Review | The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

Blurb

Tiffy and Leon share a flat
Tiffy and Leon share a bed
Tiffy and Leon have never met...

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...

Review

Leon only uses his flat during the day to sleep in (he works nights and spends the weekends with his girlfriend), he needs extra cash so he decides to rent his flat out for the time he doesn't use it. Tiffy works during the day (so wouldn't be using the flat then) and is in desperate need of a cheap place to stay ...its the perfect solution isn't it? Join Tiffy and Leon as they begin their sharing a flat and bed-sharing agreement, despite never having set eyes on each other.  

This novel is written from both Tiffy and Leon's viewpoints with them sharing alternate chapters throughout. I loved reading both sides of this quirky unique story, the characters are likable, relatable and funny. O'Leary pulls you in with her fresh, fun concept and will have you turning the pages long after you should have turned the lights out. This is a well rounded and uplifting story, with some brilliantly poignant, a few darker and many laugh-out-loud moments. I haven’t been as touched by a book since Me Before You... it’s laugh-out-loud and all kinds of crying (sad and happy tears were shed in the reading of this novel!). If you pick up one book this year make sure this is it!

Thanks to Quercus Books & Netgalley for sending me this in exchange for an open and honest review.

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