The Unhoneymooners
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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.
Publisher : Gallery Books; Standard Edition (May 14, 2019)
Language : English
Paperback : 416 pages
ISBN-10 : 1501128035
ISBN-13 : 978-1501128035
Item Weight : 12 ounces
Dimensions : 5.31 x 1.08 x 8.25 inches
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BookLover612 –
A Solidly Good Read
This author (actually, a writing duo) is incredibly uneven in the quality of their books. THIS ONE IS GREAT. A good story, realistic, flawed but likeable characters, not exhaustive internal monologue which I’ve seen in other of their books. (Bonus points for excellent, and accurate!, references to Minnesota!)Of course there are hiccups, but the only one worth mentioning is the questions regarding time lines. [spoiler alerts ahead!] How long are Olive and Ethan home before Olive starts her job? How long until Olive tells Ami about Dane? How long is it that Ami doesn’t speak to Olive? [Spoiler alert over!] But those questions don’t detract from the book overall. It’s also refreshing to read about a large Latin family that is all kinds of supportive. I wasn’t sure if the representation of extended family being so … invasive? meddling? involved, but loving! — was overdone, but it appears the authors did their homework. So I’ll accept it, and enjoy this loud and colorful group.
Heather Kahookele –
cute/ slow burn
Ethan and olive started out as annoyed and bickering. Then the truth of why they act the way they do comes out on the trip. They hit it off and family drama causes issues. This was a fun read and had me laughing. One of my favorite things about this author is that in all her books she gives time and plot to build on the characters relationship and personalities. As always the happily ever after is nice.
Randy Ransom –
5 STARS ALL THE WAY!!!
This book was incredible. LOVED the characters, the storyline, but mostly loved loved loved the humor! I crave the banter and you delivered! I read this in one sitting. I hardly put it down to eat, drink or pee. So good!
Rissi –
‘The Unhoneymooners’ Review: A Fun Romance in Paradise
STORY | For her entire life, Olive Torres has been the “unlucky” one. The twin of a sister who’s the exact opposite, Olive is about to stand beside her sister, Ami as she says her ‘I Dos’ at a wedding made possible because Ami won it all almost entirely through contests or raffles. But things go from perfect bliss to worse when Ami, her new husband, and the *entire* wedding party and its guests become ill with food poisoning. Well, all except for twopeople.Olive is sparred, and Ethan, the best man, brother of the groom, and the one man Olive cannot tolerate. But Ami begs Olive to go on the honeymoon trip she is unable to take (because obviously, the trip is non-refundable), and just pretend to be her. Sounds doable, but Olive isn’t so keen on the idea (she cannot lie). Then Ethan is also urged to go, and he does… which in turn makes Olive change her mind. After all, she’s not about to let Ethan have all the fun!As the first book I’ve read by the team Christina Lauren, I’ll be honest and say I didn’t really know quite what to expect. I *liked* this one, but I don’t think I can say I loved it. Is it fun? Absolutely. But the payoff comes a little *too* late in my book. The novel begins in a kind of only-in-the-movies (or in this case, a fictional novel) would this scenario happen and morphs into a story that tries to be one part deeper character study.REVIEW | Like its cover art, “The Unhoneymooners” is a fun, frothy and silly little story written by the author duo that is Christina Lauren. With its summer-y vibes and a plot that sounds straight out of a laugh-out-loud romantic-comedy, this is one of those novels that is (or this is my image of the setting) perfect beach reading.I’m all for a novel that digs into something that packs more of an emotional punch (when needed), but I’m not sure this one does it quite right. I’m glad it goes down how it does with the ultimate conclusion (because, really, the dude in question needed to be given the business), but it falls a little flat for me. That said, what is fun about this one *is* quite fun.I like Olive and Ethan fine, and in fact feel like Olive is a smart, but sassy heroine unlike anyone I’ve met recently on the pages of a novel. Ethan is likable, but I cannot say I have feelings that are good or bad towards him either way. He does come full circle, which gives him a gold star, but I don’t really love how the whole we-have-to-break-up pages before the end trope goes down.Despite what this tirade may sound like, I did enjoy “The Unhoneymooners”. It takes place in a really pretty setting, and features characters we can root for (along with one or two we loathe – for good reason!), and has a conclusion I suspect any reader will feel happy with. Do I think I’ll go out and purchase all of Christina Lauren’s books? No, but I also will give another of theirs a chance. Hopefully with a story that works a little bit better.Content note: The Unhoneymooners is secular fiction, so it’s a hard PG-13 rating. There’s sex, innuendo and other suggestive comments or descriptions. The F-word is used at least a dozen (probably more) time over the 350+ pages (both in and out of context), there’s other uses of profanity like sh*t, etc. The story deals with lying, and being unfaithful as well.
Emily Emm –
Fun & Compelling!
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren is a fun and hilarious quick summer read that will have you turning page after page to find out what happens next. From the get go, this book grabs hold of your attention and doesn’t let go until the third act, where I personally felt it had some problems. Not enough to ruin the entire effect though, and of course, we get our happy ending.Olive is the unlucky twin. Cursed, really. Ami is the one who seems to get any and everything she wants. So when Olive is (almost) the only one who doesn’t get sudden and graphic food poisoning the night of Ami’s wedding, and is the only one who can redeem the honeymoon to Hawaii Ami won, it seems too good to be true. And it is. The only other person at the wedding who didn’t eat the tainted dinner, is the groom’s brother, Ethan — the one Olive has never gotten along with — and he’s taking his brother’s spot on the honeymoon trip. They’re reluctant to go together, but figure they can avoid each other and enjoy the tropics individually…that is, until they have a few run-ins with people they know and need to team up to navigate the complications.This thing is built on tropes, folks. Enemies to lovers, misunderstandings, forced proximity, fake dating, one bed (it is the honeymoon suite after all) — I may even be missing a few. For me, sometimes the fake dating trope can be done real badly, but I think in this book the logic tracks, despite the extremely high likelihood they wouldn’t run into anyone they know there, let alone two such someones…in the same day. It may require a bit of suspension of disbelief, but if you can get there, the antics are pretty sweet.It all works so well — until it doesn’t. When Ethan and Olive get back to real life and the unhoneymoon is over, things, of course, start to fall apart. I don’t want to spoil anything, but the third act conflict rubbed me the wrong way in this one. The trust between the two characters was broken (no cheating though), and for me that’s hard to recover from. However, it was one of the more fun, funny, and entertaining books I’ve read this summer. Compelling, too. If you’re anything like me, you’ll fly through it. If you’re a fan of romantic comedy or just looking for a fun vacation read, this one is a great option!
Rebecca –
Hello Ethan Thomas, “I knew he was a book lover, but to be the same kind of book lover I am? It makes my insides melt.”Olive is the unluckiest woman alive. Everything than can will go wrong. Olive’s twin Ami is the complete opposite. Her goal in life is to win everything she can. Her entire wedding had been won though various contests, you could say luck is on her side.Olive dislikes her new brother in laws brother Ethan, I’d almost say they are enemies. From the moment they met they didn’t like each other only growing over the years. On the wedding day she braces herself for the chaos that unfolds.Luck wasn’t on Ami’s side when the entire wedding gets stuck down with food poisoning. The only two escaping it was Ethan and Olive so Ami makes them go on their all expenses paid honeymoon in Hawaii. The only catch is they have to pretend to be newlyweds. Can they put aside their hate to enjoy paradise?Of course it wasn’t as simple as that Olive bumps into her future boss and Ethan runs into his ex causing both to be on edge. At some point the pretending becomes tolerable and their hate shifts to something more. Such a light and bubbly contemporary romance novel. I’m very quickly becoming a big fan of these love/hate stories!@becsbookshelf_
Lo –
Excelente!! Uma leitura bem leve e engraçada. Se tornou um dos meus livros favoritos!! Inclusive já comprei dele para dar de presente rsrs maravilhosoooo e recomendo!
Isabelle –
Nice easy book to read. Takes you by the hand. You really feel for the main character is the book.
Ms.H –
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Mariana –
Padrisimo! Te ríes mucho! Te hace pasar un rato muy agradable !! Me encanto