
Open Season is the story of Daisy, a small town librarian who has led a very uneventful life till her 34th birthday along with her widowed mom and widowed aunt. Jack Russo, is the new Chief in this small town and he ends up fancying Daisy. She is so tired of her life, that she thinks to spruce it up. She gets the help of Todd and changes her looks and the way she dresses and goes to a club, only to end up as a fiasco, which is hilarious, only to  be saved by Jack. Slowly and steadily Jack makes her move for her, which she feels to be very irritating because he is certainly not her type. But Jack loves challenges and he is sure to get Daisy by any means. In the mean time there are some deaths of very young girls by date rape drugs and overdoses of them too. One of the guy who OD’d a girl apparently tries to be friendly with Daisy during her first visit to the club and offers to buy her a drink but before he can get back to her the fiasco happened. The second time she ends up in the same bar, she witnesses an incident involving the same guy who offered her to buy her a drink but doesn’t give much thought to it. But again there begins a fight in the club and Jack rescues her again. His instincts tells him that something is wrong and he takes measures to have a look out for Daisy. But one of the guys who was part of the incident sees her going to the bar and assumes that she might have seen them killing that guy and doesn’t want to take any risk. So he has her followed. Daisy finally falls for Jack and they end up being together and when Daisy tells Jack that Todd is gay, his suspicions become very strong, because he, for one, knows very well that Todd is not gay. So he confronts Todd and is surprised to hear what they have been up to and how they have been trying to use Daisy as their bait. In the mean while, the mayor calls Jack to run a ID of a car which turns out to be Daisy’s. Jack wonders why the mayor wants to know about his girl but tries not to pry for now. They also find out that guy’s dead body and things get heated up pretty fast. How Jack saves Daisy and how they catch up the culprits and how they end up being together is the rest of the story.
It was a quick read, but it was interesting from start to end. It talks about Daisy’s uneventful years and how she tries to turn a new leaf. She is naive, strong, intelligent, funny, smart and practical too. She knows a lot of stuff but when it comes to worldly activities she fesses up and those events are real funny. No wonder Jack finds it hilarious to get on her nerves. She does some stupid things when she is worked up đ You don’t have a big high end fast track thriller going on here. Its obvious as and when the story goes what these culprits are up to. But how it unfolds finally with all parties opening up one by one is surprising. You don’t have the kidnapping and taking hostage kind of stuff. Its more of a romantic comedy along with some thrilling elements to it. Jack and Daisy’s chemistry is very nice.
A very good Sunday relaxed read.
Song associatedÂ
When I think of Daisy, I think of this song “Girl on Fire” by Alicia Keys.
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