The last chapter of this was posted just a day before DH came out, and I've been waiting to rec it until all the DH-related meta and wank died down a bit. Because the fact that I'd rec this was always a foregone conclusion. It is, beyond question, one of the major Snarry novels, and it's now complete.

She pulled it off, in other words.

Title: Cambiare Podentes: Madurare (link is to the author's list of chapters for this volume)
Author: jordangrant
Pairing Snape/Harry
Rating NC 17
Warnings Hmm. Nothing terribly dark. There's partner betrayal, but I don't think even very hardcore romance lovers will be put off by how it's done. The novels are AU by definition, since they were begun before the publication of HBP.

Summary: The second volume and conclusion to jordangrant's award-winning Cambiare Podentes: Invocare. Snape and Harry must cross powers, within the framework of an enslavement bond, in order to defeat Voldemort.


She's done it. jordangrant has completed what will surely be ranked as one of the most important Snape/Harry novels, Cambiare Podentes. And the second volume is as smoothly-written, clever, and engaging as the writer's earlier novel.

CP is a huge accomplishment in the world of fanfic. She starts with a very canon-compliant rendering of Snape and Harry, post OoTP (and God, they loathed each other) and slowly but relentlessly brings them to a very different place. I am not going to spoil you for this, but I will say that the second volume is creative, and takes its time to build to a conclusion that most readers will find utterly persuasive.

Many of you will already have read this, since I know that large numbers of Snape/Harry fans pounced on this eagerly. But if you haven't read it yet, you have a real treat ahead of you.

Just make sure that you had nothing planned in RL for a couple of days, eh? Because this is hard to put down.