Gift for desinere

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Author: toasty_fresh
Recipient: desinereTitle: How Chad Danforth Discovered a Love of Reading (and Other Things, Too) Via a Summer Reading Assignment and Nineteenth Century Chick-Lit

Comments

[lielabell]

He couldn’t wait seven hours before reading the conclusion, not when Wentworth6 was about to-well, he just couldn’t.

*dies* I love this line beyond all reason.

AMAZING!

[desinere]

Oh my gosh, I love you! Your writing is amazing, and I love how you intertwined a book into your plot.
This is the best present I've ever received. Thank you times a million.

[owner_of_dooom]

Chad loves reading, this is like fantastic! And a book club like thing with ryan, thats just too cute for words! yay you for writing such a fab fic!

[jalabert]

As a die-hard Austenite (I was in that fandom way before HSM was a gleam in it's creators' eyes and still write in it) I was hooked at the first sentence. Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion are two of the best works of fiction ever penned and I read and reread them. I have to agree with the commenters who panned the 2005 P&P. To a Jane Austen purist it was an abomination. But back to the point: I love Chad's characterizations for Ryan, Troy and himself. (Sharpay IS the ideal Caroline Bingley.)

I also love the idea of the boys bonding over literature and the natural and comfortable progression of their relationship was lovely. I truly enjoyed seeing a mature, clear-headed Chad take Troy to task for his unwanted interference. He really was Elizabeth; Jane Austen--who was all about seeking happiness in spite of whatever societal pressure dictates--would have been proud of him.

[allyndra]

I'm working my way through all the fics I didn't manage to read when they were posted, and I really enjoyed this one. I'm sure you're over hearing about Jane Austen, but I really did enjoy those aspects of the story. *loves on Jane Austen* The story itself was great, though. I loved the scene in which Chad asked Ryan out, and the way the two boys bonded was adorable. You used the "Troy interferes" plotline really effectively, and I liked that you didn't take it in a mega-angsty direction.

Wonderful fic!