The Evans Boy

by lonibal

Harry Evans was almost like any other boy growing up in Cokeworth. He lived alone in a house nobody else could see, he stole food from the supermarket and never got caught, and he had a little brother who had been hidden after the night their mother was killed. Harry was a secret, and he promised not to tell.

A letter in an empty vault, a small boy with broken glasses, a portrait of a scowling girl. As Harry begins unraveling his own past, the threat against his brother grows. How long will his secrets keep when Harry is the only one standing between his brother and the world?

A story about family, friendship, growing up, and, of course, the most powerful magic of all



Chapters 1 to 8 - Pre-canon - 29k
Chapters 9 to 23 - PS - 59k
Chapters 24 to 49 - CoS - 107k
Chapters 50 to 90 - PoA - 159k
Chapters 91 to 172 - GoF - 314k

Genres: Fan Fiction

1886 pages, ebook

Reviews

[Bar · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best HP fanfics out there, and I mean it. After binging all that was available of part one (which was more than 600k words I think?) I knew it will stay in my heart right next to Rigel Black Chronicles - I don't think there's praise better than that.


The writing, the characters, relationships between them, all of it is flawless.

If you ever want to read only two fics in your life, choose RBC and The Evans Boy.

[Caitlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is hilarious. But also this is one of the best fics I’ve ever read.

[Tailtiu]

Series: https://archiveofourown.org/series/42...

[Tessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Estoy completamente obsesionada. Que puñetera maravilla de fanfic. Necesito ya mismo leer la segunda parte, y menos mal que ya está subiendo la tercera porque es que hacía tiempo que algo no me gustaba tantísimo.
Lo bien escrito que está todo, lo bien tratados que están ciertos temas… en serio, es lo primero que leo donde el protagonista es intersexual y es que *chef kiss*
Voy a destacar un par de cosas pero podría hacer una tesis de absolutamente todo lo que me ha encantado de este fanfic:
- Estoy completamente enamorada de este Harry y de su relación con Monty.
- Lo bien narrado que están las partidas de gobstone, no me puedo reír más. Sobre todo con Charity 🤭
- El desarrollo del personaje de Percy es simplemente brillante. De principio a fin. Y que tengan esa relación tan sumamente de swots 🙈🙈🙈 es que son preciosos.
- Astrid. De los mejores OC que he leído en un fanfic. Toda ella es increíble.
- Snape y Burbage? Me quito el sombrero. Con lo poquísimo que tenemos y lo muchísimo que shippeo esa pareja.
- Neville y Luna, como contrapunto de Ron y Hermione pero sin ser bashing. Perfectos.

Y así de memoria, poco más puedo añadir. Estoy deseando seguir, porque, aparte de toda la trama de espionaje y de guerra, me da que la trama de Percy va a ser súper política y NECESITO leer eso. Y bueno, si Monty ya descubre quién es realmente Harry, tampoco me molestaría 😇😇

[Sean Randall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Astonishing. My eReader shows me that the read time was only 16 and a half hours, yet I've been bewitched by this utterly intriguing masterwork of Fanfiction for almost the entire month.

I think the thing that impressed me most was that almost every chapter had a throwaway line from Rowling, embellished and enhanced, seen askew from a different point of view than the original Harry. This Harry is very different, and it's thrilling to read the first 4 years of Hogwarts as we know it through this incredibly refractory lens. It was a clever idea, making him older, giving us the platform to see familiar events unfold with a bit of extra padding around the edges. The "harry has a brother" trope is old, yet it works here. The Evans upbringing is carefully sculpted, a completely plausible backstory for Harry retrofitted, and the entire work seeped all sort of fascinating and compellingly-handled themes.

I've really enjoyed a lot of fanfiction this year, but this is up there with all of them. Very much looking forward to starting the sequel, when it's finished.

[Lizzy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well... Tbh I'm not sure what to say at this point of time, this fic was fucking brilliant until now and I'm not ashamed to admit I had tears in my eyes in the end...
I can't wait to begin the second part.

This is one of the best pieces of literature I have consumed in my entire life.

[Mitticus · Rating 5 out of 5]

En donde Harry Evans es 3 años mayor que Monty Potter, el Niño Que Vivio-

[mirabilos · Rating 5 out of 5]

URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/513...

read up to ch.56 while still active

sequel is actively being published and loooong already

[Ginny · Rating 5 out of 5]

We stand with Harry and how morally gray he is, and we love Cassius

[Allison Henle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some of the best HP fanfic I have ever read. I hope this writer goes pro at some point.

[Alanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

en serio, acabo de leer esto? es increíble!

[Paulina Gómez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a great story. All the characters, their relationships and development are well written. The dialogue feels natural, the jokes are great, and the plot fully fleshed out.

100% recommended