Another automatic-buy author for me, is Beth O’Leary. I’ve read every book that she’s written and I find with each new release, the books get better and better.
If you’re in the mood for a quirky rom-com read, then you’ll be in the right place if you have a book by Beth O’Leary in your hands.
I can see why The Flat Share was made into a limited TV series, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching on my flights to and from New York recently.
The Wake Up Call is O’Leary’s next release and I’m excited to get my hands on it when it comes out and update this blog post once I’ve read it.
I also have similar blog posts for Taylor Jenkins Reid, Emily Henry and Colleen Hoover.
Reviews of Every Beth O’Leary Book I’ve Read
The Flat Share
Tiffy Moore needs a cheap flat, and fast. Leon Twomey works nights and needs cash. Their friends think they’re crazy, but it’s the perfect solution: Leon occupies the one-bed flat while Tiffy’s at work in the day, and she has the run of the place the rest of the time. But with obsessive ex-boyfriends, demanding clients at work, wrongly imprisoned brothers and, of course, the fact that they still haven’t met yet, they’re about to discover that if you want the perfect home you need to throw the rulebook out the window…
My review: ★★★★
I had heard so many good things about this book and had it recommended quite a few times after loving Me Before You so much. I can definitely see why it was recommended and I would recommend you to go and read it for yourself. It’s a hopeless romantic kind of book which I wasn’t really into, but I loved it. It made me laugh and almost cry.
The Switch
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.
My review: ★★★★
Just like The Flat Share, I found The Switch equally as pleasurable. Easy, chick-flick and leisurely reading, this is a great one to help switch off from your day and engross yourself in the world of Leena and Eileen. The book follows granny and granddaughter duo, the two Eileens, who switch lives for six weeks. I was mighty impressed at the 79 year old moving to London and navigating the city when I found it so hard at 20. But that’s the world of fiction for you.
The Road Trip
Addie and her sister are about to embark on an epic road trip to a friend’s wedding in the north of Scotland. The playlist is all planned and the snacks are packed. But, not long after setting off, a car slams into the back of theirs. The driver is none other than Addie’s ex, Dylan, who she’s avoided since their traumatic break-up two years earlier. Dylan and his best mate are heading to the wedding too, and they’ve totalled their car, so Addie has no choice but to offer them a ride. The car is soon jam-packed full of luggage and secrets, and with three hundred miles ahead of them, Dylan and Addie can’t avoid confronting the very messy history of their relationship…
My review: ★★★
The Road Trip wasn’t as great as I had hoped and had nothing on Beth O’Leary’s other books that I’d read above. The entire story took place in a car and followed exes having to travel from London to Scotland for a wedding. There were a lot of coincidences that simply wouldn’t happen in real life and the story just didn’t grip me or have me feeling much for the characters at all. It was told in a ‘before’ and ‘now’ format and I mostly preferred the ‘before’ as the story was set in France and much more interesting than the car journey.
The No-Show
Siobhan is a quick-tempered life coach with way too much on her plate. Miranda is a tree surgeon used to being treated as just one of the guys on the job. Jane is a soft-spoken volunteer for the local charity shop with zero sense of self-worth. These three women are strangers who have only one thing in common: They’ve all been stood up on the same day, the very worst day to be stood up–Valentine’s Day. And, unbeknownst to them, they’ve all been stood up by the same man.
My review: ★★★★★
Now that I’ve read all of Beth O’Leary’s books, I can safely say that The No-Show is my favourite. I was a little apprehensive going into The No-Show as I read Beth O’Leary’s most recent book release (The Road Trip) just beforehand and didn’t overly enjoy it. However, with three separate love stories happening in this book, all tied to the one man, I was hooked and still can’t get over some of the twists and turns towards the end of the book. Definitely my favourite book from Beth O’Leary so far.
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