- Published: 27 May 2021
- ISBN: 9781405949538
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 384
The Lock In
The Laugh-Out-Loud Romcom Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction
- Published: 27 May 2021
- ISBN: 9781405949538
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 384
Hilarious
Evening Standard, 'Best New Books in 2021'
Entertaining, endearing, and truly unique. Found myself wincing and laughing with familiarity
Emma Gannon, bestselling author of <i>Olive</i>
A funny, joyful hug of a book! A nostalgic, pitch perfect ode to the awkwardness and hilarity of yearning teenage years and house sharing in your twenties
Cressida McLaughlin
One to watch
The Bookseller
The year's most original romcom
ELLE
Funny and compelling from page one and so well written. Such a brilliant premise and really well executed. Officially a huge fan of Phoebe Luckhurst!
Lucy Vine, bestselling author of <i>Hot Mess</i>
Such a fun, clever, original and massively entertaining read . . . I love it, you'll love it
Lindsey Kelk
I loved this book. Brilliantly written and so perceptive on the trials and tribulations of Generation Rent, it's also screamingly funny, deliciously nostalgic and really just a very fun time. I almost wish they'd stayed locked in for longer
Lauren Bravo
Loved the concept and characters. . . it's very funny
Sarra Manning
An immensely readable, witty and well-crafted debut . . . a very millennial tale of love, loneliness and friendship
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On one hand a feel-good, laugh out loud funny escapist read, and on another a blistering critique of twentysomethings' experience of renting in the capital
Evening Standard
A high-concept romcom that's stuffed full of belly laughs and nostalgia
Red
'Best new good book to read'
Cosmopolitan
This will have you both cringing and crying with laughter
Woman's Weekly
Joyful
Stylist
David Nicholls for millennials . . . The Lock In is a dream read: an immaculately plotted romcom which vividly captures both late teenagehood and twentysomething houseshares
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This hilarious debut will give you all the lols you need this summer. A highly relatable comedy about flatmates, hangovers and terrible landlords
Evening Standard
Proper laugh-out-loud stuff
Fabulous Magazine
Hilarious
Woman
Beautifully written, warm and fun with a dose of early noughties nostalgia, The Lock In is a perfect summer read
Laura Kay, author of <i>The Split</i>
I LOVED this book . . . I highly recommend The Lock In if you fancy a fun summer time read
Carrie Hope Fletcher
Irresistible premise . . . addictive
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Blissfully funny
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