When Leena is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical from work, she decides to visit her grandmother Eileen who lives in the Yorkshire countryside. Eileen is on the cusp of turning 80 and is ready to get back in the dating pool after her husband left her for a dance instructor. Too bad Eileen doesn’t find any of the men in her small town appealing. That’s when Leena comes up with the perfect solution – she can stay at Eileen’s home for the basis of her sabbatical and Eileen can live at Leena’s flat in London and look for love in the city.
I thought this would be a cute book about a grandmother and her granddaughter but there is a subplot that runs throughout the book about grief and losing a family member. I don’t think this is a spoiler but a lot of the book has to do with Leena coming to terms with the death of her sister and her feelings about how her mother and grandmother dealt with and handled her sister’s death. I really wish this had been mentioned in the description, but the synopsis is completely silent regarding this subplot.
This book was enjoyable, albeit a little predictable. I was able to see who both Leena and Eileen would end up with as soon as all the characters were introduced. The ending felt a little rushed and I wish there had been more development with the love interests. I felt like Eileen and Leena spent the majority of the book with the wrong people and then in the last 10% they figure out who they are supposed to be with. I thought there needed more buildup and more growth between the two couples.
I loved reading about Eileen’s adventures in London. She is such a feisty woman, one I aspire to be when I am her age. I loved how she used her age as an advantage, falling into the grandma personality when it suited the situation. She was a real joy to read.
Honestly, I would love a sequel to this book that is all about Leena’s former roommates and the senior’s club they end up setting up in her apartment building. I thought that Eileen and her interactions with the roommates and other individuals in the apartment building were so fun and there were times when I found the roommates more interesting than any of the other characters. I definitely enjoyed Eileen’s scenes in London more than I liked reading about Leena in the countryside.
This was a nice and heartwarming book about a grandmother and granddaughter finding themselves and love.
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