Badlands
by Planetblue
Author's Original Description: Moonlight drives and sharpened knives. This is the story of us. Twilight - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 24 - Words: 97,301 - Reviews: 6419 - Favs: 1,365 - Follows: 1,760 - Updated: 11h ago - Published: Jan 10 - Bella, Edward - Complete
Sandy's Review: As many of you know, I have stopped reading a lot of Fan Fiction. Lots of my favorite authors are publishing now and in an effort to support them and their careers, I try to review their books and pimp them out as much as possible. I have recently gone through a divorce and quite frankly, reading love stories was hard. I couldn't really get through a fluffy love story without crying. But the picture above intrigued me when I saw it posted on Facebook and I wanted to know more.
I went to Fan Fiction.net in search of Planetblue and found her easily, but the description above didn't give me any more information and quite frankly I didn't start reading right away. Fortunately, I have lots of friends who are still in love with the Fan Fiction world and they couldn't stop talking about Badlands. Every time someone posted about it on FaceBook, I wanted to know MORE! So I friended Planetblue on FaceBook and I started reading her story.
I guess you could have called me a 'reading snob' before I started this story. I couldn't get past a grammar error, or a misspelling without rolling my eyes. When I would start a fan fiction, if it didn't meet my criteria quickly, I would just move on to something else. Many fans of fan fiction will find themselves in this description. We have been spoiled by the AngstySam003s and the HunterHuntings of our past and it's easy to criticize and stop reading. We are an instant gratification kind of society and turning the channel is what we do best.
Badlands could change your mind about fan fiction. Badlands is the stuff that gritty stories like Emancipation Proclamation are made of. Badlands is uncomfortable, and angsty, and will make you hold your breath until the end. Badlands will take your soul on a roller-coaster ride you won't want to get off of. Badlands is PHENOMENAL!!
You may say "I don't read High School Stories". Did you forget you cut your teeth on Twilight? Which is very much a High School Story. Badlands starts in High School, and the Bella that we can all relate to. She is picked on and ostracized and made to feel less than. Until one day, her Knight on a Bloody Dragon comes to her rescue. This Edward will make you tingle in places you are ashamed to admit exist.
If you have stopped reading Fan Fiction for whatever reason, if you have decided that maybe you are a little to educated to remember how much you love it, if you are looking for the next best story you have ever read; I suggest you humble yourself and open that browser to Badlands by Planetblue.
You will find it Here: Badlands
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