Thank you to NetGalley and Quercus Books for providing me with a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
Goodreads Synopsis
Eileen is sick of being 79.
Leena's tired of life in her twenties.
Maybe it's time they swapped places...
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
I was extremely nervous going into this book. I absolutely adored The Flatshare, which was one of my most anticipated reads of last year. I knew this book was going to be a lot different and at first I felt on the edge by the synopsis however, I trusted Beth O’Leary to produce an amazing book and she did not prove me wrong.
I became so emotionally invested in the characters in this book and was honestly gutted when I had reached the end, as I honestly found myself unable to put it down! Beth O’Leary has this amazing way of writing characters that are so relatable and ones that you wish were a part of your everyday life.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and the way it shows that you have the power to change your life no matter your age. This is a book about finding yourself. It’s about taking a step back and evaluating your day to day life and wondering if you are truly happy in life.
The Switch is a book I didn’t know I needed in my life. It is such an uplifting, and beautiful book that I recommend giving a read!
I cannot wait to see what Beth O’Leary writes next!
Rating: 5/5 stars