I really enjoyed Charlotte Butterfield’s The second chance (Revised here) that he was excited when his latest novel The brother switch He appeared in the surprise book mail. My great thanks to Becky Hunter for sending it to me.
It was a pleasure to record a podcast with Charlotte that you can hear here And I was even more delighted when I found Linda bag mentioned in Charlotte’s recognition at the end of The brother switch.
The brother switch Avon publishes on May 8, 2925 and is available for purchase through the editor’s links here.
The brother switch
Two sisters. A bet.
And a lifetime of discovered secrets …
The favorite sisters of Morning TV, Alice and Edie, can share the screen, but that’s where their similarities end. Their views are far from identical, and although their clashes in the air keep the spectators hooked, outside the camera, their relationship is far from perfect.
After a heated discussion on live television threatens his works, the burning duo makes a bet: none could last a week at the place of the other. Determined to demonstrate that they are wrong, they exchange lives in secret, without telling him a soul.
What begins as a battle of wills quickly in chaos, since each sister discovers that the life of the other is much more complicated than it seems. Between avoiding uncomfortable work situations, marriage problems and entrusting to the families of the other, the rivalry of Alice and Edie goes from a competitive commitment to an opportunity to help change the lives of others for the better.
But will your relationship survive?
My review of The Sister Switch
The twins Alice and Edie could not be more different …
What a fabulous summer reading! I really enjoyed the brother switch because it can be read at multiple levels, it is very entertaining and it is a complete deviation of life care.
In the first place, there is the fun and rapid rhythm plot that turns and turns, while the identical twins Alice and Edie exchange houses, lives and families in an attempt to win a bet. There are so many moments when I laughed out loud because the story is incredibly fun with many potentially uncomfortable moments.
However, more attractive is what the two sisters learn not only about the lives of others, but also about themselves during the exchange. The sister exchange illustrates the perfection of the adage “never judge another until you have walked in their shoes”, literally in this case! Alicia and Edie are polar opposites, but the more they live the life of the other, the more they understand and appreciate why their twin behaves like her and how much more they have in common.
I found my initial preference for the most freely free behavior that Edie changed, I read about Alice. Both women have defects and weaknesses, and it was fascinating and ironic that the most bohemian Edie was actually more selfish than the rigid and fair alice. I confess that it was something disturbing to discover that many of his less attractive features appear in my own personality! They are incredibly identifiable characters.
In general, I am not a great admirer of children in stories, but here the characterization was magnificent, expert illustrating the role of parenting in development. While he hated Alice’s husband with passion, at the end of the book he also sympathized with him. However, it was Seb who sustained my heart so completely, because, despite being the most complacent and support character, he is the one who probably suffers the most as a result of the exchange. And I think that is the true strength of the writing of Charlotte Butterfield. While the reader is being compromised by a fun game of a story, they are also being subtly educated about real people. In fact, through ingenuity and entertainment, Charlotte Butterfield examines the nature of human understanding, empathy and the impact of behavior on others, so that the reader learns from the sister changes as much as the characters.
I thought the brother switch was fabulous. My own life thanked me. He made me think of others with greater empathy and entertained me completely. It is a super read.
About Charlotte Butterfield
A former magazine editor, Charlotte Butterfield was born in Bristol, England, and studied English literature at the University of London, and a gender master’s degree and women’s studies in Birmingham. He moved to Dubai alone in a first leg with a suitcase in 2005 and went to Rome twelve years later with a husband, three children and a 40 -feet shipping container. After four years in Italy working as an independent journalist, living the Dolce Vita and eating Tiramisu with each meal, now lives in the teaching and writing of the cotswolds.
His first novel won a Montegrappa Award at the 2016 Emirates Literature Festival, and went on to publish three romantic comedies before turning to the female fiction of high concept with heart. Your second novel in this space, The family solution (Previously you get that of me) was the book of the month of the Times in publication, and later one of the popular fiction books of the year in 2023. He currently publishes with Avon in Harper Collins UK. Your latest novel, The second chanceHe has been option for cinema for an important Hollywood study, and his next book, The brother switch (also known as trap for adult parents) will be published in May 2025.
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