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Duvet Day by Emily Kerr
2.0
This was a cute rom-com type book that makes you feel like you're watching a fun movie, although I found the narrative overly detailed at times and thought it could have been a bit faster-paced.
Alexa Humphries is a young lawyer working for a firm that's been sucking away every bit of her joy in life. One morning she just can't face it any more, and she decides to call in sick, or take a "duvet day." (Incidentally, I had never heard this phrase before and am wondering if it's more common in the UK.) She reluctantly leaves her bedroom to sign for a package being delivered to her flatmate Sam, and in the process gets locked out of the flat. The bigger problem? She's wearing a rainbow unicorn onesie and slippers, and if her other flatmate (and toxic coworker) Zara, sees her, her "sick day" will be exposed and her job on the line.
Her only solution is to chase down her flatmate Sam, who she's actually never crossed paths with, to get another set of keys to the flat. She thus gets embroiled in one difficult situation after another as she sticks to him like a leech all through central London, still dressed in a rainbow unicorn onesie and slippers. (The fact that Alexa had to spend the entire book dressed that way, in some extremely cringeworthy situations, did hamper my enjoyment somewhat because it was just so vicariously embarrassing. I wish she had used her mobile pay app to get a new outfit halfway through! Anything! The book had a lot of nice character development, but sometimes it was a challenge to focus on it because of all that overriding awkwardness.)
The relationship was well developed, progressing believably through distrust, frustration, toleration, interest, support, and appreciation. And there's a little emotional edge as Alexa ponders on whether the job she has come to dread is really what she should be doing. Overall, a unique and amusing (though awkward) plot that kept me reading to the end in just one sitting.
Thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK/One More Chapter for this advance review copy!
Alexa Humphries is a young lawyer working for a firm that's been sucking away every bit of her joy in life. One morning she just can't face it any more, and she decides to call in sick, or take a "duvet day." (Incidentally, I had never heard this phrase before and am wondering if it's more common in the UK.) She reluctantly leaves her bedroom to sign for a package being delivered to her flatmate Sam, and in the process gets locked out of the flat. The bigger problem? She's wearing a rainbow unicorn onesie and slippers, and if her other flatmate (and toxic coworker) Zara, sees her, her "sick day" will be exposed and her job on the line.
Her only solution is to chase down her flatmate Sam, who she's actually never crossed paths with, to get another set of keys to the flat. She thus gets embroiled in one difficult situation after another as she sticks to him like a leech all through central London, still dressed in a rainbow unicorn onesie and slippers. (The fact that Alexa had to spend the entire book dressed that way, in some extremely cringeworthy situations, did hamper my enjoyment somewhat because it was just so vicariously embarrassing. I wish she had used her mobile pay app to get a new outfit halfway through! Anything! The book had a lot of nice character development, but sometimes it was a challenge to focus on it because of all that overriding awkwardness.)
The relationship was well developed, progressing believably through distrust, frustration, toleration, interest, support, and appreciation. And there's a little emotional edge as Alexa ponders on whether the job she has come to dread is really what she should be doing. Overall, a unique and amusing (though awkward) plot that kept me reading to the end in just one sitting.
Thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK/One More Chapter for this advance review copy!