So ...
*smiles sheepishly* ... I finally read my first-ever Imprint fic. Wait ...
"WHAT!" Now, I can't really give you a good reason why I haven't read one before, other than that I never really pictured Bella with a wolf
*hesitates* ... not even Jacob
*winces*. I always saw the wolf pack as Bella's family—a family she can't live without, in a brotherly/sisterly manner. There may also have been a small assumption on my part—because of their age—that the love story will come off as ... juvenile.
It was last week that I realized how wrong I had been to assume all Imprint fics are adolescent because, damn it all to hell, I am now
obsessed with wolf fics.
*laughs* Particularly Paul and Bella fics, and it was all because I made the wise choice to read
Paw Prints & Other Distractions.
It’s safe to say that this Imprint fic is not immature or typical.
We all know that Bella’s considered somewhat “mousy” and that Paul’s the most volatile of the pack. Yet, the author,
Danni’n’Taylor4Eva, wrote each character in a way that almost switches their roles
while keeping their canon personalities. She gave Bella the inner strength of a woman, at the same time retaining the self-conscious good-goody, and Paul the emotional insecurity of a man in the form of a bitter womanizer.
The author underscores Bella’s mature attitude from the conditions set by her choice to stay in Forks alone, as well as showcasing Bella’s naiveté in her ... unconventional acts. The greatest example is when Bella masturbates.
(That’s right. I said that.) But she does it with long nails
*cringe* and you get a part of it from Paul’s POV, who’s actually in another room (shower to be exact).
*Fans self* Take a peek ...