The Age of Misadventure

55-year-old Georgie doesn't want a new man in her life. The most important people to her are her daughter, aunt and her sister. But they have started to drift apart. Georgie has never been a fan of her sisters husband, so when she learns that she has been up to no good, Georgie thinks that this will be the ideal opportunity to bring the women back together. Along with her 21-year-old daughter and 80-year-old aunt, Georgie and her sister Bonnie head off for the coast of Sussex.<br /><br />The main characters in this book were a mixed bunch, some you liked and some you didn't. Georgie and her daughter Jade were fine, it was their Aunt Nan that got on my nerves the most. She's constantly moaning, very ungrateful and argumentative. The sister Bonnie thought that she was something else, a trophy wife and so very lazy, she thinks that everyone should wait on her. There is some sexual content in this book. The writers style seemed a bit choppy at times. There were parts of the story that just felt a little bit flat.<br /><br />I would like to thank NetGalley, Avon Books UK and the author Judy Leigh for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

5☆ A Heart warming, Fun, Family Adventure!<br /><br />The Age of Misadventure is a heart warming, fun, poignant story about Family, relationships, protecting your family, finding love when you least expect it, bonding and adventure.<br /><br />In the early hours of the morning, Georgina, Bonnie, Jade and Nanny find themselves on the run, from Adie... Bonnie's crook of a husband! <br />But can they outsmart him? Or <br />Will Bonnie crack and give in to his bullying and tell him where they are hiding?<br /><br />Jade is a spoilt brat. She treats her mum like a door mat. Family should always come first. She's selfish and obnoxious and I really didn't warm to her at all. To be honest she didn't really redeem herself at all.<br />Bonnie has been so grinded down by Adie mentally bullying her, she believes she can't cope without him, even though he puts her and her familes life in danger.<br />Nanny is my favourite character, she is strong, loveable, sassy, likes a good drink and is thriving on their adventure and their had company. She melts my heart!<br />Georgina is the glue that holds the family together, always putting her families needs before her own. All she wants is to be close and support them. But they just keep pushing her away. She is a strong business women, with a big heart. <br />But will she ever put herself first?<br /><br />When Adie and the Crime gangster that's after then gets closer to finding the girls can they stay strong or will everything fall apart around them. They are about to find out just how much danger their in.<br /><br />I adored this gorgeous book, it had a lil of everything it was fun, jam packed with drama and laughter, with some tender moments too. It truly was an adventure of bonding, sharing, family, and hiding from the bad guys.<br />I really would love to see more from this loveable bunch.<br /><br />Would i recommend reading this action packed, feel good adventure.....<br />Without a Doubt....100% Yes!! <br /><br />Thank you to Avon Books for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily.<br /><br />My Review is also on my Blog Website :-<br /><br /><a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://dashfan81.blogspot.com/2019/03/blog-tour-age-of-misadventure.html">https://dashfan81.blogspot.com/2019/0...</a>

Georgie Turner’s entire life revolves around her family— even if they might not appreciate it. Though she has the best intentions by focusing on her daughter, sister, and aunt, she can’t help but feel that she’s stepping on their toes. However, when her sister Bonnie’s husband gets caught up in a shady business deal, Georgie hastily decides they have no choice but to gather together and hide out on the coast of Sussex in what turns out to be the adventure of a lifetime.<br /><br />Author Judy Leigh has written a novel of family. Like family, much of the plot is heartwarming and feel-good. Also like family, there’s plenty of frustration. That’s not to suggest any parts of this book are bad— it’s a rollicking time. Rather, Leigh has managed to jam her characters together into a complicated situation, and sometimes their annoyances in a high-stakes environment are palpable. Sometimes Jade, the twenty-something daughter, can be irrational. Other times Nan, the grandmother figure, can be difficult. But Georgie and, in turn, the reader, wouldn’t have it any other way.<br /><br />Brilliantly, because Leigh allows her characters the chance to be temporarily unlikable, it gives them ample space to grow. Each is given a moment to shine, and Leigh has a precise ability to give an authentic voice to each generation of character.<br /><br />All of this unfolds around a unique adventure centered on keeping Bonnie safe from her sleazy husband’s business contacts. These ladies, led by Georgie, navigate a spur of the moment journey involving gorgeous lodgings, secret love, a bit of prosecco, and the unbreakable bond of family. It’s a wild, rather sweet, ride.<br /><br />Note: I received a free ARC of this book through NetGalley.

Georgie at 55 and feeling very single sees an opportunity to reunite the women of her family, who seem to have drifted away from each other. The timing is perfect as her younger sister’s husband has finally been seen for the cheating rat that he is. All very upsetting for Bonnie but something the rest of the family had suspected for a long time. Then there is ‘gran’ who really is her aunt and one of her daughters. So these four Liverpool ladies of very varying ages get in Georgie’s car and head to the south coast for a little recreation. The Sussex girls have seen nothing yet in comparison to this motley crew.<br />There are as many unlikable characters in this story as there are loveable ones. I think if I had been Georgie I would have been dropping a couple of them off at the services and taking off myself! Sometimes you just can’t get away from your problems, or in this case someone else's, as trouble was not far behind them. At times the story is chaotic but laced with humour too. You don’t mess with Georgie or her family!<br />The story began well, lulled a little but really picked up and made up for it as it raced towards the end. All in all it was entertaining.<br />I wish to thank NetGalley and the publisher for an e-copy of this book which I have reviewed honestly.<br />

Georgie is a divorced Liverpudlian single mother, a beautician whose business is in her house. Her daughter Jade is 24 years old and runs a personal fitness business from the basement. Georgie's younger sister Bonnie is married to slimy cheater called Adie, Georgie has tried to get Bonnie to leave him time and again but Bonnie loves him and believes him when he says he loves her. Added to the mix is Georgie and Bonnie's Aunt Anne, known always as Nan or Nanny.<br /><br />When one of Adie's shady business deals goes wrong Bonnie and Georgie are threatened by a shady gangster so Georgie comes up with a plan to hide from Adie and his business associates by spending a few weeks in Brighton where Jade's new boyfriend, a Spanish footballer called Luis, lives. But travelling with your aunt, your sister and your daughter isn't always the Thelma and Louise road-trip it's cracked up to be. What with the moaning, the constant toilet stops, the sobbing and the sulking. Rather than bring the family back together enforced proximity seems more likely to drive them further apart. Until Adie's associates find them.<br /><br />I have to be honest, I can't think of four more unpleasant women in one book who weren't serial killers. Bonnie is totally self-obsessed, a grown woman does not make a single cup of tea or coffee, or make dinner for any of the others for weeks and weeks. It all falls on Georgie. Despite being told by Georgie not to use credit cards so that Adie can't trace them Bonnie frequently goes out shopping buying make-up and other essentials. She also blithely tells Adie where they are hiding. Jade is 24 going on 13, I don't think I have ever wanted to reach into my Kindle and slap someone quite as much as I wanted to slap Jade for her constant criticism and moaning and blaming everything on her mother. Goodness only knows what a sweet man like Luis saw in her! Georgie is a 55 year old doormat, scurrying around trying to placate everyone and waiting on them all hand and foot. Then when she meets a man it's instalurve and she starts acting like a teenager, sneaking out and lying about where she's going. Finally Nan, her biggest problem was that she was clearly intended to be the comedy character but her constant malapropisms were wearing.<br /><br />Overall, the plot was quite good, I liked the pace and the writing was good, although a little too much "I ..., I ..., I ..." for my taste but sadly the characters all seemed a bit two dimensional.<br /><br />I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.<br /><br />Bumped for release.

When I saw the blurb for The Age of Misadventure I was really looking forward to reading about the adventures of these women. Sadly I wasn’t for me. I expected it to be a humourous tale but didn't find it as funny as I'd hoped. <br /><br />Georgie had a need to help and take care of people and did so whether they wanted her to or not. Georgie insisted on getting her sister out of town after learning a gangster was after her. This man had worked with her husband in a dicey business deal and was owed money that he was trying to collect. Her sister loved her husband deeply and didn't care what shady deals he was involved in. Actually, getting out of town wasn't a bad idea. Georgie's daughter and aunt were part of the group leaving town. Her daughter was on her way to live with her new boyfriend and wasn't happy that the other women were going with her. Especially her mother. What young woman wants her mother helping (interfering) with her life? I found Georgie's elderly aunt's (Nanny) antics more sad than amusing. She needed a lot more care than Georgie could give her.<br /><br />Two of the characters were particularly irritating when they were in hiding. Both Georgie and Bonnie left the house at different times even though they knew better. By this time Jade was with her boyfriend but any time she was with her mother (Georgie) she acted like a grumpy teenager telling her mother to stay out of her life. I didn't like Nanny at all. I couldn't have put up with her. It was funny that she asked for a Guinness so often. Once she got it, she was content.<br /><br />While the women had quite an adventure hiding from the gangster, I found the middle of the story slow moving. Then it got really exciting toward the end.<br /><br />The good thing about opinions though is that not everyone has the same ones, so this book will really catch the attention of many readers. All that being said, it was a good book.<br /><br />I received this book from NetGalley.

The Age of Misadventure <br />2/5 stars <br /><br />Where to start? Is this a bad book? Well it’s not a complete one star so I did still find that it had its merits. But my Lord, this was one of the most insufferable cast of characters I have ever come across. And as somebody who is a very character-based reader it definitely took from my enjoyment. The plot though, was surprisingly a lot more compelling than I expected given the generic cover.<br />(I still like this cover a lot don’t get me wrong, it just seemed like one of those not that exciting “beach reads”) <br /><br />The fact that a big part of this was essentially them hiding from a mobster to avoid getting murdered was extremely unexpected but highly appreciated. It was the saving grace of this book that it ends in a gunpoint standoff. <br /><br /><br />But let’s now focus on why we’re all here. The characters.<br /><br />Jade-<br />Holy shit, I have never read about a character who is more of a cunt than Jade. Like seriously, Not even Lord Voldemort is as much of a cunt as she is. As someone who is 24 years old and lives with my mother, my family lives in a way where we split the bills equally we take over meals equally and it’s more of a roommate-ship now that we’re all adults rather than one person having to take care of the other. Jade is living in her mothers house, she should be giving her respect. In general this is a human being who is also her mother she should be giving her respect. I have never seen someone so whiny and annoying and capable of being a next tier asshole all within their first introduction. She manages to make her family being scared and stressed and worried about their lives being on the run about her and how it inconveniences her. Luis, her dude that he’s barely known for more than like a few weeks or at least that’s how it’s implied, was more caring and attentive and worried about her family than she seemed to be. She disgusted me and I would’ve been fine if she was shot at the end of the book.<br /><br />Nan-<br />All right so we got the comic relief elderly character. She was insufferable and annoying at times, with there being actual issues at hand and Georgie already being stressed and then just asking for food and all that stuff amongst it. I grew to warm up to her character over the course of the book a bitch but she also just seemed like at this point she should be having a full time caretaker. I literally she gets into a random cab thinks it’s for free and gives up all of their information and where they’re staying, to The very man who’s trying to kill them. Sure, she doesn’t know that but it should be easily inferred that you shouldn’t just be giving random people your location when you���re under protective services. There was cute shit, like the blue streak in her hair or her telling stories of her past but honestly I thought the resolution of the end for her story line would be her going to live in a home.<br /><br />Bonnie-<br />If we counted the amount of times I wanted to bitch slap Bonnie in the face while reading this book we would be here forever. She was naïve, she was a bit dumb, and she was the most gross and needy human being when it came to her husband. He cheats on you, he’s very clearly verbally abusive and controlling about what you do with your life, he is or involved i organized crime and now you and your sister are worried for your life because of his shady deals that you didn’t know about and you’re still worried about him. You’re still wanting to be with him. And you won’t give up the stupid fucking bracelet that he gave you that this man that is after you is looking for just because you didn’t want to “lose the last bit of hand that you had”. Sorry I get the people have a hard time letting go but there is a limit. She needed to gain some self-respect, and I felt bad for Georgie being that concerned but I do understand where she was coming from at least. But I will say as a saving grace I do feel like at the very last chapter those last few pages she seemed to show promise of having character development and I’ve been capable of being independent and moving past this man.<br /><br />Georgie-<br />Or onto our main gal. George is a bit of George is a bit more of a complex one. She’s kind of dull. She takes care of all of these people just because their family even though they are assholes. But I did care about her, and I had a bit of a soft spot for her. The scenes with her and Marcus were cute I guess, but this grown ass mid 50s woman should be fine with telling her family that she has a boyfriend and communicate that effectively instead of going to sneak out to see this man while they are hiding from a killer. The scene where she goes to end stuff with Marcus, only to decide to have a nice stroll in a coffee afterwards cause she’s a bit sad and then immediately gets sold out and has her wrist almost broken by the main big bad and is just sitting there like “omg how could this have been avoided” possess me off to no end. I hope now she’ll have a very fulfilling life with this man and not let toxic people be so demanding of her time and also that all of these people gain a handful of much needed brain cells. <br /><br />Luis-<br />A bit of a racial stereotype comp that I was also uncomfy reading the audiobook parts of his dialogue? Sure. Also the softest little cutie that was immediately more kind to Jade‘s family than she was and willing to have all of these strangers stay in his home and pay for all of their food also yes. This was the only character that I didn’t hate and I would like to protect him with my life I worried for a bit that since he was the only mistake that the author didn’t make that he would end up getting shot and dying and then this book would have no redeeming qualities. Luckily he is thriving, and will hopefully have the most successful of careers. <br /><br /><br />Overall, I’m sure there’s an audience for this book.

The Age of Misadventure by Judy Leigh<br />2.5 Stars<br /><br />I became a fan of Judy Leigh after I read her “A Grand Old Time”. Judy has a talent for writing about older characters, so I was pleased to see that many of the characters in this book were in their fifties.<br />I enjoyed reading the beginning of this book. There are laughable moments and a madcap adventure. Unfortunately, I found three quarters of the way through the book that the pace was too slow and the writing too verbose. I found myself skipping paragraphs. I couldn't wait to get to the end of this book so that I could move on to something else. The main character, Georgie, is a divorcee business woman and is indecisive and almost childish in her relationship with Marcus.<br />All and all, it’s an okay book, but just didn’t connect with me.

*I voluntarily reviewed this book from the Publisher<br /><br />THE AGE OF MISADVENTURE by Judy Leigh is a madcap adventure that made me laugh, made me tear up, and infuriated me at one point, but most of all it entertained me from start to finish.<br /><br />Georgie Turner has managed well on her own ever since her divorce and she doesn't need romance in her life. She has her own home, a successful business, and she adores the women in her life - her daughter Jade, her sister Bonnie, and her old Aunt Nan. But Jade is getting older and has fallen in love and wants Georgie to stop smothering her, Bonnie is a trophy wife to a crook, and Nan seems to be fading away before her eyes. When Bonnie's husband gets himself into trouble with a gangster and cheats on Bonnie again, Georgie sees the chance to whisk all of the people who matter the most to her away until the dust settles and Bonnie is no longer in danger, but things certainly do not always go to plan. But maybe these women will find their inner strength and forge a closer bond somewhere along the way.<br /><br />This book worked well for me and the characters were all unique and engaging although I have to say that Nan was by far my favourite - she made me laugh and she made me sad and there was never a dull moment with old Nan. Georgie is a more complicated character and there were times where I was completely on Jade's side and could see how overprotective Georgie could be, but I'm also a mum who would do anything to protect her kids so I could understand it a little too. Bonnie drove me nuts!<br /><br />There is plenty of ups and downs, twists and turns, which makes this story flow well from start to finish and I fully enjoyed THE AGE OF MISADVENTURE by Judy Leigh.

Fun adventures of three women.