The Cherry Pit

by rubykrishna

“Wouldn't you like that?" His slender hand came to the front of the robe, lightly pulling one side back to reveal her bare thigh to his touch. The tips of his fingers left an icy path all over her soft skin, branding her with his featherlike precision, she shuddered. "Wouldn't you like to stop worrying and just…indulge in the things you want?”

Genres: Fan Fiction

412 pages, ebook

Reviews

[Milina’s library · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

God I loved this. This a draco and Hermione fanfic. Draco owns multiple clubs around Europe, one is a normal dance club, the other is a burlesque type club in Paris, and the other is a beach club in Brazil. Pictured a hot and heavily tattooed tall Draco, bringing Hermione around the world trying to impress her with all of his modern and innovative wizarding clubs. We got dancing scenes, beach scenes, shopping sprees, lingerie clubs, a night where he comes over with lingerie and a Polaroid camera to photograph her 😩 it’s so hot and he’s so obviously attracted to her and obsessed with her, i loved it. Only thing is i didn’t love Hermione in this, she was VERY insecure and timid at times and it would occasionally get on my nerves. If she was stronger minded it would’ve been 5 stars I’m so obsessed with all the tropes and this version of Draco

[Angie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 ⭐ DNF at 53% (read below for why)

Word Count: 75,996 | Chapters: 12


Summary:

"Wouldn't you like to stop worrying and just…indulge in the things you want?"

Hermione finds herself at The Cherry Pit, a club owned by Draco Malfoy. In an attempt to prove she is not uptight, she embarks on many adventures with Draco that include drinking, dancing, shopping sprees, lingerie clubs, and hot sex. Throughout these experiences, Hermione learns to let go, becomes more confident, and falls in love.

Post War | Club Owner Draco | Insecure Hermione | Drug Use | Lingerie | Smut | 18+


My Thoughts:

So this actually is a well-written fic. I just wasn't really vibing with the storyline. So I'm giving it 3-stars because while it isn't for me, you may want to give it a shot!


What I liked . . .

- Ginny and Blaise
- Tattooed / club owner Draco
- Draco encourages her to be adventurous
- Draco spoils Hermione
- Smut 🔥


What I didn't liked . . .

- Hermione is incredibly insecure (it was a tad dramatic & OOC)
- How the POV randomly and suddenly changes mid-scene between Draco and Hermione
- The overall storyline. There's absolutely nothing wrong with it, I just didn't really get into it is all. I picked it up a couple of times to try and push through but by 50% if a story isn't holding my interest, I DNF.




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. Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love - thisisselfcare ⭐
6. Various Storms and Saints - ViridianAtNight
7. Isolation - Bex-Chan ⭐
8. Bring Him To His Knees - Musyc 🌶️
9. The Auction - LovesBitca8 ⭐
10. All You Want - SenLinYu 🌶️
11. Breath Mints / Battle Scars - Onyx_and_Elm 🌶️
12. The Right Thing To Do - LovesBitca8
13. Beginning and End - MightBeWriting
14. The Gloriana Set - ThebeMoon
15. Love In A Time Of The Zombie Apocalypse - RizzleWrites
16. All The Wrong Things - LovesBitca8
17. Hunted - Bex-Chan
18. 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.Atonement - Lunamionny
12. Incomplete - Niffizzle
13. Love and Other Misfortunes - SenLinYu
14. An Indefinite Amount of Forever - MotherOfBulls (sequel)
15. Making Amends - slytherin_prince27
16. Proximate - In_Dreams
17. The List - AureliaBlack90
18. The Cherry Pit - rubykrishna (DNF)
19. The Erised Effect - Ada_P_Rix


Short Stories (less than 50,000 words):

1. Movements, Contrived and Improvised - HeyJude19 ⭐
2. Best Shot - AccioMjolnir ⭐
3. The Library of Alexandria - SenLinYu ⭐
4. The First Rule of Fight Club… - LadyKenz347
5. Until The Ink Runs Dry & Indelible Ink - AccioMjolnir
6. Break For Me - Ada_P_Rix 🌶️
7. Call It What You Want - HawthorneWhisperer
8. Under The Wings of The Shadow - AccioMjolnir
9. The Watergaw - smokybaltic
10. Amends - thelashjedi
11. Write For Me - Ada_P_Rix
12. Ties That Bind - TattoosAndHighHeeledShoes
12. Amateur Cartography - worksofstone
13. Blood Rights - uselessenglishmajor
14. Big Dick Energy - louiseob
15. Jammed - Ada_P_Rix
16. 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. Stupid Games - SenLinYu 🌶️
6. A Patient Man - LadyKenz347
7. Between Pages - DarkoftheMoon
8. An Unlikely Companion & An Unlikely Family - happy_valley
9. Potions, Perfume, and Apples - ellywolf111
10. Les Pelerins - PacificRumbaud
11. Like A Dagger To The Heart - hxllowsandhorcruxes
12. Fantasy - krissyxkat 🌶️
13. Head over Dragonhide Thigh High Heels - rubykrishna
14. Coming Down - nikitajobson and raven_maiden
15. A Matter of Practicality - OlivieBlake
16. Mistletoe - CatmintandThyme
17. Elevator - its_banannaz
18. Preface - ephemeraltoxic
19. Red or Green - SenLinYu
20. Friends - poppyclocks
21. Familiar Faces, Worn Out Places - LovesBitca8
22. The Art of Seating Etiquette - inadaze22
23. Self-Preservation - SenLinYu
24. Height - SenLinYu
25. Minimal Risk - Galfoy
26. The Seduction - SenLinYu
27. Chasing For Keeps - In_Dreams
28. The Labyrinth - AccioMjolnir
29. Who Am I To You? - ViridianAtNight
30. Knee Socks - trix_of_bella
31. Quiver - Keii_sha

[steph_readssometimes · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐

[Dijellza · Rating 5 out of 5]

my lil Dramione heart is SO full.

[Sydney Deboben · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it! Love that Draco is tatted up and I love seeing Blaise and Ginny together.

[Sian]

I DID BOT READ THIS IS READ ‘THE CONTENDER’ INSTEAD BUT I COULDNT FIND IT ON GOODREADS!

[Maria Costa · Rating 3 out of 5]

hemione was way too insecure and instead of asking about draco’s feelings and being straight foward about hers, she prefered to make assumptions that always made her the victim
towards the end, the sex scenes became too frequent and kind of unnecessary
overall, ok. entertaining but wouldn’t really recommend

[Ceilidhchaos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dramione. Hermione gets introduced to some more kinky experiences than she is used to courtesy of potioneer turned club owner Draco. Miscommunication trope. HEA. Hermione is her usual overthinking stubborn self. Draco is basically hot kinky tattood sex personified. Explicit.

[Kerrisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hermione is a massive idiot, literally the entire time. They figure it out at the end, but it’s incredibly abrupt and the last few chapters are literally only sex and no discussions/talking/anything to actually build upon their relationship.

[Mia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Angst dude

[Alina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would have been so much better if she was less insecure and if there wasn’t a miscommunication trope

[Danica Hill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spice for days

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story was cute but the miscommunication trope kills me. The writing was good and the smut was decent. Love a tattooed Draco

[Flowo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Draco >>>

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was fun and absolutely spicy af! If you like the idea of a sex club owning, tattoo'd, cigarette smoking Draco you will like this!

The only thing that hung me up was how insecure Hermione was. I wish she could have believed in herself more.

[Gray DiNola · Rating 4 out of 5]

this has been one of my fav Draco moments bc he’s tatted and GETS tatted at one point, also smokes weed. so slay of him. and it’s only 12 chapters so it’s a short and sweet fic. and like, why wouldn’t you wanna get railed by a very successful business man who buys you expensive lingerie, just to rip it off later 🤠

[Ceci Monjardin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don’t remember 😂