Fan CastingThe Essex Serpent

by Sarah Perry

Story added by allyalvarez on February 6, 2025

Moving between Essex and London, myth and modernity, Cora Seaborne's spirited search for the Essex Serpent encourages all around her to test their allegiance to faith or reason in an age of rapid scientific advancement. At the same time, the novel explores the boundaries of love and friendship and the allegiances that we have to one another. The depth of feeling that the inhabitants of Aldwinte...

#theessexserpent #sarahperry #gothic

Fan CastingThe Appeal

by Janice Hallett

Story added by allyalvarez on January 6, 2025

There is a mystery to solve in the sleepy town of Lower Lockwood. It starts with the arrival of two secretive newcomers, and ends with a tragic death. Roderick Tanner QC has assigned law students Charlotte and Femi to the case. Someone has already been sent to prison for murder, but he suspects that they are innocent. And that far darker secrets have yet to be revealed...

#theappeal #janicehallett #murdermystery

Fan CastingAll the Young Dudes

by MsKingBean89

Story added by allyalvarez on September 21, 2024

LONG fic charting the marauders' time at Hogwarts (and beyond) from Remus' PoV - diversion from canon in that Remus's father died and he was raised in a children's home, and is a bit rough around the edges. Otherwise canon-compliant. 1971 - 1995

#alltheyoungdudes #mskingbean89 #harrypotter

Fan CastingThe Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas

Story added by allyalvarez on July 28, 2024

Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo, and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration.

#thecountofmontecristo #alexandredumas #adventure

Fan CastingTú y otros desastres naturales

by María Martínez

Story added by allyalvarez on July 16, 2024

Harper ha planificado hasta el último detalle de su futuro. Pronto acabará sus estudios y logrará el trabajo por el que tanto se ha esforzado. Tendrá la vida que desea. Sin embargo, una triste pérdida hará que su plan perfecto, aquello que creía querer más que nada, se transforme de nuevo en confusión, dudas e inseguridades. Porque los secretos no pueden guardarse para siempre. Porque...

#tyoyotrosdesastresnaturales #maramartnez #novelaromntica

Fan CastingFrankenstein

by Mary Shelley

Story added by allyalvarez on June 24, 2024

Consumed by the desire to discover the secret of life, Victor Frankenstein, a man with unremitting curiosity and hunger for knowledge, infuses a spark of life into the inanimate body created from stolen body parts. But as the dull yellow eyes of the creature open, Victor is chilled to the marrow. Appalled by his work, he runs away. What happens as his creation, the monster, turns into a murd...

#frankenstein #maryshelley #gothic

Fan CastingOliver Twist

by Charles Dickens

Story added by allyalvarez on January 20, 2024

Abandoned at an early age, Oliver Twist is forced to live in a dark and dismal London workhouse lorded over by awful Mr. Bumble who cheats the boys of their meager rations! Desperate but determined, Oliver makes his escape. But what he discovers in the harsh streets of London's underworld makes the workhouse look like a picnic. Penniless and alone, he is lured into a world of crime by the wily ...

#olivertwist #charlesdickens #realisticfiction

Fan CastingThe Hunger Games Saga

by Suzanne Collins

Story added by allyalvarez on November 21, 2023

The Hunger Games trilogy takes place in the dystopian, post-apocalyptic nation of Panem. The country consists of a wealthy Capitol city, surrounded by twelve poorer districts ruled by the Capitol. The trilogy's narrator and protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, lives in District 12. As punishment for a past rebellion against the Capitol (called the "Dark Days"), in which District 13 was destroyed, one...

#thehungergames #suzannecollins #yanovel

Fan CastingThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

by V.E. Schwab

Story added by allyalvarez on September 12, 2023

France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world. But everythin...

#theinvisibleofaddielarue #veschwab #fantasy #invisiblelifeofaddielarue

Fan CastingMalibu Rising

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Story added by allyalvarez on August 12, 2023

Malibu: August 1983. It’s the day of Nina Riva’s annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister, Kit. Together the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world o...

#maliburising #taylorjenkinsreid #historicalfiction #war