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Married To A Cave Man by Damien Owens is about three couples going through difficult times in their relationships.

I'm sad that I wasn't able to read this book, because it was too much at the same time. I guess that his book was amazing and I would love to try and read it.
Now i will have to buy one!

Married to a Cave Man is a cute lighthearted read that delves deep into struggles that most of us face, marriage and infertility. I love how the author was able to make these sometimes tougher subjects seem light.

I'm going to be the grinch here (again) - well, there has to be one, doesn't there? So far all the other reviews have been very positive, with 4 stars being the lowest rating, but this just didn't do it for me. I requested it from NetGalley partly because it sounded fun and entertaining and partly because it's set in Dublin and written by an Irish author (I'm aiming to read more Irish authors/material this year). It's readable, but just a bit too lightweight. There were some amusing lines, but it all felt like the author was trying too hard to be clever, and I found the characters too stereotyped to form a connection. Sorry!

I knew Damien was a great writer before I started this book but if I hadn't known that before I would be aware now. Damien Owens is a master of dialogue and this book is no exception. Beautifully written and an absolute pleasure to read.
Would translate well into a tv series. I'd love to see these characters on screen.
I didn't want this book to end.

* Disclaimer: I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*
I became drawn to this book mostly due to the cover and also the fact that it is a contemporary fiction about marriage written by a male author, which I feel is not very common.
When all of the characters were introduced at the beginning of the novel, I felt that I might get confused between them. However, this was not the case and I found that they were all distinct and had their own personalities. Each member of the three couples that the story follows almost seemed like a stereotype usually found in romantic comedies but portrayed in a much more realistic way. I felt that the dramas that happened were understandable and were resolved in relatively realistic ways.
This contemporary novel takes the idea of a man cave and uses it to study these three couples and I really enjoyed that. It seemed very current and I would recommend it to both male and female readers as I don't think the author focused on either gender over the other. Also I liked that one of the characters was a stay-at-home father as this is something that I've rarely seen in fiction.