Rating: 1.5 stars because there were some ok elements
DNF @ 26% because I just had more interesting things to read

I liked the start. I did. But then it went downhill.

I'll keep this simple. This is fanfiction with the names changed, and it reads like fanfiction. But with original names.

I was getting along ok until I put this down to read other things. A month later, I figure I should finish one of the several books set to currently reading on Goodreads, so I pick this up again. A couple pages in, and I thought 'nope'.

I actually like fanfic, but I read it to get more of characters and pairings that I already love. Fanfic is different from original fiction. With original fiction, you have to start from the beginning with everything: characters, world, background, etc. With fanfic, you have a lot of that worked out for you. Sure you might put the characters in an AU, but you and your readers already know the characters. So that's where this fell down. While there was some world-building (and a map), there was barely any character development.

The other thing about fanfic is that readers will tend to seek out pairings they like and then have the fanfic fulfil their need to see the pairings together. You can get away with a lot of gratuitous gooeyness and sex in fanfic that would just seem ridiculous in original fiction. (Except for erotica. There is a lot of gratuitous sex in erotica. I mean...that's basically what it is.)

Once the two characters had had sex, it was just...too much. I love romance, but this was overwhelming. You know how you feel when you see two loved up teenagers constantly making goo goo eyes at each other, ignoring the rest of the world? That slightly ill feeling? I mean, my threshold is quite high, but UGH. Even I started to feel sick and annoyed and bored...TWO PAGES INTO READING IT AGAIN.

So no more. I'm done.