Summary: “A little of your time” by Serpentina is a time-travel fic (unfinished for over 2 years) in which Hermione is sent back in time to when Harry’s parents, Remus, Sirius, Peter, and Snape are in their seventh year at Hogwarts. Hermione tells Dumbledore what happened, and as they search for a way to send her back to her own time, she enrolls in Hogwarts under a new name. And yes, this is a Severus/Hermione fic.
Review: This is the first time travel fic I have ever read, and I cannot recall how I found it, though I suppose another author had it listed under their favorites. The premise behind the story is good, though certainly not original, and Serpentina makes reference to the first-ever time-travel fic that inspired her (which I have added to my to-read list).
I don’t want to say too much for fear of giving anything away, though there isn’t much in the plot that you probably couldn’t guess. The writing was good, but not great. I didn’t like how the story jumped around from place to place and time to time without any warning or even a line break to signify that the setting had changed, especially when you didn’t realize it for a few lines. I did, however, like how the author showed what was happening in the two different times, and how the memories in the future were being updated. Also, Serpentina spent a bit too much time on the angsty does-s/he-like-me? for my tastes.
Overall, I enjoyed reading this and wanted to see how it ended. Much of it was contrived, but there were some areas that I saw real promise, so I think I may want to read some other fics written by this author later, with the hopes that her writing improved over time, though now that I look at her other stories, I see that nothing has been updated since 2007. I’m happy I read this, though I’m not sure how it was as an introduction to the whole time-travel plot device, but it certainly wasn’t terrible enough to make me never want to read another time-travel story ever again. It was simply cliche and not very well written.
Rating: 2.5 out of 5
