- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781407016313
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 352
The Consequences of Love
- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781407016313
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 352
A dark and evocative testament to desire in an inhumane state
Independent
A love story set in the narrow and sweltering streets of Saudi Arabia... Details of life in Jeddah and the sense of barely contained passion are compelling
Sunday Times
A simple story is elevated by Addonia's mastery of tension
Heather McRobie, Sunday Telegraph
Addonia's beautifully written debut is an affecting, gripping, devastating portrait of the claustrophobic, corrupt and insanely inhuman world of Saudi Arabia
Daily Mail
An intense and moving glimpse into a world where love is an impossible dream
The Times
Beautifully written, with an imaginative and poetic narrative style
Aesthetica
Bittersweet and compelling
Joanne Harris
Heartfelt story of illicit love ... What's so interesting about Addonia's novel, though, is that it shows a man suffering from the consequences of the repression of women ... The frustration and loneliness he experiences living in a male-oriented world are powerfully depicted, as are the inertia, corruption and hypocrisy that flourish when morality is regulated by the state
Literary Review
This tale of forbidden passion is tense and provocative... Compelling
Maire Claire