Review for you can keep my brother

you can keep my brother

(#) hopeanne 2007-12-25

oh gosh. what do they say- life imitates art? or is it art imitates life? But I dont know, sometimes its just fiction...
Im gonna break this up a little.
First paragraph. loved it. especially the line about her not wanting to touch his side cause it smelled like him. that was good. And BillY!!! I knew he'd come for her.
Second part/paragraph. Lynn and Spencer! ah.
Im kinda torn at how you portrayed Billy here. I mean you seem to have given him a slight justification here and I dont know. I wasnt expecting that. when I first read it was surprised. and then I get to the part where you say Lynn is in love with Spence and I dont know. (I dont have to tell you all hell broke lose at that one) So let us remember this is just a fictional story.
Billys remarks about Lynns choice of men/boys kinda had a sting to them too. but they were funny...
ugh.
moving on
I LOVED the dressing scene! when shes like you forgot my spiked boots and hes all where are they!!! ah that was great. Typical man.
And the way you ended the chap with Coles name like that. I dont know why I have this thing for Cole but I do. I knew someone named Cole so I dont know if that may be why. But I still have left over funny feelings on him from that whole halloween thing...
Chapter wise, it was pretty depressing but you balanced it well with that dressing scene in the middle. I mean Skys in a bad place now and it sucks.

Author's response

Yeah I knew you expected Skyler to fucking kick Billy's ass and shred him(ahem ahem) but I just figured, she's Billy's friend, she would be on his side no matter what. Particularly now that she was kinda dumped by her childhood friends, they didn't really left her, they're on tour but that's how it feels for her, like she's all alone, you know? So I doubt there's anything Billy could do to turn her off.
Maybe if things gets better, she'll let him have it but not now that she's so fucking lonely.