The Love You Take

by Subversa

Harry Potter Fanfiction
Hermione is cursed by the Death Eaters, and Dumbledore believes Professor Snape is the only one who can help her and keep her safe. Hermione/Severus. Dub-con warning. NC-17.

Genres: Fan Fiction

595 pages, Fan-fic

Published April 30, 2013

Reviews

[Jenn (The Book Refuge)]

Great finish! Very flabby around the middle though and I was skimming hard core for about 30% but over all this was well done and a great fic to add to the Read pile.

4 stars
3 on the spice scale (this is for repetitive nature. Even though in volume it's a 5.)

[Alexzandra Pattinson]

In order to humiliate Dumbledore, Voldemort curses Hermione to lust after the first man she sees and seeking out plesure by his hand alone. Planning for it to be the Headmaster, Voldemort didn't even fathom that Hermione would end up being bound to another man.

Severus Snape has rendered his life to the Order and to Dumbledore, ever since Lily's death. He has been a double spy, he has promised to keep Harry Potter safe, he did everything the Headmaster has asked of him without any complaint but this... this is going to far. He ought to decline. He ought to rage against it. He ought to fight it but in the end he knows he will do what is asked of him and so the torment on his sould begins....

This fic is basically a "Porn with Plot" fic since it contains mostly steamy scences between Hermione and Snape, so be cautious of this before you begine to read this.

All in all it was an enjoyable fic that I'm sure I won't reread.
I have to say that I was a bit bored throughout most of it because of the lack of action in this fic but once Hermione and Snape went to Snape's family estate, things picked up. The plot started to develop and alot of original caracters were introduced that made things really interesting.

It's safe to say that the author didn't really stick to the original plot of the books and took more than a couple of liberties, but it paired well with the romance.

[Sarah]

It was so angsty. I loved it. It was a little much for me in some places but I think that was because I’ve been reading to many dark fics and not enough fluff pieces. It did get annoying at some parts with the miscommunication but they finally got their shit together.

[Gracee Mercer]

I loved this once I pushed through! The beginning was hard bc it felt a bit much with so much sex. Especially bc it was (what i'd consider) to be NonCon. But once the storyline developed more, I couldn't put it down.

[Micheala]

2.5 stars because I can’t decide if it’s 2 or 3. For the purpose of GR, I’ll be nice and round up to 3.

This was okay, not great, just okay. I found the characters a bit OOC, especially Hermione. I really wished there was more plot to this.

[Priscilla]

Absolutely amazing storyline!

[Elusive]

4.5 stars

[Lilabooks]

Darkling wasn't moody/serious/cold. Could've been v good.

Dnfed at ~60%

[Penny]

Really good ss/hg fic. Very spicy and entertaining. I especially like how Hermione didn’t waver in her feelings. I also liked the twist with the end- diverging from canon. I didn’t need an epilogue- the ending was perfect.

Update- found it boring during my second read. Still good but frustrated with some of the inconsistencies and the weird resolution to voldy.