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Swept Up In Blue (2000)

by Pender Mackie(Favorite Author)

3.27 of 5 Votes: 2

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review 1: Pender Mackie's "Swept Up in Blue" is more of a tease than anything else. Tait is a loner at work & pretty much spends most of his free time alone. When a co-worker invites him to a retirement party for one of their co-workers, he reluctantly agrees to go along with an outside chance that he could meet a gay co-worker named Jude. When the 2 do meet, it's a bit awkward & also a bit unsettling for Tait whose had a bad office romance before. When Jude offers to take Tait home he agrees & then a near sex scene happens in Jude's car which Tait backs out of simply due to his not wanting to do things the way they are now. Mackie's story isn't bad & you do care for these 2 characters, but by ending the story with them planning a date & going no further to me defeats the purpose of... more this type of short fiction. A disappointing story that could've been better had only the author added another 5-10 pages.
review 2: This was a very nice, very short meet-cute story. The main character's conflict- his interest in a co-worker despite having sworn off office romances after a previous bad experience - was nicely resolved. I liked everything about the story, but wished it had been a little longer and that there had been a little more interaction between the men (perhaps at the party) to show they might have had something in common besides their mutual physical attraction. Overall, it was a quick and sweet read. less

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