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Gravity's Got Nothing On You (2013)

by Zosofi(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 2

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English

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Romance

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Self Published on AO3

review 1: 3-3.5 starsThis was a good story. This is a Sterek fanfiction story. For those of you that don't know...Sterek fanfic is based off 2 male characters, Stiles and Derek, from the TV show Teen Wolf. In the show they're both heterosexual but some viewers have fantasized about them together in a m/m relationship and thus Sterek was born. This story doesn't take place in the TV show world but there is paranormal in the story. Derek and his family are still werewolves and Kate attempted to kill Derek's family but didn't succeed (although Derek is still rather untrusting of new love interests because of her actions). Scott got turned into a werewolf (but not by Peter) and pretty much all the TV show adventures didn't happen. Outside of the werewolf thing, Scott and Stiles had a pr... moreetty normal high school life and are both 23 years old in college now (Scott's in vet school and Stiles is getting his masters). Derek is getting his doctorate and lives an apartment downstairs from Scott and Stiles. Scott and Stiles and kind of frenemies with Derek...they deal with him because he's another werewolf but they never bonded with him like in the TV shows and find him annoying overall.When the story begins, Stiles is at his part time job in an antique store. Derek walks in and is in desperate need of help because Laura is coming to town. Because of the whole Kate situation, Derek doubts himself and basically just does one night stands because he doesn't trust any new love interest. Laura has been on his case and wants him to date so a couple months ago he told Laura he was dating someone and now she's making a surprise visit to town and expects to meet Derek's new love interest. The thing about this story is that both Stiles and Derek are portrayed as typical douchebag guys that take more pride out of causing trouble for each other than being willing to help. Stiles pretty much laughs over Derek's issues and has fun over Derek's misery, finally only agreeing to help him for a lot of money (and even then still planning to make Derek's life miserable). The resulting story line isn't exactly what I expected (in a good way) and there are some additional plot twists in the story that add to situation and make things more complex. The budding relationship between Derek and Stiles was interesting but they were both very immature in the story and couldn't seem to deal with their feelings for each other without adding in some insults to balance things out. Things did turn out well though and Derek and Stiles end the story pretty solidly together.This was an enjoyable story. I liked the story and the additions that made it more than just a "fake boyfriend" story. I had a lot of trouble rating this (it almost got 4 stars) and I think a good portion of that was due to my mixed feelings about the portrayal of Derek and Stiles...it was an interesting concept and brought about some humorous parts in the story, but overall I just didn't like seeing them act like douchebags (especially towards each other). It wasn't overbearing (they seemed to vacillate between being funny and being douches) but it was a bit of a detraction for me. Also, there wasn't much indicating when there was a change in PoV (which caused a bit of confusion) so if you decide to try this you'll want to watch for that. Although I did have some complaints, I still did like the story overall. :)
review 2: Having had a good rich run of Sterek this was my first disappointment.The fake boyfriend premise, has been done to death, but I was hoping for some sarky, witty banter as well. I got some, but it felt a little off, like trying too hard.The characters felt slightly 'off' and adolescent, which bearing in mind Derek was 27 made it a little weird, plus there was no real reason for the fakery.However, the build up was good, and Laura was terrific.I may, one day, watch an episode of this ! less

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