The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
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- Stars
- ★★★★
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- Fire
- Genre
- ContemporaryHumor
- Series
- Standalone
Recommendation
Christina Lauren is one of my favorites and their books always have me LOLing. The Unhoneymooners is a funny, snarky rom-com about two people that really don’t like each other being forced to endure a fake honeymoon. Of course the romantic setting and pretending to be in love pushes them together. It’s like something straight out of a Hallmark movie. But when real life swoops in, their relationship is tested. Olive and Ethan’s romance was so fun to watch blood, but I really enjoyed about this book was the realness of the conflict. It wasn’t drama for the sake of drama, but real life stuff that happens to all of us. The Unhoneymooners is a light and fun romance, the perfect summer beach read!
Excerpts
"When I signed up for this honeymoon, I had no idea it would involve so much nudity."
Publisher synopsis
For two sworn enemies, anything can happen during the Hawaiian trip of a lifetime—maybe even love—in this romantic comedy from the New York Times bestselling authors of Roomies.
Olive Torres is used to being the unlucky twin: from inexplicable mishaps to a recent layoff, her life seems to be almost comically jinxed. By contrast, her sister Ami is an eternal champion . . . she even managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a slew of contests. Unfortunately for Olive, the only thing worse than constant bad luck is having to spend the wedding day with the best man (and her nemesis), Ethan Thomas.
Olive braces herself for wedding hell, determined to put on a brave face, but when the entire wedding party gets food poisoning, the only people who aren’t affected are Olive and Ethan. Suddenly there’s a free honeymoon up for grabs, and Olive will be damned if Ethan gets to enjoy paradise solo.
Agreeing to a temporary truce, the pair head for Maui. After all, ten days of bliss is worth having to assume the role of loving newlyweds, right? But the weird thing is . . . Olive doesn’t mind playing pretend. In fact, the more she pretends to be the luckiest woman alive, the more it feels like she might be.
With Christina Lauren’s “uniquely hilarious and touching voice” (Entertainment Weekly), The Unhoneymooners is a romance for anyone who has ever felt unlucky in love.
Review published May 22, 2019