Title: Broom go Vroom
Author: Misdemeanor1331
Rating: SFW so far, but tags indicate smut is coming
Genre: Dramione romance but good anyway
Status: WIP, supposedly completely written, 46 total chapters with 14 dribbled out so far
Library Category: AU romance, comedy
Pairings: Dramione
Summary: When Nimbus Racing Broom Company is unexpectedly acquired, Hermione Granger isn’t surprised to have kept her position. After all, she’s Top Flight’s first female Pilot. Responsible for setting a Flyer’s race strategy, this highly scrutinised position is everything Hermione’s been working towards. There’s just one problem: she’s been paired with the Team Owner’s irascible and arrogant son.

Desperate to prove himself to his father and the world, Draco Malfoy will do anything to win. The first steps on his path to victory? Get rid of his stubborn rookie Pilot and take his destiny into his own hands.

But as the pressure to win grows with every race, Hermione and Draco must find a way to work together, even if it takes the entire season. The championship is on the line, and neither can make history alone.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/61125160?view_adult=true

Dramione isn't my thing but I'm really enjoying this so far. It's based on the enemies-to-lovers trope which means the MC's have to start out unsympathetic to each other. That justifies the pairing. Also, it's an AU where there's no Voldemort or blood war, so Draco isn't a war criminal, he's just an over-entitled annoying git at the beginning. The premise is really fun. Ron, Hermione, Harry, and Cedric all work for a professional broom racing team patterned very closely on Formula 1 car racing. Lucius Malfoy buys the team and replaces Cedric with Draco, so Hermione is now the flight engineer for Draco which forces the two into proximity. The usual slowburn romance stuff ensues, and the broom races themselves are entertaining and suspenseful. There are 20 races in the season and 6 have been posted so far.

Draco cleans up his act around Hermione a little too fast to be credible, and the romantic attraction doesn't show much reason for emerging, but that's usual for this type of story and calls for its own suspension of disbelief. Also, given that the story is supposedly completely written, I wish the posting schedule was a bit faster. 14 chapters have been posted in just under 6 months, with the next one supposedly coming in June. The chapters alternate between race previews (written by Rita Skeeter) which tend to be pretty short, and the races themselves, which are more substantial. I came across the story recently and read the available chapters all at once and that was great. But, I can see waiting for chapters as frustrating.

The writing is good and the premise is unique enough that I'm going to give a high rating, 4.5 rounded up to 5.