jeans at his knees. I was about to scold him for not following my orders immediately, when I realized he was simply using the stairs for balance. He bent forward, resting his elbows on the stairs, pointing his perfect, firm, round cheeks up in the air.
“Fuck, you look so hot.” I couldn’t help the words escaping my mouth.
I approached slowly. Then I put my left hand gently on his left cheek. I ghosted my hand over the smooth skin, and then across the other cheek. His skin was so creamy and soft. It was all I could do not to lean down and take a bite.
Instead, I struck.
Right in the center of his left cheek.
I left a beautiful pink marking right in the center.
He gasped.
I pulled my hand further back and struck again, a little lower this time.
“Fuck,” I heard him whisper.
“You like that don’t you?” I repeated my words from earlier that day. This time, Cullen responded.
“Oh, yeah,” he moaned.
I struck again, this time closer to the crack of his sculpted buttocks.
He whimpered, and his body shifted as I saw his right arm move.
“Are you touching yourself, Edward?” I asked roughly, trying out his first name again.
“Need- need-” he started.
“What do you need?”
“I need to come.”

Seriously, this was the first chapter, and it gets hotter and hotter. Jasper knows what he wants and Edward knows how to take it. Obviously, there is lots of spanking. They even play with quite a few toys. The story is heavily rooted in lots of unbridled, raw, wildly driven sex.

I laced the handcuffs behind the headboard so Edward could grip the slats. It really was designed perfectly for what we were about to do.
I got behind Edward and slowly dragged my fingernails down his back, stopping at his raw cheeks.
I pulled the plug out slowly as Edward exhaled loudly. For second, I enjoyed the view of Edward’s stretched hole, surrounded on all sides by bright pink flesh. Then I grabbed Edward’s stashed lube and coated two fingers with the liquid before sliding them into the waiting entrance. It was all I could do not to bend down and taste. I made a mental note to buy flavored lube. Then, I coated my sheathed cock and positioned myself under him, spreading his knees so mine fit between them.
“Sit down,” I ordered.
Without any hesitation, he sank down on my hard cock.
Even after having been stretched, his ass was so tight around me, I nearly groaned. He squirmed a little, presumably getting used to my size, which was well bigger than the plug. I let him wiggle, because it felt damn good.
“Now,” I slapped the side of his hip. “Fuck yourself on me.”
Edward gasped, then raised his hips, releasing me almost completely, before sinking back down.
I stayed still while Edward set a rhythm. I didn’t speak, I wanted him to get lost in the act. He started to pick up speed and the cuffs began to hit against the headboard, keeping time to the motion of Edward’s hips.
I leaned back on my elbows as Edward pummeled himself, his raw, red cheeks swallowing my cock. I didn’t touch him or raise my hips to meet his, I wanted Edward to get off all on his own.
Without touching himself either.
He was trapped by the handcuffs. He couldn’t go anywhere but up and down. Yet, Edward was so wanton as he rode me, moaning and cursing as he found the angle that felt best inside his body. Once again, I almost felt like a voyeur as I watched him take his pleasure.

Raw and Rosy also explores how two of the most unlikely characters can come together and create something that neither of them ever expected, probably thought they’d never have and definitely had never experienced before. One of my favorite parts was learning why Edward, the epitome of the ladies man, the guy who could have any girl and did, ended up allowing the outcast gay badboy to dominate him in every way. I won’t ruin that realization for you, but I really enjoyed getting into both of their psyche’s.
Tuesdaymidnight really did a superb job of making both Edward and Jasper believable to me, and as I said this was not my usual genre. I feel it was somewhat different than what I expected in slash because it wasn’t a story about two gay boys initially, not that there is anything wrong with that. Since, Edward was definitely the ladies man at school, it certainly was the most unexpected turn of events in his life to find such pleasure from Jasper spanking him. I believe however, that Jasper saw Edward in a way no one else ever bothered to see, and what started out as fun and thrilling turns into something that they both are not sure they can or want to live without ever again.
The development of the story while being very heavily focused and driven through the sex, always seems to have something deeper going on. Each chapter was paced perfectly and gave the reader just a little more insight into the characters and what drew them to each other.
Let me tease you further with their first kiss:

I leaned in slowly, like a boy who was nervous about his first kiss, which, I suppose I kind of was. I mean, I French kissed Alice Brandon on the playground during recess when I was 10, which was disgusting for multiple reasons, but this was different. This was Edward Cullen.
I pressed my lips to his gently. The first thing I noticed was that he tasted delicious. He was the type of guy who used chapstick, and there was a residual minty flavor on his lips that was only slightly masking his own sweet taste.
I took his bottom lip between mine and sucked slightly. It was soft and pliable and warm. I couldn’t remember the last time I actually kissed someone. Did lips always feel this good?
Then he parted them slightly and my whole body reacted.
More! More! More!
I was on fire, burning with need. My dick always responded to Edward, but this was completely different from every time before.
His tongue entered my mouth and I pressed mine against it. They teased each other, pushing and pulling, giving and taking. His lips were hot and searing against mine, and I just could not get enough. My hands drifted up on their own accord and plunged into his coppery mess. I tugged a little, eliciting a moan that vibrated against my mouth, only to be stifled by my probing tongue.
His hands were clawing at my back, urging me on.
I dominated him sexually, but at this we were equals. He kissed back with equal fervor and for a moment, I just let that fire consume me.
Why had I not done this before?

That kiss doesn’t even happen until half way through the story. But, don’t worry there’s plenty of spanking going on before that, because in the beginning, it’s all about the Raw (desire) and Rosy (ass), but will it become about more? Read it and find out. I promise you will not be disappointed.