Fic Rec Fridays 2019 - part 49

A Sliver of Light Left Over (96402 words) by peasantswhy

Chapters: 23/23

Rating: Explicit

Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Category: Multi

Fandoms: TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien

Relationships: Ereinion Gil-galad/Erestor, Celebrían/Elrond Peredhel, Glorfindel/Rog

Characters: Ereinion Gil-galad, Erestor (Tolkien), Elrond Peredhel, Glorfindel (Tolkien), Tar-Elendil, Celebrían (Tolkien), Elladan (Tolkien), Elrohir (Tolkien), Arwen Undómiel, Lindir (Tolkien), Rog (Tolkien), OFC

Additional Tags: War, Grief, Recovery, Hope

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From one of my favourite authors, a beautifully told, emotionally compelling love story set against the rise and fall of Sauron on Middle-earth.

The formation of the Last Alliance, coupled with a wonderfully lush description of both Mithlond and Annúminas, serve as a backdrop to a romance that should feel doomed, but instead, the whole unexpected, onrushing, breath-taking affair takes that feeling of borrowed time and owns it, which gives it a wonderful poignancy.

The inevitable tragedy, when it strikes, is as honestly brutal as the grief that comes after it. Yet this is also a tale of perseverance -- of finding new beginnings amidst a numbing, heart-stopping despair, and from them the will to carry on. And how hope, or life, is never just one person; it's family, it's friends, it's loyalty.

(Not going to lie, though: having some hope, but little certainty, can also be a terrible thing.)

Finally, without spoiling too much I believe I can say that the destination is well worth the journey, and tenacity is rewarded at the end.