Fanfiction link
I appear to be addicted to reading fanfiction. hmms. Weird. All those years I'd avoided it, and now...
Right, so, this is another fanfiction book using the characters from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This one directs its attention onto Tara and Faith. And, later, to Buffy.
There's quite an interesting dynamic going on here more on that later, need to set it up. Faith is an ex-con, having spent two years in prison after killing the deputy Mayor, and is back in Sunnydale - she's actually been back for about 2 months now, but most of the 'Scoobies' don't know she's back. Faith had called Buffy to let her know, but Buffy cursed her out and told her to get lost. Faith asked the council (who she's now good with) where else she should go, and they tell her to stay there. So Faith is patrolling later in the night than Buffy normally does, and in a different part of town.
Meanhile, Tara and Willow have split up - Willow has used her magic on Tara one too many times, even after promising to stop doing so. Tara is literally afraid of Willow, and fears that she won't be able to stop Willow from forcing her to get back together with her. She, Tara, has lost so much weight that she's quite bone-y. Skin and bones.
And that's the interesting dynamic - two women with issues run into each other; one is an ex-con who doesn't think she desires to be forgiven or befriended - while at the same time not using that as an excuse to fall back down the path of evilness. The other suffers from the abuse she suffered from her father and brother, and from her ex-girlfriend - to the point she does nothing but got to school (college) and study; to the point she forgets to feed herself. And because of her break-up with Willow, Tara herself is also on the outs with the 'Scoobies'.
As part of her 'keeping away from Buffy and her gang', Faith works in a bar she just knows none of them would step foot into, a bar called 'The Bitch Club'. It's a lesbian bar that has a certain . . . BDSM vibe (which rarely gets seen in this story, but does graphic get displayed somewhere along the line; though still more hinted at than seen).
One night Faith notices a blonde woman drinking - throwing back shot after shot of whiskey. She's not the kind normally seen in the bar, but she still sits there drinking. Faith watches as a regular approaches and forces themselves onto the blonde woman. Faith 'saves her', and literally tosses the aggressive woman out of the bar. When she wanders back to see if the blonde woman is okay, the first words from the blonde woman's mouth (and yes, I do notice I keep saying 'blonde woman'), indicates that she knows Faith. Then it becomes clear to Faith why the blonde woman looked familiar - it's Tara. Before things advance any further, Tara passes out. Faith brings her back to her place and nurses her back to health.
And thus begins a long budding friendship that leads to more between Tara and Faith. Both helping the other creep back from the edge.
And then Buffy gets in on the action by popping up in the story, and interacting with an original character who had been present in the first half of the book as someone both Tara and Faith bumped into. Then that dynamic unfolded.
Then, when the book was almost over, Spike had to show up, making it appear we were going down a particular road of 'let's remember and include some of the more important characters from the show, instead of just sticking with two somewhat on the fringe players (Tara and Faith)'.
Right, so - quite enjoyable book. Includes romance and graphic depictions of a sexual nature. Though the first graphic depictions were of a more barely clothed in public kind (it was theme night at the bar that Faith worked at as a bouncer - and Tara wanted to go (well, she wanted to spend time with Faith, Faith had to work, it was theme night, Tara was reluctant, still wanted to spend time with Faith, etc. etc. Faith's naked breasts were on display, then hidden behind a belt, etc. etc., it is something of an S&M club).
I may have lost track of what I was going to write next, distracted, as I was, by images and remembrances of that particular series of scenes.
Right, so, liked the book.
Rating: 4.78
October 26 2017
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