Between Pages

by DarkoftheMoon

First Year Hermione Grander couldn't wait to send her beloved fairytale collection to her anonymous book exchange partner, complete with a lovingly written note. In return she's given a very rare potions journal and a note written on expensive stationery: I like this book because potions are interesting. Don't feel too bad if I'm top of our class.

Genres: Fan Fiction

40 pages, ebook

Published July 29, 2021

Reviews

[Angie · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 ⭐ A sweet short story following Draco and Hermione from First Year to Eighth Year after the war. They're pen-pals and they don't know it.

Words: 5,699 | Chapters: 1


Summary:

At the start of their First Year at Hogwarts, Hermione and Draco become anonymous book exchange partners and continue their school years. Hermione gifts her pen pal her beloved fairytale collection along with a lovely note. In exchange, she receives a rare potions journal with a note written on expensive stationery that says, "I like this book because potions are interesting. Don't feel too bad if I'm top of our class."

By Third Year, Hermione discovers she is corresponding with Draco Malfoy and, instead of ending their book exchange, decides to take this opportunity to try to change his blood purity ideologies.


1st Year - 8th Year Hogwarts | Book Exchange | Secret Pen Pals | Enemies To Friends To Lovers | Eventual Smut


My Thoughts:

This was such a great canon divergent story following a secret pen pal relationship between Draco and Hermione. I like that it doesn't interfere with the original Harry Potter storyline.

I love swotty Hermione. Because she's brilliant, Hermione learns Draco is her secret pen pal and decides it's the perfect time to educate him. So she starts sending him muggle-related books. Totally something Hermione would do.

Poor Draco. He transforms throughout the years, and by the time he discovers Hermione is his pen pal, he doesn't actually believe in blood purity rubbish anymore. But unfortunately, he still has no choice but to join dark forces. I felt bad for him. He's really a softy but is forced to do things he doesn't want to do. At one moment, Hermione touches his hand to comfort him, and she thinks, "It made her wonder just how starved he was for any bit of affection. Did anyone in his life care?" This broke my heart because I thought the same thing in the canon Harry Potter series. At least in this story, Hermione offers him some care and affection.

Also, how Draco tells Hermione he can't have her in his mind because Voldemort will see. 😭 Ugh, this gave me Silencio vibes. I'm just glad they got to share a tender moment before the Death Eaters were let into Hogwarts.

Not a lot of spice, but that's okay. This story spans a couple of years, so they're children for most of it. There's only one sweet moment during their Six Year and a spicy scene during their Eight Year. But that's it. However, because of this one spicy scene, I'd say this is 18+.


Overall, a super cute story that definitely is worth the read!



My Current Dramione Fanfic Rankings

⭐ = Must-Reads
🌶️ = Best Smut


Novels (150,000+ words):

1. Manacled - SenLinYu ⭐
2. Remain Nameless - HeyJude19 ⭐🌶️
3. Cruel and Beautiful World - Lena Phoria
4. The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy - Speechwriter ⭐
5. Various Storms and Saints - ViridianAtNight
6. Isolation - Bex-Chan ⭐
7. Bring Him To His Knees - Musyc 🌶️
8. The Auction - LovesBitca8 ⭐
9. All You Want - SenLinYu 🌶️
10. Breath Mints / Battle Scars - Onyx_and_Elm 🌶️
11. The Right Thing To Do - LovesBitca8
12. Beginning and End - MightBeWriting
13. The Gloriana Set - ThebeMoon
14. All The Wrong Things - LovesBitca8
15. Hunted - Bex-Chan
16. The Fallout - EveryThursday (DNF)


Novellas (less than 150,000 words):

1. Hot For Teacher - MotherOfBulls ⭐🌶️
2. Apple Pies and Other Amends - ToEatAPeach ⭐
3. Thirteenth Night - Nelpher ⭐
4. Sex Ed - MrBenzedrine89 🌶️
5. Still Life - monsterleadmehome
6. A Second Look - RiverWriter
7. The Best Of Me - MrsRen
8. Silencio - AkashaTheKitty
9. Wait and Hope - MightBeWriting
10. Between Certifiable and Bliss - HeyJude19
11. Incomplete - Niffizzle
12. Love and Other Misfortunes - SenLinYu
13. An Indefinite Amount of Forever - MotherOfBulls (sequel)
14. Making Amends - slytherin_prince27
15. Proximate - In_Dreams
16. The List - AureliaBlack90
17. The Erised Effect - Ada_P_Rix


Short Stories (less than 50,000 words):

1. Best Shot - AccioMjolnir ⭐
2. The Library of Alexandria - SenLinYu ⭐
3. The First Rule of Fight Club… - LadyKenz347
4. Until The Ink Runs Dry & Indelible Ink - AccioMjolnir
5. Break For Me - Ada_P_Rix 🌶️
6. Call It What You Want - HawthorneWhisperer
7.Under The Wings of The Shadow - AccioMjolnir
8. The Watergaw - smokybaltic
9. Write For Me - Ada_P_Rix
10. Amateur Cartography - worksofstone
11. Blood Rights - uselessenglishmajor
12. Big Dick Energy - louiseob
13. Jammed - Ada_P_Rix
14. One and Done - PacificRimbaud


One Shots (less than 15,000 words):

1. Your Lonely Calls To Me - SenLinYu ⭐
2. The Unbearable Tedium of Romance - smokybaltic
3. For Her - dirtymudblood
4. Because You’ll Like it - BedtimeFantasies 🌶️
5. A Patient Man - LadyKenz347
6. Between Pages - DarkoftheMoon
7. An Unlikely Companion & An Unlikely Family - happy_valley
8. Potions, Perfume, and Apples - ellywolf111
9. Les Pelerins - PacificRumbaud
10. Like A Dagger To The Heart - hxllowsandhorcruxes
11. Fantasy - krissyxkat 🌶️
12. Head over Dragonhide Thigh High Heels - rubykrishna
13. Coming Down - nikitajobson and raven_maiden
14. A Matter of Practicality - OlivieBlake
15. Elevator - its_banannaz
16. Preface - ephemeraltoxic
17. Friends - poppyclocks
18. Familiar Faces, Worn Out Places - LovesBitca8
19. The Art of Seating Etiquette - inadaze22
20. Self-Preservation - SenLinYu
21. Height - SenLinYu
22. Minimal Risk - Galfoy
23. The Seduction - SenLinYu
24. Chasing For Keeps - In_Dreams
25. The Labyrinth - AccioMjolnir
26. Who Am I To You? - ViridianAtNight
27. Knee Socks - trix_of_bella
28. Quiver - Keii_sha

[vee]

absolutely not enough buildup for the sexual attraction to make sense (and other attraction, the trust etc were not rlly developed/shown well enough), which is whats preventing me from giving this a 3, but it was actually still pretty good. best part is that hand holding knuckle brushing part coz ew thats exactly what i want, not make out scenes that sprang out of nowhere. 2.8✨

[alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

excellent short dramione fic, really good writing, intense and intricate, what more could you possibly want.

[A Hopeless Romantic's Booklandia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ever since I read Saffron A. Kent’s My Darling Arrow, I’ve been a big fan letter writing between the love interests in stories and if I come across one, it’s a good chance I’ll want to read it. So when I saw Between Pages, I saw the “secret pen pals” and “Book Exchange” tags and I knew immediately that I was going to read it before I even read the synopsis. There’s not a lot of the letters Draco and Hermione exchange that we get to read, but I didn’t mind that. It was enough knowing that they communicated that way even after they both knew and I loved that Hermione figured it out first and was trying to get Draco to change his views.

I loved watching the progression between Draco and Hermione throughout the school years and how it was similar to the story we already know, but also with DarkoftheMoon’s spin on it. Between Pages made my heart ache a little, but mostly it was just a cool, lowkey Dramione story and I really enjoyed that and just enjoyed reading it in general. It was a nice way to pass the time and I’m happy I found it!

~ Sonja, 5 Stars

[Blahblahblah11220 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was so cute

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute and fluffy.

[Sarang Yadav · Rating 5 out of 5]

Single chapter, but ohh so good.

[Amelia · Rating 4 out of 5]

this was so cute what the hell i missed dramione ( i rwad one two days ago)

[Fralalala · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️

A cute and short story following Draco and Hermione through the years.
It would have been better with no spice at all.

[Meghan McNatt · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5⭐️ One of my all-time favs! It's such a cute and well-written short story. One of my favorite things about this fic is actually the last words. I love how the ending connects with the title. It's so perfect.