crtsjffrsn's review
2.0
The concept here is good, if not a tad cliche, but it just doesn't land in a way that worked for me as a reader. I found no strong opportunity to connect to the characters, and even some of their behaviors seemed to go out of character in over-the-top ways that didn't make sense to me. Entertaining? Yes. Something I'd read again? No.
mrella's review
5.0
4.5 stars
The whole set up worked for me perfectly, tho I would have loved to see Evan making up some more. Thank you for the story! :D
The whole set up worked for me perfectly, tho I would have loved to see Evan making up some more. Thank you for the story! :D
iguana_mama's review
4.0
Posted at Outlaw Reviews
The photo or the prompt this story was based on didn’t really grab me, but I totally love the author’s imagination at work here. Instead of setting the story in a rural American town featuring ultra-masculine men with limited vocabularies, he placed his characters in the distant future, when Mars is now an industrialized human settlement.
Clark Waters is a student attending Mars University and working long hours in a lab as a research scientist.
Evan Mitford works as a mechanic, is Clark’s brother’s best friend, and the man he has secretly admired since childhood. Prankster that he is, Evan irritates Clark to no end, so he does his damnedest to avoid taking his stalled ship to Evan for much-needed repairs. Too bad Clark has no other alternatives.
I really enjoyed this. Backstory was skillfully added without breaking the flow and interrupting my immersion in the world created. The dialogue was clever, the sex was hot, and the story was told with warmth and humor.
Even though I wanted to smack Evan, I loved these guys together.
*Offered for FREE from the M/M Romance Group's Love's Landscapes event.
“Evan ran a hand through his short and wavy black hair, complementing his tanned beige skin as he gave me his prize-winning smile, full of teeth ready to be punched.”
The photo or the prompt this story was based on didn’t really grab me, but I totally love the author’s imagination at work here. Instead of setting the story in a rural American town featuring ultra-masculine men with limited vocabularies, he placed his characters in the distant future, when Mars is now an industrialized human settlement.
Clark Waters is a student attending Mars University and working long hours in a lab as a research scientist.
Evan Mitford works as a mechanic, is Clark’s brother’s best friend, and the man he has secretly admired since childhood. Prankster that he is, Evan irritates Clark to no end, so he does his damnedest to avoid taking his stalled ship to Evan for much-needed repairs. Too bad Clark has no other alternatives.
I really enjoyed this. Backstory was skillfully added without breaking the flow and interrupting my immersion in the world created. The dialogue was clever, the sex was hot, and the story was told with warmth and humor.
Even though I wanted to smack Evan, I loved these guys together.
*Offered for FREE from the M/M Romance Group's Love's Landscapes event.
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