Ten years of a seemingly perfect marriage crumbles when an anonymous woman uncovers her husband's affair.
To add insult to injury, he blames his infidelity on her, calling her "frigid" and "a prude." To prove she's anything but, she embarks on a liberating sexual odyssey, embracing her desire and refusal to be defined by her ex-husband's hurtful words. She, along with her already sexually liberated best friend, hatch the ultimate to sleep with one hundred men.
As she sets forth on this contemporary heroine's journey, navigating the complexities of modern relationships and one-night stands, she begins to break free from the constraints of her past. Each encounter becomes a step towards reclaiming her identity and redefining her notions of love, intimacy and fulfillment. (Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads.)
The protagonist in The Hundred Man Plan set out to do something that a lot of us have thought about–but never admit to thinking about: Hooking up with absolutely no strings attached. Spurned on by the utmost betrayal, she intends to prove her ex’s infidelity wrong.
Each chapter is marked off by the individual (or in some cases, individuals) that she sleeps with, going into great detail about their encounters. Written like diary entries, I could really get inside the mind of the protagonist and could understand the liberation she feels in letting herself go and doing something that is ordinarily outside of her comfort zone and so out of character for her. She has a best friend who has sort of become the blueprint for her, but I felt the protagonist far surpasses her friend. At one point, the one who never wants to settle down is the one who is actively looking for love, as though the characters switch places, but it felt more like character growth to me. The best friend is learning to love, while the protagonist learns to let go of preconceived notions of how the world works.
While I have thought about the freedom that might come from not having to answer to society’s standards or anyone else’s for that matter, and I hold no judgement for those who do, I could see just how liberating yet exhausting the search for justification becomes. The protagonist initially wants to prove to her ex (and to herself) that she really isn’t as vanilla as he claims her to be, but the real eye-opener is when she comes to realize that it doesn’t matter what he (or anyone else) thinks! That was pretty amazing, and the encounters she had were pretty steamy and satisfying, too. It was a fun read!
Thanks to Misty O'Hara for the book in exchange for an honest review.
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