A review by chrissie57
The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

5.0

I really enjoyed this book, although it is a little removed from my usual reading matter.

Tiffy and Leon share a flat, they share a bed, but they have never actually met. Their relationship develops through post-it notes and thay quickly become part of each other's lives despite not knowing each other in person. There are serious issues in the book and sometimes the issues and the light hearted romance sit a little uneasily together but to be honest I was willing to suspend belief and read right through to the HEA which was inevitable.

This was the author's debut novel so I think there are some problems. A couple of the sub plots didn't really work for me, feeling shoe horned in for inclusivity purposes, and I hated the character of Katherin who seemed to me to strike a completely false note. I also wondered

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what happened to Justin's fiancee who was mentioned as the reason Tiffy had to find a new place to live then completely vanished

. I also took on board some of the negative comments about Tiffy's friends

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not trying to warn her about Justins abusive behaviour but as I understand that in these situations the victim is often so completely under her abusers control that she is likely to reject her friends and family rather than the abuser then I think Tiffy's group took the right stance, especially when one of them was a therapist