Hilltop Hour

Sentinel Fanfiction
Title:	Hilltop Hour
Author(s):	JET
Date(s):	2000
Length:
Genre:	gen
Fandom:	The Sentinel
External Links:	online here
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Hilltop Hour is a Sentinel story by JET.

Reactions and Reviews

This is one THE best Sentinel stories I've read since discovering fanfic. Hilltop Hour contains the perfect blend of smarm, hurt, comfort, love, cuddles, humor and tenderness without descending into a sugar-overloaded mush-fest. (Plus there's a tickle scene, so automatic MegaRed Bonus points are added!:-D) The guys are vulnerable without being wussy. Stern and strong without being overbearing. JET has nailed the characterization, and I believe that this is very close to how the canonical characters might have developed if given the chance. I am especially proud of this and all of JET's stories thus far, because she came to me for advice when she first came on the scene of Sentinel fanfiction. She's gotten off to one hell of a start, and I can't wait to see what she does next. Truly JET is one of the hottest and most promising writers to join the Sentinel family of authors. I hope she stays for a long, long time. :-)

I really couldn't get into this story. It just struck me as too over the top, too melodramatic, and too smarmy. I mean, when I get, on the first page, this: "The double doors to the ER exploded on impact as Ellison sprinted through them, his anxious eyes searching for Simon."

...then I start wondering where the bomb was.

When Jim starts saying that he and Blair were super-close "almost from the moment we met", then I start wondering what show the author is writing about, or, at least, how long it is since she last watched "Switchman". Not my take on the guys at all. This story did not work for me.

This story was nominated in the 2000 Cascade Times Awards in the "long story" category. 2000 </ref>