Thanks for the book rec - I've never read it (or even heard about it) but it sounds like somethking I'd enjoy.
The note about characters - yeah, one of those things that was so obvious I missed it. But you're right - that's got to be a prime part of the fic to interest me. A lot of my LJ friends write in other fandoms that I'm clueless about. And I know the writers; they're good, but I can't read the story becasue I don't know who these guys are.
Even in HP, there's one character *coughluciuscough* that's really hard for me to read about sexually. I've tried. And I know some superb writers use him in their stories, but...
Re: Sad that you are so rarely moved by the sex
The note about characters - yeah, one of those things that was so obvious I missed it. But you're right - that's got to be a prime part of the fic to interest me. A lot of my LJ friends write in other fandoms that I'm clueless about. And I know the writers; they're good, but I can't read the story becasue I don't know who these guys are.
Even in HP, there's one character *coughluciuscough* that's really hard for me to read about sexually. I've tried. And I know some superb writers use him in their stories, but...