Chapter 3: The Sacrificial Lamb
Story Rec: Lalina's The Sacrificial Lamb
Update: Another one of the stories featured here on The Review is no longer available on FanFiction - this one, too, has been pulled and published as The Sacrificial Lamb by Elle Fiore. The sequel, The Lion and the Jackal, has also been published.
ORIGINAL REC/REVIEW:
Honestly, one of the first things that hit me with this story was its use of curse words. At the time, I hadn't read many stories with Dirtyward, and therefore was... let's call it 'shocked'. What made this one different was that the plot actually compelled me to continue right from the very first few paragraphs. TSL opensin medias res, and using a writing style I don't often enjoy reading - there are a lot of 'I's (it's a very direct narration) and an almost... over-detailed description of the setting and events, or so it seems at first. However, as I continued reading I came to a different conclusion;Lalina's Edward isn't annoying, he's sharp; he notices everything.
I was hopelessly and addictedly (as a side note, Microsoft Word tells me that "addictedly" is not a word. Just putting that out there.) pulled in to TSL before the end of the first chapter. I won't go into details as to the 'how' and 'why,' because I don't want to give anything away and take from wonderful, exciting ride Lalina takes the reader on (going with the assumption that at some point this story will once again become available online), but suffice it to say that this Fic has enough action, angst, romance, and just about anything else you'd want to keep you occupied well past the end of the story. (Note: there's a sequel to TSL called The Lion and The Jackal, also complete, and subsequently also nowhere to be found on FanFiction.) I also encourage you to readLalina's other stories, they're great! (One of my other favorites is Isle Esme: The Lost Chapters – and this one is available for your reading pleasure here on FanFiction.)
~chattgirl4