The Lifestyle

Genre: Contemporary / Romance

Book Type: Audio

Author: Taylor Hahn

Narrator: Christine Lakin

Pages / Length: 336 pages / 10 hours and 47 minutes

Publisher: Anchor (June 7, 2022) / Random House Audio

Book Description:

Georgina Wagman has it all—a great marriage, a great job at a prestigious law firm, and great friends. She’s living the life she always wanted, and everything is perfect. Until, that is, she walks in on her husband Nathan in a compromising position with a junior associate. Georgina has a moment of crisis. But divorce is not a part of the five-year plan, so she comes up with an idea to save her marriage and recapture the spark. She and Nathan are going to become swingers.

Georgina isn’t going to embark on this adventure alone, though. Her friends Felix and Norah and their respective partners decide to tag along for the ride. They’ve got relationship woes of their own that swinging just might fix. Georgina, convinced Felix and Norah belong together, is thrilled. What better place to reignite romance between two people destined to be together than a swingers’ party? Her plan is foolproof, until she runs into a college ex at the first party. When they reconnect, Georgina will find herself torn between her head and her heart, with her very happiness hanging in the balance. Perfect for fans of Jennifer Weiner and Sophie Kinsella, The Lifestyle is a playful homage to Jane Austen's Emma Woodhouse and an outrageously fun summer read.

Thoughts:

I struggles because I didn’t think it was realistic the way the friends went about trying to fix their relationships. I DID like the way the book explored various types of marriage and what different people need in a relationship and to embrace your own desires. I found this to be a unique style to explore that in, but found it done well and liked the way that the different relationships discovered their needs and were tied up in the end (which I like with a book - especially one with so many relationships going on - I want to know what happens and this book gave me that which I liked).

While the concept was a hard one for me to read about, or totally understand, it was a good look into why people participate in The Lifestyle and was eye opening in some areas. Overall was an entertaining read and definitely challenged my typical outlook on things, which is one of the things I love in reading.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫