Details:
Title: The Switch
Author: Beth O'Leary
Publisher: Quercus
ISBN 13: 978-1787474994
Synopsis:
When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some overdue rest. Eileen is newly single and about to turn eighty. She'd like a second chance at love, but her tiny Yorkshire village doesn't offer many eligible gentlemen.
Once Leena learns of Eileen's romantic predicament, she proposes a solution: a two-month swap. Eileen can live in London and look for love. Meanwhile Leena will look after everything in rural Yorkshire. But with gossiping neighbours and difficult family dynamics to navigate up north, and trendy London flatmates and online dating to contend with in the city, stepping into one another's shoes proves more difficult than either of them expected.
Leena learns that a long-distance relationship isn't as romantic as she hoped it would be, and then there is the annoyingly perfect - and distractingly handsome - school teacher, who keeps showing up to outdo her efforts to impress the local villagers. Back in London, Eileen is a huge hit with her new neighbours, but is her perfect match nearer home than she first thought?
Review:
This is Beth O'Leary's second book and I loved it just as much as The Flat Share. When 79 year old Eileen swaps lives with her twenty something niece Leena things don't go quite as either of them thought it would. But that may not end up being such a bad thing.
Eileen may be my favourite character. I really liked her story, it's unusual to see an older lady portrayed in such a lively way and I really liked her personality. Leena I also liked though I did find her more frustrating than Eileen but enjoyed her story just as much. I think both of the storylines really worked well both together and seperately and I especially liked how Leena's friends supported her grandmother and helped her navigate the moderness of London. I actually found Eileen's romances to be more believable than Leena's, perhaps because there was already something set up whereas Leena seemed to fall for someone and vice versa without the reader really getting to know him much. But it was a very minor thing for me and I just went with the story and enjoyed it immensely.
I really enjoyed this book. It is a perfect cosy read, all you need is a blanket, a cup of tea and this book and I think you have the ingredients for a perfect afternoon.
This is Beth O'Leary's second book and I loved it just as much as The Flat Share. When 79 year old Eileen swaps lives with her twenty something niece Leena things don't go quite as either of them thought it would. But that may not end up being such a bad thing.
Eileen may be my favourite character. I really liked her story, it's unusual to see an older lady portrayed in such a lively way and I really liked her personality. Leena I also liked though I did find her more frustrating than Eileen but enjoyed her story just as much. I think both of the storylines really worked well both together and seperately and I especially liked how Leena's friends supported her grandmother and helped her navigate the moderness of London. I actually found Eileen's romances to be more believable than Leena's, perhaps because there was already something set up whereas Leena seemed to fall for someone and vice versa without the reader really getting to know him much. But it was a very minor thing for me and I just went with the story and enjoyed it immensely.
I really enjoyed this book. It is a perfect cosy read, all you need is a blanket, a cup of tea and this book and I think you have the ingredients for a perfect afternoon.
I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars.
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