First thing first, I liked Dev Bentham's stories -- although they mostly range on the 3 - 3.5 stars rating. The last one I read wasn't satisfying, though, and this one would be just another 'okay' story for me.On the good side -- I loved the feel of the sports. When it comes to MM sports/athletes stories, I appreciated the quite depth descriptions of the sports or the fans or the life of being an athlete. This one has that. I liked how the sport was ski -- haven't read many of those. I liked how it took place in several competitions.Now, what didn't work me -- which might be due to the length limitation? -- was that I didn't feel the (much needed) chemistry between Teag and Cory. The two of them started the story with, well, dislike with one another on the outside. Teag didn't like Cory for being the golden boy (he admitted that Cory was really good, so he was also jealous of that). While Cory didn't like Teag for getting things so easy (since Teag was rich). So they kept the thoughts that they actually sort of, sliiiightly, liked each other INSIDE. Then suddenly, Teag kissed Cory after they win and they were good?Yeah, I didn't really buy that. I wanted that ease into the relationship. I wanted to see that they actually, deep inside, liked one another. I wanted them to acknowledge that. I didn't get enough of that in the story.Plus, from the first scene into the second, there were three years gap, and I wondered what happened there -- it wasn't about Teag and Cory, it was more about Teag and his Dad. What happened? How could Teag's Dad kept Teag skiing? What did Teag finally say to his Dad? How was their relationship because of that?Oh, and Lora ... when did Teag and Lora decided to mutually ended their fake relationship? I missed that one (maybe I wasn't paying too much attention). And how could Lora kept nudging Teag to Cory, and said that "Cory might be gay", when as a reader, I didn't feel that there was a chemistry or hints that Cory might like Teag?Yeah, too many questions in my head. Which was why I could only give this 3-stars and not more.