FanFic Recommendation: The Fan by Pear13

The standard disclaimer: If you haven’t read Twilight – GO READ IT!!! If you haven’t finished the series then skip this chatter because we might spoil something for you and we definitely don’t want to do that.

This Week’s Story:

The Fan by Pears13

The Premise:

Cubs playboy, Edward Masen, is leery of getting close to women, especially fans. When he is set up on a blind date with Bella Swan, a huge baseball fan, will the attraction be enough to break through Edward’s wall? AU/AH Canon pairings. M for sexual sit. ~Pears13

Jen’s Thoughts:

We did a little switcheroo this week. Our first story that we started with didn’t pan out quite like we thought and while we aren’t opposed to doing a review of something we didn’t love, we didn’t love this first one enough to finish so we sort of switched horses mid-stream so our neither of us have had a chance to finish this story BUT I can say with utmost certainty you WON’T be disappointed, lol.

Now I’m going to let Donna go first because she’s written a great description of the story…

Donna’s thoughts:

Ok, I admit it!!  I have only read 5 chapters of The Fan by Pears13 (I only started today)…. but WOW! Right from the very first paragraph this fanfic has you stealing bases, hitting home runs and sliding into home…

Edward Masen is the All Star short stop of the Chicago Cubs. Yes that’s right, not only is he gorgeous with a mess of dark auburn hair, infectious smile and used to having women flock to him…He is a baseball star!…. When this story starts we find Edward not interested in any long term serious relationship, been there, done that and got hurt… Until he finds his match in a beautiful brunette of the name of Bella Swan…Baseball stat extraordinaire, season ticket holder, ungraceful dancer and NOT Edward Masen’s biggest fan…

Unintended sparks fly during a chance meeting where Edward swoops in and saves the day when Bella receives some unwanted advances. Is her knowledge of the GAME enough to stop this playboy Edward?

So far…And as I said, I have only read 5 chapters… but so far, there are some amazing plot lines developing. And already I can see that it is full of all the good things we love, a little bit of fluff, angst and some evil characters we all love to hate. All of our favourite Twilight characters have made an appearance and I have to say this fic has one of the best Non-Canon character descriptions. They are all lovable, endearing and perfect for the plots in this story…. Well from what I have read anyway….

Ummmmmm…. Now I have to get back to those raspberry flavoured kisses, tight baseball uniforms and smoldering green orbs……

Jen’s Thoughts: (again)

Hmmmm…. Edward as a Cubs player. That’s a thought I can go with. Now I’m not generally a baseball fan only because our local team is so terrible they are practically a farm team for other major league teams BUT if I had a team to watch I might be persuaded to watch a Chicago team if this Edward, Jazz and Carlisle were playing for them, lol.

Edward’s a cocky baseball player with a bit of a womanizing past with a bit of a stereotype on his shoulder of what a fan-girl might be and he wants NO part of them. Bella is a research analyst who loves facts, information and baseball. Needless to say she knows her stuff and she knows Edward, or at least what the facts available to her tell her about Edward. After a chance meeting sparks fly and the two have definite chemistry but their jobs and or fan-girl status get in the way. Bella doesn’t trust a ball player farther that she can throw one and Edward’s reputation precedes him. Edwards wouldn’t touch a fan-girl with a ten foot pole but what will they do when they slowly start creeping into each others heads constantly and get thrown together by Jasper and Alice’s budding relationship? And what if Edward’s past comes back with some pretty big teeth?

This story is AWESOME! Like Donna said it has everything. And the plot is well thought out, well developed and the character development is very good. You won’t be disappointed by this one!! Now go get yourself some raspberry gum, some coffee and a stadium blanket and settle in cause you aren’t going to want to leave this one once you start.

Be sure to leave Pear13 some love if you read it and join us over at the forums to discuss.

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