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The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

97 reviews

town_scar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.75

This was a 5 star for me up until I got to the last 50-100 pages. The conflict didn't feel well resolved and the way certain characters behaved really unsettled me. Spoilery explanation below.

honestly I love Ethan but it feels like his brother was given the #metoo treatment and he just didn't believe his girlfriend? Which is absolutely horrifying?!? How can you trust he'll ever believe you again? And I'm sorry I don't care how cool Ami is with it is nobody gonna address the elephant in the room about Dane and Ami at Olive's wedding? No? Overall that was my beef. The stakes were actually pretty high for a conflict and should have had pretty massive consequences with irreparable damage done, but it was easily waved off. I also just don't like how they handled the infidelity. Even if it wasn't the romantic leads experiencing infidelity, it still feels weird to read in a romance

Pros: Very relatable and funny female lead. Really sweet relationship* between the two characters. For me, loved the MN representation. It's impressive considering neither author is from the area how local it felt. Sex scenes are implied rather than shown and it works well.

Cons: almost impossible to say without spoiling. But suffice to say some strange choices were made that I'm not enthusiastic about.

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xlvdbx's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

5.0

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musicgirl_gwyn's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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tguccione's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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meganpbennett's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Another winner by Christina Lauren, featuring not-quite enemies to lovers with an only-one bed trope. Ethan and Olive are the only two members of a large wedding party who don't get food poisoning, and are convinced to take the honeymoon together, as a vacation. While there, they discover that hate is a passionate emotion that is rather close to love. They clear the air on their history, and discover some secrets being held. Both of these cause problems back home.

While there is a food poisoning subplot, the graphic depictions of vomit and vomiting were way over the top.

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leftreads's review against another edition

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medium-paced

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

3.5

Hmmmm so I really enjoyed reading this and would have rated it higher because I usually quite enjoy books with flawed MCs. Buuut the MMC's reactions later kept bugging me. Spoilers below.

The way he responds to the Olive initially thinking Dane was a cheater actually didn't bug me as I was like alright sure he wants to believe in his brother (don't know why since it seems like his brother has been openly shitty but fine some blinders were up). What kept bugging me was his reaction when she said, after his continued probing when she just wanted to go sort her thoughts out alone first, that Dane had propositioned her for sex. Even when she asked him what she could possibly gain from making that up, he just insults her instead. Maybe it was because it made me think of all the women who try to come forward about being harassed and aren't believed. And maybe it was because then he shows up in a Hawaiian shirt while she's working (which like, hello, during your service job? Fuck no that's so stressful) and she caves immediately after having been so rational! Like girl ask to speak privately about this because he really fucked with you. Idk I get that that'd drag the ending but damn I was just thinking this is so fucking weird...

but it's great writing so I stuck around lol

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lilhappyhermit's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I’m usually not one to gravitate towards rom-com’s but this book was recommended by a friend and boy was I pleased. This book was such an enjoyable story that had me giggling like no tomorrow. I loved following along Olive and Ethan’s journey and seeing how their unlikely pairing blossomed on this unexpected vacation!

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sarah_amy's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

Started off finding the protagonist pretty intolerable and I found myself rolling my eyes a bit, but eventually warmed to the story and characters as it progressed. A cute rom-com and fun palette cleanser after reading a heavy thriller and heart wrenching novel back to back! Would recommend if you're looking for something light-hearted and easy. Finished in a day.

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sea_tea_books's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted

4.0

Loved the Hawaiian setting. 🍍
It takes about half the book for the ice to melt in this slow burn, one bed, forced proximity, fake relationship, contemporary romance. About 75% in, Olive's life gets messy and unfair, but thankfully there is a Happily Ever After!

I was not a fan of Ethan continuing to call Olive by the wrong name, even during intimate moments (such as calling her Olivia instead of Olive). At first it was intentional as they didn't get along and were trying to instigate. But then it became cringe when they were falling in love and Ethan kept saying other women's names. Given his brother's cheating behavior, this was an ick factor for me.

p.102/25%: Wouldn't a scientist —especially one with a PhD in Biology— say sea star, as starfish is considered an inaccurate name?

p. 358/84%: OMG! Badass move by Ami!

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zombiezami's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

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