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Minor Arcana, by Isolde
Title: Minor Arcana
Author: Isolde
Rating: R for novel 1 and 3, NC-17 for novel 2.
Author’s Warnings:
Story Link: http://archive.skyehawke.com/authors.ph
Author’s Livejournal: cursive
Author’s summary: In Harry’s 7th year a wizarding tradition is being revived. It seems to have trapped Snape, Draco and Harry in a strange triangle, but that’s only part of the problem. Slash. Slash, het, femmeslash. SS/DM, HP/DM, SS/HP, HG/RW, DM/RL, and others.
Length: novel-length
Reviewer:painless_j
The story consists of three completed novels - Declaro, Pervinco, and Consensio.
Minor Arcana, as I came to think, offers everything a satiated and experienced reader's mind could wish. It's exquisite. It's sophisticated without being overdone. The plot is built around the revival of an old and long ago forgotten ritual, the Rite of Engagement. A precise portion of politics makes the novels very persuasive in channeling and building upon various canon ideas. But at the same time Minor Arcana is not just a political novel.
The device of the Rite also allows the author to make a frail and intricate construction of relationships and intrigues. Pairings/relationship form and break, strengthen and hang on the brink of disappearing, and Harry (who's charmingly clueless) has to struggle through it all to get what he wants -- when he knows what is is, of course. Add some mystery caused by unexpected and complicated gifts and magical artifacts, hidden Death Eaters' plots, unpredictable behaviour of the main characters (believably) grounded in their (very credible) psychology. Add also very strong sexual undercurrent. And you'll get one of the best and more complex fics in HP fandom. A brilliantly written one, too.
Title: Minor Arcana
Author: Isolde
Rating: R for novel 1 and 3, NC-17 for novel 2.
Author’s Warnings:
Story Link: http://archive.skyehawke.com/authors.ph
Author’s Livejournal: cursive
Author’s summary: In Harry’s 7th year a wizarding tradition is being revived. It seems to have trapped Snape, Draco and Harry in a strange triangle, but that’s only part of the problem. Slash. Slash, het, femmeslash. SS/DM, HP/DM, SS/HP, HG/RW, DM/RL, and others.
Length: novel-length
Reviewer:
painless_jThe story consists of three completed novels - Declaro, Pervinco, and Consensio.
Minor Arcana, as I came to think, offers everything a satiated and experienced reader's mind could wish. It's exquisite. It's sophisticated without being overdone. The plot is built around the revival of an old and long ago forgotten ritual, the Rite of Engagement. A precise portion of politics makes the novels very persuasive in channeling and building upon various canon ideas. But at the same time Minor Arcana is not just a political novel.
The device of the Rite also allows the author to make a frail and intricate construction of relationships and intrigues. Pairings/relationship form and break, strengthen and hang on the brink of disappearing, and Harry (who's charmingly clueless) has to struggle through it all to get what he wants -- when he knows what is is, of course. Add some mystery caused by unexpected and complicated gifts and magical artifacts, hidden Death Eaters' plots, unpredictable behaviour of the main characters (believably) grounded in their (very credible) psychology. Add also very strong sexual undercurrent. And you'll get one of the best and more complex fics in HP fandom. A brilliantly written one, too.
