Poppy and Jazz have been best friends from the first week of uni. Whenever these two get together trouble isn’t far away and things haven’t changed much. When Jazz gets herself into financial trouble Poppy, being a good friend, offers to help. She instead ends up being talked into swapping lives, with Jazz insisting it will help her get over her broken heart. Poppy is thrown into a new life, full … into a new life, full of crazy housemates; there’s fitness freak Izzy, beautiful bitch Grace and the slightly gorgeous, if not incredibly grumpy Ryan. Quickly, with the help of Jazz, her life is thrown upside down. Madness ensues and her need to please everyone gets her in more trouble than she could ever imagine.
Before she knows it she’s got a fake boyfriend, a bullying boss, a sex crazed colleague, a mental mother and three brothers each with their own dramas. Life has gotten pretty difficult for Poppy. And all of this would be much easier, if she could just stop falling over.
Will she get her life back to normal before her brother’s upcoming wedding? And will she want to?
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The Debt & The Doormat was a funny, complex story with zany adventures and lies that get out of control. The story was a little drawn out but still interesting. It did have a little bit of a cliffhanger in the last 1 minute.
I listened to the Audible version. The narration by Elisa Hilton was excellent.
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.
The Debt & The Doormat by Laura Barnard is a chick lit that I listened to on audio narrated by Elisa Hilton.
I absolutely love Laura’s books! They always leave me with a smile on my face. I absolutely loved all the quirky characters: Poppy, Jazz, Izzy, Lily, Grace, and Ryan. I can’t wait to dive into the next book in the series The Baby & The Bride so I can get more of Poppy and Jazz’s crazy adventurous.
Elisa did an amazing job on the narration. I look forward to listening to more of her work in the future. I did notice a few sections where passages were repeated. But overall it didn’t take away from the story.
I would highly recommend this series if you love Chick Lits or Romantic Comedies.
The Debt & the Doormat by Laura Barnard is a hilarious introduction to tge adventures and misadventures of best friends Poppy and Jazz. Two young women so incredibly opposite from one another that you sometimes wonder how they can be friends. But I get it… they give each other something the other needs . And for us the audience we are treated to hilarious scenes and dialog.
The story is fun and the characters are somewhat annoying at times, but in 5hat way that still makes you want to hear their story to see them grow and mature. I for sure became dedicated to following these two through their journey of life and love and self discovery. Elisa Hilton does a great job as Narrator and brought tge story to life.
Ahhhh what a lovely read. I laughed out loud in quite a few places at poor Poppy who was rather accident prone and always seemed to end up in tricky situations, bless her.
All the characters were great and complimented each other perfectly. This is a super read if you are in the mood for something light that will have you chuckling along the way.