Check Mate by Rob Rosen

Check Mate Reviews

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  Serena Yates

  The blurb makes it clear that the encounter between Dan and Patrick, form the way they meet to what they get up to, is somewhat odd. I thought the idea sounded intriguing and unusual, and started reading with an open mind. That was a good thing.
  
  Dan is in trouble when his car breaks down (from heat stroke, I suspect) in the middle of nowhere. Not that he seems to mind too much, he's been amusing himself by talking to himself as he gradually takes off one piece of clothing after another in the heat that overwhelms him since the air-conditioning is broken. Now, driving along naked because of heat is sort of understandable, but when he starts walking to find help for the dead car, and he is still naked, using his shorts like a hat against the sun, it began to be a little odd.
  
  But that is only the beginning. When he encounters Patrick, who lives in a trailer in the middle of nowhere, and gets invited to play chess, it gets really strange. The humorous tone throughout assured me this was all meant to be funny, not creepy, but it was a close call and definitely inspired an interesting mix of emotions as I read on.
  
  As short stories go, this one has a definite Twilight-esque flavor, but it is also very funny. By the end of it, when the full extent of what was going on became clear to me, I was also very impressed with how cleverly it has been written. Chess players will probably understand this better and "get it" more quickly, but it took me, as only an occasional dabbler with the game, a little longer to get it.
  
  If you like unusual, cleverly done stories with a twist, if you enjoy reading about unusual men who get up to unusual activities in somewhat unusual circumstances, and if you’re looking for a book with the potential to amuse and delight you, you will probably like this short story.
  
  
  
  
  NOTE: This book was provided by Torquere Press for the purpose of a review on
  Rainbow Book Reviews.
  
• 
  Maria Aranzabal

  4.5
  Me Gusto la historia, disfrute mucho leerla.
  Me calleron bien los personajes de Patrick y Dan.
  Me dio algo de lastima cuando a Dan se le rimpio el aire acondicionado del auto y con la calor que estaba pasando, se tubo que sacar toda la ropa y comenso a hablar con el mismo por la calor y como al ratito se le termino rompiendo el auto.
  Despues tubo que salir caminando para encontrar a alguien, aunque seria un milagro que encontrase a alguien en una calle donde nadie pasaba y solo se podian encontrar animales muertos y muchos arboles y mientras caminaba se le puso dura el pene.
  Me gusto cuando encontro a Patrick, cuando Patrick se hacerco a el, obvio que se habia dado cuenta de la erecion que tenia si estaba desnudo.
  Como Patrick le pregunto si sabia jugar al ajedres y como Dan se dio cuenta que Patrick tambien estaba erecto y por ese motivo hico que Patrick se desnudara, se comensaron a masturbar aunque no terminaron, ya que tenian un juego de ajendres que jugar, luego de que entraron a la carabana de Patrick se detubieron de nuevo ya que Dan le sujirio que hacer algo antes de jugar al ajedrez y Patrick acepto, asique Dan comenso a acerle una mamada y prepararle el ano, pero no Patrick no llego a correrse, ya que antes decidieron jugar al ajedres y luego de que Dan perdiera dos veses y perdiera la primera apuesta y ganara la segunda y se diera cuenta que Patrick habia planeado el juego para que no pudiera irse hasta el otro dia, comensaron a hacer el amor y esta ves si lo hicieron hasta que los dos se corrieron.
  Y al final Dan sintio que lo habia encontrado, en una calle abandonada.