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The Debt & the Doormat: A Laugh Out Loud Romantic Comedy Perfect for Chick Lit Fans by [Laura Barnard]

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Poppy has spent her life as a people pleasing doormat. So when her best friend Jazz get into financial trouble she insists on offering to help. Even if it means uprooting her own life for a bit of crazy…

New roommate Ryan might be gorgeous, but he’s incredibly moody and mysterious. Could there be more to him than the playboy that dates models?

It doesn’t matter anyway. She’s far too busy trying to deal with the rest of her life; her bullying boss, pushy mother and three brothers, each with their own dramas.

But Jazz will always find the time for a bit of trouble…

Will Poppy be able to get back to her orderly life? Or will she prefer the unconventional set up she’s found herself in?

Readers can't get enough of The Debt & the Doormat

'Had me in stitches throughout' - My Secret Book Spot

'Funnier than Bridget Jones, The Debt and the Doormat is possibly the funniest book I have ever read' - A Reader's Review

'Witty, charming and completely unique' - 2 One Click Chicks

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December 19, 2013
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'This book is witty, charming and completely unique.' Two One Click Chicks

'Grab a glass of wine and box of chocs for this delight of a story! A Reader's Review

'A side splitting tale!' My Secret Book Spot

About the Author

Laura Barnard lives in Hertfordshire, UK and writes romantic comedy or 'chick lit' as its so often described. In her spare time she enjoys drinking her body weight in tea, indulging in cupcakes the size of her face and drooling over hunks like Jamie Dornan, Ryan Gosling and Leo Dicaprio. She enjoys wearing yoga pants and reading fitness magazines while sitting on the sofa eating chocolate. She's a real fan of the power nap and of course READING! She writes not to get rich or famous, but because she LOVES writing. Even if one person tells her they enjoyed her book it makes the midnight typing worth it!
laurabarnardbooks.co.uk
Winner of Favourite British Author - Two Peas in a Pod Reader's Choice Awards

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ASIN : B00E4PZY12
Publication date : December 19, 2013
Language : English
File size : 3204 KB
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Print length : 489 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #1,277,496 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #32,446 in Women's Romance Fiction
- #32,811 in Contemporary Women's Fiction
- #38,148 in Romantic Comedy (Kindle Store)

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BookBoleyn

These two friends are a hot mess of hilarity!

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2020

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I sort of split time between the audio and the ebook on this one.

1.) Hilarious!
2.) Poppy needs to learn to speak up.
3.) Jazz is that friend you adore but at the same time want to strangle.
4.) Why is Poppy friends with Lily again?
5.) Your twenties are so confusing.
6.) Ryan is HOT, but also a manslut. (He slept with 2 of 3 roommates, and well, I guess it's now 3 of 3)
7.) Jazz is well intentioned but kinda oblivious to the trouble her intentions cause.
8.) I think I had a hangover reading/listening to this.
9.) Definitely a cautionary tale about drinking too much. lol
10.) Poppy's ex is a douche canoe.
11.) Her brothers...OMG!
12.) Poppy's boss!! Both of them!!
13.) Ryan is a LAWYER?!
14.) Hilarious.
15.) Poppy's mom! She is hilarious! Annoying, but hilarious.

Let's just say, I enjoyed this ALOT! Although if I were Poppy, Jazz might have been slapped a few times. But I guess she punishes herself in the end.

And Jazz's roomies, the ladies, I think I would have smothered the hot beautiful one in her sleep.

All in all, an enjoyable read/listen. I'm ready to move onto book 2.

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Hope - reviewing as Hopeluvsbooks

Laughed Until I Cried!!

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2016

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Poppy and Jazz are best friends - Poppy is the responsible one with the steady job and the early bedtime. Jazz is the one with no reliable income who likes to live it up out on the town and has gotten herself into a money situation. They decide to 'switch lives' to hopefully make some of Poppy rub off on Jazz. What Poppy didn't expect was for Jazz to also rub off on her. This book had me laughing out loud all the way through, even spitting water all over my keyboard at work and doing a full belly laugh while I was standing in the kitchen making supper because I couldn't put it down, oops. :) The best part was that you could be reading a part that is fairly serious and end up laughing hysterically - I loved that because I needed a book that was light-hearted and fun without a lot of the heavy drama. It was a very refreshing read.

The author has a writing style that made me become immediately invested in the characters and their lives. In an odd way Poppy is very relatable for me - she tends to be a bad luck charm for herself on the daily and as I am very clumsy and attract mishaps, I found myself laughing with her and not at her.

I am a fan of this author and am moving right on to the next book in this laugh out loud series.......

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Jess

Cute but long...

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2014

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I'm not even sure where to begin. This is probably the longest book I've read in ages. Or at least if felt like it. It took me quite a while to get in to the story and characters, but eventually (and somewhat surprisingly to me) I did. Poppy is like a walking bad luck charm and I have never seen so much crap happen to one person. You expect it at every turn, and it happens at every turn, but eventually it just became too much for me and slowed the story down. It was just too long. That said, I did like the relationship between Poppy and Ryan and I did keep reading because I wanted to see what happened, even as Ryan's emotions flip flopped just as often as Poppy's. The cast of characters in this story is fun and create some crazy moments along the way. If the story had been paired down, I think I could have really enjoyed it. There is just too much happening for me. Not to mention, the romance is so slow to bloom, I kept watching the percentage climb higher and higher wondering if anything would indeed happen. The end is rushed but I think the sequel holds all the details. I will give it a try to see what craziness continues with Poppy and Ryan and because it appears to focus a bit more on Jazz (and hopefully Ollie) as well.

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Monique Cashmere

I asked my book buddies to recommend a funny book because I was sick in bed ...

Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2015

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I asked my book buddies to recommend a funny book because I was sick in bed and needed a lift. This is what they told me to read. What a treasure! And lift my spirits it did. I am an Aussie, so the British humor is just up my alley, it's very dry and extremely funny. I was laughing out loud so many times, I nearly spilt my tea!

I just loved Poppy. She is a Bridget Jones type character that unfortunately bad luck follows her everywhere she goes. And it is hilarious. She has a BFF in Jazz who is her polar opposite, but just as funny. Jazz has the idea to swap houses, so she can save money to pay off her debt. Poppy is not totally convinced, but being a "doormat", she goes along with it. Jazz's flat mates, Grace, Izzy and Ryan are a bit shocked, but accept her into their fold. Crazy things will keep you entertained with this book. Some will think the relationship with Poppy and Ryan is a bit annoying, but I didn't. I felt that Poppy was the one who was unsure and gave mixed signals to poor Ryan. But alls well, that ends well, and this finishes brilliantly.

I would highly recommend this book for an entertaining read.

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Miss Maria Gibbs

Laugh out Loud Humour

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2018

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I’ve had this book on my kindle for a while now, my TBR list is immense. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I dipped into this book but I got more than I bargained for. Poppy and Jazz are best friends, they know each other inside out and back to front as good friends do. But therein lies the only similarity between them. Poppy is clumsy and has given up on life after a disastrous relationship, she reclines in life like an old-fashioned heroine from a bygone age would on chaise longue. Jazz, on the other hand, is the rich daughter of a now dead millionaire who made his fortune in the porn industry. She wears revealing clothes but has the freedom of a hippy at heart. On a drunken night in they decide to swap lives and that is where the fun starts.

Poppy can’t help but do everything wrong, she falls flat on her face, she makes plans to help people that backfires spectacularly and she has a pushy mum into the bargain. I laughed out loud on the London Underground because of this book, I also cried in public (think I might have been hormonal at the time!). I rated this book so highly that I rushed out and bought the next book in the series and read that straight away too.

Lizzy from My Little Book Blog

I would recommend this as a light read but don’t expect too much!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 3, 2015

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WOW. Quite a synopsis right. Once you’ve got through that lot the book revolves mainly around two best friends that decide to swap lives, each with the plan to change their current situation and get their lives back on track. Simple? Anything but! It focuses on two best friends Poppy and Jazz, two friends from university, two peas in a pod that could not be more different! Poppy is sensible and grounded; Jazz lives a life that doesn’t stick by the rules, fun fuelled and shopping mad! However this comes to an abrupt shock when Jazz realises that she has managed to run up a debt of thousands of pounds. Poppy, being the best friend she can be, offers to swap lives to give Jazz an idea of how she lives her life, to show Jazz you can have fun without spending every penny. The results are hilarious. By swapping houses, and making a pact to change their lives completely Poppy is thrown into a life of difficult house-mates, alcohol fuelled nights (hangovers!), and difficult situations!

I honestly thought the plot line was steady and the way the characters were told was brilliant. You really got a sense of how different the characters were with Poppy being the steady and gentle type, whilst Jazz being spontaneous, and bubbly. Their friendship was infectious and I often found myself smiling thinking whether I could swap lives with one of my friends. The story is really set on the friendship that they have and it is a steady core for the other characters that filter into the story including Izzy, Grace and Ryan. These characters are well presented and have extremely different character profiles allowing for a diverse and interesting plot line that weaves between each of the characters succinctly.

Although I did enjoy the book I found that there were a few problems. Unfortunately there were a couple of mistakes through the book and this started to annoy me as I continued through the book. (Maybe another edit was needed!) I also found that some of the plot lines and events were too overplayed and unrealistic which left me feeling a little cold. There are a couple of chapters that are really over thought and over written that I thought let down the book and it meant that for a couple of chapters I started to lose attention! I read another review of this book that argued that novel was written more as a television show rather than a book. Through re-reading I would definitely agree that at times the story becomes disjointed and at times it seems there are separate episodes rather than a full story which is a shame as some of the ideas and the characters are really well written. I would recommend this as a light read but don’t expect to much, for it’s ideas and it’s concept it’s brilliant but a tighter and stricter edit could have really pushed this to be a better book.

Cal67

Free to a good home

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2016

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Well I found this book by accident and I am so glad I did. I find it's my go to book when I've read something a little heavy. Poppy is quite literally a walking disaster, accident prone and gets herself into all sorts of messes mostly because she cannot say no and is always there for others. She cannot see that she is in fact a doormat. She has a crazy friend Jazz who is a fly by the seat of your pants girl. They decide to swap lives and homes and chaos ensues. Jazz makes sure that Poppy starts living as she has become a shell of herself following the ending of a relationship. We see both girls develop relationships with others including in Poppy's case Ryan. There is an attraction there but Poppy wonders how anyone can take her seriously. He wonders how the hell he ended up living with the the whirlwind called Pops. Poppy's mother is bonkers but hilarious. We see Jazz living Poppy's life and get a job after all she has a massive debt card bill. Will she get a job if so what?

This is a laugh out loud book. Fall in love with this dysfunctional bunch and come along for the ride. This book is free so what have you go to lose. Highly recommend it.

Laura S.

Genuinely laugh out loud moments.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 23, 2016

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I absolutely loved this book and I'm so glad I discovered it in the top 100 free downloads because I don't think I would have downloaded it otherwise.

From the start the leading character Poppy had me genuinely laughing out loud as she tried to prove that she was not a doormat. Some of the situations she did get into were slightly ridiculous but I found the book completely relatable. It is a typical chicklit but in my opinion it is one of the better ones that I've read. Watch out for Poppy's encounters with Ryan which are just hilarious and if you're anything like me you'll be completely falling in love with Ryan in no time at all.

I enjoyed this book so much I immediately bought the next two books in the series. A hilarious trilogy that will cheer anyone up. Amazing work Laura Barnard.

Bookmac

4.5 stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 21, 2020

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I've had this book on my kindle for years and recently I was reintroduced to this author's work on Facebook and I then realised that I already had this book.
I was engrossed in the story from the very beginning. It was funny and full of life. Finding out that it's the first of a series was a bonus, can't wait to read about Pops and Jazz's next adventures through life.

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