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Vindaloo and the Thunderbird
There's only one thing a man loves more than his T-Bird…Race made a mistake when he walked away from Vin, the kind of mistake there's no fixing. But when he sees the old T-Bird on the sales lot, he starts to wonder… If he can convince Vin to help him, they could bring something beautiful back to life -- something that’s been damaged nearly beyond repair. And maybe he can repair the heart he broke while they're saving the old T-Bird.
37 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2010
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December 20, 2015
I am a sucker for second chance romance, and this hits just the right note for me. Older MC reconnects with younger MC after a misunderstanding splits them apart. Not a big fan of the misunderstanding trope, but this has other positive factors to recommend it. Love the ethnic diversity, age difference, and career variance that are seamlessly incorporated into this short story. Plus, vintage car enthusiasts will enjoy seeing a T-Bird restored to its original glory.
August 27, 2012
3.5 stars
One of the older stories that finally made it to my current read -- this short story is based on misunderstanding theme, which could be 'fixed' when the guys talk about it. It might be annoying if it's a full-length novel, but since this is less than < 40 pages, I find the story quite lovely. Plus I'm always a fan of "the one that got away" trope. I happen to love Sarah Black's writing: poetic without being too complex.
He missed Vin so much some nights that it felt like his heart was weeping in his chest.
Of course, like many of Sarah Black's stories, the ending is pretty abrupt. But that's okay, I'm used to it ^_^
One of the older stories that finally made it to my current read -- this short story is based on misunderstanding theme, which could be 'fixed' when the guys talk about it. It might be annoying if it's a full-length novel, but since this is less than < 40 pages, I find the story quite lovely. Plus I'm always a fan of "the one that got away" trope. I happen to love Sarah Black's writing: poetic without being too complex.
He missed Vin so much some nights that it felt like his heart was weeping in his chest.
Of course, like many of Sarah Black's stories, the ending is pretty abrupt. But that's okay, I'm used to it ^_^
October 4, 2014
A simple beauty so concise and poignant it was near perfection. Yes, as some readers felt, it left me wishing for more, but not on account of the story. Except for one jarring typo near the end, which should be corrected, there was neither a word missing nor a word out of place. Oh, and the blurb could use a rewrite...
January 15, 2018
2018 Re-read:
I do love this author's writing style. This one has a special place in my heart, since I learned to drive in my grandfather's '56 Thunderbird.
I do love this author's writing style. This one has a special place in my heart, since I learned to drive in my grandfather's '56 Thunderbird.
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May 3, 2010This is for sure an unusual novella if you consider the ordinary production of Changeling Press. Basically it’s a sweet romance, if I have to find something similar with the same publisher, I would say like the Screen Shots series by Willa Okati, but without the naughtiness. Race is a eyes surgeon and he is in love with Vin, a classic car mechanic of Indian origins; there is everything to set them apart: social status, education, origins, even age, being Race 40 yeas old and Vin 27. When they met, at Race’s jobsite, being together seemed easy and good, but maybe they rushed it; at the first obstacle in their story, something really stupid, Race walked away from Vin without asking a reason, and without letting Vin give one. But Race has never forgotten Vin, and so, when he spots a vintage T-Bird in an used cars lot, he thinks to use it as a bait for the man; and obviously it works.
It’s nice to see how, having only Race’s perspective, at first the reader is all for him and “against” bad Vin who made him suffer; but when Vin enters the scene, even if he is not the narrator voice, it’s clear that there is another side of the story, and that maybe “innocent” Race is not so innocent after all. Like most men of that age, he is stubborn and hard to change; on the other side, Vin has a bit of the carelessness of the young age, and he has to understand that Race is, after all, of another era.
There is really nothing to take Race and Vin apart, if not their very strong characters, and some misunderstandings; they can talk it over, but they have indeed to talk, and not to assume that the other knows everything already. So basically, Vindaloo and the T-Bird is a nice tale of how two star-crossed lovers will make peace making out on the seat bench of a vintage car.
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It’s nice to see how, having only Race’s perspective, at first the reader is all for him and “against” bad Vin who made him suffer; but when Vin enters the scene, even if he is not the narrator voice, it’s clear that there is another side of the story, and that maybe “innocent” Race is not so innocent after all. Like most men of that age, he is stubborn and hard to change; on the other side, Vin has a bit of the carelessness of the young age, and he has to understand that Race is, after all, of another era.
There is really nothing to take Race and Vin apart, if not their very strong characters, and some misunderstandings; they can talk it over, but they have indeed to talk, and not to assume that the other knows everything already. So basically, Vindaloo and the T-Bird is a nice tale of how two star-crossed lovers will make peace making out on the seat bench of a vintage car.
http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/10...
October 6, 2011
such a sweet, quiet story, two reasonable adults working it out together. Goes immediately on my comfort - reads shelf.
June 24, 2011
3.5 stars
August 26, 2011
Another story with characters that I'd like to see more of.
March 19, 2014
Review To Come.
August 13, 2010
ok, but there just wasn't enough of it to get really involved
January 30, 2011
**** 3.5 ****
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