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Spice and Smoke (Bollywood Confidential #1)
by
Suleikha Snyder (Goodreads Author)
When the cameras stop rolling, the real scene begins.
To their adoring public, Avi Kumar and Trishna Chaudhury are Bollywood’s sweethearts. Behind closed doors, their open marriage lets them freely indulge in all manner of forbidden passions. The arrangement suits them both, but as they begin filming on the set of their new movie, the heat of new and rekindled flames singes...more
To their adoring public, Avi Kumar and Trishna Chaudhury are Bollywood’s sweethearts. Behind closed doors, their open marriage lets them freely indulge in all manner of forbidden passions. The arrangement suits them both, but as they begin filming on the set of their new movie, the heat of new and rekindled flames singes...more
ebook, 137 pages
Published
April 10th 2012
by Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
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Spice and Smoke is unlike anything I've ever read. It's ambitious, sprawling, brawling, bitchy (in the very best way), flashy, poly and queer. I loved it, and I don't even watch Bollywood movies.
If you don't like genres mixed, this is not the book for you. It's absolutely not an [insert genre] book plus Bollywood. It's its own thing. While the story has certain flaws that I'm going to discuss in some detail, even those flaws are interesting, and when it fails, it doesn't fail in a boring way.
I r...more
If you don't like genres mixed, this is not the book for you. It's absolutely not an [insert genre] book plus Bollywood. It's its own thing. While the story has certain flaws that I'm going to discuss in some detail, even those flaws are interesting, and when it fails, it doesn't fail in a boring way.
I r...more
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When I first read the overview to this book, I was intrigued. Bollywood, Manage and a little kink. As I started reading, I realized that I probably should have researched it a little more.
The storyline is set around a movie production set in India (Bollywood) that brings old and new lovers together. The book is in 2 parts – Avi and Trishna and then Vikram and Sam. Both parts come together in the end with an HEA for all parties. There are several Menage sc...more
When I first read the overview to this book, I was intrigued. Bollywood, Manage and a little kink. As I started reading, I realized that I probably should have researched it a little more.
The storyline is set around a movie production set in India (Bollywood) that brings old and new lovers together. The book is in 2 parts – Avi and Trishna and then Vikram and Sam. Both parts come together in the end with an HEA for all parties. There are several Menage sc...more
Longer review coming soon, but for now... Wow. I need to read it again with a more critical eye, but I definitely *need* to read it again.
Bollywood + Sexy Times + Gratuitous Musical = Kelly Hands Over Her Debit Card.
A few of my favorite passages....
*******
“So, what if Avinash Kumar is who Ishwar has written in the stars for you?” First love-struck and then stressed, now Mathur the Monk was painfully insightful. “Then what will you do, Michael Gill? You’ll be crying into your Kingfisher like I am...more
Bollywood + Sexy Times + Gratuitous Musical = Kelly Hands Over Her Debit Card.
A few of my favorite passages....
*******
“So, what if Avinash Kumar is who Ishwar has written in the stars for you?” First love-struck and then stressed, now Mathur the Monk was painfully insightful. “Then what will you do, Michael Gill? You’ll be crying into your Kingfisher like I am...more
Brush up on your Bollywood, dear reader, because Spice and Smoke takes you on a Rough Guide love story where unrequited love -- and all the personal agitations that result from it -- are on full display. That is, until our protagonists find their way to acknowledgement and reconciliation, proving that love heals all things. Snyder's prose is intelligent and deft. Her plot's challenging, her characters complex. Spice and Smoke isn't your typical love -- and it's all the better because of it.
Really more of a slice-of-Bollywood-life than a romance per se. Three couples mean lots of drama (in the good way, at least for the reader) on the set of a movie. It's an interesting setting for a novel and it's an entertaining story, with pieces of the movie being filmed woven throughout the interpersonal drama between the characters.
May 02, 2012
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I *so* wanted to love S&S and am disappointed that I couldn't. The idea of it is wonderful, but the execution didn't work for me. :(
It's too complicated, too fragmented. There are six POV characters, too many to form an emotional connection with anyone. The flashbacks/movie scenes splice it up even more, and the beginning is slow. All in all, I felt detached instead of connected. *sigh*
It's too complicated, too fragmented. There are six POV characters, too many to form an emotional connection with anyone. The flashbacks/movie scenes splice it up even more, and the beginning is slow. All in all, I felt detached instead of connected. *sigh*
This actually sits more like a 3.5 star. Interesting first look at a Bollywood romance with a lot of twists and turns.
Full review to be written soon as I am working on the second book and will post a joint review then.
Full review to be written soon as I am working on the second book and will post a joint review then.
Not for readers who know Hindi, too many grammatical mistakes for my liking.
This contemporary erotic romance set in the world of Bollywood cinema wasn't perfect, but it was still worth reading. My thoughts on it can be at Dear Author:
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Editor, writer, American desi and lifelong geek, Suleikha Snyder published her first romantic short in 2011. 2012 brought a slew of releases, including Suleikha's first two novellas from Samhain Publishing, SPICE AND SMOKE and SPICE AND SECRETS, a Wild Rose Press short story called HEART MURMURS, and a short in Cleis Press' SUITE ENCOUNTERS anthology. Suleikha lives in New York City, finding inspi...more
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