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High Five Dive
It's been 200 years since mankind first settled on Mars... and found about about the aliens... and had a big War... but this is not about all that.
After his ship stalls on his way back to the Mars colonies, Clark Waters is forced to confront his childhood menace and brother's best friend, the very same Evan Mitford who owns the repair shop in charge of fixing this problem. Hot, hot Evan who he's been secretly attracted to for ages and who is now invading every inch of his life. Insults traded and barriers broken, someone's getting f*cked.
After his ship stalls on his way back to the Mars colonies, Clark Waters is forced to confront his childhood menace and brother's best friend, the very same Evan Mitford who owns the repair shop in charge of fixing this problem. Hot, hot Evan who he's been secretly attracted to for ages and who is now invading every inch of his life. Insults traded and barriers broken, someone's getting f*cked.
32 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 21, 2014
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January 13, 2016
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.
July 30, 2014
My prompt! :)
P.S. love the cover!
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I'm so very satisfied with how the story for my prompt turned out. I liked Evan the best. :)
Plus it was in spaaaaace! ♥
P.S. love the cover!
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I'm so very satisfied with how the story for my prompt turned out. I liked Evan the best. :)
Plus it was in spaaaaace! ♥
October 3, 2016
A xenobiologist and a mechanic...Pigtail pulling in SPACE.
Poor Clark. After years of trying to escape, he finds himself once again in the clutches of his childhood arch nemesis, aka his brother's best friend aka Evan.
Evan the Defiler
Evan the Mutilator
Evan the Hot as Fuck I Could Be a Model, but only in my spare time
Yeah. Clark and he have some history. Anyway, it's funny and sexy and entertaining.
Favorite quote:
PS. *Smacks Evan upside the head*
You'll understand when you read it.
Poor Clark. After years of trying to escape, he finds himself once again in the clutches of his childhood arch nemesis, aka his brother's best friend aka Evan.
Evan the Defiler
Evan the Mutilator
Evan the Hot as Fuck I Could Be a Model, but only in my spare time
Yeah. Clark and he have some history. Anyway, it's funny and sexy and entertaining.
Favorite quote:
“Your ass is going to memorize the contours of my dick.”
PS. *Smacks Evan upside the head*
You'll understand when you read it.
June 26, 2015
Took me a minute to get into the pace of things but this is a fun quirky story.
Just enough world-building to be interesting and it's smoothly delivered with some funny lines. The characters are likeable and while the romance plot is based on a common trope this geek takes charge and has a very imaginative (hot!) concept of revenge - do not hide his lab notes!
Liked the fact the author managed to follow the prompt and yet also take the story far out to Mars. Author's bio reads I entertain people with stories this entertained.
Just enough world-building to be interesting and it's smoothly delivered with some funny lines. The characters are likeable and while the romance plot is based on a common trope this geek takes charge and has a very imaginative (hot!) concept of revenge - do not hide his lab notes!
Liked the fact the author managed to follow the prompt and yet also take the story far out to Mars. Author's bio reads I entertain people with stories this entertained.
July 22, 2014
Ooooooh - Evan is SUCH a brat and I totally dug on him. Of course I wanted to smack him upside the head too, just as Clark did. Repeatedly.
Clark dealt with Evan SO well and I loved the power dynamic between the two of them. Unexpected roles and unexpected sweetness.
Clark dealt with Evan SO well and I loved the power dynamic between the two of them. Unexpected roles and unexpected sweetness.
July 21, 2014
Fantastic. Thoroughly enjoyed this short. Not a word was wasted.
Enough humor to make me snort, enough romance to to keep me intrigued, and enough backstory to make this a truly enjoyable enemies to lovers.
Enough humor to make me snort, enough romance to to keep me intrigued, and enough backstory to make this a truly enjoyable enemies to lovers.
August 25, 2014
So, it was pretty obvious to me what the real deal was about Evan. Remember when you were, like, seven? Aaaand when you "liked" someone, you'd hit them instead of hug them? I will stop there with that...
Otherwise, I really enjoyed this. The writing is very smooth. The dialogue is fantastic, that's where it really shines. Very clever comebacks and confessions.
Clark is a great main character and I like that his personality didn't change when circumstances did.
Hot. Yup. Definitely hot.
I want more Clark and Evan.
Otherwise, I really enjoyed this. The writing is very smooth. The dialogue is fantastic, that's where it really shines. Very clever comebacks and confessions.
Clark is a great main character and I like that his personality didn't change when circumstances did.
Hot. Yup. Definitely hot.
I want more Clark and Evan.
August 10, 2014
Offered for FREE from the M/M Romance Group's Love's Landscapes event. Thank you too all the amazing authors who participated!
2.25 stars So close, and yet, so far. I love Sci-Fi, so this seemed right up my alley. The premise is great, the world building is great, unfortunately, the execution didn't work for me. I did not find Evan cute or endearing. I found him mean, rude, and clueless. I'll excuse the idiotic pranks to get Clark's attention when they're in high school, but you're a fucking adult now. Joking or not, calling your crush "ugly" is probably not the best way to go.
This has its funny moments. And once things are revealed, it was cute to see Evans need for attention become more relationship appropriate and yes, endearing. (Although too little, too late for me). But I didn't like the sudden reveal after all that build up, and honestly, I didn't follow half their conversation. And as hot as the sex was, Clark should have had a few Dominant type thoughts, because the odd BDSM elements to their sex-life came out of left field. This was an unfortunate miss for me.
July 28, 2014
Cute, well written story. Evan made me crazy, but I liked how Clark handled him.
August 29, 2015
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
July 21, 2014
3.5 stars rounded up
Sci-fi/Futuristic short story about a student, Clarke, whose car/spaceship hybrid breaks down when returning from university on Mars to Earth. He's directed to a service station where his brother's best friend, Evan, and his long term tormentor works. Shortly after Evan has declared his vehicle a right of, Clarke's boyfriend throws him out leaving him living in his lab with his mold (no really, go read the story). Evan offers him a place to stay, which with reluctance Clarke takes up, only it turns out the tormenting Evan was doing wasn't to annoy Clarke but to get his attention and the pair slowly begin a relationship. I liked this story it had some nice comic moments as well as some good characters and an interesting setting.
Sci-fi/Futuristic short story about a student, Clarke, whose car/spaceship hybrid breaks down when returning from university on Mars to Earth. He's directed to a service station where his brother's best friend, Evan, and his long term tormentor works. Shortly after Evan has declared his vehicle a right of, Clarke's boyfriend throws him out leaving him living in his lab with his mold (no really, go read the story). Evan offers him a place to stay, which with reluctance Clarke takes up, only it turns out the tormenting Evan was doing wasn't to annoy Clarke but to get his attention and the pair slowly begin a relationship. I liked this story it had some nice comic moments as well as some good characters and an interesting setting.
June 16, 2015
This book reminds me of all the times my mom told me the boys picked on me because they liked me... It didn't really make me feel any better about it. I'm still not sure what Clark thought. Was it worth it?
Overall, I did enjoy the story and it was sweet in the end.
Overall, I did enjoy the story and it was sweet in the end.
July 21, 2014
Another great story! I love how much fantasy there is in the event. Thanks authors!
July 21, 2014
3.5 stars
An interesting and entertaining read about a twin (Clark) having feeling for his brothers best friend (Evan) but they seemingly can't stand each other. It appears that Evan has been harassing Clark for the past 15 years (in really inventive ways) and now Clark can't trust the guy and wants nothing to do with him, despite his attraction.
I like that Evan did what he could to get Clark's attention, to stay memorable in some way, but I couldn't help but feel that he was way more invested in a relationship than Clark was. Once they came together, I didn't feel that there was a lot of affection from Clark and I wondered where their dynamic was going to go. The story is told from Clark's POV but I was more invested in Evan - I thought he was a great character.
Interesting futuristic concept (Mars colonies) and I enjoyed the build up to Clark finally realizing Evan's intentions.
A great addition to the loves landscapes event. My thanks to the author for their time and participation.
An interesting and entertaining read about a twin (Clark) having feeling for his brothers best friend (Evan) but they seemingly can't stand each other. It appears that Evan has been harassing Clark for the past 15 years (in really inventive ways) and now Clark can't trust the guy and wants nothing to do with him, despite his attraction.
I like that Evan did what he could to get Clark's attention, to stay memorable in some way, but I couldn't help but feel that he was way more invested in a relationship than Clark was. Once they came together, I didn't feel that there was a lot of affection from Clark and I wondered where their dynamic was going to go. The story is told from Clark's POV but I was more invested in Evan - I thought he was a great character.
Interesting futuristic concept (Mars colonies) and I enjoyed the build up to Clark finally realizing Evan's intentions.
A great addition to the loves landscapes event. My thanks to the author for their time and participation.
November 1, 2014
This was a cute story about two guys who aren’t great at expressing themselves well.
Clark is not having the best of days. His ‘ship’ stalls out and has to be taken into a repair shop. A shop that is owned by his brother’s best friend aka his tormentor, Evan. Then to top it off, his boyfriend ends it with him and kicks him out of his home. So, yea having a pretty bad day. Clark, has a love-hate relationship in his mind with Evan. He hates him for all the pranks Evan has ever played on him, but he can’t help feel a pull towards him. Needless to say, he has trust issues in regards of Evan.
Clark is not having the best of days. His ‘ship’ stalls out and has to be taken into a repair shop. A shop that is owned by his brother’s best friend aka his tormentor, Evan. Then to top it off, his boyfriend ends it with him and kicks him out of his home. So, yea having a pretty bad day. Clark, has a love-hate relationship in his mind with Evan. He hates him for all the pranks Evan has ever played on him, but he can’t help feel a pull towards him. Needless to say, he has trust issues in regards of Evan.
October 19, 2014
3.25 stars
This was good and I wanted to like it more than I did because space, aliens, Mars. . . However there were the odd clunky exposition points, and somehow, despite being a short story, it felt like it dragged a bit in places and was too long/slow. Also I'd have enjoyed a bit more of the actual couple time interaction. All of that said this is a new author so definitely one to watch.
This was good and I wanted to like it more than I did because space, aliens, Mars. . . However there were the odd clunky exposition points, and somehow, despite being a short story, it felt like it dragged a bit in places and was too long/slow. Also I'd have enjoyed a bit more of the actual couple time interaction. All of that said this is a new author so definitely one to watch.
July 26, 2014
3.5
3 stars for the hot, funny story and half a point for that oh-so-sexy picture.
3 stars for the hot, funny story and half a point for that oh-so-sexy picture.
January 5, 2015
Going for the classic "it was ok" rating for this one, mostly because it's rather just a short little story that didn't make too much of an impression on me. Call me picky :)
March 22, 2015
This gets all the bonus points for taking some fairly standard tropes (enemies to lovers, hot mechanic) and transferring them to an interplanetary car repair shop. Entertaining! More bonus points for taking the hair pulling and skirt flipping a couple of steps too far and casually having the love sit comfortably on the border of obsessive. There are some thorns in this fluff and there's an evil sparkle in its humour. Liked it!
November 12, 2017
The awkward moment when I read this and didn't realised I had already read it until I saw my review on GR.
It took me a bit to get into it but I did eventually and I enjoyed it.
It took me a bit to get into it but I did eventually and I enjoyed it.
November 8, 2019
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.
November 17, 2017
Ridiculous
July 17, 2019
3 stars
This was a good book for a short story. I wish it had a little more after they started dating. Hope things stay good between them.
This was a good book for a short story. I wish it had a little more after they started dating. Hope things stay good between them.
April 20, 2022
Bad writing and bad characterization.
November 17, 2014
This story…didn’t go the way I expected it too. I love ‘in love with brother’s bf’ storylines, which is what attracted me here, not to mention I enjoy sci-fi as well. But this book…got weird. There seems to be some preaching over alien’s equality which feels like a subtle message from the author for perhaps gay rights or racial equality, or both. Also, I get that our MC Clark is distrusting of Evan because Evan has made his life miserable over the years by teasing and pranking him, but Clark doesn’t seem to have much to recommend himself. Clark is sloppy and occasionally rude, but despite this Evan loves him anyways. The declaration of feelings falls sort of flat in my opinion as well; Evan says it, Clark sort of hears but does not believe, and instead challenges Evan to put out instead, and rough sex ensues. We get an HFK and a hint that alls well that ends well. This was an interesting diversion and I greatly appreciate the author’s participation!
October 23, 2014
The worl building was great for a short story, crisp but clear and interesting. There were some great lines and I think Clark's love/hate relationship to Evan was pictured very well. Now Evan I found rather silly and couldn't get his behayiour towards Clark, at least not as an adult anymore. Also it bothered me greatly, that he joked about apologizing for the incident that ended Clark in hospital and caused a big scar and than making fun of it. This especially set me of.
There was a lot of angry sex and I'm skeptical about them making it. Masking the angry sex with a BDSM touch didn't sound true for me.
There was a lot of angry sex and I'm skeptical about them making it. Masking the angry sex with a BDSM touch didn't sound true for me.
November 26, 2014
Likable and funny
I really liked Evan and Clark! How could Clark not see what was so obvious from Evan. Here is why it only rated three stars. The hole space / Mars stuff really didn't serve well with this story. I love the fact that Evan did all those things to Clark out of love but Clark could have been warmer about it. Evan made it feel warm and like love and then you hear Clark and he is just cold and a damper on the rest of the story, which should have been great. This should be rewritten!!
I really liked Evan and Clark! How could Clark not see what was so obvious from Evan. Here is why it only rated three stars. The hole space / Mars stuff really didn't serve well with this story. I love the fact that Evan did all those things to Clark out of love but Clark could have been warmer about it. Evan made it feel warm and like love and then you hear Clark and he is just cold and a damper on the rest of the story, which should have been great. This should be rewritten!!
December 8, 2014
Not confusing lucky for me.(LOL) some sci just get me confused especially reading it, this was straight forward. Living on space on mars, clark's ship has a breakdown the only help there is his arch enemy or is he best friend of his brother. Evan an mechanic and all he eva did was pick on clark when they were younger but did silly little things. Clark still has a grudge against him for all those. All in all these guy were hot together and a great read
April 2, 2016
I enjoyed the characters, and their world and hope I get the chance to read the story again and/or to read more within the series.
My Rating System:
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again.
November 23, 2015
I really have no idea why I downloaded this book as its not really my thing, however I decided to give it a go.
The characters are horrible.
Evan and Clark are immature brats. They behave like 12 year old boys and there actually isn't anything likeable about either of them, which makes the book difficult to enjoy.
The writing is odd. Choppy, confusing and not particularly engaging.
The sex scene is just weird. Calling someone a 'filthy cum receptacle' is just not sexy...
The characters are horrible.
Evan and Clark are immature brats. They behave like 12 year old boys and there actually isn't anything likeable about either of them, which makes the book difficult to enjoy.
The writing is odd. Choppy, confusing and not particularly engaging.
The sex scene is just weird. Calling someone a 'filthy cum receptacle' is just not sexy...
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