This is a great read! Strong themes of family and grown up responsibility flow under a heady mix of light heartedness, drama and romance. The story is engaging to the point I needed to know what happened leading to an early morning binge read! Theres more than few funny moments coupled some emotionally charged events that make this book difficult to put down and thoroughly enjoyable.

Thank you Netgalley

It was a good book. Really. It was complex, skilfully interweaving some really interesting threads together. There are plenty of subplots, very different, that - surprisingly - work really well together, are really well balanced. And I really enjoyed the fact that the book explores those different themes, such as family dynamics, relationships, your everyday chaos, work, without knowing where you are going, what you're actually doing. However, I am not buying into this adult ADHD, because according to the symptoms listed in the book, I think at least 99% of my friends and colleagues have adult ADHD, me included.

I enjoyed the characters, that are really well developed, and I also enjoyed the fact that there is some of romance interest but it's absolutely not overwhelming the story, brilliantly fitting itself into the whole plot. It was lovely and refreshing to read a story with a great leading character that has problems that you can relate to, and not love problems that would be solved in a second if the characters talked to each other - really, trully refreshing and enjoyable.

While there were moments that the story wasn't progressing and we were moving in circles with Robyn, overall I enjoyed it. I liked where it led to and I liked how it focused on things that you usually don't get so often in books. It was written in a light and engaging way, it was witty and poignant and relatable.

Robyn has to come to a cross roads in her life, after being humiliated at work and then being sacked she has no idea what to do next. After a mix up with her sister Cleo she starts working for Cleo’s company only to be paired with Jim the perfectionist.

A really good book that made me laugh a lot and cry a little.

Irresponsible Adult by Lucy Dillon is the perfect book to read to feel warm and fluffy after a hard day. It's a quick read and it is lovely, relatable, witty and fun

Irresponsible Adult is a warm, fun read which made for a really enjoyable read. Robyn looses her job as an exclusive estate agent and has to join her sisters cleaning firm temporarily. The problem is that Robyn is not an organised individual.

The book is full of laughs, helpful advice, family dynamics and secrets. The characters are well written and very likeable, Jim was my favourite. This is a thoroughly enjoyable easy read.

I enjoyed this lighthearted read - lighthearted but dealing with some real issues - family dynamics, identity, character, trust and lies.

Cleo and Robyn are sisters but so different. Robyn - chaotic and irresponsible - is forced to seek help from her sister and is set to work with Jim as a cleaner. Through Jim she learns why is important about her and how to begin to value herself as she puts her life back together.

He and Cleo help her disentangle herself from a poor financial investment and an exploitative relationship. Meanwhile Cleo has to learn some devastating secrets about her past.

An interesting story - feel good and gentle.

This was a warm and heart felt book and I loved the character of Robyn. You really can’t go wrong with a Lucy Dillon book.

Robyn is an exceptional estate agent she is really good at making online promotional content and finding the right person for the property, She's not so good at keeping up with the paperwork. her chaotic life catches up with her in the most spectacular fashion resulting in her having to find a new job. She can't help trying to put the best version of her life forward even though her sister Cleo seems to think she's being dishonest. Working for Cleo teaches Robyn organisational skills that help her cope with her dismal failures. Really enjoyable look at overcoming life's struggles.

Robyn has found herself in a bit of a pickle. After months of ignoring a growing mountain of paperwork, she dramatically ends up losing her job at an estate agents, just after her previously healthy savings accounts has been drained after choosing to invest in an up-and-coming housing redevelopment scheme, which won’t be helping her pay the rent anytime soon. However, Cleo, her older sister, is pretty desperate for extra workers to help out with her cleaning company…

I struggled a bit with this book. There’s nothing wrong with it, it just didn’t click with me. I found Robyn to be quite a frustrating main character, and felt like we were stuck going in circles a little bit with her. I did, however, quite like Jim, the fellow cleaner she’s paired with, and found them to make an interesting pair. I also adored Terry, a chatty elderly man, whose house they clean once a week.

I did like the overall progression of the story though, culminating in a pretty emotional ending. It did feel like it came somewhat out of the blue, and changed the overall feel of the book quite a bit, but I liked that. It felt true to life. Events like that do shatter the tone of your life.

I just found myself a little bit bored, but I know many others will love this book. It’s funny, witty, and sweet, and holds a pretty strong emotional centre, focusing on family, with a dash of romance. It just wasn’t fully for me.

Thank you to the publishers, and netgalley, for the copy to review.

Fabulous book from Lucy Dillon, thoroughly enjoyed it. Great characters, good believable storyline, easy to read and a good page turner. Perfect beach read! Highly recommended.

A fun story with great characters and I loved how it ended the way I hoped it was going to. Lovely story.
Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this ARC in return for an honest review

Really enjoyed this read. A fun, easy read that took us on Robyn's journey of encountering hurdles, overcoming them and making some startling realisations of her own.

This story was quite good fun. Well written, amusing characters and some great ideas.
I do wish that quite so much of the story wasn’t written in the blurb - it rather spoils some of the surprises.
And who among us wouldn’t like a Jim as a cleaner? Oh, yes please!

Another great book from Lucy Dillon
Robyn and Cleo are sisters but they are like chalk and cheese. Cleo is super organised Robyn is anything but organised
After loosing her job as an estate agent Robyn goes to work temporarily at Cleo's cleaning company where she meets Jim.
Jim has to show her the ropes and tries to get her to clean methodically, quite a challenge.
Long hidden family secrets are revealed when Mel, the girls' mother receives a telephone call about her father who is dying.
A family reset follows
Don't want to give too much away suggest you read it for yourself

Oh I loved this. Another excellent story from Lucy Dillon. We meet chaotic, untidy, admin-hating Robyn a little while after moving into a rental flat after selling her previous home for an undisclosed large sum. She's an estate agent (negotiator) and it was an offer too good to pass up. However, her aforementioned hatred of admin has left her without a job after a chain collapses, leaving a very angry client and some very bad social media publicity.

Robyn's mum thinks this would be an excellent time for Robyn to help out her short-staffed, cleaning-business owning, powerhouse of a sister, Cleo. Cleo's going through some life-changes of her own, after a shock split from her husband and long-term sweetheart Elliott.

Robyn finds herself in Cleo's office, under the misapprehension that she'll be helping Cleo with marketing her business. Cleo has other plans (short-staffed, remember?) and Robyn ends up paired with uptight and precise Jim on a cleaning rota.

Throw in a handsome property developer, who offers Robyn the chance of a lifetime for her nest-egg and some deep, dark family secrets, plus a supporting cast of adorable characters and we have another winner of a tale.

Written with Dillon's usual warmth and wit, as well as insight and empathy in dealing with some challenging issues, and this is a book I didn't want to end. In fact, can we go back? I want more!

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for an advanced reader copy.

Heartwarmingly wonderful! As Lucy Dillon’s books always are…I would expect nothing more and nothing less from this one. This book had a way of sneaking up on me. I began reading not knowing if I fully related to the protagonist, only to find that I related to her all too well and could learn a thing or two from her. I felt seen as the characters explored their familial relationships with each other and were introspective of their own faults and mistakes.

Lucy Dillon's Irresponsible Adult is an NA coming-of-age that warms the heart.

Exploring themes such as family, relationships and work tied together with the impending doom that adulthood often feels like, Irresponsible Adult explores what it is to be in your early 20s with no idea where you are going or how you got where you are.

The characters are complex and relatable, there is a hint of romance but this is in no way a focal point of the novel. I would absolutely read more of Lucy's work in the future.

'Robyn?' Jim's voice sounded a long way away. 'Are you oK?'

'No,' I said. 'I'm not OK. I'm the worst person I know.'

I was invested from the start of this novel, but I could not put the book down for the last 50% and read it in one go.

One note I have is that I do wish the issues had been explored in a bit more depth. I felt as though the ending was rushed and loose ends not tied up as well as they could have been, (although they were wrapped up and I wasn't left wondering!)

This is a story about emerging into yourself throughout Adulthood and shows that you continue to grow astronomically as a person, even when you have left your teens. This book also sees a late ADHD diagnoses and realisation which was handled and portrayed wonderfully.

Thankyou to Netgalley, Hodder & Stoughton and Lucy Dillon for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

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.

“All to do lists should contain the instructions ‘have a cup of tea’.” 

(All mine do!)

Robyn and Cleo are sisters with very different attitudes to life. Cleo has her family and her cleaning business, while Robyn struggles to keep her plants alive. After being sacked from her estate agent job, very publicly and humiliatingly, she takes on a cleaning role in her sisters business alongside serious, stern neat freak Jim. There she learns a lot about herself and secrets that can’t stay hidden forever.

Very thankful to be approved for an ARC of this on NetGalley. Thank you @lucydillonbooks @netgalley

One of my favourite things about this book was the useful cleaning tips before the start of each chapter. I thought that was a nice touch.

I haven’t read a book like this in a while that’s not a thriller or something extravagantly unrealistic, it’s purely just real life, (which actually to me is scarier than a thriller). It lead to me having severe stomach pains (I have a pathetically weak stomach anyway) because it was quite painful the self realisation Robyn had to go through and about a third of the way through I got the feeling it was building up to something (AND BOY DID IT!) so I remained tense throughout.

BUT I really enjoyed it, the character development, the overall storyline, as heartbreaking as it was. My only very minor criticism would be that the denouement (what a great word! My mum taught me it recently) happened very quickly, I almost felt like I didn’t have time to process what had happened before the book was over. It was very unexpected and I like being shocked by a book.

I would absolutely recommend this book. It was published 2 days ago so is available to buy!

Lucy Dillon knows how to write a feel-good book, and in her latest, Irresponsible Adult, which is out today, she has written another fun and engaging read. And it even has cleaning tips!

Robyn and her sister Chloe couldn’t be more different. Chloe has a family and a successful cleaning business and leads a very ordered life, whilst Robyn’s life is somewhat chaotic. When Robyn is fired from her job as an estate agent, she goes to work for her sister – and whilst working as a cleaner was never in the life plan, it is in doing the most unlikely job that Robyn begins to find order in chaos, both personally and professionally, and to re-evaluate her own life.

With an entertaining cast of characters, family drama, secrets to keep you guessing and a helping of romance, this is a book that can’t fail to make you smile. A fun read for sure.