POLYAGONY, the Expansion

In Polyagony: The Foundation, the work was internal. You asked yourself: why do I want this? What have I inherited about love that may not actually serve me? You began defining your version of polyamory-your desires, your communication style, your identity-so you didn’tend up living someone else’s script. You learned how to form agreements. How to name hopes and fears. How to understand who else would be impacted by your choices. That was the groundwork.In Polyagony: The Expansion, you step out of theory and into reality. You date. You disclose. You navigate discomfort. You feel the highs, the confusion, the misalignment, the expansion. You learn how to build agreements without history, move through emotional turbulence, practice consent beyond the surface, care for yourself and others after connection, hold multiple relationships with intention, understand the system you’re part of, and step into environments that amplify everything at once.This is not about getting it right. It is about learning how this actually feels.And if you’ve been paying attention, you’ve probably already noticed something: understanding this doesn’t make it easier. It makes it more real. Because once you move past the beginning, the questions change. It’s no longer: 'How do I do this?' It becomes: 'How do I live this?'In the Polyagony trilogy, Candace Klein explores the complexities of polyamory with honesty and nuance, offering readers a grounded, deeply human perspective on modern love, leadership, and emotional resilience.'We’ve been sold a very narrow definition of love-and then left to feel like failures when our lived experiences don’t fit inside it. In my work with polyamorous individuals and families, I see how deeply people are craving honesty-not perfection, not performance, but truth. The kind of truth that’s lived in the body, not just talked about. Candace Klein delivers exactly that in Polyagony. This trilogy doesn’t try to make non-traditional relationships look easy or aspirational-it makes them real. Messy. Expansive. Confronting. Liberating. Alive. Through deeply human storytelling, Polyagony normalizes the full spectrum of what it means to love beyond convention-the beauty, the rupture, the growth, and the responsibility that comes with true freedom. This is more than a book-it’s permission. To question, to feel, to choose, and to build relationships that are actually aligned-not just the default. This is the kind of work that doesn’t just reflect culture-it helps shift it-by cultivating more empowered, sovereign individuals living fully expressed, deeply authentic lives.' - BRE REILLY, Open Relationship Coach & Authentic Expression Guide