#jbweek

SOOO HI EVERYONE it’s jbweek and after a lovely exchange on twitter with author Olivia Dade, I’ve had the chance of reading a preview copy of a book I think most of us will absolutely definitely love, so I’m catching the chance to inform you all that, coming out very soon on october 6th...

Marcus Caster-Rupp has a secret. While the world knows him as Aeneas, the star of the biggest show on TV, Gods of the Gates, he's known to fanfiction readers as Book!AeneasWouldNever, an anonymous and popular poster.  Marcus is able to get out his own frustrations with his character through his stories, especially the ones that feature the internet’s favorite couple to ship, Aeneas and Lavinia. But if anyone ever found out about his online persona, he’d be fired. Immediately. April Whittier has secrets of her own. A hardcore Lavinia fan, she’s hidden her fanfiction and cosplay hobby from her “real life” for years—but not anymore. When she decides to post her latest Lavinia creation on Twitter, her photo goes viral. Trolls and supporters alike are commenting on her plus-size take, but when Marcus, one half of her OTP, sees her pic and asks her out on a date to spite her critics, she realizes life is really stranger than fanfiction. Even though their first date is a disaster, Marcus quickly realizes that he wants much more from April than a one-time publicity stunt. And when he discovers she’s actually Unapologetic Lavinia Stan, his closest fandom friend, he has one more huge secret to hide from her. With love and Marcus’s career on the line, can the two of them stop hiding once and for all, or will a match made in fandom end up prematurely cancelled? (goodreads summary)

if you read the summary and thought wait a moment, does this sound familiar then you absolutely thought right and let me tell you, from the very first line it’s a hoot - the story in itself, regardless of the references to jb and fandom and how terribly GOT ended, is an exceedingly delightful romance with two very well-crafted/written main characters, a very good cast of secondary ones/co-protagonists, an entertaining plot and none of the usual copypasted romance book drama even if the right tropes are all there, but on top of that it’s everything you would have wanted to read after S8. really, in between the fandom references, the endless digs at dnd in which they’re rightfully roasted, making fun of how terrible the l/eaks were the way they deserved, the actual in-book fanfics, the delightful winks to previous jb fandom events (guys, the jaime awkward boner week!!!! I felt so nicely thrown back in time) and the general lightheartedness of the entire thing make it a really refreshing and fix-it read especially if you’re still angry at what dnd pulled in S8 - each single instance you might have had with the jb plotline is addressed and ripped to shreds to the reader’s delight while still holding its own as a separate story, so... believe me, you might consider getting this for yourself when it comes out, because it’s absolutely a hoot and it will definitely make your day brighter. ;) 

JB WEEK 2020!

Seven Sins & Seven Virtues

Sin of the Day  - ‘Gluttony’

***Stay Tuned, the Final Sin and Virtue of the Day is Coming Soon ***

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Game of Thrones (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth Characters: Jaime Lannister, Brienne of Tarth, Tyrion Lannister Additional Tags: Crimes & Criminals, Detectives, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Detectives, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Investigations, Explicit Language, Crime Scenes, Blood and Gore, kind of, if you weren't ok watching Se7en - this may not be your cup of tea, approach with caution, author was left unsupervised while writing crime fic for the first time, enter the madness at your own risk, Seven Deadly Sins, Seven Heavenly Virtues, Comfort/Angst, Hurt/Comfort

Summary:

Jaime Lannister, detective for the behavioral analysis department fallen from grace after a case gone wrong, is given a new assignment: A series of ritualistic murders relating to the Faith of the Seven, aimed at punishing sinners for their wrongdoings.

To help him catch the murderer, his boss enlists an expert of the Seven-Pointed Star as a consultant. Brienne of Tarth works at the convent of the Silent Sisters as a forensic pathologist and is one of the leading experts in the history of the Faith. She is not only set in her belief in the God's justice but also devoted to her mission of bringing justice to the dead.

Despite their disagreements, the two have to work together to catch the murderer before it's too late. Though the unusual pair soon has to see that they may share in more than meets the eye, some good, some bad, and some things that lie somewhere in-between.

JB Week is COMING, September 28 through October 4, Sins and Virtues.

Day Two, Pride and Humility.

I do have an idea for a canon-divergent fic that if I don’t have time to start writing by the end of the week, I will share the head-canon with you.