Vintage Attraction

Overwhelmingly disappointing. I wanted to like the story: wine, romance, food--all things I love. But I was immediately put off by the overblown prose, use of obscure words (coruscating, frangible, and so on),and the obvious attempts to be original with adjectives and metaphors, which only pulled th......more

This book was terribly monotonous. It just droned on and on with its unnecessary and lengthy descriptions. It got to the point where I was so tired of reading about wine tastings and food pairings over and over again that I'd have to really push to get through it. Also, it was as if the author had a......more

i really enjoyed the beginning of the book and the ending of the book. and all the twists in the middle of the book kept me on reading because i had to find out how the book ended. i first wanted to read the book because i love wine and travel, this was a skillfully and vary modern and truthfully wr......more

Charles Blackstone in his second novel, Vintage Attraction, poignantly, intimately, and wittingly writes about love—in its many various forms. Blackstone who opens his novel with two very apropos epigraphs, includes among them a quote by Philip Roth from Zuckerman Unbound, “But the way it works, you......more

If you haven't read Blackstone before, start here, I say! It's a lively glimpse into an unconventional courtship and marriage, brilliantly told.......more