Review: A great short story!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2013
This review can be found at The Armchair Reader.The blurb does a great job of explaining the story so I don't feel like I need to reiterate it. I will say this right now: I LOVED this book. As someone who was a diver for about a decade, I adore books that feature my favorite sport and regardless of how short this one was, I couldn't help but enjoy it immensely.It was easy to connect with the characters because I knew exactly what they were talking about when it came to their feelings towards the water. I loved that there was this instant tension between Nick and Blake. Their ability to antagonize each other made this a fun read but I also found the fact they couldn't stand each other amusing. I felt bad for Blake at first because of what happened to his partner but I also liked that Nick had this side to him that others didn't see. While that might be a bit clichéd, I still adored it. I found some of their banter hilarious but I also thought they were really sexy and hot together!The only way this story could have gotten better is if it had been longer, novella or novel length, so that we could have gotten a fuller story about these boys and their journey beyond where it ended. Seeing them compete in meets and to see if they're new found relationships allows them to dominate those competitions would have been great. In the book, there's a mention of the second Nationals and experiencing whether they do good during that time would have been ideal, IMO, especially considering how Nick doesn't talk to other people during competitions, it'd have been interesting to see how Blake takes that during such a critical time or whether Nick makes an exception for Blake.All in all, this was a great story for me. The writing and the pacing were great and it fit my mood exactly -- from the hatred in the beginning to the connection they eventually develop. I sincerely wish it had been longer because I can see Blake and Nick's journey definitely going farther than it is right now! God, I do hope there's more of them to come!