Book Blurb:
Olive is always unlucky: in her career, in love, in…well, everything. Her identical twin sister Ami, on the other hand, is probably the luckiest person in the world. Her meet-cute with her fiancé is something out of a romantic comedy (gag) and she’s managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a series of Internet contests (double gag). Worst of all, she’s forcing Olive to spend the day with her sworn enemy, Ethan, who just happens to be the best man. Olive braces herself to get through 24 hours of wedding hell before she can return to her comfortable, unlucky life. But when the entire wedding party gets food poisoning from eating bad shellfish, the only people who aren’t affected are Olive and Ethan. And now there’s an all-expenses-paid honeymoon in Hawaii up for grabs.Putting their mutual hatred aside for the sake of a free vacation, Olive and Ethan head for paradise, determined to avoid each other at all costs. But when Olive runs into her future boss, the little white lie she tells him is suddenly at risk to become a whole lot bigger. She and Ethan now have to pretend to be loving newlyweds, and her luck seems worse than ever. But the weird thing is that she doesn’t mind playing pretend. In fact, she feels kind of… lucky.
My Review: 4 stars
The Unhoneymooners was the perfect book to read on a cold winter’s day. Not only did it let me escape to Hawaii, but it also kept me completely entertained with a good amount of humor. Christina Lauren (a writing duo of Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings) have been writing best-sellers in both YA and Women’s Fiction since 2013. I didn’t read my first one until 2017, an ARC of Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating, and I was hooked.
An ultimate wedding nightmare of food poisoning brings an entire wedding down, with the exception of the maid of honor and the best man. They have never liked one another, and had been spared the food poisoning. A non-refundable and non-changeable honeymoon was about to be forfeited and was forced upon the two. Olive and Ethan decide to enjoy the trip and do so individually until circumstance changes everything.
With mishaps, drunken heat, pretense and a dose of fun, Olive and Ethan learn quite about their exes, their misread clues and each other. Not all is as it seems though, the storyline comes with twists and turns to keep you on your toes. Take this book on vacation or carve out time in your favorite reading chair…it’s a delight.
Quotes I liked:
…knew he was a book lover, but to be the same kind of book lover I am? It makes my insides melt.”
“I am a homebody, through and through, and there’s nothing like being home.”
“I can appreciate my body in a bikini and still want to set fire to the patriarchy.”
“Don’t threaten me with a good time.”
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I too enjoyed this one! I so, so wish I had their skill at writing witty, snarky banter; they’re so good at it. And Ami’s fiancé/husband was just so awful, even in the beginning when he wasn’t overtly awful, which once again shows their skill as writers. I so enjoy their books and this one worked really well for me, too. 🙂
Yep, they’ve got a way with words.