fic rec: a hockey novel
Mar. 15th, 2015 05:48 pmDress for the Weather, by electrumqueen. 200K words with the must-read coda.
This is so, so, so good you guys. It's set in 2016, about a new gender-integrated NHL expansion team with familiar faces from hockey RPF in management, and the slow reveal of the alternate history that has led everyone there is just amazing, and SO painful, and, wow. This story ripped my heart out over and over again and had me on the edge of my seat and literally crying at the end. Gorgeous, glorious intense angst and romance, plus a wonderful cast of vivid secondary characters and a really satisfying not-over-the-top sports story arc. Up there for me as an unforgettable read with things like "The Student Prince" and "Freedom's Just Another Word For Nothing Left To Lose".
( meta about a certain genre of hockeyslash )
This is so, so, so good you guys. It's set in 2016, about a new gender-integrated NHL expansion team with familiar faces from hockey RPF in management, and the slow reveal of the alternate history that has led everyone there is just amazing, and SO painful, and, wow. This story ripped my heart out over and over again and had me on the edge of my seat and literally crying at the end. Gorgeous, glorious intense angst and romance, plus a wonderful cast of vivid secondary characters and a really satisfying not-over-the-top sports story arc. Up there for me as an unforgettable read with things like "The Student Prince" and "Freedom's Just Another Word For Nothing Left To Lose".