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Sacrifices Arc #7
I Am Also Thy Brother
Fandom: Harry Potter
Relationship: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
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AU, part 7 of Sacrifices. In the wake of death and disaster, Harry struggles to be everything he is: leader, lover, son, and brother. Yet what will survive the War diminishes every day he does not find and destroy a Horcrux.
Relationship: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
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AU, part 7 of Sacrifices. In the wake of death and disaster, Harry struggles to be everything he is: leader, lover, son, and brother. Yet what will survive the War diminishes every day he does not find and destroy a Horcrux.
2174 pages, ebook
First published January 5, 2007
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January 25, 2014
This one is my favorite book of the whole series and once again I find myself looking forward to when I'll be able to read the whole thing again for the third time. Had this been original work and gone through a little bit of editing (as some parts are a bit repetitive and sometimes a bit too much time is spent on details), it would easily be out there amongst the grand classics of (urban) fantasy. It's one of the most accurate descriptions of the psychology of someone suffering (mostly) mental abuse and brainwashing. It's an incredibly detailed and realistic description of a society based on different forms of magic with so many new and amazing magical creatures and characters. It has utterly destroyed the original books for me as they seems shallow and pointless compared to this (yet I still love them). It has both a villain (actually several) that can truly compare to the likes of Sauron and a hero (or several) that has a depth we rarely see in them. Nothing is black-and-white here ... It's heartbreaking as there is so much death and it's wondrously beautiful and terrible/brutal. In the end, it delivers one of the most satisfying conclusions to a story that I have ever found. In short, I absolute love this epic. It's probably my favorite work of fiction and so worth reading ... I'll be back in 2015/16 for certain and I'll miss everyone until then.
December 15, 2015
4.5
Harry/Draco established
Slytherin!Harry
Mentor!/Foster father!Snape
AU
The best fantasy series I've read.
The characters are complex, they grow and change for better or worse. There are no simply evil or good characters (except Voldemort), some characters were good or had good intentions but became evil and others committed horrible deeds but redeemed themselves. Dark wizards doesn't equal baddies and Light ones are not synonym to good.
And while main characters are male (Harry, Draco, Snape) there are no lack of awesome and strong female characters (Hermione, Narcissa,Mcgonagall, Henrietta, Hawthorn, Millicent.)
My soundtrack
Wardruna - Ingwar
Apocalyptica - Death Zone
Stellamara - Kyrie Eleison
Trobar De Morte - Natural Dance
Celtic Legend - Lyonesse
Harry/Draco established
Slytherin!Harry
Mentor!/Foster father!Snape
AU
The best fantasy series I've read.
The characters are complex, they grow and change for better or worse. There are no simply evil or good characters (except Voldemort), some characters were good or had good intentions but became evil and others committed horrible deeds but redeemed themselves. Dark wizards doesn't equal baddies and Light ones are not synonym to good.
And while main characters are male (Harry, Draco, Snape) there are no lack of awesome and strong female characters (Hermione, Narcissa,Mcgonagall, Henrietta, Hawthorn, Millicent.)
My soundtrack
Wardruna - Ingwar
Apocalyptica - Death Zone
Stellamara - Kyrie Eleison
Trobar De Morte - Natural Dance
Celtic Legend - Lyonesse
June 3, 2013
So I have to admit that I totally cheated. Seeing the tragedy tag on this one made me nervous enough that I had to go and read the last chapter first. I've read enough stories where main characters die or switch sides (yes, I'm glaring at you, 1984) that I have a hard time reading a story whose ending I can't trust. And enough things happened along the way in this series that I wasn't sure WHERE that tragedy tag might be taking it.
Knowing the end reassured me enough to be willing to take the journey. And while I didn't think this story was quite as well done as some of the other stories, it was still fantastic. Creative and vivid and depressing and bright and horrifying and comforting and just so, so brilliant.
Honestly this series was just so powerful and vast and creative and honest and insightful. It was fascinating to see the exploration of the possible reactions of the wider wizarding world, and to get to see the thoughts and ideas of so many different characters. This whole series is unrestrained. Voldemort is actually terrifying, and several of the scenes with him or his death eaters honestly deserve the horror tag on some of the stories.
And having Harry be the one to fight him actually makes sense here, because Harry's the only one with the POWER to be able to fight him.
Fantastic series, not only fun to read, but also thought-provoking and insightful.
Favorite Quotes:
Harry wondered, afterwards, if he knew something was wrong even before the owl deposited the Daily Prophet in front of him. He dropped a Knut into its pouch, and it hooted and took off. Was there a suspicious softness in the hoot? Did it linger a moment, looking as if it were sorry for the news it delivered?
The problem was that he couldn't be sure. The moment his eyes fell on the headline, it seemed like he always should have known this would happen, and his reactions before the fact became near-impossible to distinguish from ones after the fact.
"I live in reality, Regulus, not in a misty dream-world. And so I simply live with the horrible things."
"You realize," Snape murmured, even as he stood and retrieved the flask of poison from the shelf, "that you are speaking as if the Dark Lord were a burrowing parasite beneath the flesh, and not a Lord-level wizard?"
Regulus blinked innocently. "You mean he's not a grub? The pale skin and the lack of eyes fooled me."
"Of course you think that the spell works, dear brother," he said. "Having it do nothing is the prime requirement for being able to claim genius with no hard work."
The Light in him, that shard of pure Light he had not asked for from Fawkes's death but which had come to him in any case and which it would be stupid not to use, carried him through the Midwinters of his life.
"I didn't mean lived as in survived," said Harry. "Anyone could have done that. I mean lived as in he picked himself up, and forgave the latest tragedy, and went on living with a heart that he didn't allow to scar."
Draco suppressed the urge to shake Harry. Him and his support of free will! Hawthorn would make the best choice for Harry's own political ends, and that was what he should be thinking of, instead of all this endless free will for wizarding Britain. Wizarding Britain was made up of stupid people who didn't know what they wanted, or at least didn't know until someone told them.
But it was the life he had, and he had never given himself—never known how to give himself—in a way that was less than full-hearted. He was no halfway wizard, no halfway companion, no halfway family head.
But perhaps, here, the camera should be put aside, and the photograph permitted not to exist. Some moments should be remembered, not recorded.
"I remember Lily saying once that the saddest words in English are 'might have been.' If that's true, I think the gladdest words are 'might' and 'may.' You don't know if your dearest wish is going to come true, but you can hope until it happens."
Knowing the end reassured me enough to be willing to take the journey. And while I didn't think this story was quite as well done as some of the other stories, it was still fantastic. Creative and vivid and depressing and bright and horrifying and comforting and just so, so brilliant.
Honestly this series was just so powerful and vast and creative and honest and insightful. It was fascinating to see the exploration of the possible reactions of the wider wizarding world, and to get to see the thoughts and ideas of so many different characters. This whole series is unrestrained. Voldemort is actually terrifying, and several of the scenes with him or his death eaters honestly deserve the horror tag on some of the stories.
And having Harry be the one to fight him actually makes sense here, because Harry's the only one with the POWER to be able to fight him.
Fantastic series, not only fun to read, but also thought-provoking and insightful.
Favorite Quotes:
Harry wondered, afterwards, if he knew something was wrong even before the owl deposited the Daily Prophet in front of him. He dropped a Knut into its pouch, and it hooted and took off. Was there a suspicious softness in the hoot? Did it linger a moment, looking as if it were sorry for the news it delivered?
The problem was that he couldn't be sure. The moment his eyes fell on the headline, it seemed like he always should have known this would happen, and his reactions before the fact became near-impossible to distinguish from ones after the fact.
"I live in reality, Regulus, not in a misty dream-world. And so I simply live with the horrible things."
"You realize," Snape murmured, even as he stood and retrieved the flask of poison from the shelf, "that you are speaking as if the Dark Lord were a burrowing parasite beneath the flesh, and not a Lord-level wizard?"
Regulus blinked innocently. "You mean he's not a grub? The pale skin and the lack of eyes fooled me."
"Of course you think that the spell works, dear brother," he said. "Having it do nothing is the prime requirement for being able to claim genius with no hard work."
The Light in him, that shard of pure Light he had not asked for from Fawkes's death but which had come to him in any case and which it would be stupid not to use, carried him through the Midwinters of his life.
"I didn't mean lived as in survived," said Harry. "Anyone could have done that. I mean lived as in he picked himself up, and forgave the latest tragedy, and went on living with a heart that he didn't allow to scar."
Draco suppressed the urge to shake Harry. Him and his support of free will! Hawthorn would make the best choice for Harry's own political ends, and that was what he should be thinking of, instead of all this endless free will for wizarding Britain. Wizarding Britain was made up of stupid people who didn't know what they wanted, or at least didn't know until someone told them.
But it was the life he had, and he had never given himself—never known how to give himself—in a way that was less than full-hearted. He was no halfway wizard, no halfway companion, no halfway family head.
But perhaps, here, the camera should be put aside, and the photograph permitted not to exist. Some moments should be remembered, not recorded.
"I remember Lily saying once that the saddest words in English are 'might have been.' If that's true, I think the gladdest words are 'might' and 'may.' You don't know if your dearest wish is going to come true, but you can hope until it happens."
November 12, 2020
It is finally done. I can't say much more than that. It was a pleasure and it satisfied my desire for pureblood politics for a long time running.
July 31, 2014
I absolutely loved Thomas in this book! "Why are you stupid?" LOL!
June 20, 2024
No puedo creer que finalmente lo termine. No sé que pensar, tengo mucho que procesar.
February 27, 2016
Wow. So it is finished. Weeks and weeks of living in the alternate Harry Potter universe are over. It has been an amazing journey. And I may have been ruined for other fanfics or indeed books. This series has been one of the best reading experiences I've had. The world building is amazing, though based on JK Rowling of course, the expansion is vast and wonderful. The psychology is what I love most. So many characters go through changing experiences, there are 'bad' characters with redeeming qualities and 'good' characters with bad traits, people grow, some not so much or with much more difficulty. Sometimes the sheer number of characters is a bit daunting, but it does make it real.
I wrote in an earlier review that I hoped the author writes original fiction, and at the end here she (I think it's a she) says she does. I hope I can find her original work somehow.
If you've come this far you don't really need reviews to continue reading, but I wanted to leave a note anyway.
I wrote in an earlier review that I hoped the author writes original fiction, and at the end here she (I think it's a she) says she does. I hope I can find her original work somehow.
If you've come this far you don't really need reviews to continue reading, but I wanted to leave a note anyway.
April 20, 2015
Boy, this one is so qualitatively different from the other stories while so masterfully serving as the final act of both the plot journey -- how to defeat the most powerful Dark Lord in the world, in a context where ever word of that description is given gravity and meaning... and the final act of the character journey of Harry vates.
It's impressive on every level and ends the only way it could have ended, which is nonetheless surprising and not a cliche.
It's impressive on every level and ends the only way it could have ended, which is nonetheless surprising and not a cliche.
December 9, 2014
This series was the biggest lifesuck ever. I spent a month reading it, and only wonder why my fellow HP peeps never recommended this to me. If you are a fan of both HP and excellent writing, read this series. And heed the warnings if you do.
October 15, 2013
Can I just say, "Hello," and "I love you?"
God, this series.
Totally can picture myself dedicating another month to these characters.
God, this series.
Totally can picture myself dedicating another month to these characters.
December 28, 2018
This is such a wonderful series that I've said before that I prefer it to the original. While not entirely true, the sentiment speaks for itself: the Saving Connor story is such a full and intricate alternate version that it could very well stand on its own, with all of its dramas and original characters. It builds up the story and characters that make the reader love them in a way beyond appreciating their source material and watching them grow into new personalities without feeling cheated. Would definitely recommend for anyone with a strong love of Harry Potter and an appreciation for LGBTQ+ representation.
February 10, 2018
This was a really rewarding (and terribly long) series. I liked the constant self-improvement and evolution the characters had. Even if the plot was predictable at times, and people didn't change much beyond their morality, I liked it, since they evolved in their understanding and behaviour. I even think I learned some things about myself, and have come to think of other things about myself differently – and what more can you ask of any book?
November 16, 2022
Incredible finale. So so heartbreaking. Literally cried more tears over this than the original series. For weeks after I teared up thinking of Narcissas death. So satisfying seeing indigena dead tho. Just perfect. (Extremely gory tho, had to take multiple mental health breaks bc of how intense it got)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 25, 2018
regulus....... :'(
November 9, 2020
I wish I could give it more than five stars.
October 2, 2021
Voldemort is really a boring villain here, but the ending was fantastic.
August 19, 2025
I’ll do a more thorough review later, but right now I’ll just say there’s no way I can’t give it five stars with the way things ended between Harry and Connor.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 2, 2019
'The Light shines most brightly in the darkest times'.
The next sentence is as much about the whole series as the only book; as it comes I never successed in reading them separately, this one being of the most compelling stories to read I've ever encountered, so. Grandly vivid and painfully alive, wide in its extremes, the story gets rather disturbing at times, and from the deepest pits of depression and despair spires back to hope and continuation of life which is in its' own pain but also joy.
#7 feels a bit chipped to me, which, given many complains of the previous book length, is quite understandable. So many treads to cut and tie, and smtms I feel like that's what it is, more in favor of the plot (which is in its own right brilliant and no less demanding than much talked-of HPMOR) than the mind exploration which the story charmed me with in the first place. However, that's only a fleeting feeling as I can't and won't say the author doesn't take her time when it's neccessary. Just like I'd love to see this one rich in details even when it's not that neccessary, as much as the #6 was, I see all the while how the author plays with different kinds of storytelling, and oh this is good. I'm absolutely in love with a snapshots conclusion.
I miss all the author's notes and epigraphs in e-book version, however.
The next sentence is as much about the whole series as the only book; as it comes I never successed in reading them separately, this one being of the most compelling stories to read I've ever encountered, so. Grandly vivid and painfully alive, wide in its extremes, the story gets rather disturbing at times, and from the deepest pits of depression and despair spires back to hope and continuation of life which is in its' own pain but also joy.
#7 feels a bit chipped to me, which, given many complains of the previous book length, is quite understandable. So many treads to cut and tie, and smtms I feel like that's what it is, more in favor of the plot (which is in its own right brilliant and no less demanding than much talked-of HPMOR) than the mind exploration which the story charmed me with in the first place. However, that's only a fleeting feeling as I can't and won't say the author doesn't take her time when it's neccessary. Just like I'd love to see this one rich in details even when it's not that neccessary, as much as the #6 was, I see all the while how the author plays with different kinds of storytelling, and oh this is good. I'm absolutely in love with a snapshots conclusion.
I miss all the author's notes and epigraphs in e-book version, however.
March 20, 2025
ja nie wierze ze ja to przeczytalam
prawie rok spedzony na czytaniu tego
moje zycie nie ma dluzej sensu
c h r y s t e p a n i e
dwudziesty marca 2025 zawsze pozostanie w mojej pamieci
prawie rok spedzony na czytaniu tego
moje zycie nie ma dluzej sensu
c h r y s t e p a n i e
dwudziesty marca 2025 zawsze pozostanie w mojej pamieci
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