The Spare Bedroom

by Elizabeth Neep

[Emma (SCR)]

This review was originally posted on Star Crossed Reviews I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Thank you to Bookouture for my copy of this book via Netgalley and for letting me take part in this tour. This is Elizabeth's debut book and I was excited to read a new book from a new author.

The main character in this book is Jess. Jess has essentially run away because she isn't where she thought she would be in life. She was meant to be the one that was sorted and grown-up but now everyone else has got their lives together and she is back at square one. Jess was a frustrating character at times but it wasn't all her fault. A lot of the blame also lays with Sam. Jess often saw what she wanted to see that is true but Sam could have also been a lot clearer with her. Jess is a very realistic character she makes the same mistakes that many of us have made. I wanted to pick her up and give her a hug and tell her everything would be okay on more than one occasion. But I also wanted to shake her and tell her to sort her life out a lot too.

I really liked Elizabeth's writing style. It was fresh, funny and real. I like a book that shows people how they really are. No-one is perfect so why should characters be any different. Everyone has flaws and these characters had those too. Don't get me wrong they also had a lot of redeeming qualities, they were very kind and open and put up with a lot more than I think I could.

The end of this book is perfect! It leaves you feeling optimistic for the next part of Jess' life. I am looking forward to reading more of Elizabeth's books in the future.