2010-2012

 

Addicted by Chi (link)
review by Bethany (website)
If you can suspend your disbelief at the idea of Isaac, Taylor and Zac as drug dealers and pimps, you’re in for quite a ride.
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Along For The Ride by Dusty (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Dusty pulls no punches with her writing, a fact that she’s obviously proud of.
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And I Waited by Sarah Irene (link)
review by Bethany (website)
While there certainly are a few fairly pointless chapters of fluff and smut, Zac’s past looms large through the whole story.
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As We Know It by Holly (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Where this story really exceeds is in imitating the subtle, quirky humor of the novel that inspired it.
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Audience of One by Bethany (link)
review by Paola (tumblr)
It contains all the essential ingredients for a very popular mid-length fiction: a love triangle, enough sex scenes to titillate readers and the tortured, forbidden love between two brothers.
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Avenues by Diamond (link)
review by Bethany (website)
One of Diamond’s earliest attempts at cest, Avenues seems almost tame now compared to what I know she’s capable of, but the restraint she shows here somehow makes the payoff even better.
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review by Lexi (email)
There is a lot of drama and angst, and while I don’t like Zaylor stories that are so immersed in it, it works well here.
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Because It Plays My Favorite Song by Rebekah (link)
review by Elizabeth (tumblr)
This is definitely a must read for any Zaylor fan, just have the tissues handy first, okay.
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Before it Breaks by Diamond and Jesse-may (link)
review by Bethany (website)
It’s a rather angsty, Taylor-focused story, which is classic Diamond.
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Best Kept Secret by Liz (link)
review by Bethany (website)
If an author puts her own spin on it, any premise can be turned into something good.
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The Breeders by Jaerie (link)
review by Bethany (website)
This is an oddly dark and perverse story, so it certainly isn’t for everyone, but the slight incestuous aspects are actually some of the most beautiful and pure moments of it.
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Caught In The Sun by Rebekah (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Even the more lust-filled moments in the story are described with such detail and care that I’m left hanging on every word.
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Cause and Effect by Bethany (link)
review by Elizabeth (tumblr)
I have read Cause and Effect before but decided to reread it and review it because honestly I just love it that much.
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Changes by Rebekah (link)
review by Bethany (website)
I wish things could have been different for him, but I’m the first person to admit that not every story can have a happy ending.
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Changing the Mirage by Rebekah (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Unlike most hanfic romcoms, the main couple consists of two men. It’s a refreshing change that ought to have made this story far more popular than it is.
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Closet Case by Julia Doty (link)
review by Bethany (website)
I’m confident that Julia did have some plan, but I suppose it’s a good thing that I can’t guess what it is.
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Darling, I Want To Destroy You by Bethany and Amber (link)
review by Elizabeth (tumblr)
I know even with the foreshadowing and being warned about the dark nature of this story I didn’t really expect what happened to happen. Nor do I know how to feel either.
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The End of Forever by Chelsi (link)
review by Bethany (website)
While obviously a story about Taylor dying isn’t going to be all smiles, I think the best word for The End of Forever is bittersweet.
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Fallon by Nat (link)
review by Bethany (website)
I may not always be the biggest fan of romcoms, but Nat’s stories are so much more than that.
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Flawed Design by Sarah Irene (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Like so many of Sarah’s stories, interesting plots devolve into more domestic drama that really never goes anywhere.
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FUBAR by Ali (link)
review by Bethany (website)
With one hundred and twenty three chapters, there’s room for plenty of drama and Ali does not disappoint.
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Full Count by Becca and Rebekah (link)
review by Bethany (website)
In spite of the unique setting, Full Count is a fairly standard piece of chicklit.
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A Guarded Heart by Robyn (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Right off the bat, Robyn gets bonus points for this story — it’s from Isaac’s point of view, which we all know is exceedingly rare in hanfic, and it’s something of a historical story, set in the old west.
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Guilt by Abby (link)
review by Bethany (website)
What really makes Guilt, though, is Abby’s ability to so fully consume the reader in the narrator’s point of view, and her ability to craft enigmatic characters that neither the narrator nor the reader can understand.
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Here We Go Round Again by Sammy (link)
review by Bethany (website)
There’s still tons of drama to be seen, and sometimes a little too much for my tastes.
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Hitting The Blacktop by Dusty (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Just because the conflict is internal doesn’t mean it’s boring; I actually find that more interesting than random tragedies being thrown at the characters.
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If I Don’t Kill Him First by Becca and Nat (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Becca and Nat’s knack for creating really interesting characters is a big part of what makes this story so good.
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I’m Not Your Anything by Diamond (link)
review by Bethany (website)
It’s not always a pleasant ride — in fact, it mostly isn’t — but that doesn’t mean it isn’t enjoyable to read.
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In Praise of the Vulnerable Man by Abby (link)
review by Bethany (website)
I have a theory that every Zaylor author has to write their take on a couple tropes at some point. Abby employs two of them in this fic.
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The Innocents by Paola (link)
review by Elizabeth (tumblr)
It’s more about their relationships and love for each other (platonic in my views) than the actual romantic love.
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review by Rhoda (journal)
Now, I know I’m biased, because I love AUs and dark, creepy stories in general, but this one is seriously addictive.
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Interwoven by Bethany (link)
review by Elizabeth (tumblr)
I definitely think this is one of Bethany’s strongest pieces to date.
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Is It Too Late? by Becca (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Becca manages to cram a lot into this story, and while a few of the chapters are almost too sappy and sweet for me, I couldn’t really see them happening any other way.
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Lessons of a Laundry Mat Attendant by Mel (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Coming in at only eighteen chapters, Lessons isn’t a long story by any means. But longer isn’t necessarily better.
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Letting Go Is The Hardest Part by Amber (link)
review by Bethany (website)
It’s clear that Amber studied Aspen’s writing closely in order to be able to emulate it closely, but it feels more like a smooth continuation than an imitation.
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Love and Other Socially Acceptable Emotions by Bethany (link)
review by Elizabeth (tumblr)
This story being set in a college setting was good because I haven’t read a hanfic like that before.
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Mirror, Mirror by Diamond (link)
review by Bethany (website)
While I know many readers weren’t all that pleased with the presence of these other boys, I’m always a fan of Alex Greenwald and I even grew to like Jarrod Gorbel.
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My Little Decoy by Alicia and Beth (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Just reading the first chapter makes me cringe; this is not Zac.
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Rubicon by Rebekah (link)
review by Bethany (website)
No one in this story is perfect, not even the narrator, which is something difficult for an author to pull off.
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Save Me by Jess (link)
review by Bethany (website)
These twenty-some chapters clearly show the beginnings of the dysfunction in Zac and Taylor’s relationship, but unfortunately the story never progresses past this very beginning.
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Searcing For Home by Chelle and Nikki (link)
review by Bethany (website)
In spite of all those changes to the Hanson canon, this story actually focuses much more in the original character, Brianna, than any potential Hanson drama.
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Sibling Rivalry – The Beginning by Frances (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Frances never lets the story devolve into pure smut, instead letting the sexual tension come just to the edge of boiling over… until the end of the story.
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Silence by Jordan (link)
review by Bethany (website)
The past and present of Silence are an interesting contrast, each feeding off the other.
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The Silent One by Julia Doty (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Although Julia’s writing isn’t quite up to her standards, with some awkward phrasing and missing words, the effort to mimic Krystal’s style is clear and when it works, it really works.
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Sisyphus Rising by Aeryn (link)
review by Bethany (website)
As a Firefly fan, I find that Aeryn has done a great job of making that canon work for her purposes.
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SNAFU by Ali (link)
review by Bethany (website)
It’s not often that a story these days can make me cry.
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Something To Believe In by Alecia (link)
review by Bethany (website)
With Something To Believe In, Alecia manages to avoid the problems I have with so many het stories.
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Song to Sing by Amanda W. (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Even though the story doesn’t actually end, the place where it stops is a decent enough ending for what is a pretty scattered story.
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Songs Left Unsung by Bethany (link)
review by Elizabeth (tumblr)
I really loved how everything wrapped up even if some characters may not have gotten a happy ending.
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The Stars Have Fallen by Bethany (link)
review by Elizabeth (tumblr)
Even if the writing was good I just found myself constantly mad at the characters and their decisions.
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Stigmatized by Nikki (link)
review by Bethany (website)
What she had written paints a nice, if brief, picture of their life.
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Suitcases and Songs by Diamond (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Stories that focus so much on the female narrator are hit or miss for me, but it works quite well here, since Mirie is such a well developed character.
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Thief of Forgotten Mistakes by Rebekah (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Whether you’ve been in that situation or not, I think plenty of people can relate to the themes of sacrifice that Rebekah weaves into this story.
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Thief of Forgotten Mistakes by Rebekah (link)
review by Elizabeth (tumblr)
I knew the subject matter would be heavy yet I read it anyway, prepared to cry and I did cry.
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Things Left Unsaid by Miss Renee (link)
review by Bethany (website)
She might have planned to reveal these things eventually and sort out the tangled plot that begins in medias res, but maybe not.
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Thinkin’ ‘Bout Something by Avalon Cooper (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Avalon herself states that the beginning is crappy, and I’m afraid I have to agree.
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Third by Becca (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Although the chapters are at times a little short, the pace feels right.
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Ties That Bind by Beth (link)
review by Bethany (website)
I feel strange even calling this a romance, even though by the end, I’m more and more certain that’s what Beth intended it to be.
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Truth Is a Whisper by Bethany and Amber (link)
review by Elizabeth (tumblr
Despite my qualms with story three, Truth Is a Whisper is still a really good story as a whole.
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Twelve Stops And Home by Aeryn (link)
review by Bethany (website)
This is not your typical story. How many times will you actually see the genre “femmeslash” crop up in hanfic, after all?
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Under Dust Painted Skies by Brittney (link)
review by Bethany (website)
While romance does play a bit part in it, the more conventional mystery plot makes up the biggest part of the story, and proves Brittney isn’t just a chick lit author.
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Untold by Bethany (link)
review by Elizabeth (tumblr
There were times it felt so raw and real and I had tears in my eyes when I read those parts. Which says something as I usually try not to cry when reading fics.
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Untying the Gordian Knot by Abby (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Without that summary, you can’t share in my slight disappointment about the things that either didn’t happen in the way I expected or didn’t happen at all.
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Waiting For This by Lindsay (link)
review by Bethany (website)
Even though the writing is decent enough, the plot is too thin and loaded down with too many cliches for me to take this story very seriously.
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What Didn’t Happen by Bethany (link)
review by Elizabeth (tumblr)
I think the main aspect I loved about Zac’s new world was his little interactions with Isaac because they were kind of sweet in a weird way.
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review by Paola (tumblr)
But while her subsequent writing tends to be firmly anchored in reality, WDH is an experiment that successfully blurs the lines between genres, adding an element of ‘weird’ to a story that is ultimately still mostly canon.
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When the Earth Shakes by Sarah (link)
review by Bethany (website)
The story balances out Taylor’s problems and Savannah’s problems really well, forcing them to help each other rather than one or the other being the primary character.
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The Winding Road by Jessica (link)
review by Bethany (website)
A ridiculous plot can be believable if written well, but in this case it just isn’t.
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Without You by Robyn (link)
review by Bethany (website)
The story is just as much about his recovery (although it never gets too sappy) as it is about their inevitable romance.
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The Zac/Ivey Chronicles by Sabrina (link)
review by Bethany (website)
It’s hard to tell a complete story in so few chapters, and although Sabrina has, I feel like her writing is good enough that she could have sustained a much longer story just as well.
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