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Open Season
- Author
- Cassie Werber
- Narrator
- Cassie Werber
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 25 April 2024
- Run Time
- 11 hours 46 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Hura and Cillian have a happy, secure marriage and are on the brink of planning a family. But when Hura's teaching career gets derailed, they decide it's time to explore a fantasy: opening up their relationship.
Roses has never been monogamous. Her connection with elusive James-who works all hours as a junior doctor-is electric, and they're falling for each other. But both have secrets that make intimacy feel dangerous, and in a bid to reassert her independence, Roses suggests they sleep with other people.
When these two couples collide, life shifts on its axis and starts to spin out of control. As Roses and James fight to keep the past from overwhelming them, and Cillian and Hura test the limits of trust, they must all decide which lines to draw-and which to cross.
A passionate deconstruction of the complexities of sex, love, honesty and betrayal, OPEN SEASON marks Cassie Werber out as a major new talent.
Critics Review
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A breathtaking novel that gets under the skin of the complexities of love, sex and human nature. The writing seduces and sings, and the characters are devastatingly real. An astonishing debut.
Katie Bishop, author of THE GIRLS OF SUMMER
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A perceptive book about intimacy and desire that feels zingy, original, fresh. To read it is to tease out together with the characters the many ways of loving and living a life.
Chloë Ashby, author of WET PAINT
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I really loved this novel. It is tender, shimmering, elegant, and true. It paints a clear, lucid picture of a group of people trying to work out how to love and live in an honest, authentic way; how to balance freedom and autonomy; how to relate fully to another without compromising our sense of self. It is thoughtful and sensual, sexy and cerebral. The prose is beautifully honed, clear and precise. I felt totally caught up in the characters' lives and felt that the way you handled the narrative tension and kept the reader guessing about the characters' back stories and who wanted what from whom was expertly done."
Laura Barnett, author of THE VERSIONS OF US
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An intoxicating debut, with layers of secrets, love and sex. The perfect book to kick start any dinner party talk.
Sarah Gwonyoma, @WhatSarahReadNext
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Werber is a remarkable observer of character. A glittering and gripping exploration of what makes us tick, Open Season reveals the anatomy of our most intimate relationships, not least of all, with ourselves. It achieves that rare feat: it is both achingly smart, and, at times, astonishingly hot... A masterclass in writing about sex
Tyler Wetherall, author of Amphibian
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A rare, special book that speaks to the complex beauty of building a life on your own terms... A gripping drama in the London non-monogamy scene. Eye-opening, gripping, and sexy. You'll want to devour it.
Sonnet, author of SUBMIT
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A beautifully nuanced deep dive into modern loving relationships
Anoushka Warden, author of I'M ACTUALLY AMAZING
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Beautifully written and captivating
Marianne Power, author of LOVE ME! and HELP ME!
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Details
- Author
- Cassie Werber
- Narrator
- Cassie Werber
- Duration
- 11 hours 46 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 April 2024
- ISBN
- 9781398714939
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Contemporary lifestyle fiction
Synopsis
Every relationship has rules. What if they all changed?Hura and Cillian have a happy, secure marriage and are on the brink of planning a family. But when Hura's teaching career gets derailed, they decide it's time to explore a fantasy: opening up their relationship.Roses has never been monogamous. Her connection with elusive James-who works all hours as a junior doctor-is electric, and they're falling for each other. But both have secrets that make intimacy feel dangerous, and in a bid to reassert her independence, Roses suggests they sleep with other people.When these two couples collide, life shifts on its axis and starts to spin out of control. As Roses and James fight to keep the past from overwhelming them, and Cillian and Hura test the limits of trust, they must all decide which lines to draw-and which to cross.A passionate deconstruction of the complexities of sex, love, honesty and betrayal, OPEN SEASON marks Cassie Werber out as a major new talent.
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