The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

My Rating:4.6

Tiffy and Leon share an apartment. Tiffy and Leon have never met.After a bad breakup, Tiffy Moore needs a place to live. Fast. And cheap. But the apartments in her budget have her wondering if astonishingly colored mold on the walls counts as art. Desperation makes her open minded, so she answers an ad for a flatshare. Leon, a night shift worker, will take the apartment during the day, and Tiffy can have it nights and weekends. He’ll only ever be there when she’s at the office. In fact, they’ll never even have to meet. Tiffy and Leon start writing each other notes – first about what day is garbage day, and politely establishing what leftovers are up for grabs, and the question of whether the toilet seat should stay up or down. Even though they are opposites, they soon become friends. And then maybe more.

This was a light, fluffy, easy romance with a few twists - and absolutely the perfect antidote to these crazy times! I loved Tiffy and Leon and the varying chapters told in each of their voices. The audio version was excellent.

Queen of Hearts by Kimmery Martin

My Rating: 3.9

Zadie and Emma have been best friends since their early 20's when they were in medical school. Now, Zadie is a pediatric cardiologist and Emma is a trauma surgeon and they are both married with children.

In college, Zadie and Nick Xenokostas (Dr X) had a wild affair as well as professional turmoil.  Now, Dr X has resurfaced and is working with Emma. As it becomes evident that Emma must have known more than she revealed about circumstances that nearly derailed both their lives, Zadie starts to question everything she thought she knew about her closest friend

What others loved about this book grated on me - Zadie was a little too quirky and upbeat for me to buy in to her being a doctor. She seemed almost ditzy and 'flounced' around. The writing was good but the ditzy humor and the serious medical situations just didn't meld for me. It may well have been the audio version that exaggerated the perkiness and reading this may have had a more palatable feel.