{"id":13366,"date":"2020-08-14T19:50:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T23:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=13366"},"modified":"2023-09-23T17:29:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T21:29:13","slug":"vincents-thanksgiving-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/13366","title":{"rendered":"Vincent’s Thanksgiving Date"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vincent’s Thanksgiving Date<\/a><\/em> (2014) R. Cooper<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Vincents<\/a>Vincent has issues with anxiety, and it makes him avoid talking to people–even his super cute neighbor who works at the florist.<\/p>\n

There was no easy way to explain being a grown man who was terrified of meaningless conversations and meeting new people. Saying small social embarrassments haunted him for years made him sound obsessive and weird. He was<\/em>, but he didn\u2019t want to his attractive neighbor to know it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But when Vincent’s sister tells him she’ll be spending Thanksgiving with her in-laws, even though Vin is welcomed, he doesn’t want to go.<\/p>\n

First, I really like his sister.<\/p>\n

“I want to see you, you know that. The boys want to see you too. They think you\u2019re the best because you let them watch Night of the Living Dead<\/em> on Halloween\u2014 and thank you for that, by the way. Despite the nightmares, they both have zombie fever now.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Vincent’s anxiety and lack of self-esteem made him blind to what was obvious to the reader was going on, but he wasn’t an idiot, so it was very sweet. And Cory turned out to have a very good reason for having a crush on Vincent, which I thought was the sweetest.<\/p>\n

Cory\u2019s relieved grin made him feel like a hero. \u201cBring them pie and you could show up with Republicans and they wouldn\u2019t care.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThat can\u2019t be true.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That cracked me up.<\/p>\n

Also, although the words aren’t used, Vincent is demisexual, which is lovely AND there is no boinking!<\/p>\n

It’s a lovely and sweet story.
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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