I really liked this book! I was afraid to pick it up because I was afraid I wouldn't care for the old Eileen storyline but I reallllllllly liked her as a person and her storyline was great. I don't know why I am surprised because I loved Beth's first book.
I think it is great that the two main characters are voiced by different actors, but I was bothered by how silent the phone calls were and I didn't like the effect that was used to make them realistic. Overall the app needs a lot of work because I had so many issues, but that's nothing to do with the book.

The book is excellent and I would encourage people to listen to it on other platforms.

The Switch was such a fun audiobook to listen to. The narration was superb and I had no problem with immersing myself in the story while listening to the audio. I loved both main characters, Leena and Eileen, with Eileen being my all-time favorite. I am not sure what attracts me to novels where the main characters are elderly, but I love their funny antics, thought provoking analysis of life, and most of the time, their openness to self-discovery and personal growth.

I highly recommend this audiobook to anyone that is looking for a fun read with a hidden message.

Thank you NetGalley, Macmillan Audio, and the author for providing me with an ALC copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

The Switch was a completely adorable book following Lena and her Grandmother Eleanor switching places a year and a half after her sister's death. It's just such a fun book that is full of healing and finding oneself. I read this via audio book and I think it was very well recorded. The two different voices for the different perspectives made it more immersive and the narrators did really well at making me feel for the characters. I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a light hearted book to heal your soul.

I am not sure what drew me to this novel, but I am so glad I did. I fun mix of romance, loss and learning to be yourself regardless of your age. Lema and Elaine are both great characters and the homes and friends are lovely and well detailed. Highly recommend the audio versions with great narration.

Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for the audio version of The Switch in exchange for an honest review.

This is the first audiobook I have completely listened too. I've tried on many occasions but have not been able to listen to the narrator and have given up and just though audiobooks were not for me. However I had heard good things about The Swith and was really interested in it so thought I'd give it a go! I realised that it is not that audiobooks are not for me, it's the narrator!
The switch is narrated by Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Alison Steadman and they did a fantastic job. I was fully engaged and they completely brought the story to life.
I throughly enjoyed this book, even though I did find it a little far fetched at times, as having two grandmothers in their 70's I could not imagine them behaving like Eileen, however it was a lot of fun and kept me entertained throughout. I would definitely recommend this book and will be looking to read Flatshare next.

I loved this sweet tale of two family members with very different circumstances switching lives. I wish there were more books with older main characters - they are easy to love and can be so much fun to follow around. They also have the advantage of life knowledge, which we sure see a lot of in The Switch.

The characters are amazing, the settings are described in a way that makes it easy to imagine and the plot is perfectly balanced between personal development and drama. The side characters (aka friends and lovers) are nothing but fun additions to the story and I really hope to get a revisit in a sequel so I can know what becomes of them all.

I also very much hope that someone will turn this great story into a movie - I would love to see our main characters get into trouble on the big screen!

This is such an endearing, cute and yet hilarious story.

Meet Leena Cotton, ever the problem solver, hard-worker and fix-it-all. Except the cancer that took her fierce little sister a little over a year ago. That she couldn’t fix. Her way to cope? Work, work and then work some more. The result? A two-month paid leave after blowing a big presentation and almost losing a client.

Now meet Eileen Cotton, Leena’s grandmother. At her 79 years old she’s ready to give love another chance after her husband left her for their dance class instructor four months ago.

They both need a change in their lives, so they decide to swap houses for two months. Leena will stay in Hamleigh-in-Harksdale, a little town in Yorkshire, and Eileen will move into Leena’s flat in London and dive into the world of online dating.

Had I physically read this, I may not have liked it as much. Not only because it is a slow, unhurried story but because the narration was utterly flawless, especially Eileen’s. She was my favorite in every possible way. She’s a sassy old woman who lists the pros and cons of every eligible men, is on neighborhood watch and leaves Leena labeled diagrams of the TV remote. She knows that “you can get away with an awful lot when you’re an old lady” and plays that card to her advantage whenever she can, to my utter delight. Of course, Leena’s flatmates fall in love with her and she manages to get acquainted with everyone in the building. And her friendship with Fitz, one of Leena’s flatmates, is priceless.

Overall, it's a fun, fluffy contemporary but it’s 100% character driven, so the audiobook is definitely the way to go.

I really enjoyed this audiobook about Lena, a workaholic living in London who is dealing with the death of her sister the year before. This book also includes Lena’s grandmother Eileen (who is in her late 70’s and living in a small village in northern England) and has recently gone through a divorce. When Lena goes on a forced sabbatical from work, the women decide to swap houses so Lena can try to deal with her grief and so Eileen can look for love in London.

This audiobook was incredible. The narrators (Daisy Edgar-Jones reading Lena and Alison Steadman reading Eileen) were absolutely wonderful with great Northern accents! I really enjoyed that each woman’s perspective was given and loved how the phone calls between characters was recorded in the audio.

This book dealt with some heavy topics and one of the big ones is about emotional abuse in relationships and how people know it is happening but don’t want to “stick their nose in”. I felt the topic was handled really well, with understanding and with a great ending.

I will definitely be looking for Beth O’Leary’s next book on audio as I enjoyed this one so much!

Finally managed to listen to this and I loved this audiiobook! The story itself was good, but the audiobook was awesome, the way both actresses could represent these characters was amazing. It truly got me, I caught myself laughing so hard, then crying like a baby.

I do think that the story got a little boring and predictable halfway through the book, though it was still very cute. The characters from Eileen's storyline could've been better explored, but from Leena's plot, they never failed to make me feel everything.

Plus, I felt such a cosy feeling reading on cold rainy days.

I couldn't recommend this enough, and if you have a chance to read the audiobook, even better.

Beth has done it again. A lovely feel-good book that is perfect for a cosy read this Autumn. I loved how Aileen was not your traditional grandma and had so much she wanted to achieve and do.

“The Switch” by Beth O’Leary was one of the first audiobooks I have listened to in a long time. I usually listen to audiobooks during commutes but haven’t been spending much time in the car due to quarantine.

I was very excited to listen to “The Switch” as I had just finished reading the “The Flatshare.” I love reading books that are based in England and this one was no different.

I enjoyed both of the narrators in this the audiobook as well of their storylines. I feel that their voices added to the plot and did not deter from the context.

Overall, I would highly recommend this audiobook to a friend and look forward to more audiobook on NetGalley.

Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the advanced copy of the audiobook “The Switch” in exchange for my honest review.

The Switch is a heart warming and cozy story of a dystopian family. The story revolves around the duo Grandmother and the grand daughter who decides to switch their lives and lifestyle for a change. In the process of change the characters experience the value of broken relationships. I love grandma, she is full of energy with full of life who encourages other. All the characters have their own importance.

If you are looking for something light to read go for The Switch....

This was my first audiobook I’ve ever listened to, and it won’t be my last! The narrator kept me intrigued throughout the entire book. I thoroughly enjoyed the listening experience for this story. Beth O’Leary’s writing is beautiful. I’ll definitely be recommending this book to others!

I really enjoyed this story of a grandmother and granddaughter who decide to switch lives for a few months. Eileen and Leena both need a change of scenery and hence form a plan to swap places for a few months. Eileen is almost 80 and single and decides to try the online dating world while Leena cares for her grandmothers home and responsibilities, while also making a mends with her own mother. In the end, they both find happiness in the most unexpected ways.

This book was an excellent story, but an even richer audio experience. I love love loved it! I will be recommending this audio book to my listeners over and over again.

Following on from the huge success of Flat Share, I dived into this book with great expectations. Unfortunately for me it just didn't hit the same high notes, it as a warm and funny story about relationships and how our lives move and change, but bittersweet at times. For me, this was a nice relaxed read but if I was hoping to be grioped, waiting for the ending and hoping for different scenarios to play out as I did with Flat Share, I was disappointed.

I’ve not read The Flatshare but I jumped at the chance of the audio version of this Beth O’Leary book!

Gorgeous characters. The settings were beautifully descriptive. And the back stories and lives of the characters were completely and utterly believable!

Alison Steadman was the crowning jewel in this incredible audiobook.

I am not the best audiobook reader, but I WANT to love them, so I keep trying & I've come to realize I have to absolutely LOVE the narrator, have a very engaging title, or be a thriller. While I was a little hesitant listening to this one - I absolute adored The Flatshare and wanted to love this one just as much - I was beyond thriller to receive a copy of this one to listen to thanks to Netgalley & MacMillan Audio in exchange for my personal review.

The narration was fantastic, so it definitely kept me interested, and I loved that this story was about the growth of grandma and granddaughter and not just a love story. It was charming and sweet, well-written and just what I needed!

I adored this book.

Lina, a young successful marketing exec living in London, has been avoiding the tsunami of grief occasioned by her sister's death by diving head first into work. But her anxiety is catching up to her and she needs a break.

Eileen's husband of 30 some years left her for another woman four months ago. Before she met and married him, she dreamed of living in London and making a difference in the world. She needs a new spark in her life.

And so - they switch lives. On leave from work, Lina takes up Eileen's projects with the Neighborhood Watch and the May Day Planning Committee, living in her grandmother's quaint cottage in the Yorkshire Dales. Eileen joins an online dating service and heads to London to live with Lina's hip flat mates and find a man.

I was skeptical about the premise here at first, but the characters themselves sucked me in. I particularly adored Eileen - her spunky, no nonsense, take the world by the horns attitude reminded me so much of my own grandmother. These characters are real and relatable and the story is heartwarming and absolutely charming, reminding us again that people - friends, neighbors, family - are the true treasures in life.

This book feels like being hugged and it was exactly what I needed! I really loved this one.

Lena and her Grandma Eileen decide to switch places for two months. Lena will take care of all of Eileen’s projects in the countryside while Eileen heads to the big city searching for love.

This book had romance in it, but I wouldn’t consider it a romance. This one focused a lot more on platonic and family bonds. The community/neighborhood aspect of it reminded me a bit of A Man Called Ove.

Read this one if you’re looking for something warm and feel-good that still has substance and a fresh plot!