The Lily and the Crown

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I have long been recommended this by a friend and finally got around to it-- I loved it just as much as she thought I would! It is apparently a former The Devil Wears Prada fanfic with the characters renamed, which I think can give you an idea of the style and overall dynamic. There's love, there's angst, there's a lot of erotic scenes, and the chemistry of the two leads (a naiive younger woman and a super sexy dominant older women) is very much centered.

As someone that often goes back to fanfic for a reason, The Lily and the Crown really hit the spot. The main downside that I attribute to its origins is I think it could have used some more editing-- I noticed a fair amount of typos, and I think it could've been edited down. But those to me are very minor issues in comparison to how much I enjoyed everything else!

Recommended for:

• people who wish there was more femslash fiction with the thrills and narrative arc of slash fanfic
• people that like the idea of botany in space
• people that think Meryl Streep was super sexy in The Devil Wears Prada

Not recommended for:

• people that would have their erotic romance reading experience be ruined by slavery being brought up extremely frequently (in a disapproving way)