Sunday 27 September 2020

Review of The Switch by Beth O'Leary

 

Eileen is sick of being 79

Leena's tired of life in her twenties

Maybe it is time for them to swap places ....


When Leena is an overachiever is order to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she runs and escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for this overdue and necessary 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 for her to choose from.


However, once Leena learns of Eileens romantic predicament, she proposes a solution - a two month life swap. Eileen will be able to live in London and look for love, while Leena will be able to look after everything in the rural Yorkshire village. She will be able to gossip with the neighbours and difficult family dynamics to navigate north, and trendy London flatmates and online dating in the city. This will allow them to step into each others shoes which proves more difficult than either of them expected.


Leena then learns that a long-distance relationship which inst romantic as she was hoping it would be, then she meets the annoyingly perfect and distracting handsome school teacher. He keeps turning up to outdo the efforts which she is going to to impress local villagers. Back in London, Eileen is a huge hit with her new neighbours, but is her perfect partner nearer to home than she first thought.


I love how this has 2 distinct and different character story lines and how they entwine with each other to bring a family together. I love the character choice in this story as it usually is ether close friends or siblings which authors uses to tell this type of story. This is why i love this telling of the story and have already recommended this to some of my circle of friends and is at the top of my standalone book list. To get your copy following the link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Switch