Review: The Gryffindor Sort by small_spyglass
Summary: Severus Snape desperately wanted to stick to the plan. 1. Get to Hogwarts. 2. Be sorted into Slytherin with Lily. 3. Become the wizard he was always meant to be. But things go sideways when Lily ends up getting sorted into Gryffindor. And Severus? He throws the plan away.
In which Severus is a Gryffindor, Lupin is hiding something, Potter and Black are the worst, and there's a Wizarding War about to erupt.
Gen Fic - Severus Snape, Lily Evans, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, James Potter - 16/28 Chapters- Words: 84,471 - Rated Teen and Up
Read it on AO3
Status: WIP
Review: The Gryffindor Sort is one of those stories that I read slowly and with a deep fondness, because it's the closest I've gotten to that feeling of reading the Harry Potter books for the first time. It's such a fun fresh take on a Gryffindor Severus Snape, that I forgot my penchant for avoiding first-year Hogwarts stories.
I love the affinity with which small_spyglass writes their characters - each character is so fully realized, full of heart, allowed to make mistakes and to grow. Severus is our not-quite sympathetic underdog character who we can't help but root for. But this same sort of care is put into Sirius, Lily, Remus, and even James - which just had me immediately hooked.
Overall, The Gryffindor Sort is the perfect character-driven fanfiction for readers who are looking for more Marauders-Era stories without the typical romantic relationship angst.
Rating: 4/ 5
