Of Crimson Joy

by LittleRobbin

"Life isn't always black and white, Granger. There are just shades of grey," Hermione learns about the price of forgiveness and trust when Draco Malfoy joins the Order, three years in to the war.

Genres: Fan Fiction, Slow Burn

322 pages, ebook

First published October 11, 2010

Reviews

[Fariha]

I read this one a while ago, but I can't find it anywhere now. I think the author may have taken it down? Really amazingly written though.

(I only log insanely good fanfic on goodreads; the ones that could be published in their own right)

[mer]

draco hermione and teddy my little found family

[Fatima Ali]

- defected draco
- war fic
- bit like isolated
- slow burn
- depressing vibe
- past-present timelines

[Alexzandra Pattinson]

Draco Malfoy wasn't thrilled about Voldemort's new plan to bring down the Order. In fact he thought that it was a quite stupid plan to begin with but he had no intentions on voicing his opinions out loud. He wasn't stupid and if anything the last years of having Voldemort as a house guest have taught him, was to not object with whatever demand he came up with.
So when Voldemort asked Draco to defect to the Order and pretend to be on their side, only to betray them and take them down from the inside... Draco just did it.


Hermione wasn't thrilled with the new addition to the Order and even though he passed their tests and didn't object at their conditions, she couldn't help but be wary of him but they had to work together on various missions so she had to start trusting him.


Slowly but surely, Draco proved to be an important member for the Order.
He even helped the twins with their inventions, becoming their test dummy and coming up with ideas to improve their product.
And as time went on he started to realize that everything he was taught as a child wasn't really true.


The more time he spend with Granger, the more he understood how brilliant she was and even though he tried his best to stay away from her, he couldn't help to gravitate towards her.
They together with Teddy, created an improve family and he vowed to do anything to keep them safe.

To be quiet honest, I don't really remember the actual details of this story since it is pretty similar with a few other "War Time/Defected/Spy Draco" that I've read, so I may have confused this fic with another one that had the same premise.
However I do remember that I wasn't really enjoying this fic and that I contemplaited to dnf it a few times.
Maybe the timing wasn't right. Maybe I've read too many similar fics to close together. Maybe this fic just isn't for me....
Despite all that, I still think that this is a fic worth reading (if you're able to find a copy, since the author deleted it). I do plan to reread it after some time and see if I enjoy it more the next time around. For now... 2 Stars.
In the future.... I hope more.