Dies Irae / by plumedy (PG-15)

Title: Dies Irae
Author: plumedy 
Fandom: Rivers of London
Genre: Casefic
Length: Medium (22,789 words)
Admin: rec'd on tvtropes

Author's Summary:
"We have a bit of a problem," said Nightingale. "With the town of Cricklade."

Review:
This casefic revolves around a purely magical problem that The Nightingale and His Apprentice have to solve (as opposed to a crime for DCI Nightingale and Constable Grant).  This leads it down the path to a really delightful plot twist :)  or is it a characterization twist?  Well anyways, I really enjoyed it and definitely recommend it to other Rivers fans.

Dies Irae (on AO3)


Also: I made a cover for this one...

A Study in Magic / by Books of Change (PG-13)

Title:  A Study in Magic
Author:  Books_of_Change 
Fandom:  Harry Potter, Sherlock BBC
Genre:  Crossover, AU - someone else adopts Harry
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Length: Epic (516,000 words)

Author's Summary:
When Professor McGonagall went to visit Harry Watson, son of Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, to deliver his Hogwarts letter, she was in the mindset of performing a familiar if stressful annual routine. Consequently she was unprepared for the shock of finding the cause behind Harry Potter's disappearance. BBC Sherlock HP crossover AU

Review:
This is an absolutely epic fic, both in length and in scale and it's really a must read for anyone who belongs to both these fandoms.  That said, I did feel it lagged in places - its certainly no page turner.  Still, I loved how solid a story it is - it's written without room for doubt so even a couple of objectively crazy things are made to seem totally plausible so major kudos to the author for that.  This is also one of those crossover-done-right fics.  It's easy to have Harry adopted by a crossover character, but making it work as a story all its own is special and this fic does that.

A Study in Magic (on ff.net)

Vintage Spirits / by silver_sun (G)

Title: Vintage Spirits
Author: silver_sun
Fandom: Rivers of London
Genre: Casefic
Pairing: option on Peter/Thomas (if you wear slash goggles)
Length: Medium (14,732 words)

Author's Summary:
A vague tip off leads Peter and Nightingale to an antiques fair in Surrey in search of mystery magical object.
Set shortly after Moon over Soho, about week or so after Peter talks to Lesley.

Review:
This casefic starts off strong and remains decent through to the end, in a small fandom, that's enough to make it worth reading but be forewarned: the case comes together very quickly and ends very, very abruptly.  Seriously, I thought I'd somehow downloaded it wrong and had to go and check online again to see that, yes, it really was the whole fic.  So basically, while it's an interesting case and does deserve a read from all Rivers fans, it could have used a bit more polish in the craft-of-writing department.

Vintage Spirits (on AO3)

Among Us Unawares / by TardisIsTheOnlyWayToTravel (PG-15)

Title:  Among Us Unawares
Author: TardisIsTheOnlyWayToTravel 
Fandom:  Supernatural
Genre:  Time Travel, Shipfic
Pairing:  Sam/Jessica, Sam/Gabriel
Length: Very Short (1,367 words)

Author's Summary:
A month before Jess Moore was due to start the college semester, a bodiless voice began talking to her.

Review:
As the author readily admits, this fic is really the kernel of an idea, a plot bunny posted in hope of getting it adopted, so don't go in expecting a full story.  But it IS a really intriguing idea - I'd love to see something done with it.

Among Us Unawares

Necesary Faith & Burden of Proof / by Alecto (R)

Title:  Necessary Faith & Burden of Proof
Author:  Alecto 
Fandom:  Sherlock, Supernatural
Genre:  Crossover/fusion, Romance, Paranormal
Pairing:  John/Sherlock, John&Mary, John/Victor, Sherlock/Victor, Lestrade/Molly
Length: Very Long (148,920 words)

Author's Summary:
A post-Reichenbach story universe where John became a hunter during Sherlock's time away- while partnered with Mary Morstan, his mentor and a woman born into a long line of hunters. Things get a bit tricky when Sherlock finally returns two and a half years later. How in the world is John supposed to explain all this?

Minor crossover with the Supernatural (TV series) universe. Only brief cameos by the characters of Supernatural.

Review:
This fic is, of course, Jossed by series 3 of Sherlock, but read it anyways :)  This fic could have gone so wrong (personally, I think a lot of Superlock, SuperWhoLock... etc usually does), but instead it's wonderful.  It works in a way that doesn't bend either fandom too far out of shape, presents great cases, and builds a central romance character arc that's fairly decently done (I'm so not a romance fan - I could have had more of the cases and less of the shipping drama but that's just me).  It's also a fantastic crossover or fusion where the Sherlock world has hidden hunters like the Supernatural series and throws in this added dimension of John becoming a part of that world while Sherlock is gone and then feeling like he has to keep it from him when he returns (that part makes more sense if you're coming to this fic from Supernatural fandom than Sherlock fandom - in SPN, there's enormous taboos and very real fears about reading anyone in on the realities of the supernatural.  If you're just coming at it from Sherlock, you may be grumbling at John to just tell him already, and wondering why Sherlock hasn't just eliminated everything else and deduced what's left (however impossible) already).  The characterization of Sherlock is also great - it gets the ''sociopathic!Sherlock who is genuinely in love with John'' right and that's really rare in and of itself. 

Necessary Faith & Burden of Proof (on AO3)