Review – A Spring Affair by Milly Johnson

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I picked up ‘Spring Affair’ by Milly Johnson after reading her debut ‘The Yorkshire Pudding Club’ (which I initially thought was about actual Yorkshire Puddings) and loving it. When Lou Winter picks up a dog-eared magazine in the dentist’s waiting room and spots an article about clearing clutter, she little realises how it will change her life. What begins as an earnest spring clean soon spirals out of control. Before long Lou is hiring skips in which to dump the copious amounts of junk she never knew she had. Lou’s loved ones grow disgruntled. Why is clearing out cupboards suddenly more important than making his breakfast, her husband Phil wonders? The truth is, the more rubbish Lou lets go of, the more light and air can get to those painful, closed-up places at the centre of her heart: the love waiting for a baby she would never have, the empty space her best friend Deb once occupied, and the gaping wound left by her husband’s affair. Even lovely Tom Broom, the man who delivers Lou’s skips, starts to grow concerned about his sweetest customer. But Lou is a woman on a mission, and not even she knows where it will end … I adored this book. It was down to earth, funny and juicy. The concept was a unique and fun, and as such I have since started clearing the clutter of my own flat.

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Johnson writes the relationship between wife and domineering husband brilliantly, and I found myself emotionally involved with the character of Lou, willing her on to a better life. The hero of Tom Broom was lovely. Just my kind of hero – Huge, rugged and kind. None of this slick Hugh Grant type stuff. I adored the anticipation between him and Lou, as well as the various misunderstandings between the two, which made me laugh. I especially loved the dialogue within this novel. It was true to life, straight to the point, and clever. I’d put money on the guess that Milly Johnson is a chatterer. The conversations were just so real! I gobbled this book up, and am now super excited to buy the Milly Johnson novels that I haven’t yet read. If you like escapist reading with real heart, you should buy it. You won’t be disappointed! Rating 5/5 Grab a copy of ‘Spring Affair’ by Milly Johnson here.