Book Review - Irresponsible Adult by Lucy Dillon

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Title: Irresponsible Adult

Author: Lucy Dillon

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Publication Date: 23rd May 2024

Rating: 4 Stars

Sisters Cleo and Robyn may be close in age but their attitudes to life could not be further apart. While Cleo's a fully-fledged adult with a family, a business and a signature scent, Robyn is still waiting for the instruction manual to Adult Life and success is keeping her houseplant alive. Skating by at her job as an estate agent, she's adept at avoiding housework, ignoring admin, and evading her mother's anxious questions about her love life. But then Robyn's fired in the most publicly humiliating way imaginable - and her chaos catches up with her.

Although Cleo steps in to give Robyn a temporary job in her cleaning firm, it comes with very firm instructions: Robyn must BEHAVE RESPONSIBLY. And that includes meeting the high standards of Jim, her enigmatic supervisor. But when Robyn learns to navigate the catastrophic kitchens and judgemental dogs of total strangers she learns some unexpected truths about her own messy world. No one's life is spotless...

Is it time - finally - for everyone to stop sweeping their secrets under the carpet?

Well the title is incredibly accurate,  Robyn while relatable and loveable is definitely irresponsible.

After being fired at work in a viral video,  she has to work at her sister's cleaning company,  despite not being able to keep her own home clean.

We learn a lot about cleaning,  and there are helpful tips at the start of each chapter. 

What soon becomes apparent is this will change Robyns life in unexpected ways,  as she starts to learn more about herself.

There are some interesting family dynamics at work,  which were interesting to delve into.

It's a really enjoyable and entertaining story, from an author I always tend to reach for.

Thank you to Hodder & Stoughton and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.