Fandom: Harry Potter Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Minor Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley -------------------------------------------------- Two years after the war, and Harry’s content with his life. OK, so it’s a little annoying that he keeps winning Witch Weekly’s Most Eligible Bachelor award, and he’s really not looking forward to the unveiling of an enormous gold statue of himself, but he loves his friends, and he loves being an Auror. And if he yearns for something more, something he can barely bring himself to think about, well, he’ll probably get over it. No one’s happy all the time, are they?
But then everything changes, and Harry’s thrown into a new and dazzling world he’s not sure he can actually escape from. And as time goes on, he starts to wonder: does he actually want to?
As always, the writing is great and I was pretty much dying from laughter! Not usually a fan of AUs, and technically this isn’t one but it also kinda is and I LOVED IT! Aaaand the characters, too! Gosh, Pansy was great! 😂
I usually feel a bit weird about reviewing and rating fanfics, but I stayed up reading this past 4am and I’m on a fanfic-high! I forgot how much fun that could be!!!!
"Who'd have thought that you would make such a wonderful Muggle!" "Jealous you're not the important one any more?"
Here i come with another Drarry fanfic review! Everyone stop what you’re doing and log in to AO3 to read this masterpiece: Star quality.
I have never read anything funnier. This story is insanely creative. It’s been 2 years since the Battle of Hogwarts, and Harry Potter is content with his life. He loves being an Auror, and he loves his friends. Sure, is he constantly tired of the fame? Is he endlessly wondering why he doesn’t want to date anyone? Is he exasperated when they name him Bachelor of the Year and build a golden statue in his honor? Yes. But oh well. He can deal with it.
"My nose isn't that big!" he protested.
"No, not physically," Luna agreed. "But in contrast to Voldemort, your spiritual nose is full and glorious. I feel the artist has merely given form to this metaphysical richness. Don't you?"
But then the day of the party comes, and the statue in his name is revealed, and he can’t take it anymore. Everyone is always looking at him, whispering, trying to take what they can. On top of everything else, Malfoy shows up at the party and is rude as hell to him. He gets drunk on the roof of his house, and he sees a shooting star. He wishes things were different, that he could be a normal person for once. He wishes that stupid Malfoy could have a taste of fame, see if he likes that.
You have to be careful with what you wish for. He wakes up the next morning, and Grimmauld Place looks entirely different. Almost… Muggle. Muggle newspapers everywhere, a television in his room, no wand in sight. But he’s still got his magic. He is so confused.
He tries to go to the Ministry, but there’s no way in. Everything around him is impossibly Muggle. No sign of the Leaky Cauldron, either. As he grabs some food in a bar, he glances at the street outside—and drops his fries.
Across the road, in the window of a Muggle music shop, Draco Malfoy’s face is everywhere: giant posters with his bright smile, glossy displays, his name in bright letters. He’s a Muggle pop star. His new album has just come out.
“Was this hell? It certainly seemed like a curse - to be doomed to walk beside a line of damp people who appeared to love Malfoy more than life itself, and who could not sing but did not seem to see this as an impediment.”
What in Merlin’s name is going on?
That’s for y’all to find out. The best way to read this book is going in absolutely blind. It is so good. The banter between Draco and Harry. The mystery of the story, not knowing where Harry is, exactly. Is it a parallel universe? Or does magic exist in this world, too? Has everyone forgotten that they’re wizards? Has he been poisoned, or is he under a dark mind curse, and he is living a nightmare? Who knows!
“Harry was feeling pretty hysterical himself, torn between wanting to see Malfoy so he could verify he wasn't a) the only wizard left and b) not insane, and not wanting to see Malfoy in case he actually was a smiling pop star Muggle.”
Harry and Draco’s characterisation was so so good. I could picture them after the war having this palpable chemistry, this ongoing tension, not knowing where they stand. Draco was so rude and hilarious, it’s like he came straight out of the pages. Harry’s bi panic and his internal crisis… I love them your honor. I love the fact that Harry comes to the conclusion that the only person who could help him in this universe is Draco lol.
"Seriously, though. Shall we, er, call a truce?" He held out his hand. Malfoy regarded it suspiciously. "I didn't realise we were still at war."
And no spoilers but this book is tagged as explicit and !!!! The smut is so good! Best scenes i’ve read in a long time.
"Yeah," Harry said. "I really want to. Do you want me to?" "I’ll let you do whatever the fuck you like," Draco gasped out, sounding completely lost.
Also, i have surprisingly fallen in love with Parvati Patil and Pansy Parkinson. They’re brilliant in this story. And Hermione and Ron! They are two muggles who don’t know each other and who couldn’t be any more different if they tried. And still, they belong together in every universe. I love them. They were hilarious.
“It wasn't stalking to go and knock on her door, he told himself as he stood up and headed outside. She was in the phone book! She'd practically invited him.”
Anyway, read this book! I have literally nothing bad to say about it, no complaints!!! talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before❤️
Spoilers: last sentence of the book. I just had to include it. It’s sooo beautiful i wanna cry😭
"Do you want to make a wish?" Harry asked, leaning his head against Draco's, feeling his warmth, breathing in his scent. "No," Draco said quietly, looking up at the stars. "I have everything I could ever wish for."
Omg this was like the best fic ever?? This was so so good, it made me laugh out loud so much, and I was always feeling tension in me at the prospect of Harry and Draco's adventure. It was just so good, I can't. Perfect. The way that Harry always had crisis made me cheer for him, he felt so human. I must say that I laughed the most when Harry was with the teenage girls in the queue and when Ron learned about Draco and Harry at the end. The author just have a way with words and situations, I couldn't not laugh. And of course, the relationship between Harry and Draco was bloody brilliant, full of misunderstanding but eager to be there for the other, it was very good.
When a wish upon a star transports the gang to a world without magic where Draco is a rock star and Harry is a nobody, it becomes hard to remember why Harry ever wanted to go back.
I mean, I don’t even like this trope and I absolutely loved this one so do with that what you will. So damn funny and just cute and adorable. I was giggling the whole time. This is my first read by this author but I'm going through the whole backlist now because I am OBSESSED.