this is how you lose the time war

by fleabagshair

This is our real intimacy, isn't it?━the only kind we'll ever get. Knowing what we both desire is the other's pain, the other's funeral.

Genres: Fan Fiction, Romance, Magic, Enemies To Lovers

Unknown Binding

Reviews

[lila · Rating 4 out of 5]

— 4 stars ☆

the fact that this is incomplete (w/ only the last few chapters remaining) will keep tormenting me. at least it's only v few chapters??

anyway, fun 🥺 <3

The things I do feel for you are petty and vile and born from a place of childish loathing. They're a concoction of jealousy and deference and desire.
What is the feeling of wanting to cut someone open and live in the iron cage of her ribs? Of melding yourself to her so your own bones won't rot? I want to know everything about you. I want my hands to have touched every centimeter of you. I want to see your face every day.
I'm ashamed of it. Of feeling this way. It's stripped me of power, of rationality, and propriety. I can't answer whether or not I would rid myself of it if I could, as I don't remember much of what I was before you.

and the banter was perfection. tomione in this were just superior.
the obsession between them??
the idgaf you're mine energy??
the toxicity I'M IN LOVE with??
the way hermione was a mad bitch in this and tom completed and complemented her insane ways with his crazier ideas??
the way they wrote each other letters detailing how much they hated and were obsessed w/ each other??
the way tom wanted to kill anyone who stole her attention from him for even a second, and he DID literally do that??
chef's kiss. 🥰

Hermione was such a psycho bitch in this one, it was kinda hard to believe but also GO HERMIONE 🥳 i loved seeing her take out all her spite and vengeance on everybody. i liked this Hermione, honest to god truth. so i mean, she was v deranged and crazy asf but the thing is i feel while her characterisation isn't true to the canon, it makes sense here for the game she was playing w Tom - both of them were cats circling around each other, waiting to pounce. ofc, nothing will beat Altered State (or has beaten, till now), but this gave me THE VIBESSS. ✨

She kept her eyes closed, head tilted back. Tom drank in the sight of her: the misery, conflict, and overwhelming sadness burdening her features. A sensation shot up him, like sickness, starting in his stomach and catching in his throat.
What had she done to him?
To want her, to be made to want, to be undone. To pull out his teeth one by one and lay them at her feet. He didn't understand. Hermione made him a child again.
Tom didn't know it was possible to feel this much.

whereas Tom was kinda like the Tom from Nightmare, all obsessed w her and hated how he couldn't stop thinking about her 🥺 my kind of hero. i love him <3

What you truly are and who you were supposed to be doesn't matter. You're still alive. Whether you're a cockroach or a living saint, it's all the same to me. All that we are is what we're willing to preserve in each other. The best and worst of you is mine.

tom and hermione. circe and odysseus. jesus and judas. scheherazade and shahryãr. the names they had for each other in those letters, i could give this 5 stars only just for that 😩 they both truly appreciated the art of knowledge, acquiring it, and the battle of these two great minds was so absolutely PERFECT to see. 💗

She was real. She was alive. She was here. And, "you're not leaving again," he said as he carried her towards the bathroom door. His words were barely the cold demand he had meant them to be. They came out the slightest bit hoarse. Almost like a plea.

lmaoo the way he could take anything of hers except her indifference and her ignoring him and not writing him letters 🥰😭 poor baby, he was feeling lonely not having her words with him 🤣 it was truly so beautiful.

Writing you is becoming an impossible task, because I want to touch you so badly. Then I want to claw out my hair and my eyes and break things. I want to come find you. Instead, I'm sitting, writing words on paper, failing to take my own advice. Is it fear that keeps me here?
My sincerest apologies. The ink bottle spilled.

the crossed out lines were everything 😭 tom REALLY should've sent those letters to her, lmaoo.

but excuse me wtf they tortured her 😭 that part really reminded me of Manacled somehow, when she was just trying to save everyone but instead everyone turned on her instead. tho definitely not to this extent, this was wholly other in every way. i mean, they LITERALLY tortured her so wtf.

the dedication they both had to each other 🥺 <3

I knew you before I remembered you.
And I'm tired of pretending to be something I'm not. I'm yours, Hermione. Undeniably.
~ Tom Riddle

We'll never be on the same side, but I'll be by yours all the same.
~ Hermione Granger

the jurdan energy of this tho. 😭 perfection. highly HIGHLY recommend.

[TJ ☾ · Rating 5 out of 5]

They walked around a corner into a corridor and someone bumped into Hermione. Her shoulder was checked by a boy in Slytherin robes. The dark-haired boy turned to them, maybe to apologize, but wasn’t given the chance. “50 points from Slytherin,” Tom said without hesitation, not looking back as he and Hermione continued through the hall.

i'm so obsessed w this fanfic y'all don't understand. the fact that it's unfinished has been haunting my waking hours. also the fact that i suspect it won't be a HEA.... i'm already not proud of the person i will become by the end of this

hermoine is so unhinged and badass and funny and cool and broken, and tom is such a simp 😩😩 but not in the normal hearts and flowers way, more so in the 'i am disgustingly obsessed w you and cannot stand it so i'm going to do truly irredeemable things for even an ounce of your attention' and man i am livingggg. when this author said enemies she meant ENEMIES. couples that physically mentally emotionally bleed each other dry at every turn <33333

You are the exact opposite of bliss. And I have no choice but to move with incapacitating momentum towards whatever end you exist at.
Don’t humiliate us by saying you want to see the human in me because we both know that’s not true. It’s the bad parts you want. If I were to show too much humanity you would run in fear, I think. The truth is the most terrifying thing I can give you. My sanity and care are detrimental to you.
In your mind, I felt indescribable sensations. Intoxicating ones. I will never do it again.

[esperanza ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

this fanfic is my new obsession 🫶🏻.

I never thought that I would read a tomione fanfic but I’m glad I went out of my comfort zone to try this one out because I really enjoyed this.

tom and hermione have such good banter and I love that they write letters to each other 😫. tom is so obsessed with hermione and all of the poetic things he wrote to her in his letters had me smiling.

I like that throughout this whole story, they want to kill each other, but at the same time, they are interested in one another. the romance is honestly top tier and I love it. also, I love that both of them are slightly unhinged for each other 🫣.

I would’ve gave this a higher rating BUT there was a part in the book where tom and hermione were separated for a couple of chapters so I was losing interest for a bit. though I loved their scenes together when they finally reunited :).

some of my favorite quotes ↓

“What is the feeling of wanting to cut someone open and live in the iron cage of her ribs?  Of melding yourself to her so your own bones won’t rot? I want to know everything about you. I want my hands to have touched every centimeter of you. I want to see your face every day.”

“If his soul is meant to fall apart, Tom is glad that he’s scraped it up and given it all to her. If he has to suffer, let it be by her hands, in any form she takes.”

“His tether to life. He would do whatever she wants. Whenever she wants.”

[vee · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75✨ so dysfunctional. so meant for one another. 2 lifeless freaks who brought the other back to life. at least a little

“I clipped my toenails last night for you.

 (she told him in her last letter how voldemort in the future would have the most disgusting toenails shed ever seen) I thought about sending the clippings enfolded in this letter.  Then, I thought better of it.  Still, I hope you appreciate my small willingness to avoid becoming the thing you recall me being.”

boy is down bad

***

this is actually imho one of the few proper way on how u write a real hate to love stuff. at least one that i prefer anyway

the beginning was slow. it was boring.
until it got gory

🦅 hermione(‘s pov)

‘She could come clean, lead Dumbledore to the Chamber, incriminate Riddle, watch him get hauled off to Azkaban. 
Why didn’t she? Hermione was weak. She had no one.  For some reason, Riddle sought out her company enough that he would kill for it. If she pushed Riddle away, or sent him to Azkaban, no one in this world would care if she was dead or alive.’

“I came back in time to kill you because you ruined my life.  Then I fucked you instead.  Because your future self truly did ruin me, made me perfect for you.”


🦂 riddle

’Hermione was like him.  She demanded attention and fear.  Tom refused to give her his fear, but to deprive her of his attention would be to sleep away a whole day. He stared, and she stared back.His breath caught in his throat. Hermione had the audacity to smile at him.  A smile that said more than speaking or writing ever could.  It was radiance and evil.  Askew and closed-lipped.More and more, she was giving him hangnails of her soul.  A collection of letters, a scar, a dove, a smile.  Tom wanted more.’

“What do you require, Hermione?  
To continue this. Whatever this is. Because you have maimed me most efficiently, and if you stopped writing then I might lose feeling in every part of my body.
Is all this weakness enough to sate you?
If not, then I’ve maimed someone other than myself for your pleasure.
The hand enclosed in the box belonged to Avery, but now it belongs to you.  He shouldn’t have defaced your petition.  It was in very poor character. 
Nursing my ego,
T.M.R.”

“My Roach, 
Only roach, as you’re without a cock now.  Forgive me for being vulgar, you’re filthy enough for the both of us.”

this one letter that i put on the above too is one of my fav, so he wrote this at first, right (which he always does, rarely ever sends the original one hed written, always the overthinker, always wanting to impress his woman this one :

I clipped my toenails last night for you. I thought about sending the clippings enfolded in this letter.  Then, I thought better of it.  Still, I hope you appreciate my small willingness to avoid becoming the thing you recall me being.”

however. he sent this one instead

”My Victim of Circumstance, 
Apologies for burning the world to the ground.  I’ll be more selective with my arson this time around.I have you to lead me away from my past mistakes. 
There’s no better tour guide through time and space than you, my dear.  If you leave me to my own devices, however…perhaps I will not be so selective and destroy everything in my path to glory.
It would probably be best for you to come back and keep me in line, don’t you think? 
Your Flight of Death,
T.M.R.”

might as well just ask her to marry him. begging her to never leave his side, wanting eternity w her 😍😍😍😍

”I follow the Austria news closely.  
A failed plot to infiltrate Wizengamot that ended with hundreds of Grindelwald’s men in Auror custody and awaiting their trials in Azkaban. 
I know it was you, the question is how? 
My educated guess is that you did it from the inside.
Are you that idiotic? Would you really go to Nurmengard?━assuming that’s where Grindelwald is stationed.
Fucking idiot. If you are planning, are currently, defeating Grindelwald from the inside, I hope you fail and die because how stupid does one have to be to attempt such a thing?
It’s not too late to stop, to leave Austria, if I was correct in my assumptions.  I’ll forgive you for your raging stupidity if you come back now. 
Irritably,
T.M.R. ”

hugeass jude-cardan vibe

”My Most Hostile Castaway,
 No man is an island.  I know this because, if I were one, I would be significantly more difficult for you to leave. ”

🐀🐁 this lovebirds

if past me thought manacled-hermione was depressed, she has another thing coming w this hermione. ….ok mayhap the same amount, but this one was down bad that mf riddle felt more human out of the two

”A letter, in this place? In what very well may be her dying minutes?
How kind of the world. How disturbingly, suspiciously kind.
Hermione’s lips flayed apart as she breathed in, her arm shifting across the rubble towards it, towards his paper snake.
She reached out with all her strength, fingers flexing till they cramped. 
The snake curled over mud and ash and shattered glass and splintered wood, no obstacle slowing its steady pace to her.
Hermione stretched as it came closer, close enough she could hear the parchment shifting. 
Her eyes were bleary. As the snake unfolded itself into her hand, she could barely make out the words, ‘come back to me.’
Then she disappeared, hurtling through space towards the unknown, leaving the ruin behind. 

‘Her legs were sprawled to the side, arms barely supporting herself as she half-laid on the floor.  Her black clothes were torn and scorched, dark hair tangled down her shoulders and back. 
Tom could hear her broken breathing from here, the rattle of her chest.He took a small step towards her, his body moving on its own accord. 
Hermione’s labored breathing halted. She went rigid.Her head drew back, her eyes dragging upward. 
Her stare met his, and a bang went off inside him.  His skin was peeled back, his clothes and layers and indifference were torn away from his bone. 
All of a sudden, they were two skeletons staring at each other in his closet.
Hermione began to sob. She turned her face away from him, managing to pull her knees below her and fall back on them.  Her injured body wracked with each sob torn from her throat. The sounds were strangled and raw. He could kill her right now. Put his wand to her forehead and say the words. It would be so easy.  She was completely vulnerable, defenseless. Crying into her shoulder and holding herself on shaky arms.
Tom could end this madness. If she didn’t exist maybe he would stop searching for her in everything.’

‘Tom stepped forward, and after a moment, lowered himself before her.  Hermione's breathing hitched as he reached forward and wrapped an arm behind her back and snaked the other down to the bend of her knees.
He stood with Hermione in tow, his back strained, heart pounding.  She was so close, spreading her blood and filth and heat through his white tee shirt. She was slightly heavier than she looked, the weight of lean muscle hiding under her skin. Hermione was utterly stiff, side-eyeing him as if she didn’t know whether to stab him or cut his throat.  She couldn’t fully cover the grimace of pain that erupted across her features when he had lifted her to him.
Touching her again, after all this time, was the most nauseously intoxicating thing he had ever experienced.  She was real.  She was alive. 
She was here. And, “you’re not leaving again,” he said aloud as he carried her towards the narrow bathroom door.  His words were barely the cold demand he had meant them to be.  They came out the slightest bit hoarse.  Almost like a plea.’

‘If Hermione had no magic, no power, what exactly did he want from her?The answer, reality, weighed on his chest like a pile of stones. A precarious and heavy tower sprouting from his ribs.
Tom didn’t want Hermione dead.  Ever.
And if she was powerless, devoid of the very thing that had drawn him to her in the first place, he didn’t care.  He wanted her 
lIt will come back,” Tom said, breaking the silence, “your magic.”
Hermione pushed the bowl of batter away and crossed her arms.  “What if it doesn’t?” she asked, fear seeping into her tone.
“Then I’m powerful enough for the both of us.”

(mind you he still genuinely contemplated ways of killing her one page earlier. like, genuinely. or if not that, then just fucking her over in general)

She frowned a bit.  “You make me feel that way.  Like life is simple, like if I look away, even for a second, you’ll bite my head off.  And, I guess I’ve found a certain peace in that,” she said.  “If I survive you, I’ve survived everything else.”

nah coz i felt that way too

Tom found that he had never ending respect for her; for existing in spite.  And he was grateful that she existed in his orbit, despite everything.
He would never run out of things to feel for her.  
The thought was the most comforting one he’d ever had.  Even if his feelings were hatred, admiration, confusion, rage, or joy, there could never be indifference. Hermione was a guaranteed tether to humanity. To everything. Color in the grey.
Tom would never let her go.

thats all i wanted to quote

theres 3more possible chap i know id never read but these two were engaging while it lasted. goof soup

***

btw this impacted me next to nothing in the end but i was freaking out when i read this

Draco Malfoy kissed her.  She felt alive for the first time in months.  But it didn’t last.”

━━━ 

“I can’t do this anymore, Granger.  It’s not worth it,” Draco said.  They were still naked in his bed.  She’d told him she planned to go back in time by herself, that she would probably die soon.  Hermione silently dressed and walked to her own room.  He’d called her Granger again, as if he didn’t work his way up to calling her Hermione with shoulder brushes and long conversations at 2 am.  As if all those months never happened at all.

SKSKSKKSKSK

[lilia · Rating 5 out of 5]

me encontro nada bem

[Zeynep · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok this is not a complete fan fic (there’ll be three more chapters, it seems) but I still want to tell my thought and rate it.

It’s really like 3⭐️ for me. I didn’t really connect with Tom and Mione at all. The fact that this book is only about Hermione going on a killing spree and acting like a total maniac lasted like 80% of the book. And it was exhausting. There wasn’t any progress, any character development whatsoever. The only reason I’ve read 44 chapters of this fic is that I’m so fucking curious about what’ll happen in the end BUT THEN I READ THE END NOTES OF CHAPTER 44 AND LEARN THAT THERE’LL BE NO HEA. The only happy ending we’ll be getting is a one-shot? Fuck no.

[Angelina Ballerina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Så bra!!!! Har upplevt alla sorts känslor av den här boken

[Clarice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid 3.5 stars

By: fleabagshair

Available: for free on Archive of Our Own (AO3)

Length: 140,414 words (41 chapters)

Status: Work In Progress

Update schedule: semi-regular, last update was made in June

Smut level: medium (like 2 scenes w/ her and Tom)

Notes: 3 arcs Hogwarts, Grindelwald, Back to the Future. The current arc is Back to the Future and the the author mentioned there are about 10 chapters left to go in the entire fic. No mentions yet of a sequel.

Synopsis: Voldemort won the second Wizarding War, and lots of people are dead. Hermione accidentally gets thrown back in time using the Malfoy family's time turner trying to escape the Good side after they were using her for magical experimentation (more on that later). She ends up in the 1940s, specifically December 1943, when Tom Riddle aka Voldemort is 17 years old attending Hogwarts. Dark rivalry and then obsession ensues.

I liked this, but for some reason I liked it less since Hermione was soooooo out of character. I mean dark/insane Hermione is a vibe, but this Hermione was literally "the darkness" if you know what I mean. For example, she straight up mass murders like 100+ people for Grindewald at some point. She's so dark even Tom's like "D*mn girl you are crazzzzzzzy"! She also gets sorted into Slytherin and for some reason I can never fully buy into Slytherin Hermione. I mean it kind of works in this fic since she has to be "cunning" in order to trick everyone in the past and manipulate everything to her advantage.

I was going to rate this 3 stars, but the paper snakes that were Tom's letters gained this fic an extra half star for creepy cuteness. Even though their letters to one another were soooooo angsty like more angsty than when I was reading Twilight back in the day. They were more angsty than a Riverdale episode. They did add to the crazy screwed up love/obsession they have for one another.

Who would I say this is for? I mean if you like Nightmare by Provocative Envy you would love this, to me, this is more well done. Although, I did nock a whole star down for Hermione's past with the Good side of the War being kind of two dimensional. We get a few lines here or there about how the Good side lost the war horribly (Voldemort won) and their lives are hell. We even get a whole chapter on how Kingsley and Bill used Hermione as an experiment to research the magical tattoos she got from Ginny in order to enhance her dark magic abilities. It's pretty gruesome and it's what pretty much drove Hermione dark/insane (including Ginny being dead when they did this).

Tom and Hermione's relationship (mutual obsession) was interesting. Tom first seeing her in the Hogwarts Infirmary swathed in dark power being like "Wow she's either a threat or the love of my life" was great. His thoughts on her are basically: "I want to kill her or kiss her". Hermione at first is afraid of him and then thinks he's an annoying virgin. This is what makes this fic hilarious, and almost to me a dark comedy more than anything else. On one hand you have Hermione killing literally everybody becoming a crazy dark witch and then you have her telling Tom he's to annoying to kill.

Overall, I recommend this to anyone who likes darkish Tomione. If your not a fan of the ship, not sure if you would like this. I feel anyone outside of the ship would think I was nuts for reading this lol.

Side-note, you probably don't need to have read the main canon, but it would help in understanding the background of what's going on.

[Lola ❀ · Rating 4 out of 5]

favorite quote: “not being able to feel may be a disability, but i’ve found that feeling is a far more debilitating one. it’s the greatest flaw you touch in me.”

you can see the manacled effect in the character building, the poetry in every sentence, the dedication and genuineness put into the words. it’s absolutely gut wrenching and passionate, and overall everything just makes sense.

the way they start each letter is just breathtaking, i swear Tom called Hermione “my cosmic punishment” once. it’s so true to character and absolutely innovative at the same time.

not getting to read how this story ends, the explanation to the weird events, the closure to their sick and loving dynamic, it could very much ruin me.

i hope we can get the last couple chapters soon, it’s the only reason i’m giving it 4 stars instead of 5.

[Nikole Winburn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the ultimate enemies to lovers, so toxic, so possessive, no actual love, only lust and longing in their own fucked up versions. Something is wrong with me because I was all for it and rooting for them. The pen pal aspect of this fic was so toxic and romantic at the same time, the way I would smile reading their letters was just ridiculous. Death threats as flirting is hot, I don’t make the rules. I enjoyed this way more than I thought I would, especially the ending since it’s unique to most. This might be the darkest version of hermione that I’ve read. And the Draco cameo towards the end really made me itch for another Dramione fic 🥹

“You’ve bewitched me in the most horrific way”

[rose — omigod, can u let me do what i need to do? · Rating 3 out of 5]

pros
- i really like how for once there's a tomione story that shows how hermione would actually behave around tom riddle, knowing what she knows!! her ass would not be blushing asap!!! she would be pissed the fuck off!!
- tom's violent tendencies that are so in-character
- oh my fucking GOD the fact that hermione remembers that guns exist!!! it always pisses me off when i read these tomione fics wherein hermione plots the downfall of tom and just. doesn't even think about using a gun when it's the most obvious and efficient way to kill any wizard. however, i will say i was disappointed when she didn't transfigure something into a gun and just start blasting in chapter 17, especially since the light daggers is... meh. that type of magic becomes more like the type you see in anime and less like harry potter magic and idk i don't like it lol
- virgin tom. not only that, but he's a SUPREME virgin. love it
- simp tom

- the moment where she takes his finger is just. tew good.
cons
- the letters get real corny real fast. especially when they start writing to each despite living together. like???? be so serious i almost shrivelled up from the cringe lord i had to skip past all that bs
- this will never get finished. so funny that the end note on chap 42 is
I will finish this fic if it's the last thing I do!!
- can be a lil. overdramatic tbh

[Mila · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of The best things I HAVE EVER read. The writing is just so beautiful and funny at the same time. Oh and don’t evan get me starting on the amazing pov of Tom Readle. His parts are always the best the way this sociopath sees the world is just so interesting. Also this might be my favourite Hermione in any fan fiction. 🫶

[Sarah El Tawil]

omg !!

[Abi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm GUTTED 💔

Loves:
- True enemies to lovers
- the part of the story set in Hogwarts is my favorite
- Tom and Hermione actually act in character
- ^^in other words, Tom is genuinely insane and Hermione has no delusions about it
- but he's still precious, idc idc
- him buying his own set of fancy dinnerware so he could eat with Hermione even though he couldn't afford it???? The fact that he always kept her warming dove present on him???? Ugh
- in my head, they stay in his flat for the rest of their lives, as happy as two children of tragedy can grow up to be, even if they are codependent
- their letters were EVERYTHING. So clever and funny and endearing. I think I highlighted something from each of them, and will be reading them again
- genuine threats as a form of flirtation
- Tom is so soft for her!! But, like, in a very very toxic way
- ^^but idc because the toxic aspect was done so well that I was actually rooting for them to have an hea

Less-than-loves:
- the Nurmengard plot bc I came for Tomione
- ^^ the Andrei and drug abuse thing??? wth
- the ending...those last few chapters were brutal. Like, so dark and wrenching and whyyyy, my heart is so broken

The writer of this fic is a GENIUS. I don't regret picking this story up, even though the epilogue and bonus chapter haven't yet been completed/posted.

[bruna · Rating 5 out of 5]

i NEED the next chapters asap 😭💔

“You, the trailblazer, and I, the blaze licking up your Achilles tendons. I find my religion in your footsteps.  And for eternity, I’ll slave like a star in your orbit, patiently waiting for my day in the sun.”
!!!!
“You are mine, Hermione, regardless of whether you or anyone else disagrees. I have the means to make it so for as long as you’re alive. I have that long to convince you to make a Horcrux.”
!!!!!!!!!
“I wish to remind you that you are very much real to me. No amount of time or space could make me forget you again, my dear, and I hope this provides you with a modicum of comfort.”
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“In true reality, you and I are the only sentient beings left. 
We were gifted a gold-dust second chance at life, and here, now, our honeymoon phase can be endless.”
!!?!?!!!?????!!!!!!??!??!???!!!!!!

[liya · Rating 1 out of 5]

⭐️
it’s offical i tried and failed to like tomione pairing. tom riddle to me will always be lord voldemort at any stage of his life and to imagine hermione THE hermione granger actually falling in love with him that is unfathomable and completely out of character. i hated this because as much as i love a deranged granger what i don’t love is her killing dumbuldore to save riddle’s arse as if he’s not the reason for all her pain and suffering then PROCEED to fuck him no no no no. also they’re literally letter exchanges got cringey real fast.

[tamaniya · Rating 5 out of 5]

i am a changed person after this book. this was fucking phenomenal. not only as a tomione book but as a piece of literature. this was beautiful - the writing, the plot, ugh their relationship - and i am down on my knees for this. i don't think ill ever read anything that will top this, not this year nor my entire life ☹️ LOVE LOVE LOVE

a day later and id like to add that i loved this enough to forever keep a copy of it with me and im thinking of binding it for personal use, i say having no experience in book binding but knowing if there's one book i could bind to read forever, it's this one.

[Sahi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved the writing with this one . in the beginning I really liked the dynamic between tom & Hermione but it just got boring soon after . the plot was ok and the ending was rushed . the very beautiful and flowery writing made me finish the fic . I love a duo where both of them stand on the opposite ends - where no middle ground to be found yet they still found comfort in each other . it's conflicting and it's raw and i love that .

[HY · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simply marvelous. I loved the 'I hate you but really I love you' vibes here. Although the book isn't finished yet, as of now they have yet to say even an 'I like you'.

[Warda Zubair · Rating 5 out of 5]

So fkn good

[sadaf · Rating 4 out of 5]

Started 26.07. and finished 26.07.
except for the last two? three chapters that arent out yet.

[kristina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can’t stop thinking about this fanfic and the emotions that it invoked in me so therefore it is only fair i give it a giant 5 star (also who said you can’t count fanfics as books???)

[amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I better get the last chapters in a minute or else

[a]

this is what dsm-5 defines as insanity

[Omnya Ali (Free Palestine) · Rating 4 out of 5]

"I hate you because I love you" vibes 🤭😩🖤🔥

[Penny · Rating 1 out of 5]

Overpowered Hermione and a beta Tom- no hea or even a slightly satisfying ending-no thank you.

[adriana]

They’re both their own brand of morbid, toxic & morally gray.

[amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

i’m gonna go cry now

[Kate]

Me when I don’t heed the “major character death” archive warning: 😭😭😭😭😭
I am very sad now and I need the alternate ending or I’m gonna cry😔

[karo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Never thought that I would ever read a tomione fic, let alone enjoy it, but this was a drug and it left me craving more. God it was just so good, it sent me down a rabbit hole and I don’t know what else to say except that it rotted my brain. Their letters were my favourite part of this book, they were just so captivating and I hung onto every word.

It really was quite deranged and toxic but in the way that is right up my alley. Yes he is a psychopath, yes he is emotionally inept and insane and doesn’t have a crumb of moral conscience but idgaf ! He is a prince to me.