Flux 14. Chronicles Of An Academic Predator (CAP)

I went back to Bloodlines, and really enjoyed re-connecting with Wadmat, not to mention how HOT that story was! Phew!! I may be a Pollyanna, but I STILL think they will get back together. I liken Wade to Brad, and Matt to Robbie, and look how the Brobbie relationship became so volatile at times. Good start, Mark! Very promising.

Thanks for the stumbling fall into this next chapter of the days of their lives. Can't wait to see where the sands take us. I was already having withdrawal . You are awesome.

I love this serie so if I give any negative feedback, please keep that in mind. I have a hard time liking Matt. That is unusual for me as I tend to fall in love with/side with the protagonist and Matt had his own book in Bloodlines. I think that would be my negative criticism about this serie, that I find it hard to understand how the characters could change their personality from one book to another. Matt has turned into a douche. Marcel, another protagonist, turned into a douche. Sam (not a protagonist), Brian, Bitty (bitch to someone redeemable to back to bitch again).

Back to Matt. Because of my dislike I did not feel that what Wade and Brad did could be considered as much a betrayal as what Matt did to Will. Wade and Matt were over. Even while they were together I do not remember Matt expressly forbidding Wade to sleep with Brad (although he was uncomfortable with it). Not like the way Will did who spelled it out to Matt in no uncertain term. Yet Matt was too stupid, or selfcentered, to take note of that. So no, I have little sympathy for Matt. Having thought about it I am now willing to concede that it was a betrayal of sorts, although I am still loathe to put it on par with what Matt did. But that is just personal opinion on this drama. However, I think what needs to be adressed is Matt's attack on Brad. Even though neither of them will admit it, everyone knows and that single act, to me, nullifies whatever high ground Matt had towards Wade and Brad. One does not attack family. One certainly does not do it in a cowardly way, sneaking up on someone in their own room and suckerpunch them. If violence is needed to clear the air (which I personally can not see a situation where it does) it should be in the open - man versus man. So let's say Wade and Brad betrayed Matt just as badly as Matt did Will (still dispute that). That attack was cowardly and came from someone who is just as much a scum as he thinks Brad is. Matt still has a lot of growing up to do. One small light is his reaction to Will when he finally realise the depth of his betrayal to Will. But it felt short and considering how many times Matt has fucked up, felt remorse to only go back there again I am not convinced that this epiphany will spark any change.

I am really looking forward to more chapters in this excellent series. Keep on the good work Mark and congratulations to you and your editors for a superb job. Besides an exciting story your language, grammar, etc were professional in standard. I find myself easily distracted with spelling mistakes, grammatical errors etc when reading online fiction. Yours have been smooth with such a flair of language. Kudos!

I'm really excited about the future for these chracters^^ I'm not so sure for will and zac sry, I wish they had someone just for them. and I'm cheering for brad !!! I so hope he will fall in love again Maybe it's time for a new character ...either way I can't wait for the story to continue. I'm really hooked on it

On 05/24/2014 02:16 AM, Polly said:

I'm really excited about the future for these chracters^^ I'm not so sure for will and zac sry, I wish they had someone just for them. and I'm cheering for brad !!! I so hope he will fall in love again Maybe it's time for a new character ...either way I can't wait for the story to continue. I'm really hooked on it

Not terribly surprised about Cody being positive. With his lifestyle it was always a significant risk. I'd almost believe that Cody was the vector in that relationship, although thinking about it, Kevin was fairly active himself. At this point, it seems rather moot. I can understand both being uncomfortable around Brad, though. I was in the same situation where a friend with benefits found out he was positive before we had sex, and he failed to tell me and one other mutual friend. He did the same thing, and avoided us for a bit and we found out. The situation here is playing out about the same way. Lots of nerves, lots of phone calls, and anxiously awaiting tests. It'll be interesting to see how it all plays out.

When 911 was finished, I was done with Matt and a tiny bit annoyed with the author for creating another broken Hayes boy. Now that I have finished Flux and taken some time to ruminate, I happily type that Matt (and the author we will refer to as Mark Arbour) have been completely redeemed. While Flux offers us so much more in terms of character growth from the likes of Brad and Will, it is the reunion of Wade and Matt that really sparkles most brightly IMHO.

Flux is a brilliant title as this story really manifests that concept of continuous flow. Thank you to the team who worked so diligently to pull this together. I eagerly await the next story in the saga.

On 08/07/2014 02:45 PM, Miles Long said:

When 911 was finished, I was done with Matt and a tiny bit annoyed with the author for creating another broken Hayes boy. Now that I have finished Flux and taken some time to ruminate, I happily type that Matt (and the author we will refer to as Mark Arbour) have been completely redeemed. While Flux offers us so much more in terms of character growth from the likes of Brad and Will, it is the reunion of Wade and Matt that really sparkles most brightly IMHO.

Flux is a brilliant title as this story really manifests that concept of continuous flow. Thank you to the team who worked so diligently to pull this together. I eagerly await the next story in the saga.

If it weren't for Wade's virtual melt-down of infatuation with Alex, they would have had a much harder time as a couple, because they wouldn't have really been 'equals'... Wade would have always had a bit of an upper hand because he was the wounded one. Now, that stigma is removed.