Duvet Day is a charming story by overworked Alexa Humphries who decides to take a much-needed day off work, her so-called Duvet Day.

She plans on staying in bed, eating Nutella out of a jar, and binge-watching Netflix, but of course everything goes horribly wrong. When she goes to sign for a package for her roommate Sam she ends up locked out of her flat and is launched into a crazy day full of shenanigans trying to regain access to her house and make it back to her beloved bed. All dresses in a unicorn onesie.

The book is definitely entertaining and Emily Kerr does a good job of narrating the scenes (they almost read like a movie), but she used some cliche tropes (like the evil coworker) that I wasn't a fan of.

Also, I like the twist in the beginning with the love interest, but I just wish he was a bit more likable. Yes, I'm all for enemies to lovers and great banter, but he just seemed too stoic. Ultimately, this is not a great romance at all, but if you want a quick read full of crazy and funny situations this is a good pick.

This book was laugh out loud hilarious!!! It was just what I needed. The writing was fun and full of humour and I can’t wait to read more from this author

Who doesn't love a duvet day? It's the perfect place to curl up with a good book 🛌

I read this over several days as I got distracted by my last read. I loved this book, it was so, so funny. This would be the perfect romcom to make into a film. I loved the comedic relationship between Alexa & Sam.

Alexa has decided she's pulling a sickie from work, but thanks to a parcel courier she finds herself locked out of the house wearing her unicorn onesie & not a lot else! What ensues is a hilarious, madcap goose chase across London trying to persuade her house mate Sam to hand over his keys.

Many thanks to Netgalley for my ARC in return for my honest review.

𝗜 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮 5 ⭐ 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴

Such a fun read ,a book that we can all relate to..Everyone needs a day to relax hide under your fluffy duvet,Great characters enjoyed from beginning to end,#netgalley#harpercollinsuk

This was such a good feel-good book that was really easy to read. It was suepr funny with all the twists and turns and I didn't know where it was all going to go, it's kept me entertained.

I really enjoyed this book as just something easy to read. I did feel some parts were dragged out a little but it didn't spoil it for me overall.

Fun read! It was a quick breezy one that I read under my own fluffy duvet in unicorn jam jams, not a onesie sadly. If you like romcom reads or chick lit pick it up.

This is not it team.

I understand that she has a toxic work environment and a work nemesis as a roommate but jeez Alexa call a locksmith.

I get the urgency of the situation, but she did not take 5 mins to perhaps buy a change of clothes.

All the low key stalking and harassing of Sam got a bit old a bit quick for me.

I understand where and how people could find enjoyment in this, but Alexa was far too unlikable for me.

I need a duvet day and so will other readers. A cute book about being in over your head and all the times you need a rest. I absolutely love the main character. I highly recommend this one.

I read this book in a day. It is a easy, quick read, and from the beginning I was drawn in by the character of Alexa. We follow her story over the course of a day when she wakes up and makes (what turns out to be a life changing) decision to take a "duvet day" from her job. I feel a lot of people could relate her making that decision and it was a uplifting read following the events that followed during her day.

I enjoyed the writers style and I feel this both drew me in, but also enabled me to read the book so quickly - definitely a page turner for me - I wanted to keep reading to see what happened next.

Thank you to the author, publisher and Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book was witty and uplifting as Alexa realized that she was only going through the machinations of life and not truly living. She may have started out with a love of the law, she quickly became as trapped as her glass cube. It took being locked out in an unicorn onesie and involved in laugh out loud escapades, that she regained her passion and causes that she believes in. She realized that she is in control of her destiny which enabled her to stick up for herself to Zara, provide an opportunity to Genevieve to see her passion and prove what a good person she is to Sam.

I've discovered a new favourite romcom author - hurray!!! This book absolutely delighted me from start to finish. Light hearted (and yet full of heart!), hilarious, uplifting and sweet... and very very cringe-stressful (in the funniest sense) in moments!! I did find I skipped through a little of it waiting for a little bit more of the romance side of things... and would have loved there to be more of a 'climactic moment' (not in THAT way, exactly) when they finally got together - having said that, perhaps it's just not that kind of book, the focus being on other things, and that's okay. Everything else I absolutely loved - the writing style, the humour (I had a couple of laugh out loud moments!), the chemistry between the two main characters ...I absolutely fell in love with the characters, particularly Alexa herself. The way this is written makes me think that the author must just be the loveliest, warmest, funniest and kindest human! I cannot wait to read more from Emily Kerr! Highly recommended.

Thank you to the publisher and Emily Kerr for an advanced copy of this lovely novel.

This was a fun fluffy read. Reminiscent of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Alexa needs a win, and Duvet Day takes away her supposed to be restful day off and fills it with silly hijinks. While I'm not sure if the book completely pulled off the romance, the obstacles themselves standing the Alexa's day are fun to read.

I was willing to let the plot holes go and this was a fast read. For the first half of the book, outside of being the protagonist, Alexa is someone you can relate to. How many of us have felt overwhelmed and fed up with work and in desperate need of a day off. But I think once you do logically look at her actions it's all kind of ridiculous, and Sam, while not super nice, is not unreasonable to not want to let Alexa get her way. Alexa was fairly fleshed out, albeit, her adventure kind of ridiculous. Sam on the other hand felt a little flat. I wished they had delved a little more into his personality. It was kind of Alexa's being pathetic that Sam opened up, but it seemed odd, despite the event that allowed for him to warm to her, that they end up in the space that they do. I also wished that Zara got more air time, even as more of the villain. All in all, if you're taking a sick day, this is a fun escapism read.

This is a funny story of a very full day for Alexa, a young attorney that works for a prestigious law firm in London. One morning she is lying in bed and decides that she is so stressed and needs to take a sick day even though her firm frowns on ever calling in sick. She is planning on staying home in her comfy unicorn pajamas with the hoody with the horn on it. Plans change when she goes outside to retrieve a package that is delivered to her roommate and realizes that she is locked out while wearing her unicorn pjs. Alexa heads out to try and find her roommate to get keys to her place. Along the way she encounters a group of activist that are all dressed in animal costumes. She joins the group and gets involved in the protest. Eventually the press and police get involved. She is afraid that her employer will see her picture in the media on this day when she called in sick. She manages to barely avoid being arrested and then encounters a photographer that has pictures of her during the protest. She spends the rest of the day with the photographer in a variety of adventures. This is a fun enjoyable book that I highly recommend.

Duvet Day - Emily Kerr
This book was an advance copy. From the author, NetGalley and the publisher. This book sounded right up my street because I love my bed. The main character is Alexa who is a lawyer and her one true love is her bed! Her job as a lawyer is very stressful and to make matters worse her housemate Zara (also a lawyer) is very very competitive.
One day it all becomes a bit too much and Alexa decides to throw a sickie. But then a mix up with a parcel delivery sees her locked out the flat - wearing a unicorn onesie. What follows sees Zara on a wild goose chase across London to track down a spare set of keys. It seems throwing a sickie is more stressful than her actual job! The book is set over a very crazy, fast paced 16 hours!
I loved this book, it was very funny and gave some light relief after reading a couple of heartbreaking books. The writing style reminded me of Beth O’Leary or Helly Acton. So if you liked their books I recommend this.
Duvet Day will be released on kindle on May 27th and in paperback on August 19th.

We all get bad day and loved the fact Alexa is having one and making a duvet day too. Such an easy and fun read

1 stressed woman in a unicorn onsie (pulling a sickie) + a grumpy photojournalist (being stalked by unicorn onesie woman) + a series of madcap antics around London = a funny, charming, light hearted read. Alexa was very relatable with her need to take duvet day to temporarily escape from the pressures and stresses of her job. Although things did not work out quite the way she hoped I did really enjoy the journey she went on and how she rediscovered her purpose as she tried to salvage her duvet day. The twist with roommate Sam was great. The author did a really good job of developing that relationship and connection over the day and the two had really good chemistry. Overall a very enjoyable read (4 ⭐️)

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.

A really funny, cute read. I could really relate with Alexa and her need to just have a duvet day (they are the best). A fun, light hearted read to get stuck into on your own duvet day.

I received an advance copy of, Duvet Day, by Emily Kerr. Alexa is having a bad day, a really bad day. The book was a little hard to believe at times.

Oh my gosh, this book was hilarious! And really, she just seems like such a genuinely nice person. I was a bit iffy in Sam, but he grew in me once they hit Phoenix. This is a delightful and fast read; I zipped through it and was sadden to realise I finished it so fast.