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Snarry Games Day Four - Centaury Squill and Eriador117
Just a warning.... I probably won't have time to read/review tomorrow's entries, so enjoy today's stories and look out for a double-header review on Friday.

Lost and Found by centaury_squill
Genre: Romance
Prompts: Career Change, St Mungo's

Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun! Lost and Found was a bit of a mystery: strange things are happening both at St. Mungo's (where Severus Snape now works) and at Chelsea Physic Gardens (where Neville Longbottom now works). Can Harry figure out what's happening before Snape gets arrested, someone else dies, and he gets hexed again? In the meantime, Hermione's parents are still suffering from memory loss (remember when she sent them to Australia?) and so is Severus. He knows something happened in the Shrieking Shack the night Nagini bit him, but what, exactly, was it?

This story borrows very loosely from book seven canon, but has lots of fun with Harry and his friends after Voldemort's death. They are all figuring out what they want to do with their lives, and none more than Harry, who is proving that auror training is challenging even for the most inspired wizards. My only quibble with this story is that the origins of Snape and Harry's relationship is a little unclear; we can see that they've transitioned from bitter enemies, but we aren't exactly sure why. That aside, it's very engaging to watch them navigate the uncertain waters and to watch Snape function in his new role as St. Mungo's Dark Arts specialist. (Bedside manner, anyone?) All in all a charming addition to the games, and I really like that it has a plot outside the developing Snarry relationship.

The Ghost of Dursley Hall by eriador117
Genres: Alternate Reality, Romance
Prompt: Sleeplessness

Wow! Another non-magic AU. I wonder if the end of canon is encouraging more author's to explore other settings for our Dynamic Duo? This fic has echoes of Jane Eyre, Dickens, and Gothic Romance. Believed to be dead, Harry Potter is locked in a tower, nearly starved, and beaten regularly by his Uncle Vernon Dursley. No one knows of his existence, although Dursley Hall is frequently thought to be haunted. It isn't until Severus Snape comes to tutor Dudley Dursley that Harry is discovered. It is now up to Snape to rescue Harry and nurse him back to health.

eriador117 introduces a whole host of our favorite HP characters, including Filch, the Longbottom's, McGonagall, and the Granger family. Even Lucius and Draco Malfoy make an appearance. It is interesting to see which characters get cast in which roles as we move the Hogwarts universe to an eighteenth century England. And of course, there's always the Snarry.... carriage!sex, mmmmm.