SomewheresSword

Lily's Boy

Anna

This is a mammoth of a fic and I couldn't take a break to read anything else until I was finished with it. Really interesting plot that spans over 4 years. It does great things with some tropes that are often done badly, such as family magics. There were some brilliant plot twists, and some very satisfying scenes of revelations. I liked how much inter-House interactions happened, and it led to some unexpected pairings. This fic had semi-sentient Hogwarts! I adore that idea and it's not utilised enough I swear. Here it was mixed with family magic of the Founders with great result.

However I had some trouble believing in main pairings. Even in Drarry (which I ship!), not to mention other two (no qualms about Neville/Ginny tho). At about half when all relationships became quite established I finally accepted then, but still romance was one of the weakest parts of the fic for me. Also Hermione was blatantly vilified. It was tagged as "Not Hermione friendly", but honestly she was stupid to the point of complete OOC. Speaking of tags - it wasn't tagged but this fic has Indian!Harry.

No re-read for me in the future, but was definitely worth my time.

Lily's Boy

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