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The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

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huaxinji's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This book is in a contemporary setting and thus I expected to be a bit more realistic. But just all the lucky things her sister got or how she got her wedding/honeymoon seemed over the top and too much.

It also is not an enemies to lovers, because there is a miscommunication trope, which I'm not a fan of.

Also the way Olive was being gaslit so fk hard is not funny. And tbh ut triggered something in me, that part was very realistically written. But I didn't like the 'resolving' part with her sister and the MMC. It felt too rushed and I was so shocked that she forgave her sister so quickly. I was very annoyed with that.

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corrupted_taco's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Your average enemies to lovers romance, this book was okay but was still pretty generic fluff. I did love Ethan and olives banger but nonetheless the tropes in this book are just way too overdone so it wasn’t something new to read.

I also kind of hated how

their happiness relies on olives twin ami having to suffer during and after her wedding due to finding out Ethan’s brother she just married was a cheat and that she got food poisoning at her own wedding !

Overall I’d recommend it as a light beginner rom-com as it’s fade to black with enough basic tropes but I won’t be keeping my copy.

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lucyatoz's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren is fun enemies to lovers story with lucky Ami marrying her dream man Dane and her unlucky identical twin sister Olive, as maid of honour in a truly hideous green dress, needing to play nice with Ethan, brother of the soon to be husband.

Unfortunately Ami and Dane experience the worst of bad luck at their wedding reception when everyone, apart from Olive and Ethan, come down with violent food poisoning! Cue a comedy of errors when Olive is forced to fly to Hawaii for the holiday of a lifetime with her nemesis...

It was a cute read over a weekend when the clocks changed and I could curl up in bed and enjoy a book where I did not need to think too much at all! It was filled to the brim with everything you would expect from a story of two people who start as enemies and end up in bed together!

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