This book was just meh to me. I had high hopes but the tension wasn’t that great to me and it was super repetitive. Not a bad read, but also not revolutionary!

A sexy sapphic romance! Filled with spice, this is one intoxicating read. I adored Ginny and Elsie - they were such genuinely refreshing characters. At times I did feel things were a little rushed without a full backstory. None the less, didn't stop me binge reading this! I can't wait to read more from Meryl Wilsner.

I've had a great time with the Meryl Wilsner books I've read in the past, but sadly their latest offering left me wanting something more.

While I'm a lover of spice in books, this was just wall to wall fucking. And don't get me wrong, I do love reading a spicy scene now and then. But, when that's all it is for four chapters straight without much else happening, it gets a little frustrating. I needed a little more substance and structure from this book.

Elsie was also quite difficult to read at times. I found her to be rather whiny, quite immature, and incredibly self-centred. She was a big reason I didn't gel with the third act conflict. Also, I was surprised to read at the beginning that these characters were 23, but as the book went on that became GLARINGLY obvious.

The ending was rather rushed, and I felt like nothing had really been resolved. a HFN rather than a HEA.

Phew! This was a spicy one. Meryl Wilsner does it again with yet another cosy, romantic and sexy queer romance.

A great holiday read. It felt like there was less character development than usual because the main characters were already best friends, but overall, I enjoyed it.


Thanks again to Piatkus and NetGalley!

First of all thank you for approving my request!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The authors writing style had me hooked throughout this book.

I didn't want it to end, a book I really couldn't put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️

meryl wilsner has been one of my favourite romcom authors for a while now, i have ADORED all of their other books, “cleat cute” and “mistakes were made” are some of my faves, but this one just fell flat for me 🥲 i loved the concept (best friends to lovers? HELLO, i was so excited!) but i didn’t love the execution… i felt like there was no plot and all spice, the entire middle portion was spicy scene after spicy scene, which is great if that’s what you’re looking for, but i just wanted and expected more substance from a meryl wilsner book.

however, it was a very fast read, so if you’re looking for something fast, sapphic and spicy… go for it!

read if you enjoy:
🧡 sapphic couple
🧡 best friends to lovers
🧡 childhood crushes
🧡 nonbinary rep
🧡 miscommunication trope
🧡 spice

(thank you so much to the publisher for sending me an EARC in exchange for an honest review! 🫶🏻)

A cute romance, from best friends to lovers, Ginny and Elsie have been friends since school. When Elsie cancels her wedding, she goes away on her honeymoon with her best friend, where they both realise there could be more to their friendship...
This book was spicer than I expected, but works well with the plot. Wanted a bit more relationship development on their trip rather than jumping straight to the action, if you will.

Meryl Wilsner does it again! This book is a beautiful portrayal of Queer love and joy and is a new favourite friends-to-lovers romance in our bookshop! I cannot recommend this book enough!

I wanted to love this book so much but I just didn’t:( I really struggled to get through it! It started off cute but it just got progressively worse in my opinion. There was also wayyyyyy too many smutty scenes

Overall, there was a lot I did like about this novel. As I stated, I really liked Meryl Wilsner's writing, particularly of their themes and characters. I just think there were some hiccups in developing the plot.

for less than 300 page contemporary romance book, it was a silly goofy time.

yes, i love me some friends to lovers trope. but god! i was stressing at the last 60% percent of the book. the smut scenes kept happening chapter per chapter (ehem, the dirty talk...) the third act conflict got me 😶. and the ending is rushed.

also, derrick deserves better 😔💔

3 ⭐️ this was a solid book. Had some really cute moments. I will say I didn’t read the blurb, therefore didn’t realise it was an lgbtq+ story, so the intimacy and its…detail…was a bit of a shock to the system lol. Love ginny, they were so patient and understanding with elsie. Elsie did annoy me a bit but we’ve probably all been there in the not knowing what we want so I kinda get it. I didn’t love the ‘realisation’ moment timing. Lowkey also really liked derrick.

@merylwilsner nails that perfect blend of longing and heat in #MyBestFriendsHoneymoon. It starts off slow and aching, that deep sense of wanting what feels out of reach—then it hits you with the spice, and suddenly you're questioning if your thoughts have been on display. Ginny and Elsie aren’t always easy to love, but that’s what makes them feel so real. While #MistakesWereMade still holds the top spot for me, Honeymoon is a worthy follow-up. If you're looking for a spicy sapphic romance with heart, this one’s for you.

The set up of this book is so fun. Elsie has been engaged for a while, and her fiancé decides to plan their entire wedding and schedule it for a week later. It's the wake up call she needs that this isn't the route for her, but the (now ex) fiancé insists that she still goes on the honeymoon but instead takes her best friend Ginny. Who has been in love with Elsie for years.

As mentioned, the setup was great. It was also interesting getting glimpses of the friendship (and crushes) over the years. Also loved the rep of a non-binary lesbian lead. The biggest frustration was the way the miscommunication trope played out - including the immaturity of reactions to it.

This book gets very spicy, and some of the scenes might not be for everyone. But that's something those of us who read spicy romance should expect - we don't have to want the same things the characters do!

I definitely enjoyed this one, but I think I was disappointed is that I'd anticipated a new absolute favourite.

Thank you to Netgalley for an e-arc of this book.

The first quarter of this book was fun and I really liked the concept, especially as a fan of the friends to lovers trope. Elsie and Ginny were clearly in love from the start, but Elsie had not quite got a name for it yet.
The holiday was fun and the description of the actual resort was lush.
However, after the first quarter, it fell a bit flat and repetitive. I struggled to like Elsie's character due to certain things I won't give spoilers for and was not sure about Elsie and Ginny as a couple.

Overall, it was a cute read though and I really enjoyed Ginny's chapters. Plus, there's cute foster dogs in this book! Also, I loved Ginny finding a queer community.

Three stars

I applied for the ARC of My Best Friend's Honeymoon because it is a romance with a a non-binary main character and the first third or so of the book was great and it was fun read but after a while I was struggling to focus on reading it. I think that's because I felt like I didn't really have a connection to the characters and the last 20% of the book felt very slow paced.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC

I loved Meryl’s first two books and Mistakes Were Made is one of my all-time favourites. I struggled with Cleat Cute but hoped it was just a blip and had high hopes for this book, but unfortunately, I just didn’t enjoy it as much as I thought I would.

The premise was great and I really liked the fact that the main character was non-binary and just in general, I liked both main characters but I just couldn’t handle all the miscommunication and the way their relationship went from pining for each other in secret to lots of sex (too much, in my opinion) to what I thought was a very unnecessary conflict to the HAE. It just felt rush and a bit random?

Unfortunately, this wasn’t for me.

Thanks to Little, Brown Book Group and Netgally for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review.

Good read! It was interesting.
Two best friends, secretly in love with each other, keep their feelings hidden due to societal norms—until Elsie gets proposed to, and the wedding is just a week away. She mutually cancels the wedding with her fiancé. Derrick, her ex, suggests she go on the honeymoon trip anyway—with her best friend, Ginny. So Elsie and Ginny head off on the trip.
Ginny encourages Elsie to do whatever she wants on this vacation and stop worrying about what others expect from her. As buried feelings resurface, and surrounded by the beauty of the honeymoon destinations, Elsie finds the courage to express her feelings to Ginny.
The book is funny, romantic, and surprisingly informative (at least it was for me—I can’t speak for others!).

I loved this friends to lovers romance from one of my recent favourite authors, Meryl Wilsner. I loved Cleat Cute and Mistakes Were Made. I feel like this line sums the book up so well .. poor Ginny. "Elsie Hoffman has been engaged to her college boyfriend for a year and a half. Ginny Holtz has been in love with Elsie for almost a decade and a half." So sexy and steamy, a perfect summer read. Thank you.

Elsie and Ginnie are a cute couple. The spice is great (as I would expect from Meryl Wilsner!) but it felt a little rushed in places for my taste - I love a sloooow burn (but that's just me!). It was a solid read.