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Girl on the Edge of Nowhere
Five Nights at Freddy's Fanfiction
Located on Archiveofourown. org
First in a five part series
“Welcome to Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, a magical place for kids and grown-ups alike, where fantasy and fun come to life! Fazbear Entertainment is not responsible for damage to property or person. Upon discovering that damage or death has occurred, a missing person report will be filed within 90 days, or as soon as property and premises have been thoroughly cleaned and bleached, and the carpets have been replaced…”
TRIGGER WARNING! The Five Nights At Freddy’s game was built around a story of child abduction and murder, and boy, I picked up that ball and ran with it. This first part of the series is the tamest of all, and it contains strong adult themes, including adult language, drug and alcohol references, sexual themes, violence, and scenes of child abuse. Future episodes will contain graphic depictions of child abduction, violence towards children and adults, graphic gore violence and explicit sexual content. This book should probably not be read by anyone.
Words: 190872
Located on Archiveofourown. org
First in a five part series
“Welcome to Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, a magical place for kids and grown-ups alike, where fantasy and fun come to life! Fazbear Entertainment is not responsible for damage to property or person. Upon discovering that damage or death has occurred, a missing person report will be filed within 90 days, or as soon as property and premises have been thoroughly cleaned and bleached, and the carpets have been replaced…”
TRIGGER WARNING! The Five Nights At Freddy’s game was built around a story of child abduction and murder, and boy, I picked up that ball and ran with it. This first part of the series is the tamest of all, and it contains strong adult themes, including adult language, drug and alcohol references, sexual themes, violence, and scenes of child abuse. Future episodes will contain graphic depictions of child abduction, violence towards children and adults, graphic gore violence and explicit sexual content. This book should probably not be read by anyone.
Words: 190872
630 pages, fanfic
Published May 28, 2016
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November 4, 2022
Why is this fanfiction of a game you never heard of worth your attention?
- Because it is vulnerable, tender, scary, nostalgic, and at times, adventurous and romantic. It reminds me a bit of the scary grittiness mixed with happy nostalgia of Peter Pan.
I have reached the point where I have read all the published material by R. Lee, so reading the fanfiction next was the only logical next step.
Girl on the Edge of Nowhere (Everything is All Right, Part 1) was an exciting read for me. I never played the games this series is based on, and it turns out I have no need to. R. Lee obviously took some characters, locations and settings from these games, but this story is very much her own. Not only because she created vibrant original characters that made the setting interesting for me to read about in the first place, but because she matched the vibes of an idea and created a fascinating story out of it, making it "real" for lack of a better word.
The FNAF games are a hugely successful franchise, but all I have seen of it so far (I've checked out trailers, the wiki and also gameplays) feels bare-bones to me. Maybe these characters do tickle the imagination in some way, because the character design and Chuck-E-Cheese like setting is so reminiscent of a nostalgic fear many of us felt as children. But that is all. R. Lee gives the characters - both from the games and her own - purpose beyond a "backstory". She blows life into them all, animating them beyond what is even usual for a novel.
I can tell R. Lee loved writing this first part because each scene, each chapter, has a drive and motivation to it, and the emotion is catching. Every interaction between Ana Stark, the house-flipping, slightly drug-addicted heroine and the wasting, molding animatronics is ... tender.
It's the emotional vulnerability of the characters and their relationships that gets me the most and that makes this story readable beyond fans of FNAF games or even RLee stans (who I absolutely encourage to read her entire catalog, like I did - you might not LOVE all her books but you won't regret it).
This fanfiction was planned, from the start (6 years ago!) as a five-part series. That is a huge and ambitious undertaking. You need patience to read these books, or perhaps being a voracious and quick reader is enough. It is clear that planning, intention and a lot of love was poured into these people and their stories.
I am reading Part II right now and I was immediately propelled into the magnetic vortex the author created, again.
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Do you enjoy R. Lee's books? -> Chances are you'll love Everything is All Right
I read everything by R. Lee Smith over the past two years. Since I discovered my love for her writing style and grittiness in The Last Hour of Gann, I knew I had to read everything she ever wrote.
I very rarely actively set out on a mission to read one author's entire backlog catalog, because the truth is, good authors write in a variety of genres and not just one-size-fits-all.
R.Lee's novels, as a rule, tend to defy easy categorization.
The Last Hour of Gann is a huge sprawling epic. It's a story of pioneers. Of survival. Of family. Religion. Redemption. Mania. Even love! Even with the page count, this novel is chock-full of themes, images, metaphores. It's a behemoth of a book.
Cottonwood is a more campy, emotionally tense story about the violence and inhumanity of humans, alien refugee camps and escaping the greed of corporations. It's the most movie-like novel in R. Lee's lineup. I can easily picture it on the big screen.
Land of the Beautiful Dead bizarrely (or maybe not so bizarrely) features on several "Beatuy-and-the-Beast-retelling" lists. That really misses the entire point of the book, but I can see where they are coming from. With that being said, R. Lee's heroes (or antiheroes or even villains) are very often hideous, monstrous and/or beastly. In a way, Olivia fits the Beauty & Beast bill even better because Olivia is abducted by literal bat-like monsters and held captive in a dark, dreary place with no escape. Beautiful Dead is very far from being my favorite R. Lee novel, even though many people love it the most. I get it. I just don't feel the same sprawling epicness and variety in terms of themes in comparison to Gann.
The Scholomance has my whole heart. It is tied with Last Hour of Gann for my top-novel spot in the RLeeverse but while Gann is the novel for me to take to a deserted island and study, re-read and gasp over again and again, Scholomance was the most maniacally evil fun I ever had. It's a novel with a cold, cold heroine and I spent the entirety of the story cheering in her corner. The demons in the Scholomance are well-executed and the horror is disturbing, but what really stayed with me is Mara. She's my queen.
I had some trouble with the Arcadian series, starting with The Care and Feeding of Griffins. Unlike RLee's other novels it was quite low in horror and instead big on fantasy and mythical creatures. After the first three books I finally started appreciating the journey this alternate fantasy world was on. It was a long one. I am excited for the two upcoming novels in the series though.
Heat is a trip. It was the first novel RLee actually published (Olivia was written first, though) and it's a lot. It's a slasher horror rape-fest on the A side but on the B side there is a whole different X files-like detective alien story with a weirdly wholesome fat cat. The first time reading this novel that had two novels jammed inside with wildly different vibes and tone was a bit like drinking oil mixed with water. It is the RLee novel I most want to re-read, now that I know where it all goes. I think I could really appreciate the many daunting but colorful elements more the second time around.
Olivia is the messy step-sister of Heat and the Arcadian series. There is so much sex and a lot of it was traumatic and violent. The gods and monsters and the mysticism is very much in line with the mythical tones of Arcadia. It's a book where a modern-day heroine is snatched out of her bed and forced to help continue the bloodline of the primitive batlike creatures who live in a mountain cave system, dying out slowly due to inbreeding and a curse. It's a Frankentstein's monster of a book. A lot of elements were packed on this sandwich. I'm still not entirely sure how I'm supposed to think about this novel. It's a lot.
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original review
I love Ana!
While this is a fanfiction, Ana, her family, her boss, as well as many other characters are completely original RLee Smith.
I have never played the games and I feel the plot really stands on its own. I am very happy I am reading this story!!
- Because it is vulnerable, tender, scary, nostalgic, and at times, adventurous and romantic. It reminds me a bit of the scary grittiness mixed with happy nostalgia of Peter Pan.
I have reached the point where I have read all the published material by R. Lee, so reading the fanfiction next was the only logical next step.
Girl on the Edge of Nowhere (Everything is All Right, Part 1) was an exciting read for me. I never played the games this series is based on, and it turns out I have no need to. R. Lee obviously took some characters, locations and settings from these games, but this story is very much her own. Not only because she created vibrant original characters that made the setting interesting for me to read about in the first place, but because she matched the vibes of an idea and created a fascinating story out of it, making it "real" for lack of a better word.
The FNAF games are a hugely successful franchise, but all I have seen of it so far (I've checked out trailers, the wiki and also gameplays) feels bare-bones to me. Maybe these characters do tickle the imagination in some way, because the character design and Chuck-E-Cheese like setting is so reminiscent of a nostalgic fear many of us felt as children. But that is all. R. Lee gives the characters - both from the games and her own - purpose beyond a "backstory". She blows life into them all, animating them beyond what is even usual for a novel.
I can tell R. Lee loved writing this first part because each scene, each chapter, has a drive and motivation to it, and the emotion is catching. Every interaction between Ana Stark, the house-flipping, slightly drug-addicted heroine and the wasting, molding animatronics is ... tender.
It's the emotional vulnerability of the characters and their relationships that gets me the most and that makes this story readable beyond fans of FNAF games or even RLee stans (who I absolutely encourage to read her entire catalog, like I did - you might not LOVE all her books but you won't regret it).
This fanfiction was planned, from the start (6 years ago!) as a five-part series. That is a huge and ambitious undertaking. You need patience to read these books, or perhaps being a voracious and quick reader is enough. It is clear that planning, intention and a lot of love was poured into these people and their stories.
I am reading Part II right now and I was immediately propelled into the magnetic vortex the author created, again.
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Do you enjoy R. Lee's books? -> Chances are you'll love Everything is All Right
I read everything by R. Lee Smith over the past two years. Since I discovered my love for her writing style and grittiness in The Last Hour of Gann, I knew I had to read everything she ever wrote.
I very rarely actively set out on a mission to read one author's entire backlog catalog, because the truth is, good authors write in a variety of genres and not just one-size-fits-all.
R.Lee's novels, as a rule, tend to defy easy categorization.
The Last Hour of Gann is a huge sprawling epic. It's a story of pioneers. Of survival. Of family. Religion. Redemption. Mania. Even love! Even with the page count, this novel is chock-full of themes, images, metaphores. It's a behemoth of a book.
Cottonwood is a more campy, emotionally tense story about the violence and inhumanity of humans, alien refugee camps and escaping the greed of corporations. It's the most movie-like novel in R. Lee's lineup. I can easily picture it on the big screen.
Land of the Beautiful Dead bizarrely (or maybe not so bizarrely) features on several "Beatuy-and-the-Beast-retelling" lists. That really misses the entire point of the book, but I can see where they are coming from. With that being said, R. Lee's heroes (or antiheroes or even villains) are very often hideous, monstrous and/or beastly. In a way, Olivia fits the Beauty & Beast bill even better because Olivia is abducted by literal bat-like monsters and held captive in a dark, dreary place with no escape. Beautiful Dead is very far from being my favorite R. Lee novel, even though many people love it the most. I get it. I just don't feel the same sprawling epicness and variety in terms of themes in comparison to Gann.
The Scholomance has my whole heart. It is tied with Last Hour of Gann for my top-novel spot in the RLeeverse but while Gann is the novel for me to take to a deserted island and study, re-read and gasp over again and again, Scholomance was the most maniacally evil fun I ever had. It's a novel with a cold, cold heroine and I spent the entirety of the story cheering in her corner. The demons in the Scholomance are well-executed and the horror is disturbing, but what really stayed with me is Mara. She's my queen.
I had some trouble with the Arcadian series, starting with The Care and Feeding of Griffins. Unlike RLee's other novels it was quite low in horror and instead big on fantasy and mythical creatures. After the first three books I finally started appreciating the journey this alternate fantasy world was on. It was a long one. I am excited for the two upcoming novels in the series though.
Heat is a trip. It was the first novel RLee actually published (Olivia was written first, though) and it's a lot. It's a slasher horror rape-fest on the A side but on the B side there is a whole different X files-like detective alien story with a weirdly wholesome fat cat. The first time reading this novel that had two novels jammed inside with wildly different vibes and tone was a bit like drinking oil mixed with water. It is the RLee novel I most want to re-read, now that I know where it all goes. I think I could really appreciate the many daunting but colorful elements more the second time around.
Olivia is the messy step-sister of Heat and the Arcadian series. There is so much sex and a lot of it was traumatic and violent. The gods and monsters and the mysticism is very much in line with the mythical tones of Arcadia. It's a book where a modern-day heroine is snatched out of her bed and forced to help continue the bloodline of the primitive batlike creatures who live in a mountain cave system, dying out slowly due to inbreeding and a curse. It's a Frankentstein's monster of a book. A lot of elements were packed on this sandwich. I'm still not entirely sure how I'm supposed to think about this novel. It's a lot.
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original review
I love Ana!
While this is a fanfiction, Ana, her family, her boss, as well as many other characters are completely original RLee Smith.
I have never played the games and I feel the plot really stands on its own. I am very happy I am reading this story!!
December 16, 2025
R. Lee Smith is an absolute master at her craft. Girl on the Edge of Nowhere had me in it's grip!
As of today, December 15, 2025 I have never played the games nor read the original books by the creator. I know a little bit of the lore, but in no way could consider myself a FNAF expert or knowledgable enough to have everything sorted out. So, for me this story was completely unpredictable! As I progressed through the story I loved having so many questions and trying to unravel all of the many mysteries.
Ana (FMC), is a total badass! She has to rank among my top FMC's of all time, across all genres...which is not an easy achievement I might add. RLee wrote her in such a believable way. She was hard , hollow in a way that when she showed any sort of pleasant feeling it felt like this extraordinary moment that I knew was going to pass just as quickly as it appeared. I say that because Ana is the type of strong, tough person that comes from swimming all your life among predators bigger and meaner than you could ever be, but through pure determination, survive among them. And pick up many survival tactics along the way.
Rider, oh boy he was something! Crazy, but I loved how he clicked with Ana in a way that felt like they were made of the same fabric.
Bonnie, ughhhhh my heartttttttt ! RLee had me completely in love with an animatronic bunny lol! He was such a sweetheart and he has me wrapped around his finger!
Freddy, the cause of a lot of my laughter. He probably is among the most intriguing character for me to uncover his backstory on. But, his "parental figure" type of attitude had me cracking up numerous times. I feel there is so much more to him and I do really love his character.
Chica, I think she is the one I feel the saddest for and fear that she may end up having the worst story to tell. I could be wrong of course, but my initial thoughts are that I think she is going to break my heart.
Foxy, not that I dislike him, but he is my least favorite simply because I don't have much interest as far as this part went. I do think he has some juicy secrets and history that are going to make a lot of things make sense, but as of right now I would say he isn't a character staying in my heart.
The Jewish lawyer and his "puppy" Mr. Madison were really fantastic characters as well and stood out as highlights in the story.
I loved, loved, loved the lore of the mine plus the military involvement...I think those elements will circle back around. But, from what was revealed in this part it had me super invested! The details felt like it was a true urban legend of sorts.
The house is still such a mystery and I love that. I was quite creeped out with the "room" that Ana uncovered and liked how RLee described that initial scene of it.
The ending was super cool too! I liked how it felt like the camera kind of zoomed out, characters walked out of scene and then, there something moves in the darkness and the audience realizes there's something more to come....there was this very cool ominous creepy feel to the way that RLee ended this part. I am so excited to jump into Part 2, Mike Schmidt and the Long Night
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February 25, 2024So apparently I’m willing to read a Five Nights at Freddy’s fanfic😀 R. Lee really has me in a chokehold
December 27, 2025
Wow! R. Lee Smith, the writer that you are.
This was slower paced but never boring and, as expected, completely unique, wonderfully weird and cleverly written. This laid the groundwork for a wild AF ride... I can feel it. I'm so looking forward to the rest of the series!
This was slower paced but never boring and, as expected, completely unique, wonderfully weird and cleverly written. This laid the groundwork for a wild AF ride... I can feel it. I'm so looking forward to the rest of the series!
August 6, 2023
OMG. This came highly recommended and I can see why. It's a very well written fanfiction of the popular FNAF franchise but is completely original. Those not familiar with the games will still enjoy this since it's a fresh take on the series. Low on horror here but high on suspense and mystery. I still don't know wtf is happening! In a good way!
Being pretty familiar with the series though I questioned the sentient nature of the animatronics, it was pretty off-putting at first but by the end I was completely on board with it. Smith has crafter their own lore and doesn't really touch on the twisted web that Cawthron left for fans.
I'm excited to read book 2!
Being pretty familiar with the series though I questioned the sentient nature of the animatronics, it was pretty off-putting at first but by the end I was completely on board with it. Smith has crafter their own lore and doesn't really touch on the twisted web that Cawthron left for fans.
I'm excited to read book 2!
Read
December 23, 2023Weird. Went on a little too long and not much happened to get the plot moving.
But somehow I came out of, it in love with an animatronic nightmare bunny and a meth lab/house flipper.
But somehow I came out of, it in love with an animatronic nightmare bunny and a meth lab/house flipper.
July 1, 2025
My rating/review is for all four works, so bear with me (ha) while I speak somewhat vaguely on what I just read. This review is mostly for me to get my thoughts in order and not a totally accurate reflection of the series.
So I loved The Last Hour of Gann, right? It had parts I didn't like and parts I felt were a little too brutal or overdone for no reason, but overall the writing absolutely sucked me in and I was so there for Meoraq's struggle with faith and Amber's struggle to survive. I was dying for more of R. Lee Smith's voice so I immediately sought out her other works. I couldn't get my hands on Cottonwood or Land of the Beautiful Dead right away, so of course when I learned she had written a crazy long FNAF fanfic, I was on AO3 and downloading the epub before I thought twice.
Unlike a lot of the reviewers of this work here on Goodreads, I DO know what FNAF is. More than that, I greatly enjoy it. AstralSpiff is one of my favorite streamers, I'm extremely familiar with all of the games (including 50/20, your girl is a nerd), and I think the lore is some of the dumbest storytelling I've ever heard. It's just bad, okay? No matter what Scott Cawthon says, he did NOT have it planned out from the beginning and there is no coherent story. Like honestly, remnant??? Are you kidding me?????
So when I say I was completely open to reinterpretation, I'm not exaggerating.
I honestly like what RLee did with the animatronics. Bonnie is my favorite of them, specifically withered Bonnie, who I still find compelling even after AstralSpiff called him toilet Bonnie and I couldn't unsee it. When I found out he's the love interest, I was sat. I'm not a furry but a monster is a monster and I'm into that, soz. 🤷♀️
RLee's withered Bonnie doesn't have the personality I would have given him, but that turned out okay because I got attached to his sweet, simpy, puppy love ways pretty quickly. Freddy is basically the dad of the group and he took some time to grow on me, but by the fourth book I was in tears over him. Chica is best girl. Foxy is so complicated and I feel for him, but at the same time, he gives me the ick so badly.
I've said nothing but praise, so why is this series getting two stars? Because of Ana, the main character.
God help me but I can't STAND Ana. I don't care about her life, I don't like the way she talks, I don't like that she mixes drugs and is surprised when she's too high to think, I don't like her tantrums, I don't like that I'm supposed to believe she's an adult when she acts 17, and I don't like her "tough talk" in the face of people (or bears) who could and should have happily ended her in retaliation. She runs her mouth and never learns not to, makes stupid decision after stupid decision, and constantly behaves the exact opposite of how a normal person fighting to survive would. Idk what RLee was building up to in the last book with Ana finally getting sent to rehab, but even if it ever comes out, idk if I'll read it. I don't LIKE Ana. I don't CARE ABOUT Ana. I started skimming everything that didn't happen in the pizzeria and you know what? Way better experience than slogging through walls of text about how stupid Ana is and being expected to not only empathize but love her. And when she does get help, she's so stupid and mean to the one person who cares enough to get her clean. I thought she'd get better after book one but she just got worse and worse. Especially after she learns Bonnie is sentient???? Girlie, you've been in a relationship with him for WEEKS and you're just now realizing animatronics aren't programmed to grab your ass? Girl. GIRL. Ugh, and then she dumps him and starts boinking Foxy like that's any freaking better when it's actually like a billion times worse, and it's so cruel and hurtful and Bon Bon deserves SOOOO much better. That's her argument btw. Bonnie deserves better than her, so she's breaking his heart on purpose. I HATE her. UGH. I didn't even like it when they eventually get back together because she doesn't resolve anything by doing it, just satisfied her own selfishness then disappears on him yet again.
Also, I deeply hated when she got with Foxy for the first time, mostly because in any other book, with any other characters, it'd be so hot. They get a little frisky, she's drunk, climbing him like a tree, then he says something and it clicks what she's doing so she flees. Bro runs after her in the pouring rain, PICKS UP THE BACK OF HER TRUCK TO STOP HER FROM DRIVING AWAY, and then when he eventually is forced to let her go, he chases her home and confronts her anyway because "you're not running away from this." Any other scenario? 10/10. The emotion, the angst, the raw frustration and desperation on both parts -- so good. In context, though? I wanted to go take a shower to wash off the slimy, gooey ICK all over my skin. Ew ew ew ew. Their entire relationship had the potential to be something I loved but the choices RLee made about everything surrounding it cast such a deep shadow that I was grossed out whenever them hooking up regularly was acknowledged.
And the whole changing who William Afton is thing? I get it, I just don't like it. Purple Guy is the only thing in FNAF lore I feel like is halfway decent. (Honestly the lore up until the fourth one isn't that bad, it just gets dumb when the chips and remnant are introduced.)
But yeah, I hated this. I literally only liked the scenes set in the pizzeria, and even then I skimmed a lot of them toward the end. Usually, I believe that if you skim a book you didn't really read it so you shouldn't review it, but I genuinely feel like I read enough to have an opinion.
I want to see RLee revisit this. I'd love to read it rewritten from the beginning with fewer words and more intent, and I'd love for her to throw Ana in the quarry just to make me feel better. Thanks for reading this nightmare stream of consciousness essay and have a nice day!
(Also Mangle was done SO DIRTY wtf)
So I loved The Last Hour of Gann, right? It had parts I didn't like and parts I felt were a little too brutal or overdone for no reason, but overall the writing absolutely sucked me in and I was so there for Meoraq's struggle with faith and Amber's struggle to survive. I was dying for more of R. Lee Smith's voice so I immediately sought out her other works. I couldn't get my hands on Cottonwood or Land of the Beautiful Dead right away, so of course when I learned she had written a crazy long FNAF fanfic, I was on AO3 and downloading the epub before I thought twice.
Unlike a lot of the reviewers of this work here on Goodreads, I DO know what FNAF is. More than that, I greatly enjoy it. AstralSpiff is one of my favorite streamers, I'm extremely familiar with all of the games (including 50/20, your girl is a nerd), and I think the lore is some of the dumbest storytelling I've ever heard. It's just bad, okay? No matter what Scott Cawthon says, he did NOT have it planned out from the beginning and there is no coherent story. Like honestly, remnant??? Are you kidding me?????
So when I say I was completely open to reinterpretation, I'm not exaggerating.
I honestly like what RLee did with the animatronics. Bonnie is my favorite of them, specifically withered Bonnie, who I still find compelling even after AstralSpiff called him toilet Bonnie and I couldn't unsee it. When I found out he's the love interest, I was sat. I'm not a furry but a monster is a monster and I'm into that, soz. 🤷♀️
RLee's withered Bonnie doesn't have the personality I would have given him, but that turned out okay because I got attached to his sweet, simpy, puppy love ways pretty quickly. Freddy is basically the dad of the group and he took some time to grow on me, but by the fourth book I was in tears over him. Chica is best girl. Foxy is so complicated and I feel for him, but at the same time, he gives me the ick so badly.
I've said nothing but praise, so why is this series getting two stars? Because of Ana, the main character.
God help me but I can't STAND Ana. I don't care about her life, I don't like the way she talks, I don't like that she mixes drugs and is surprised when she's too high to think, I don't like her tantrums, I don't like that I'm supposed to believe she's an adult when she acts 17, and I don't like her "tough talk" in the face of people (or bears) who could and should have happily ended her in retaliation. She runs her mouth and never learns not to, makes stupid decision after stupid decision, and constantly behaves the exact opposite of how a normal person fighting to survive would. Idk what RLee was building up to in the last book with Ana finally getting sent to rehab, but even if it ever comes out, idk if I'll read it. I don't LIKE Ana. I don't CARE ABOUT Ana. I started skimming everything that didn't happen in the pizzeria and you know what? Way better experience than slogging through walls of text about how stupid Ana is and being expected to not only empathize but love her. And when she does get help, she's so stupid and mean to the one person who cares enough to get her clean. I thought she'd get better after book one but she just got worse and worse. Especially after she learns Bonnie is sentient???? Girlie, you've been in a relationship with him for WEEKS and you're just now realizing animatronics aren't programmed to grab your ass? Girl. GIRL. Ugh, and then she dumps him and starts boinking Foxy like that's any freaking better when it's actually like a billion times worse, and it's so cruel and hurtful and Bon Bon deserves SOOOO much better. That's her argument btw. Bonnie deserves better than her, so she's breaking his heart on purpose. I HATE her. UGH. I didn't even like it when they eventually get back together because she doesn't resolve anything by doing it, just satisfied her own selfishness then disappears on him yet again.
Also, I deeply hated when she got with Foxy for the first time, mostly because in any other book, with any other characters, it'd be so hot. They get a little frisky, she's drunk, climbing him like a tree, then he says something and it clicks what she's doing so she flees. Bro runs after her in the pouring rain, PICKS UP THE BACK OF HER TRUCK TO STOP HER FROM DRIVING AWAY, and then when he eventually is forced to let her go, he chases her home and confronts her anyway because "you're not running away from this." Any other scenario? 10/10. The emotion, the angst, the raw frustration and desperation on both parts -- so good. In context, though? I wanted to go take a shower to wash off the slimy, gooey ICK all over my skin. Ew ew ew ew. Their entire relationship had the potential to be something I loved but the choices RLee made about everything surrounding it cast such a deep shadow that I was grossed out whenever them hooking up regularly was acknowledged.
And the whole changing who William Afton is thing? I get it, I just don't like it. Purple Guy is the only thing in FNAF lore I feel like is halfway decent. (Honestly the lore up until the fourth one isn't that bad, it just gets dumb when the chips and remnant are introduced.)
But yeah, I hated this. I literally only liked the scenes set in the pizzeria, and even then I skimmed a lot of them toward the end. Usually, I believe that if you skim a book you didn't really read it so you shouldn't review it, but I genuinely feel like I read enough to have an opinion.
I want to see RLee revisit this. I'd love to read it rewritten from the beginning with fewer words and more intent, and I'd love for her to throw Ana in the quarry just to make me feel better. Thanks for reading this nightmare stream of consciousness essay and have a nice day!
(Also Mangle was done SO DIRTY wtf)
April 19, 2021
3.5
I loved the FNAF games, but I honestly had no desire to read fanfic about it. But as I was rereading the Last Hour of Gann, I started craving some more of R Lee Smiths writing and this fic kept popping up in my head, so I gave it a go and I ended up liking it a lot! After this review I'll be starting the next book!
Honestly my favorite character besides Ana is Rider, and hes just a voice on the phone for a huge portion of the book, but I absolutely lived for their dynamic. <3
I LOVE our main character Ana. She's tough as nails and knows how to back it up. She's a total badass on the outside, and mostly the inside as well, but we are able to see the fears and worries she has that make her more human. I expected a healthy amount of 'suspending my disbelief' in a book about a girl befriending/encountering a bunch self aware animatronics but It was handled and written so well that it really did make sense. and thats saying something haha!
Bonnie, Foxy and Freddie were so fun to learn about and discover their personalities. (I didn't bond very much with Chica, but I do feel for the poor gal.) I'm a sucker for the "I'll murder anyone and everyone...except you" trope and thats a huge part of this book, even though Ana doesn't know it haha.
I loved the FNAF games, but I honestly had no desire to read fanfic about it. But as I was rereading the Last Hour of Gann, I started craving some more of R Lee Smiths writing and this fic kept popping up in my head, so I gave it a go and I ended up liking it a lot! After this review I'll be starting the next book!
Honestly my favorite character besides Ana is Rider, and hes just a voice on the phone for a huge portion of the book, but I absolutely lived for their dynamic. <3
I LOVE our main character Ana. She's tough as nails and knows how to back it up. She's a total badass on the outside, and mostly the inside as well, but we are able to see the fears and worries she has that make her more human. I expected a healthy amount of 'suspending my disbelief' in a book about a girl befriending/encountering a bunch self aware animatronics but It was handled and written so well that it really did make sense. and thats saying something haha!
Bonnie, Foxy and Freddie were so fun to learn about and discover their personalities. (I didn't bond very much with Chica, but I do feel for the poor gal.) I'm a sucker for the "I'll murder anyone and everyone...except you" trope and thats a huge part of this book, even though Ana doesn't know it haha.
June 6, 2023
I don't remember what initially drew me to this book.
For one, I am not a Five Nights at Freddy's fan. I knew almost nothing about the franchise/story line before reading this.
I also wasn't sure if there was a romance? And it takes a lot for me to pick up a book without romance in it.
Regardless of how I got here; I sure am glad I stuck around. R. Lee Smith is such a fantastic writer... they create worlds that are so unusual and, frankly, horrifying. This may be classified as fan-fiction, but it is so much more than that.
Ana is a really interesting heroine. She is tough-as-nails, stubbornly independent, and remarkably clever. Watching her interact with the gang-- Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and Freddy-- feels like a warm hug. Albeit, a warm hug from a giant, scary, torn-up animatronic.
There is horror here, there is mystery, there is suspense, but there is also compassion, empathy, love, and a bit of romance (I think?). But this book is not for everybody. It is quite graphic and obscene and you have to put in a good amount of time to make it through the series. But it is
worth every minute of it to me!
For one, I am not a Five Nights at Freddy's fan. I knew almost nothing about the franchise/story line before reading this.
I also wasn't sure if there was a romance? And it takes a lot for me to pick up a book without romance in it.
Regardless of how I got here; I sure am glad I stuck around. R. Lee Smith is such a fantastic writer... they create worlds that are so unusual and, frankly, horrifying. This may be classified as fan-fiction, but it is so much more than that.
Ana is a really interesting heroine. She is tough-as-nails, stubbornly independent, and remarkably clever. Watching her interact with the gang-- Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and Freddy-- feels like a warm hug. Albeit, a warm hug from a giant, scary, torn-up animatronic.
There is horror here, there is mystery, there is suspense, but there is also compassion, empathy, love, and a bit of romance (I think?). But this book is not for everybody. It is quite graphic and obscene and you have to put in a good amount of time to make it through the series. But it is
worth every minute of it to me!
August 23, 2023
I don't know what to say, other than, if you have no idea what Fives Nights at Freddy's is about, and you're wondering why any adult would read a fanfiction about it that's longer than A Song of Ice and Fire (okay I didn't doublecheck but I'm pretty sure it is at this point) the answer is: R. Lee Smith magic.
She's incredible. This story is incredible. I swore to myself I would never read this because I don't give a hoot about FNAF, but then I got curious after ploughing through Smith's books and running out of her works to read.
It's magic- I think about this story often and just how gut wrenching it is. The characters are incredible. The plot is mysterious and creepy, and the main character is a Hot Mess. It's so good- just give it a chance.
Foxy! <3
She's incredible. This story is incredible. I swore to myself I would never read this because I don't give a hoot about FNAF, but then I got curious after ploughing through Smith's books and running out of her works to read.
It's magic- I think about this story often and just how gut wrenching it is. The characters are incredible. The plot is mysterious and creepy, and the main character is a Hot Mess. It's so good- just give it a chance.
Foxy! <3
August 7, 2022
I've read almost everything by R Lee Smith already so I thought, well she wrote it so I should read it lol I never played the game and just watched a youtube video about it so I don't know much about FNAF but I'm eager to see where R Lee Smith is going to take this!
Summary: Ana Stark was 10 when her best friend and cousin David disappeared and she moved out of town. As an adult she works with a drug dealer flipping houses that hide meth labs and she finds out she inherited her missing aunt's now dilapidated house in her hometown. She goes back to try to restore it and finds a new Freddy's that also falling apart.
Summary: Ana Stark was 10 when her best friend and cousin David disappeared and she moved out of town. As an adult she works with a drug dealer flipping houses that hide meth labs and she finds out she inherited her missing aunt's now dilapidated house in her hometown. She goes back to try to restore it and finds a new Freddy's that also falling apart.
November 9, 2022
I only read this fanfic because I'm a fan of R. Lee Smith's published work, and it really speaks to how good of an author she is because only a truly talented person could ever make me want to continue reading a story with this type of premise.
This book was, and I can't stress this enough, so, so weird. Weird and unsettling enough that during a particular scene (and if you've read this, I'm pretty sure you'll automatically understand what scene I'm referring to), I almost gave up on the whole thing. My interest won out though, and I genuinely can't wait to see what happens next.
TW: references to child abuse
This book was, and I can't stress this enough, so, so weird. Weird and unsettling enough that during a particular scene (and if you've read this, I'm pretty sure you'll automatically understand what scene I'm referring to), I almost gave up on the whole thing. My interest won out though, and I genuinely can't wait to see what happens next.
TW: references to child abuse
October 14, 2023
This series is just ridiculously good. Seriously. I've read all four parts at least 5 times now. I can't wait until the last one comes out. It kind of breaks my heart R. Lee Smith can't profit from this series, because s/he deserves to. I've even tried hunting down a donate link for this author because I enjoyed these books so damn much. I was never able to find one...so if anyone else knows of how to donate, I'd be very grateful to know.
April 16, 2022
I've never played FNAF games or even didn't know the back story. But the beginning of the book was intriguing and right with writing style of R.Lee Smith I settled for a long measured read.
I love all the mystery at the moment, and will continue with the story.
I love all the mystery at the moment, and will continue with the story.
August 14, 2023
Half way through and I'm already ridiculously attached to these people. WTF is this sorcery? Every time I pick up one of R Lee Smith's increasingly improbable sounding stories I think "no way, this is just too far out there." And yet every time I'm proven wrong.
July 10, 2023
Only R. Lee Smith could tempt me into reading a Five Nights at Freddy's fanfic and then make me love it.
August 14, 2023
literally don’t come for me.
it’s for science
it’s for science
January 7, 2024
Incredible - highly detailed and mysterious. Classic R. Lee Smith!
December 7, 2022
I love this Author but could not find this book on Amazon or for sale anywhere - because it’s free at Archiveofourown.org!
I was not at all familiar with the inspiration for this fanfic - with Five Nights At Freddy’s and the characters being the creation of Scott Cawthon - I’m not sure if Ana is though?
The story is compelling reading but finishes on a cliffhanger - so going straight to part 2 is a given - especially since it’s one of the best free books I have ever read ….
I was not at all familiar with the inspiration for this fanfic - with Five Nights At Freddy’s and the characters being the creation of Scott Cawthon - I’m not sure if Ana is though?
The story is compelling reading but finishes on a cliffhanger - so going straight to part 2 is a given - especially since it’s one of the best free books I have ever read ….
January 22, 2025
I still remember when this book first came out and when i read the first few chapters. I rediscovered it mid-way through 2024 and read through the entire series on AO3. I know that I'm just a random person on the internet writing a review, but this book is a must read if you are into FNaF fan fiction or are just starting. Either way, this is a wonderful book and I would recommend it to all of my friends.
July 9, 2023
Great FNAF fanfic.
August 10, 2025
I FRIGGING LIVE FOR THIS SERIES, IF RLEE DOESNT FINISH THIS I WILL LITERALLY HAVE A MENTAL BREAKDOWN
Also why is this written sooo much better than like 90% of the actual published books I’ve read?
Also why is this written sooo much better than like 90% of the actual published books I’ve read?
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