I've had this bookmarked since it was posted and decided I need a bit of h/c to read. I've just finished ch 5 and you're right, it's very well written and there's tons of h/c without it going over the top - with one exception. The one sour note is the way the author writes Sandy - as a self-centered, selfish bitch.
I'm not a rabid Sandy/Jared in RL fan, hell as far as I'm concerned it's J2 forever, but I hate it when authors feel the need to bash the female in order to make way for the boys. It's kind of a pet peeve of mine ever since I first came into fandom with The Fast & the Furious. People who have to vilify the females. And I'm certainly not a huge CMM fan but his characterization is a little rough, too.
There's a metric ton of well written drama in this story already without having to resort to making 2 of Jared's closest friends into total assholes who cheat on him.
OK, mini-rant over. It really is very well written and despite my distaste at how Sandy's been handled (hopefully that's over and done with now) I do want to finish the story.
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I'm not a rabid Sandy/Jared in RL fan, hell as far as I'm concerned it's J2 forever, but I hate it when authors feel the need to bash the female in order to make way for the boys. It's kind of a pet peeve of mine ever since I first came into fandom with The Fast & the Furious. People who have to vilify the females. And I'm certainly not a huge CMM fan but his characterization is a little rough, too.
There's a metric ton of well written drama in this story already without having to resort to making 2 of Jared's closest friends into total assholes who cheat on him.
OK, mini-rant over. It really is very well written and despite my distaste at how Sandy's been handled (hopefully that's over and done with now) I do want to finish the story.