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When Katie Met Cassidy Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Camille Perri (Author), Allyson Ryan (Narrator), Penguin Audio (Publisher)
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"A film-ready rom-com about finding love when you least expect it." (Elle)

"My favorite romantic book of recent memory." (Emma Straub)

"The delightful, sexy, queer rom-com of the summer...[with] all the makings of a Nora Ephron classic." (Vogue.com)

One of NPR's best books of 2018.

One of Washington Post's 50 notable works of fiction in 2018.

From the acclaimed author of The Assistants comes another gutsy book about the importance of women taking the reins - this time, when it comes to love, sex, and self-acceptance.

When it comes to Cassidy, Katie can't think straight.

Katie Daniels, a 28-year-old Kentucky transplant with a strong set of traditional values, has just been dumped by her fiancé when she finds herself seated across a negotiating table from native New Yorker Cassidy Price, a sexy, self-assured woman wearing a man's suit. At first neither of them knows what to make of the other, but soon their undeniable connection will bring into question everything each of them thought they knew about sex and love.

When Katie Met Cassidy is a romantic comedy about gender and sexuality and the importance of figuring out who we are in order to go after what we truly want. It's also a portrait of a high-drama subculture where barrooms may as well be bedrooms and loyal friends fill in the spaces absent families leave behind. Katie's glimpse into this wild yet fiercely tight-knit community begins to alter not only how she sees the larger world but also where exactly she fits in.

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  1. Listening Length
    6 hours and 21 minutes
  2. Author
    Camille Perri
  3. Narrator
    Allyson Ryan
  4. Audible release date
    June 19, 2018
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Penguin Audio
  7. ASIN
    B07D18VDWJ
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 6 hours and 21 minutes
Author Camille Perri
Narrator Allyson Ryan
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date June 19, 2018
Publisher Penguin Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B07D18VDWJ
Best Sellers Rank #147,618 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#136 in LGBTQ+ Humorous Fiction (Books)
#1,436 in LGBTQ+ Romance (Audible Books & Originals)
#2,795 in Romantic Comedy (Audible Books & Originals)

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Mural
5.0 out of 5 stars Fluffy f/f romance
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2018
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Small-town girl and freshly minted corporate lawyer Katie’s doing great. She’s just been dumped by her fiancé, is living out of cardboard boxes in her new, empty apartment, and definitely doesn’t spend most of her time crying and drinking too much. When after hours she bumps into opposing counsel Cassidy – she of the excellently tailored men’s suits and magnetic presence – Katie figures one drink can’t hurt. Even if they’ll be having it at a gay bar. Katie’s fully straight, isn’t she, and nothing about Cassidy could make her reconsider that – right?

A cute romance summer read. I enjoyed it, even if it was rather tame and I once again had to wonder why “bi-/panexual” doesn’t seem to be in anyone’s vocabulary. But this was a fun read all the same – a breezy romp with a few more poignant moments. Will be keeping an eye peeled for Perri’s next book!
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Amanda G
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read but hope there's a sequel
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2024
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I really liked the book but felt like it ended right when it was really getting good. I would love to have go on the journey with them of coming out to Kate's family.
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Arianna Aarons
3.0 out of 5 stars Generic Lesbian RomCom
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2018
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I *really* wanted to like this book, Autostraddle played it up big time and I found myself preordering the thing about a month ago.

Then I started reading the lives of the white, high powered, bespoke suit wearing finance lawyer Cassidy of the elite New York urbanite Price family who meets the equally high powered (by feminine workplace standards) white, also a lawyer Kentucky born, sorority sister, just-broke-it-off-with-her-male-Woody Allen-film-character-fiancé Katie, and I let out an internal sigh of disappointment.

Cassidy is attractive to Katie because she sees the familiar masculinity she so loves in a non-threatening, female package.

This describes every single experimental straight girl that hooked up with my soft butch self in college, so no surprise there.

From there you throw in the local dive of a gay bar and Katie starting to understand about chosen family and her and Cassidy bonding in ways that only the high powered legal elite can afford on the weekends.

For those of you that flip to the last page before investing in a lesbian romance (because despite trying to "avoid" labels, this term is thrown around a lot and "bi" or "pan" never even enter the conversation as potential identities), it's fine, proceed as usual.

It felt like a PG-13 rated, less kinky 50 Shades of Grey, with no contracts and Cassidy playing the role of Christian as Katie's guide into a tempting and forbidden world.

By the way, this book is for the general masses, there is absolutely zero in the way of graphic sex scenes, so feel free to give it to your straight friends for book club next week to give them a manicured, food artist modified taste of what it is to be queer.

If you want Actual intersectionality, pick up Cam Girl from Leah Raedar/Elliot Wake, same plotline set 5 years earlier with real world problems, and oh so much sex.
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Ryede
5.0 out of 5 stars This Is A Sweet Story
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2018
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This is a sweet story of growth, self-discovery, and, of course, love. Katie and Cassidy were believable and understandable and frustrating in the right way. I was rooting for them, rooting for Cassidy to accept herself fully and stop rebelling (for rebellion’s sake) against society and her family so that she can be truly settled; rooting for Katie to leave behind what she thought she should want and to embrace what she actual desires. I got the story I wanted, and it was beautifully done. 5 stars.
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Kenneth C. Mahieu
4.0 out of 5 stars Adaptable into a made-for-TV movie
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2019
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“When Katie Met Cassidy” is a lesbian romance between 28 year old (straight? maybe) Katie and 30 year old Cassidy (she wears mens’ clothing, like everything). They are both attorneys and meet at a contract negotiation. This is a story that could easily be adapted for the first lesbian romance on one of those two hour made-for-TV romance movie channel presentations. The sex is rather un-graphic and even in the book most such scenes end in fade-to-black.

There are minor little problems, issues, tears along the way and the story is a bit predictable but it does bounce along at a fairly good clip. It’s a nice distraction. The characters are fine, though Cassidy didn’t seem quite as real as Katie, but what do I know. Cassidy slowly morphs into, or is revealed to be soft in many ways despite a number of edges. Hmmm. Really?

There is a rather funny chapter involving a character nicknamed the Puerto Greekan. But there also is a very lame chapter about Katie buying her very first sex toy in a New York City shop. Along with some musings about “how does this gadget work?” there is also a sales assistant in a leather corset cracking a whip on the shop’s floor. It struck me as seeming more real had it been written fifty years ago.

So a 3 ½ on LibraryThing, a 4.0 on Amazon.
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A. Kay
5.0 out of 5 stars An oasis in the desert of romcom queer lit
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2019
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Hot diggity damn I loved this book. My partner recommended it to me and during a sleepless night on a whim I read it. It’s got drama, it’s got budding love, it’s got greasy gay bars which I love (Shout out to My Sister’s Room). The book reads so easy I finished it before I wanted to. The discussion of gender and sexuality was so refreshing and real I can recall in recent memory having these same thoughts and conversations with myself and others. Highly recommend. My heart is still thumping for Katie and Cassidy <3
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MarlowesMom
2.0 out of 5 stars Dumb romance
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2018
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This was described as being Nora Ephron-like, which meant I was expecting gales of laughter and trenchant self-mockery as in the novel Heartburn (have never seen an Ephron film). WKMC was mildly diverting--I'll give it that--and the writing was zippy. But barely longer than a magazine story, and so superficial. Boy leaves girl, girl meets girl, girl and girl become a couple with some slight adjustments to make from their previous lives of promiscuity/heteronormative living. They have unlimited funds and live in New York City. Pretty shallow stuff.
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Adriana Diaz
5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest book in 2023 for me
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2023
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I went through this book in a couple of days. It's absolutely awesome. I cracked a laugh several times, the story is absolutely engaging and ut left me the sorrow of wanting more of it, i was missing the characters as soon as I finished it. Can't recommend enough
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Amazon Kunde
2.0 out of 5 stars Teaming with lesbian clichees
Reviewed in Germany on May 20, 2022
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I couldnt finish the book so far. It was full with hardcore lesbian clichees, made my stomach turn. Pity.

(Might finish it when I have the strenght later, I hate to review a book without reading it to the end. It may have some surprises later.)
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Kelly Arsenault
5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME
Reviewed in Canada on December 3, 2018
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AWESOME
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NeleD
1.0 out of 5 stars Worst wlw book so far
Reviewed in Germany on December 8, 2021
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The overall story has nothing to do with a love story. There is no chemistry between the characters and as a Masc Lesbian I was also very offended by how masculine women are presented and described in this book.
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Catherine Melvin
3.0 out of 5 stars An ok light read.
Reviewed in Canada on August 17, 2018
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It was great to have a character that was masculine of center, but the premise was a little basic and Katie a little too naive.
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