Saturday, June 22, 2019

Book Review: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren


By Kristy McCaffrey



The Unhoneymooners
by
Christina Lauren

Olive Torres and Ethan Thomas don’t like each other. When her sister and his brother get married, they must once again tolerate the other’s company since she’s the maid-of-honor and he’s the best man. When the buffet at the reception makes everyone ill, including the bride and groom, Ethan and Olive are offered the vacation of a lifetime—an all-expense paid trip to Maui. The catch? They must pretend to be married.

This standard trope is given new life at the hands of Ms. Lauren (who is actually two authors: Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings). Told entirely in first-person, present-tense from Olive’s point-of-view (don’t worry—if you find it distracting, give it a few pages; you’ll soon be so immersed in the story that you won’t notice), this is a fun, sexy, perfect summer read. Olive is wry, witty, and a girl you could easily be besties with. Ethan is sufficiently aloof … until he isn’t. You’ll fall for him right along with Olive. The chemistry between the two is palpable and combustible, the motivations for their actions believable, and you’ll enjoy a vicarious vacation while you’re at it.

Read The Unhoneymooners at Amazon



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