"All That Jazz" by javamomma0921

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After their mother dies, newly orphaned sisters Bella and Alice Swan move to Chicago to live with their aunt Esme. While Alice is more than enthusiastic about being adopted by aunt (even though they have never met), Bella is extremely hesitant and skeptical to meet the one person her mother used to hate. Raised to always listen to and believe in every word Renee said, Bella has turned into a naive young woman, who doesn't know much about the world, much less about men. Her mother taught her that men only us women and that things like love don't exist, period. In opposite to her loyal sister, Alice has a bright personality - one that her Renee hated with a passion -  and is absolutely certain that love will find you. Everyone has their significant other, she believes, and not all men are out there to hurt women! Until she meets none other that Edward Masen in Chicago...

After hours of traveling by train the two sisters finally arrive at their destination. Esme is more than welcoming and soon makes both girls realize that she is, indeed, a kind-hearted and compassionate woman, who has gone through a rough past but finally got the happiness she deserves in marrying Carlisle, the love of her life - a decision that resulted in her straying away from her family. To marry out of love was not considered proper behavior back in 1919. Bella can see how wrong her mother had been about Esme and welcomes the latter's idea to allow Alice and her to get them up to date on the education that they missed out on. Enter Edward Masen, best friends with Esme's son and a close family friend, who is planning on studying law and doesn't mind teaching Alice and beautiful Bella. Needless to say, when he and Bella meet for the first time, sparks fly. Edward is more than eager to convey his deep feelings for Bella, but realizes that she is more than shy on the matter - the latter confuses him on whether or not Bella reciprocated his feelings. Will Bella learn that Edward is not one of those men out there to hurt woman but that he wants to love her?

javamomma0921 has written a beautiful historical fanfiction and its fabulous writing style will have you hooked from the beginning. And though the flawless style helps following and enjoying the story immensely, the plot itself also plays a major role in why I loved this fanfic so much. Set in 1919 - right after the influenza epidemic - women were raised to be very naive creatures when it came to men, let alone the sexual aspects of what a marriage entails. Arranged marriages were considered ideal and normal while love was completely frowned upon at the time - both aspects that Bella has do deal with in this story. And though it may be slightly frustrating to read about her tendencies to forsake all men as well as her own happiness, you will enjoy reading about her learning the truth about love and men and finding 'the one'. Which brings in Edward, who will simply steal your heart in this fic. Who wouldn't want a man, who loves you so unconditionally that he'd be willing to patiently wait for as long as it takes for you to love him back? Gahh, it's mind-blowing! This story is very much liked in the Twilight fandom, but there is still some out there who have not read it yet - now is your time! A more than recommendable story!!!

All That Jazz consists of 23 chapters and a total of 184,134 words. The story is rated M for sexual references and some profanity.

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