Title: The Flat share

Author: Beth O’Leary

Type: Fictional Romance

Published: 2019

Pages: 400

Time:  3min

Rating:7/10

I’ve been wanting to read this book because I’ve been seeing good things about it everywhere.

Tiffy lives in London with her ex because she is living on a budget. One day she responds to a strange advert for a flatshare. The flat in question is only 1 bedroom, but the Leon works nights so the flat is hers in the evenings and weekends, and for the price Leon is asking, it’s hard for Tiffy to say no, but what this means is that both the Leon and Tiffy also share the bed.

Because of Leon’s schedule, they communicate through post-it notes and shared leftovers. Leon is a hospice nurse who works nights, and she works days, so they’ll literally never see each other, which is what convinces her to take this opportunity, even if it means sleeping in Leon’s bed (although never with him).

After Tiffy moves in she makes oat bars and writes a post-it to Leon saying “Help yourself! Hope you had a good day night. Tiffy x.” This is the beginning of their Post-it note conversations, and they eventually form a friendship through their notes.

Leon’s no-nonsense girlfriend Kay handles the transaction, thus ensuring Tiffy and Leon don’t even meet. And since Leon will be spending weekends with Kay, there’s no reason for any interaction.

The book by Beth O’Leary describes Tiffy as a unique, free and confident woman. Tiffy lives a carefree life in that she doesn’t care about what people say, she is living her life with out any limits, she works as a writer who focuses on craft.

Its impossible to dislike the book if you love romance, O’Leary has the ability to make you fall in love with the characters, in the way she uses the tone to describe how they live, She was compelling in her writing.

 O’Leary dealt with mental health and trauma in the book, in how to overcome mental tauma, Tiffy deals with a heart break, her ex can’t seem to let go and is becoming increasingly more possessive, and Leon’s brother is in prison for a crime he didn’t commit—amazingly, they are each other’s greatest support, despite having never met each other.

When a missed alarm clock leads to their meet-cute (and meet-wet), they begin to fall for each other. Tiffy brings a free-spiritedness to Leon’s methodical ways, and Leon helps stabilize Tiffy, especially as she begins to realize how much harm her former boyfriend was causing her.

Easily the most important thing about this book is how happy it made me. The book is funny, although unrealistic and predictable is an easy read and enjoyable too.

Please tell me what you thought of it if you read it….

Thank you.