Let's see how AddiCakes describes her fic shall we? A waitress's pain, a bartender's secrets, & one fateful night. "The silken lilt flowing from his flawless lips envelopes her…soothes her…rocks her gently back and forth…until the tingly sensation fades into numbness. Numb. Like Novocain." AH *Dark themes*
Normally I have a friend who sends me an e-mail who says "Please read this fic" or I am on Twitter and all my little friends are talking about a fic that I haven't read and I am compelled - or maybe I'm on Twilighted and I see one of those blinky things and it looks interesting so I read that fic. None of these is how I found Olympic Rain and Novocain. I was on Twitter chatting with my friends - one of which is AddiCakes. And she said "Writing Chapter 24". I was intrigued. I didn't know she wrote and I thought she was about my age and I wanted to see what her story was all about. So I went to her profile page and saw the link and found the story all by myself. So, it's really important to put a link to your story WHEREVER you can, because people really pay attention to that stuff and you never know who is looking at it. In this process, I found out that Addicakes is Southern and NO WHERE NEAR my age, in fact I am old enough to be her Mama - but that didn't stop me for a minute from enjoying her Awesome Story!
This story is very Angsty - in fact, I can't believe I didn't make Snshyne read it instead of me. I was just so DRIVEN! It is what we, in the reviewing world, like to describe as a "slow burn". I read the whole story in one day. The chapters start out REALLY SHORT and end up about average length. The story is told basically from Bella's point of view. We find out that she is extremely unhappy, not only with her living arrangements, but she doesn't really like her job and she hates the girl she works with (Jessica) and she is there because of a loss in her family. She is basically stuck in a monumental RUT and doesn't know how to climb her way out of it. She basically has no support system (or none that she knows how to tap into) and she is doing a lot of wallowing in her own misery.
Then there is Edward, who is really a messed up piece of precious man meat. He is tending bar for his Uncle Carlisle and his cousin Alice is the cocktail waitress. He lives across the street from the bar and basically is living in his own little bubble. One that he has been in for entirely too long because of several losses in his family. He is lonely and doing a lot of wallowing in his own misery himself.
One night an attack on Bella brings these two miserable people together. Bella finds someone who she can lean on and Edward finds someone who can understand his pain - Are they both too messed up to enjoy what is staring them right in the eyes? You will have to read the story and find out. AddiCakes makes no secret that she is a new fan fiction author. In this story we read her first lemon (oohhh and mabe even Bella's first lemon). I think that Addicakes is very talented. I have enjoyed reading her story and I am really looking forward to the next update to see how this all plays out. She ends chapter 23 with a little bit of a cliffy and it is making me a little nervous.
I think you should give AddiCakes a read and see if you love her as much as I do! I find her writing refresihingly honest and quite enjoyable. If you are looking for a fresh read this one is for you!
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