Reader's Rec: sixpences
Username: sixpences (or @thetwoguineabook)
Some works works: - Blackbird - a constant satellite - The Long Way Round (WIP)
I’ve always enjoyed long fanfics with great detailed plots and intricate characterization, hence when I got into the Yuri!!! On Ice fandom, I immediately went after every recommended story with an interesting concept. I stumbled across Blackbird from afanfic recommendation blog on tumblr, categorised under “Spies/Assassins AU.” Imagine my surprise when beside the James Bond-esque fics, I found a sort of WW2 AU, that so greatly impressed me in its beginning paragraphs that just like that I was sucked into the story, intrigued.
And let me tell you, if I love a story, I will literally go through it in one sitting… which I did for Blackbird as I spent my entire Saturday reading through 7 chapters of this magnificent AU that contains such details that I would find in a best selling novel, I swear! Sixpences broke my heart at least twice through my reading marathon with quite elegantly phrased words (which I in no way can be up to match in this recommendation), surprising plotline and philosophical narration that had me immersed in the story. In ways it has also given me a sort of epiphany as I realise the empathetic connection I have to the characters she writes. Also the simple domestic scenes and the contrasting suspenseful action ones balances out to create an incredible story that just leaves me gaping at the fluid transitions that she creates in it.
I’ve also read her other works, which holds the same elements that surely proves the level of skills she has. Sixpences’s creativity and passion in writing could create works that I think could be on the NYTimes Best Selling novel for weeks! 10/10 would recommend anything that she writes!
Let me be crude here: I can’t stress enough that this person wrote one of the best YOI fic I’ve ever read and you need to go read her work!!! She’s just an wonderful writer and I honestly can say that I have reread Blackbird 3 times, and religiously following The Long Way Round for updates. SO YEAH GUYS, GIVE HER LOVE!
Recommended by: lunaticmeap
Also thank you, you awesome person(s) who runs this blog and allowed people like us to suggest our favourite authors. Thanks for the effort you put in to allow us to do this! I totally admire what you’re doing!