Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Review: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren





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.




My Review:

A laugh out loud romantic comedy that will leave you wanting more. 

The fun plot and characters made this book one of the best I have read this season.  I literally laughed out loud while reading it.  Olive’s life is filled with bad luck, while her twin sister, Ami, always wins every contest she enters.  So, when Ami’s dream wedding becomes a disaster and everyone except Olive and the groom’s brother Ethan, end up with food poisoning from the buffet at the reception, Olive finally gets on the winning end of something.  Olive and Ethan are given the tickets to the honeymoon in Maui that Ami had won.  The only stipulation is they have to pretend to be the newlywed couple.  The problem is Olive and Ethan can’t stand each other.  What could go wrong?

This book was filled with hilarious scenes.  There were many times when I thought Olive and Ethan’s secret would be blown, but the author quickly changed things up and continued with the adventure.  I was so happy to finally see Olive and Ethan become the happy couple they deserved to be.  I could relate to Olive and how she felt as I always see so many people on social media with the perfect life and winning lots of great prizes.  So, I was excited to see Olive’s luck finally change and for her to have a little joy in her life.  This is the first book I have read by this author, but it definitely won’t be the last. 

Thank you to Gallery Books and NetGalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
 


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