This book follows Olive and Ethan who do not like each other. Olive's twin sister Ami is deemed to be the luckiest person as she wins multiple competitions but Olive does not share this luck. On Ami's wedding day all the guests except for Olive and Ethan are taken ill. The honeymoon which was a competition win has strict terms and conditions so Ami encourages Olive and Ethan to take the holiday. They think that this is going to be the holiday from hell but they end up falling for one another.

This is an enemies to lovers story. I really enjoy this trope. However, despite it being mentioned a number of times that Ethan was Olive's nemesis and they didn't like each other. I didn' think that the reason for them not liking each other was very strong. So for me, there could have been more tension between the two characters. It seemed as if their feelings of hate towards each other very quickly thawed. I did, however, enjoy the back and forth between the two characters.

I thought that there could have been more build-up to the relationship. The second half of the book was not as fun as the first half as there was a lot of drama when they returned home. I'm not sure whether all the drama was necessary as it did detract from the summery feel-good feeling that the first half portrayed.

Overall this is a fun, easy summer read which I did enjoy reading.

What a cute and entertaining read, this book had me gripped from the start! If you love an enemies to lovers story with a bit of family drama thrown in, Unhoneymooners is for you. I liked how the story was told from the perspective of the heroine Olive, this plus the banter and build up of the relationship hooked me in. I do feel like it peaked a bit earlier than I usually like but this is just personal preference. Overall this was a solid book.

I really enjoyed The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren! I've read a number of their books and this one didn't disappoint.

The story follows Olive (the unlucky twin) going on her twin sister's all-expenses paid honeymoon with sworn enemy, best man Ethan. The couple have to pretend to be together and in love, resulting in a number of situations and lies.

I enjoyed this and found it to be a light read. I would have liked more of Olive and Ethan together and I didn't think the book was as good as a couple of the others by the duo, but it was still fun and enjoyable.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Piatkus for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Book Review: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren @christinalauren
4.5 stars

This was one of the cutest, sexiest and most hilarious contemporary books that I've ever read. I absolutely loved it!! Let's talk about the characters. Olive is so endearing. The fact that she thinks she is walking bad luck made me love her from the word go. She is an overthinker but smart, quirky, funny and the kind of person you want to be friends with. I wanted only the best for her.
Ethan was attractive in all the ways a fictional character can be! Sweet and caring but also willing to stand up for what he believed in AND also say sorry when he was in the wrong. Their personalities gelled so well and they felt like the perfect couple that you wanted to work out.
I adore the enemies to lovers trope and this is the perfect book for it!
The storyline was pretty different to most rom coms and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
If you love romantic books with a little bit of sexy thrown in, then definitely read this book!

Perfect, just absolutely perfect. I put this down and I was sad it was over, bit of a book hangover as I wanted to return back to Olive and Ethan. This is the perfect romcom to me and I just loved the ending. I loved Christina’s writing style, it just draws you in and you don’t want to stop reading. Perfect summer reading, guaranteed to bring many giggles and a definite feel good read.

The perfect weekend read. The Unhoneymooners was hilarious from start to finish and I couldn’t put it down.
I loved the characters and their families (well Olive’s anyway) and it made me desperate for a second honeymoon with my husband.
Couldn’t help but love this book and looking forward to reading more from writing duo Christina Lauren.

Olive is the unlucky twin, always has been. Ami gets all the luck, so when all the guests at Ami's wedding all get food poisoning, along with the Bride and Groom, yet some how Olive manages to avoid the sickness, is her luck about to change?

Ami can't go on her honeymoon, resulting in Olive bagging a free holiday to Hawaii, the only catch? She has to take her new brother in law's judgemental brother, Ethan with her. Ethan is Olive's nemesis!

The pair find themselves in an awkward postion having to pretend to be newly weds and their relationship progresses from a general dislike to playful as they squirm their way out of each new predicament they find themselves in.

This book generally had me belly laughing (the bathroom scene on the boat, anyone else?!) and I found myself rooting for Olive and Ethan as their relationship turned from banter to outrageously flirty!

I struggled to put this book down and was gutted when it came to the end - which may I add was the perfect ending for their playful relationship.

I'd definitely recommend picking this as your next read, if you like rom-coms - you don't get much better than this!

✨The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren ✨⁣
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I think most of us in the bookstagram world are Christina Lauren fan girls. Their books are always such a great blend of romance and fun! But I have to say I think The Unhoneymooners has went straight on my CL favourites list, it was so, so good!⁣
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I think for me this was the most straight up traditional romcom of theirs that I’ve read. It felt like their writing (which I always love) had somehow got better, there was a flow that felt like you didn’t want to stop reading and also this book made me laugh, a lot. I sometimes think so many romantic comedies that I read lack the comedy part but this one definitely brought it!⁣
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I felt such a connection to both Olive (Olivia 😂) and Ethan, they were just the perfect characters and I wished I could have read another handful of books with them in it!⁣
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Here is THE BLURB…⁣
“Olive is always unlucky; her identical twin sister Ami, on the other hand, is probably the luckiest person in the world. While she's about to marry her dream man, Olive is forced to play nice with her nemesis: the best man, Ethan.⁣
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Yet Olive's luck may be on the turn . . . When the entire wedding - except for Olive and Ethan - gets food poisoning, there's an all-expenses-paid honeymoon in Hawaii up for grabs. Putting their mutual hatred aside, Olive and Ethan head for paradise. But when Olive runs into her future boss, the little white lie she tells him spirals out of control.⁣
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Forced to play loving newlyweds, she and Ethan find themselves in closer proximity than they ever expected. Soon, Olive finds that maybe she doesn't mind pretending. In fact, she's beginning to feel kind of . . . lucky.” ⁣
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Every time I finish a CL book I just want to go read another, so if you have any recommendations of which of theirs was your fave then let me know. ⁣
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If you love a funny and oh so sweet enemies to lovers romance then this one is for you!⁣
⁣ ✨ ✨Copy from Netgalley✨

I’ve been a fan of this duo for a long time now and since this book was recommended so much everywhere I had to read it as well.
I enjoyed the family interactions and connections along with all the drama that comes along especially when a wedding is happening very soon and everyone wants to be perfect. What should be the most unforgettable day in one's life it turns out to be quite a tragicomedy and the maid of honour with the best man have to take on a fake honeymoon because you know, everything is paid and can be wasted. From now on, we get to spend a lot of time with these two characters that are like enemies at all times but secretly lust for each other.
I can’t say I loved any of them but I grow fond of their support for the family and friends.
There’s chemistry but, for me, I couldn’t seem to get that they are meant to be vibe.
It’s a must-read that many people will enjoy

Olive Torres has always had bad luck, but when she is one of only two people to not get sick from a seafood buffet at her twin sister’s wedding and gets asked to take the non-refundable honeymoon vacation to Hawaii, her luck seems to be turning. There’s just one problem: she has to share the vacation with Ethan, her new brother-in-law who she hates, and pretend to be married to him in order to get through the vacation undetected.

I really enjoyed the first half of this book, it was funny and all of the situations that Ethan and Olive found themselves in were really entertaining, although the gimmick of them constantly running into people they knew from their real life did grow a bit tired after a while. However, I was never super invested in Ethan and Olive as a couple, and anything interest I did have evaporated as soon as they got together and left Hawaii. I didn’t really care at all for the second half of the book that focused on a lot of family drama to do with Olive’s sisters marriage. There was also a scene in which a bunch of straight characters talk about how much easier it would be to be a lesbian because ‘men are trash’ which didn’t sit well with me as there was no acknowledgment that lesbians instead have to deal with homophobia. Ethan as a love interest was fairly bland and I thought forgiven for a lot of his misgivings too quickly for me. That being said, I did appreciate that the ending wasn’t as cookie cutter perfect as other romance books can be. But overall this was a disappointment for me.

Olive Torres has always been the unlucky twin. So why is she one of the only two people who did not get food poisoning at her sister's wedding? Maybe her luck is changing? The other unaffected person is her brother in-law and the best man, Ethan Thomas. Now they are going to replace the bride and groom at the all inclusive-no cancellations-or-changes-honeymoon trip to Maui. The problem is, they hate each other. It cannot end well, right? Well, you just wait...

I admit that I thoroughly enjoyed this book! It was a perfect pick me up, a funny romance with likeable characters and a good plot. It was also hilarious and made me snort in places. Enemies to lovers might be one the most popular romance tropes but it was done really well here, and I had very little issue with believing main characters' change of hearts. Plus, there was much more going on in this book then just a romance - not only you could really see Olive's character changing and growing, but there were also other things in the book that characters had to deal with, including deal with, including families relationships and work/career issues. On a whole, "The Unhoneymooners" gets big thumbs up from me and I will be checking other books by the author too.

Loved this book so much! I absolutely adored the dynamic between main characters and how their relationship developed. It was super enjoyable to read and had so much fun to read, I even laughed out loud at certain scenes. I loved how realistically the ending was and the characters really thinking about their choices and what was good for them.

It was a lot of strength in this book and I recommend it if you like some Rom with a bit of con! Perfect summer read.

This was my first time reading an adult romance and I loved it! Ami and Dane have just got married but during the reception everyone got sick due to the buffet, but luckily for Olive; Ami’s twin sister and Ethan; Dane’s brother, they did not, so they were made to take Ami and Dane’s non refundable honeymoon, but they don’t get along! This story follows their journey on their fake honeymoon, I found Olive to be so easy to relate to and I loved her banter with Ethan. It also proves you can’t judge a person without getting to know them first...

This was my first book by Christina Lauren and I really enjoyed it. I liked the writing style and the romance so much. All in all it was just a very cute story and I will definitely recommend it as it is a perfect summer read.

Thank you for Net Galley and Little Brown Group for providing an arc of The Unhoneymooners.

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren follows Olive who's twin sister, Ami, is marrying Ethan's younger brother Dane. Right from the beginning of this story Ethan and Olive resent each other and barely tolerate one another's company. At the wedding everyone gets sick from the sea food buffet expect Olive and Ethan and are made to use the married couple's honeymoon to Hawaii (which won't them refund and reschedule) as they are the only one's who are able to go.

This leaves our two main characters to an unlimited supply of cocktails and a honeymoon suite with a dozen different rooms but not a lot of space between them.

I loved the detail put into the feelings of Olive and how she seems to fight an internal battle inside her head for the majority of the book as she comes to terms with the fact that Ethan might not be the worst person on the entire planet.

The sexual tension mixed with the hilarious scenes between these two, that made me burst out laughing, made this such a gripping read and has made me count down the days to when this book is available on amazon!

The writing is descriptive yet easy to read and I would recommended this to anyone who wants to sit out in the sun for a few hours with a turn paging and amazing read.

Rating: 5/5 stars

Not sure what I thought of this book - it passed a few hours and I didn’t mind finishing it, but would I buy or recommend it? Probably not

This book has been on my TBR for a while now as well as other books written by Christina Lauren. The only books by this author duo that I’ve read before is the ‘Beautiful Bastard’.

This book follows Olive and Ethan. Olive considers herself to be unlucky, while her twin sister Ami seems to get all the luck. Ami is getting married to the man of her dreams, but during the wedding reception everyone ends up with food poisoning except Olive and Ethan (the groom, Dane’s, big brother) where then Ami and Dane suggest that Olive and Ethan take there place on the honeymoon. The only problem they don’t get along.

While on this honeymoon they have to pretend to be married, while they decide to stay far away from one another and enjoy their time in Hawaii, but that could be thrown into jeopardy when a new boss and ex is also on holiday at the same resort.

I loved Olive and Ethan their chemistry was off the charts. I wasn’t to keen on Ami at the start but she grew on me throughout the book. I also loved Olive and Ami’s family, how they’re always there if you need them.

Hilarious read that had me laughing out loud. I had only sat down to read a couple of chapters and before I knew it I had finished the whole book. It was definitely what I needed to cheer me up (during this current situation). I would recommend this to anyone looking for a good romance novel, that is quick, fun and easy read.

Olive Torres thinks she has the worst luck of all. Her twin sister, Amy, on the other side, wins every contest she enters and has even won herself a free wedding and a honeymoon in Hawaii. Olive's eternal nemesis Ethan Thomas is present there as the brother of the groom. When everyone but them catches a bad bug at the wedding reception, they venture out on a two-week all-inclusive holiday to Maui. With one catch - they have to pretend they're newlyweds.

I didn't hate the book, it was actually quite enjoyable (and the audio was really good!). There were all the tropes that usually make a great romance novel - haters to lovers, forced proximity, fake relationship/marriage. But there was also another aspect which I wasn't a fan of - the insight into Amy's marriage and how much the last part of the book was focused on that. I would have probably enjoyed it more if it were just about Olive and Ethan's relationship and how it developed on their pretend honeymoon and after. Obviously, there's also the aspect of Olive losing her job because she lied to her boss, whom she met in the resort in Hawaii. I liked that she did not immediately get her job back when her boss showed up in the restaurant she worked at.

And, in the end, I kind of didn't want Olive and Ethan to get together. What really upset me was how he never believed her when she was concerned about his brother. In the end, Amy got divorced and exposed him, but Olive's relationship with Ethan meant that constant proximity to the person who hurt them the most - I didn't quite like that, but I guess the authors tried to explore the complexity of adultery in marriage and its effects on the people around them. Did it work? Not for me - what we got was a story of a cheater who got exposed. I also would have appreciated a heads up about this aspect of the plot - I assumed this would be very cheerful and breezy, but when Olive and Ethan got back, things got really heavy really fast, which was the reason I ended up giving the book a lower rating.

Here are some other things I enjoyed: Olive and Amy's support network and their family always being there for them; their friendship; the endless banter between Olive and Ethan, but also how their relationship progressed.

More things I didn't like: that we didn't get parts told from Ethan's POV (aside from epilogue). It would have been so much better to read his side of the story too and his thoughts on Olive, but in the book we were only privy to her thoughts and opinions. I'd prefer a dual POV story.

Eternally lucky Amy wins everything in life, so much so she has managed to win every part of her wedding and honeymoon. Twin sister Olive doesn’t fare as well, she believes herself to be eternally unlucky. However, Olives luck changes at the expense of her sister when the whole wedding party is struck down with food poisoning. Determined her honeymoon should not go to waste Amy implores Olive to take her place as she is one of only two who didn’t eat the buffet. Unfortunately for Olive the only other person not affected is groom Dane’s brother Ethan who Olive cannot stand. However, she decides to suck it up and go on the holiday anyway because who can refuse 10 days in Hawaii, even if it is with her nemesis. Things get a little more complicated though when Olive and Ethan realise, they are going to have to play the part of a married couple.
I absolutely loved this book; it gave me the book tingles from the first few pages and I just knew I would love it. I did the classic book lover thing of wanting to gobble it up but also wanting savour it, so it doesn’t finish too quickly. I managed a few days of slow pacing and indulged in the rest of it in one day.

The first thing that made this book a winner for me was the fact it’s a destination book. I simple love books where people are holidaying, whether this is in the UK or abroad, but books set aboard are always a preference. It has a plane scene, not a hugely long one but it’s there and I do love a plane scene. They just seem to set the mood well for a book set in an exotic location. Of course, a huge part of this book is set in Maui and you get to see the characters out and about enjoying the location. I always like books with rich descriptions of the locations and activities they characters do, and this book offers just that.

This is a hate to lover’s romance, and I loved seeing the change in the relationship between Olive and Ethan. I liked the conflict between them, but I also love how quickly they acknowledged their feelings and acted on them rather they are denying them throughout most of the book. I like books where we actually see the characters enjoying their relationship and each other rather than having conflict the whole time. I thought Ethan and Olive were so sweet together and I admired their honest relationship where they told each other how they felt rather than hiding it. They also had some awesome sexual chemistry and tension bubbling away which was enjoyable to read.

I found it interesting that around half the book was set once Olive and Ethan come home. I thought the whole book would be set on holiday. I really enjoyed that we got to see them at home as their relationship developed. I was really surprised with the turn this story took in its inclusion of Dane and Amy’s relationship. I couldn’t predict how that would play out and I was pleasantly surprised how it did. The scene where this comes to a head was magic and I was cheering Amy on all the way. The same applying to the end of this book with Olive and Ethan’s relationship I was swooning so hard.

Overall, I thoroughly recommend this box, in case you were in any doubt! Its been out in the US since last year and everyone has been raving about it and I can now see why. I planned to buy this book in America whilst on holiday and use it as a holiday read before it came out in the UK. However, some slightly crazy events in the world stopped that! However, it is the perfect beach read. I will definitely be purchasing a physical copy and re-reading it hopefully on holiday in the future.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing a copy of this book for review.

This was a pretty entertaining read with a good and captivating premise and well rounded characters. It had just the right amount of suspense and twists to keep my attention on it at all times.

Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The Unhooneymooners follows Olive and Ethan - enemies from the first time they saw each other - on their journey through a honeymoon that was handed to them. After Ami's (Olive's twin sister) whole wedding party comes down with a pretty nasty bacteria from the buffet at the wedding and Olive and Ethan are the only ones unaffected, it became clear that they should both take over Ami's honeymoon trip to Maui so they wouldn't miss out on the nonrefundable tickets.

Enemies to lovers stories are one of my favourites to get lost in and I feel Christina Lauren did a great job at creating enough enemy friction that eventually develops into an overwhelming heartwarming love.

Olive and Ethan are both really strong characters who, despite having very different personalities, find a comment ground in their sense of humour and in how much they secretly care for each other. Side characters such as Ami and the rest of Olive's family were all also incredibly well developed and unique.

Overall The Unhoneymooners was a fantastic read, with just the right amount of heartbreak to make the ending all the more exciting and emotional.