Scary Partner Privilege

by Nightbloom7

Hermione and Draco are forced into an extremely reluctant partnership as Aurors. Featuring deviously clever Hermione and sarcastic cinnamon roll Draco (who is hiding a hairy, overlarge secret). Together they solve crime, get in trouble and, eventually, pine for each other such as the idiots they are.

Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy

Genres: Fan Fiction

448 pages, ebook

Published January 1, 2023

Reviews

[Manon]

HIGHLY recommend this underrated fic. If you like slow burn, reluctant auror partners, Draco POV, mystery plot and DMATMOOBIL level banter then you’ll love this!

‘Fragile and thin lies were strewn behind him like cracked eggshells, so he let himself stare at the truth: he'd never leave her orbit unless she chose to change her trajectory. Even then, his pattern would probably only widen, his heart beating out the forlorn pulse of a dying star.’

[Rebekah W.]

Appropriate use of Malfoy Signet ring tag.

I snorted with laughter so many times. I absolutely love a Draco POV. Especially when they’re both chaotic, rule breaking Auror’s solving magical murders and squashing rebellions. I mean Hermione took on an entire island. 😂

“The cheese people. You took advice from the cheese people about when to propose.”

[Shruthi]

Loved Dracos POV & the slow burn. It kept me engaged till the end unlike many other books .
4 star instead of 5 star because I felt like it was a one time read.

[Sophie]

This is so underrated! I really liked the writing, the humour, and the character building. I would highly recommend to fans of Draco Malfoy and The Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love - it's Draco's perspective, true slow burn, has Auror related mysteries, and a similar sense of humour.

However, the pacing and structure could have been a little smoother and there was some unnecessarily strong language (specifically name calling) that seemed to come out of nowhere and took me out of the story a couple of times.

[sylx]

3.4/5

Nicely written, just couldn’t immerse myself in it.

Thought this was funny:

”Did you really have to buy out your own marriage contract? I assumed Grevill-Stokes was just winding you up.”

“You assumed incorrectly,” Draco drawled. “I’m sure you can imagine the parental unit’s reaction to my wishes to join the Auror service. My marriage contract was used as a carrot and, when that didn’t work, as a stick. As it turns out, they severely underestimated my commitment phobia.”

[Callee]

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Pacing: 🏎️🏎️🏎️
Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy
So many things happen for a long time without anything really being accomplished. The romance isn’t slow burn. It’s a crawl. At 200+ pages, absolutely nothing has advanced in the relationship. They’re still just partners and have only recently started to like that fact. It doesn’t pickup right around halfway and is very good. The attraction still unfolds slowly and the relationship builds well from that point. Good ending. Good villains. Decent side characters.
✍️forced proximity
✍️slow burn
✍️ witches and wizards

[isha]

The second half of the book was fantastic - the pacing, the intricacy of the plot, and the banter. Unfortunately, it took me a week to get through the first half - it mostly consisted of disjointed missions with no impact on characterization. There was barely any slow burn, mostly just filler. 3 stars because I really did love the light-hearted writing style and for the HEA.

[Zuzanna]

first time reading a story as snippets/vignettes into the plot rather than a continuous flow, but I rather liked it

[Alessandra]

Cute and well written. I liked the angsty scenes more than the actual coming together.

[˗ˏˋNat´ˎ˗]

DNF in the first chapter.
The writing isn't very good, it's supposed to be a Draco Malfoy POV, but Draco doesn't consider himself as just "Malfoy" nor anyone else, so every time I read a "Malfoy thought.... Malfoy said... Malfoy opened the door" I would get pet peeves

[Elain]

Took a while to get into but quickly finished it once I was able to. Cute idea and solid plot.