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Ph.D. candidate Edward Cullen is more than pissed when he gets an email from his boss Aro Volturi, who asks him to be the mentor for a promising undergrad student. Isabella Swan is a junior majoring in microbiology and would like to do some research in the related field. A few weeks of working at the Volturi lab would definitely help her a lot in her studies. Unfortunately, Edward couldn't care less about ambitious Isabella, whose name he can't even memorize. The smart and uttely handsome grad student is incredibly rude to Bella and makes fun of her for her clumsiness, her tendency to stutter, and her ridiculously looking lab coat (or la-la-lab coat as he calls it due to Bella's stuttering). Though "the undergrad" as he calls her seems to do a good job and is keeping a detailed journal, Edward cannot help but feel bothered by her. All he wants is to focus on his cancer research and get his degree; he's spent far too long in the lab and feels like he lost too much while doing so. His undergrad is an annoying distraction from his work and Edward can't wait for the moment when her time in the lab is over. Still, he doesn't like the fact that James Wand, fellow grad student from another department, seems to have taken an interest in the petite brunette, stirring up strange feelings of jealousy in Edward. However, it isn't until one of the pranks he plays on her goes wrong that the twenty-six-year old finally sees what has been right in front of him for so long...

Graduate Bitterness is immensely funny and a very quick read. In fact, I enjoyed the fanfic so much that I had to literally force myself to shut off my kindle when the clock on the wall said 2.30am. RMacaroni's story will have you hooked from the very first sentence and you won't be able to stop reading until you reach the ending. The characters in the this story are sweet yet slightly OOC. Especially Edward, who is presented as immensely arrogant and rude, might take some getting used to in the beginning. The story is entirely written from his POV, which means that you'll get an uncensored insight into his (not-so-nice) thoughts. You figure out pretty quickly that the passion he once felt for his studies and lab work is long gone and has been substituted by a bitterness he himself doesn't even notice. Yet others do (especially his friends Emmett, Rose, and his cousin Alice) but it isn't until Bella walks into his life that he begins to change - even if it takes a while. The fanfic is peppered with funny moments, my personal favorite being the car ride when Edward starts singing. The lemons are tastefully written but not too graphic. This is a wonderful fanfiction that will have you utterly addicted!

Graduate Bitterness consists of 60 chapters and 52,484 words. The story is rated M for lemons and profanities.

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