Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: None (gen with Ron/Hermione and Harry/Ginny aspects)
Author on LJ:
lizbeeAuthor Website: mirrorDanceWhy this must be read:From the author's summary: "Fifteen years after he defeated Voldemort, Harry Potter finds himself protecting Snape's daughter from an unknown threat. While Harry wrestles with his literal inner demons, Snape makes Veritaserum cocktails. Hermione saves the world. Neville saves the day. Everything gets dreadfully Freudian."
I liked this richly textured adventure story, and the OC (Snape's daughter, Lilith) is no Mary Sue. This is also equally about Harry, and his problems have very real foundations, but he has to get over them to help Lilith. The plot is the real attraction with this story, and the magical details flesh out the post-war tale. The Snape here is rather opaque as to motivation, but it works because he's who he is: distant, caring in a dutiful way, and busy with his own adult concerns as Headmaster of Hogwarts cum Death Eater hunter.
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