I'm delighted to be one of the stops taking part in the mini blitz for A Clean Sweep by Audrey Davis and sharing my review today. First of all though let's take a look at the description for the book...
A CLEAN SWEEP is a laugh-out-loud tale of love,
lies and second chances.
Love comes around when you least expect it.
Fifty-something widow Emily isn't expecting romance. Nor is she expecting a
hunky twenty-something chimney sweep on her doorstep.
Daughter Tabitha knows something isn't quite
right with her relationship, while her boss – Abba-loving Meryl – thinks she's
found the real deal. Are they both right, or pursuing Mr Wrong?
Emily's sister, Celeste, has the perfect
marriage … or does she? Can a fitness tracker lead her down the path to
happiness or heartbreak?
Susan is single, overweight and resigned to a
life of loneliness. There was the one who got away but you don't get another
try, do you?
Prepare for a rollercoaster ride of emotions in
a book that will grab your heart, make you smile and wish you had a chimney to
sweep.
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In A Clean Sweep there are a couple of characters to follow but I really enjoyed how different they were it made the book all the more engaging. It was lots of fun seeing Emily, Tabitha, Celeste and Susan along with the lovely Meryl navigate their way through life.
I have to say that I pretty much smiled my way through this story and loved getting to know this group of characters. The story moves at a lovely pace and I read it over two evenings. There is a little bit of everything in this story from a bit of drama to love and family themes. The characters felt real and went through complications that real life holds. I really enjoyed the fact that the characters were different ages it added an extra depth to the story seeing them at the different stages in their lives.
It really was a lovely way to spend my time getting to know the characters and I was hoping for a happy ever after for them. There was a wonderful heartwarming feel to this book that made me enjoy it even more.
A Clean Sweep is a fun story that has real warmth and a great uplifting quality!
Four stars from me!
With thanks to Rachel at Rachel's Random Resources for my copy. This is my honest and unbiased opinion.
Audrey Davis survived secondary school on the West
coast of Scotland. Rubbish at science but not too bad at English, she
originally wanted to be an actress but was persuaded that journalism was a
safer option. Probably wise. She studied at Napier College in Edinburgh, the
only place in Scotland at that time to offer a journalism course.
Her first foray into the hard-nosed newspaper world was as a junior reporter in Dumfriesshire. Duties included interviewing farmers about the prize-winning heifers to reporting on family tragedies. She persuaded her editor to let her launch an entertainment column which meant meeting the odd celebrity – or just the downright odd. From there, she moved to the loftier rank of senior reporter back in her home patch. Slightly more money, less farm animals but a higher crime rate. As Taggart would say: 'There's been a murrrrder!'
After a stint in London on a video magazine – yes, she is that old – Audrey moved to Singapore with her fiancé. She tried valiantly to embrace the stinking heat, humidity and lack of jobs, although she did work briefly on a magazine which was banned by the government for 'artistic' use of naked men's bottoms.
Next on her adventures was a land Down Under where her main focus was raising Cost Centre One (aka firstborn) and coming to terms with the imminent arrival of Number Two. Still, she loved the Aussie way of life – BBQs, beaches and bring your own booze to restaurants – so it came as a blow when OH announced a move back to the UK. Not a job between them, the climate a possible deal breaker and an Exorcist-style vomiting infant on the flight home didn't bode well …
Always a survivor, Audrey sought out similar-minded friends (i.e. slightly bonkers), got the children into a good school and thought about taking up writing again. Sadly, thinking about it was as far as she got, unless you count shopping lists. Then, hubby drops another bombshell. Switzerland. As in – it's packing time again. Off to the land of cheese, chocolate, scarily efficient trains and a couple of teeny, tiny issues. Like driving on the 'wrong' side of the road and speaking a foreign language (French). The former was conquered fairly quickly (we'll skip over the wall demolition in week two), the latter remains an ongoing battle of the hopeful against the hopeless. At least she provides amusement for the local workforce.
It wasn't
until 2016 that Audrey rediscovered her writing mojo with an online Writing
Fiction course. From there, her first novel – A Clean Sweep – was born,
although it took a bit longer than nine months from conception. A short, darker
prequel – A Clean Break – followed, and in November 2017 she published the
first in a novella trilogy, The Haunting of Hattie Hastings Part One. Part Two
is published on 21 March 2018, with the conclusion following in May/June. After
which she might have a wee lie down …
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