We Can Still Be, Who We Said We Were

Armistice #2

by Annerb

Fandom: Harry Potter
Relationship: Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley
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Navigating distances and finding your way back home. Harry and Ginny after the war.

Cover art by Amiril

Genres: Fan Fiction

320 pages, ebook

Published July 11, 2018

Reviews

[mia ★ · Rating 4 out of 5]

(4) the only thing I have to say is Harry’s favourite words are “yeah” and “sure” 🤷‍♀️

[Irishiwasirish · Rating 5 out of 5]

For those that started with this series for the Harry / Ginny plot, this is where things really pick up. While it still follows Ginny in her 7th year at Hogwarts and Harry in Australia for a bit, their relationship really does become the focus in this book. There are still side plots and side characters, but they're less important, oftentimes just a foil to the main pair or something to move the plot along. It's a lot of angst and fluff and mostly lighthearted.

Summary Harry goes to Australia for 7 months to help Ron and Hermione find her parents, Ginny goes back to Hogwarts. They basically email each other with magic, but it starts to fade off after awhile. Harry gets set up on a date, doesn't like it, but Ginny still finds out and starts to withdraw. It's a lot of angst basically. Eventually Harry says f this and goes back to London and there's some fun "will they, won't they" until they do. They decide to keep their relationship a secret for reasons. Harry Ron and Hermione end up back at Hogwarts to take makeup for their 7th-year exams so there's plenty of Harry/Ginny sneaking off. School ends, they have a fun competitive quidditch match, and then they're back at the burrow and it's literally like the fading sunset exit scene

All in all, it's a good resolution to a lot of the build-up from the first book and The Changling, and the book shifts from the darker tone of the first book to a more romance and "young love" type story. There are still bits and pieces that things aren't 100% fixed, but after reading the whole series a lot of this is actually just a setup for the challenges in the last book of the series. The Harry/Ginny interactions are enjoyable to read, the "magic email" is a fun invention and I felt the pacing moved along in this book better than in previous. Similar to the 1st book, I sometimes didn't feel very invested in some of the characters, and there's a few odd sideplots that felt out of place, but perhaps the author was really trying to give some characters a proper ending that were more prominent in The Changling but won't be around now that Hogwarts is over.

[Penny · Rating 5 out of 5]

some romance, some thrill and mostly badass characters. you will enjoy harry like never before. all other characters while staying true to canon have been given more depth and you are shown more insight to their characters, in a way, which we missed in the HP books.

read this and enjoy harry potter the way you always wanted.

[Zoe Dempsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

at one point I thought that this books might turn into a book that was plot focused and that it all revolves around Harry being the master of death and this having an effect on his left and it would explain why he didn’t die when hit with the curse but alas I was wrong rip

this is the Hinny closure I needed

[Noortje · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hm. I really really liked The Changeling (Armistice #0), but I guess I'm not super into Harry/Ginny romance.

[Henna · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars

[mary ♡ (she | they) · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[terê · Rating 5 out of 5]

o namoro escondido foi tudo pra mim

[Cameron R · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Hinny! Most book accurate depictions of characters I think I’ve ever read in a fanfic. (4.5)

[Maddie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this series