Beautiful Bastard (Beautiful Bastard #1) by Christina Lauren In possibly the greatest compliment to it, readers have declared that it bears little resemblance to its source material. Called The University of Edward Masen, user SebastienRobichaud posted it on in 2009 before reworking his single large fic into multiple smaller books. With a title and cover like that, it will come as no surprise that Gabriel’s Inferno was once a Twilight fan fiction. Gabriel’s Inferno (Gabriel’s Inferno #1) by Sylvain Reynard Coincidentally, Jace from City of Bones is a snarky blond too, while heroine Clary is a feisty redhead.Ĭlayton’s other series, The Unidentified Redhead, also began life as a Twilight fan fiction titled I Love LA.

Yet they were immensely popular, and many readers credit them with popularising the view of Draco as a snarky blond. They’ve been dogged by controversy – at one point, took them down after reports of plagiarism.

From 2000 to 2006, she uploaded (as Cassandra Claire) the Draco/Ginny fics known as the Draco Trilogy, comprising Draco Dormiens, Draco Sinister, and Draco Veritas altogether, they total nearly 1 million words. While influences from many different fandoms are apparent, the primary one is Harry Potter. McElderry books (an imprint of Simon & Schuster). City of Bones (Mortal Instruments #1) by Cassandra ClareĬity of Bones is the first installment in Clare’s bestselling Mortal Instruments series, published by Margaret K. It doesn’t hurt that the publisher is Vintage, part of the publishing powerhouse Penguin.

Despite accusations that Fifty Shades of Grey is still 89% similar to Master of the Universe, James’s popularity shows that there’s a strong appetite for reworked fics.

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