The Fallout

by Suga-crush

Genres: Fan Fiction, Romance, Fantasy

Unknown Binding

Reviews

[Naomi Fearnon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m in my Dramione fanfic era again and I’m not mad about it

[notonlyselfies · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of the most complex books I’ve ever read, especially in terms of the depth of thoughts it presents. The first-person narrative through Hermione’s perspective is raw and uncomfortable, dragging you into her turmoil and immersing you in the chaos and anguish of a war-torn period. The author truly takes you on a journey of war, both internal and external.

The book can feel slow at times, largely because the protagonist overthinks and overanalyzes everything. Her constant spiraling into her thoughts significantly affects the pacing, making the narrative heavy and introspective.

The fragmented timeline, with days often spaced far apart, adds maturity and authenticity to the story, reflecting the reality of living in a period of constant tension and anticipation. It’s unsettling. The reading experience can be exhausting at certain points, but how could it be otherwise, given the weight of the subject matter? That discomfort, in fact, is intentional.

The relationship between the two protagonists is complex, deep, and full of nuances. I appreciate how it stays true to canon: toxic, irritable, selfish, and rebellious. You understand the characters’ limitations, even as you long for something more.

[Amelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

oh my god, this fic initially left me so confused i was tweaking but this was so beautiful. the writing, THE SLOW BURN was the slowest of them all bc though they were shagging (a LOT) on the side, they literally said i love you in the last two chapters, and even though i love slow burn i do like getting a reward out of it at the end but because of how they weren’t official throughout the book even with their ministrations i cannot tell if i’m satisfied or not as i can’t complain that we were given nothing. Anyways, it isn’t even my favourite fanfic but the five stars is so deserved after everything i was put through. the trauma and love was depicted so well i’m genuinely going to think if this for years. (also i’m upset that she removed this fic from all platforms including here but credit is due where credit is due to EveryThursday)

[Cris Ortega · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me ha encantado la dinámica del romance en cuanto a que está cero idealizado y es un slow burn que parece de lo más normal, como cualquier otra relación. A veces se me hacía un poquito pesado el exceso de introspección y las reflexiones internas de Hermione hasta el punto de saltarme párrafos, pero las explicaciones de la guerra y toda la ambientación son increíbles. Está súper bien escrito y con muchísima coherencia, tiene un poquito de todo con su ternura, su angustia y todo reflejado como cualquier libro de editorial. Toda la parte bélica y las peleas están tan bien explicadas que me ha sorprendido para bien. El spice 10/10.

[Alex Oneill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yes I’m 26 and in my fanfiction era, and what?

[Lois Olivia · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.8 stars

[Aspyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

The depiction of Draco in this fanfic is AMAZING. LITERALLY SPOT ON. It’s the most book/movie accurate draco i think i’ve ever read. I loved this so much! This fanfic follows Hermione during the war. It starts at hour one, when the war starts. We follow her throughout the entire war, which lasts about 4 years and 3 months. I loved Hermione and Draco in here, again their relationship is pretty accurate on how it would be if the actually characters got together. They aren’t all sunshine and rainbows. It gets toxic sometimes and other times they can play around with each other. I would recommend this fic to anyone who liked manacled and the story line that follows the war!!

-Dramione

-War

-Fanfic

[Sidney Poole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Manacled really got me into my Dramione fanfic era - great book, interesting writing style. Can definitely tell when the author started gaining traction in readers & started focusing on editing. Heavy spice but very war focused between scenes. The writing is heavy in prose and the sectioning takes getting used to, but enjoyable

[Anushka Koka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Set amidst the chaos of war, where Hermione, a defected Draco, and Pansy bounce between safehouses, living in survival mode. Their romance is a slow burn wrapped in tension, exhaustion, and uncertainty. The story captures that haunting limbo soldiers must feel in prolonged conflict: the question of who they’ll be if they survive, and whether they'll even recognize themselves. The writing style is rough—tense switches mid-paragraph, not always intentional—but there’s something raw and unpolished about it that makes it feel like you’re reading someone’s war journal. The emotional pull is relentless, the pacing tight, and the angst absolutely on point. I did feel frustrated with parts of Hermione’s arc, mostly because you just want better for her. But that’s what made it feel real—no perfect heroes, just flawed, worn-down people trying to survive. And Draco? He’s phenomenal. For once, it’s him pushing Hermione toward growth instead of the other way around, and that reversal was so refreshing.

[Olga · Rating 4 out of 5]

QUOTES

Is it warm, the day she becomes a murderer. Which is not fitting in the least, and Hermione likes things when they are fitting.[…] It leaves her like a crack. That is how she thinks about it. Like her chest plate, all the way down her ribs, cracked open with that spoken curse. This long, splintered crack in her bones that left her irrevocably damaged. Broken. Cracked. And suddenly, so suddenly, in just seconds and clicks of clocks and time, her life is changed. Forever. 

"I like you like this, Granger. You lose control in a way I've never seen. I think because you keep everything bottled up, and you can't when you're like this -- especially close to climax or when you come. Does wonders for the male ego, you know."  - Draco
 
He takes his time with her body, plotting plans and routes, and discovering new land. He maps and divides and explores, and by the time dawn shines blue on their lazy limbs and tangled sheets, he has conquered every inch of her.

“I could dedicate my life to teaching you, but you will never be more than half a Slytherin. No matter how drunk from victory, Granger, you never give up your bloody King”. - Draco

She can't help but imagine the people she has lost. She can't help but still hope that at the end, when they found only themselves but didn't have a choice, that they might have remembered anyway. That in their heads they remembered the life that made them who they found themselves to be before death, and that they weren't so lonely. That they had memories to cradle them into the darkness of death, and that it was like the lull of a mother's constant heartbeat as they were rocked to sleep.

His fingers clench, unclench, clench, and then grip hard into her hips. As if he couldn't help it. She would like to tell him that if they could help it, none of this would have started in the first place.

Sometimes, in the darkness, she'll lie in bed and wish she were dead. And it's not in the way that she would actually kill herself but that she whispers to them. “Will you come back and I can go? I don't like it here without you”, because if she could, she thinks she would give her life up for them to come back and live.

She can't remove him from herself. Only he would be able to do so, and if he wanted to, he would have to hack and peel, splinter and dig. It wouldn't break her if he walked away, if he left her in the tide of war that she had truly first found him. But it would leave behind a hole, shaped to fit only him, and only him ever again.

He has been with her as she wound and wound, and he has wound with her. Searching for the light, or winding her around himself when they can't find it. He knows her in the worst ways – in the ways she wouldn't tell other people, ever. He knows her war, because it is theirs.

He is her stronghold, her battle, her ally. He is the moment she holds onto, even after she lets him go. Every cocky, brooding, annoying, angry, sarcastic inch of him.


https://archiveofourown.org/works/106...


Romance: ❤️❤️❤️
Spicy:🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Draco’s version: 💚💚💚💚
Hermione’s version: 💛💛💛💛

[Jaiden Hettick · Rating 3 out of 5]

People are obsessed with this, and I am not. It was confusing and too wordy in my opinion. It was hard to follow and the war scenes were too detailed it didn't allow my brain any freedom. (Spoliers) it was also predictable in my opinion, such as Ron being a spy but it not really being him. I also don't like how we never go to see the two of them in a true relationship. I like a slow burn but I felt there was little reward. However, I do think that this war .ore accurately represents what a real war would be like than the main series. It just didn't hold my attention like others. So I'm slightly disappointed due to all the hype.

FAV PART - all the banter and when he says he loves her during the war (end spoilers).

Def not my fav, but not a bad book.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This fic was DEFINITELY a slow burn but it was soooo worth it!!! I highly recommend this fic and it is in my top 15 for Dramione!!

[Amanda Bryk · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very long with some good moments.

[Imogen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though it’s a long book, it still took me 9 days to read which is slow for me. But I felt like I was stupid for the first few chapters? It was a hard format to understand but it does get better and once I got over that I was hooked.

Now there’s a few reasons it’s not 5 stars, because I got the format of the book after a while, but the main reason is the ending. I guessed the plot twist with Ron very quickly, and I felt it didn’t go anywhere? Like who was he? What happened when they got captured? Did Hermione figure it out so they took her memories? No one knows.

Also I love a slow burn, and this one was s l o w. But I’m a sucker for the “I love you” scenes. And we do get that but right at the end and then they don’t really talk about it much and Draco only says it that once in the battle and that’s it.

The ending felt rushed to me I don’t know why it didn’t satisfy me much. After the final battle I saw how many pages I had left and I was confused because there were so many things I felt needed to be explained or wrapped up and they weren’t really.

I did really like the book though, this is one of my favourite Dracos. It’s definitely a good read but I wish the ending was better.

[Alessandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is pretty good.
It was a bit confusing at first as it wasn’t clear what was following the canon and what was being rewritten. For example is not clear what happens to Snape or other main characters, but a few chapters in you start to get an idea of the plot and follow along.
Some of the writing at times didn’t make sense and had to go back to re-read to understand who the pronouns were referring to as there was a lot of “she did” “he did” without really being that clear who she and he were.
I enjoyed the dark themes of war, the slow burn, the overall realism of a war that doesn’t really end inside of the characters who lived it.
I thought Hermione was a bit too “slow” compared to the canon Hermione but it makes sense for the world she is in.
I found weird that Hermione and some other characters were religious as it felt quite foreign in the context but it wasn’t overwhelmingly present as a theme.

[Malak Mashaleh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Idk what to say. I’ll never forget this one. I guess I could say that the end was a bit rushed, it was a lot of pain up then an abrupt resolution but it’s ok I guess

“He knows her in every moment, in every way. He knows her in her happiness, in the dark, in her breakdown, in the passion that can overcome her. He knows her when she doesn't know herself, when she is a killer, when she is stripped to the basics of her humanity. He knows her when the world is falling apart, and when she is fighting to hold it together. He knows her gutted and filled up. He has been with her as she wound and wound, and he has wound with her. Searching for the light, or winding her around himself when they can't find it. He knows her in the worst ways – in the ways she wouldn't tell other people, ever. He knows her war, because it is theirs.”

[Irene Nano · Rating 4 out of 5]

Probabilmente una delle Dramione più realistiche che abbia mai letto. Molto interessante la dinamica tra i due protagonisti e la struttura quasi a mo’ di diario mi è molto piaciuta. La storia d’amore è costruita in modo eccelso, è a questo a cui mi riferisco quando dico di voler leggere una slow burn! Peccato per la lunghezza dell’opera, solitamente non mi spaventa leggere tomi di questa portata ma penso che l’autrice abbia tirato la storia troppo per le lunghe e non aiuta che la narrazione, per quanto interessante, è fin troppo frammentata. In alcuni passaggi non capivo proprio di cosa stesse parlando Hermione. E in generale, si comportano un po’ tutto troppo da Babbani, soprattutto Draco; per me ha poco senso che lui sappia come usare elettrodomestici e sappia cucinare senza bacchetta, ma forse sono solo turbe mie.

[Jade · Rating 3 out of 5]

It took me days to finish and I’m bit annoyed that I couldn’t directly add The Fallout by Everythursday on GR. It was so long there were moments I wanted to just stop reading but Draco. He kept bringing me back and I needed a happy ending for him. I’m still not sure why he changed sides, was he in love with Pansy? I don’t have much to say about Hermione, she was too messy here. I didn’t need her to be BAMF but she felt clueless in most scenes. I’m glad the Trio survived and hoped like hell I got an epilogue where Ron was coming back to himself but it’s fine. In my mind he does get better. It’s so big and epic, I’m sure it was a journey for the author and her regular readers. It was a different perspective and I’m happy they wrote it and I got to read it.

[Kennedy Scoffield · Rating 4 out of 5]

Omggg this book. It was so fucking long and definitely slow in some parts. Did I think it needed to be that long? No. Did I enjoy it? Yes. I’ve never read a wartime fic yet, but once I realized that they were all under the same overarching theme, I liked it a little more. The spice in this book made the rating go up a whole star. The way the spice was written???? So good. Probably the best spice I’ve ever read, which says a lot. The way that Draco malfoy is written in every fic has me fully sat for this man. He is always perfect and I have yet to find a true fault in people’s interpretations of him. Overall I really enjoyed this fic, but I do wish it was a bit shorter. Dramione holds the most special place in my heart I love it so much.

[Sabrina Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel trauma from this one. The amount of damage Hermione endured both physically and emotionally was overwhelming. This war story is not for the faint of heart. It was long, unnecessarily long at parts, but the connection between Draco and Hermione was well done. Some of the war scenes were hard to follow and the lack of description between which characters were speaking at times took me a bit to understand. I definitely stayed up late at times to read this. The smut was well done and there was plenty of it. I found the ending a bit anti-climatic but I was also fatigued by the sheer length of the novel. Happy I read it but also happy it’s over. I need a light fluffy book to recover!

[Madison Shipman · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.9

Loved the sarcastic asshole of Draco in this one. Super slow burn but fun. I just wish they had communicated the feelings at least once besides saying I love you at the end. I love the glimpses of vulnerability we got from Draco but we never got to see him fully let her in which I was we got. (Side note I think these things weren’t included to show how different this Draco is, but stillll it would have elevated this fic so much) There were some confusing part d/t wrong spelling or verbiage but you could look past it. Also smut was fantastic.

[Diana Gamote · Rating 2 out of 5]

This started out making me think it will be my favorite of the year. I inhaled it all the way to about middle of it when it just started dragging out.
There was so much useless information and scenes that I got bored to death: sex scene, battle scene, conversation scene over and over again to the point I got fatigued and frustrated, started to run trough the pages looking for something meaningful.
The ending was so anticlimactic and I just couldn’t root for them anymore as they just kept being so toxic and abusive towards each other.

[Nicole Bentley · Rating 3 out of 5]

The spice in this made up for the extremely long and drawn out plot. I am not one to point out holes but this had them. I struggle to be interested in à Hermione who is so unsure of her place in the world and second guesses and over analyzes everything. To me, this isn’t who she is. I am SO glad the intimacy did not have her holding back or being shy. These scenes made up for everything else because there was passion and chemistry. But to go immediately back to toxic banter? I kept waiting for Draco to stop demeaning her and it didn’t come.

[Patrícia B · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wasn't expecting to like this as much as I did. The format is not my favorite because it takes out the connective tissue of the narrative, the action scenes were confusing and hard to visualize, even in conversations it was hard to know who was speaking. But the inner monologue, the slow burn and the banter was exquisite. I love Hermione being a bit dumb and sarcastic/no bullshit Draco is my favourite. Solid 4 stars

[ara · Rating 3 out of 5]

at first i was hesitant, especially with the way it was formatted but this hit.

something about their slow burn (not even sure what to call it) was so nice to read. they really were each others equal. and I LOVE THIS DYNAMIC FOR THEM.

it lost me towards the end because i felt like a bit was missing but still a nice read.

i also really loved all the characters in the Order. like neville, justin and sam? yeah that’s my jam.
-> 3.5 stars

[CityHunter1224 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Written in terms of days/hours since the war began. Each “entry” has a new setting/character/safe house/battle scene. This was a good war-time story with a nice redemption arc. Really raw and conflicting emotions with survivors guilt, toll on taking lives, and grief. The small moments of happiness were written exceptionally.

[Sofia ✨ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Draco’s character is simply the perfect morally gray lead that we needed.

I’m not obsessed with this fanfic tbh. Hermione is often dumb and it’s not how her canonic character usually is. The prose it’s heavy and at times really confusing.
The spice is a lottt, it gets too repetitive after a while.

[BoldKate 🐕 📚 ✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

310,229 words later and I’m left staring at the ceiling, I spent so much time with these characters that I feel like something is missing from my life now. An agsty war story with spice or a spicy story with angst? I have no idea but the writing was top notch. Took me a few chapters to get into but so happy I found this fandom with AMAZING authors!

[JenniferFeng2000 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is very very PG, the smut scenes are a little too much for my liking, and the long paragraphs that contemplates about war and life tends to make me lose focus. But I love the portrayal of Draco in the Fallout!! The ending broke my heart, but also I’ve never read anything like it.

[Nia · Rating 2 out of 5]

From the beginning until approximately the middle was great, then it got tedious and the ending wasn't that good. The book would benefit from taking away some filler chapters, and toning down the annoying habits Granger shows