Reviews with content warning for Toxic relationship - The Unhoneymooners

Olive and Ethan are so fun together! Their banter is fun and I love how they call each variations of their own names.
It seemed like they had some misconceptions about each other, which caused the misguided notions. They clearly like to bicker and compete with each other. To me they weren’t exactly enemies.
Olive and Ethan remind me of Mia and Nicholas from the movie The Princess Diaries 2 (especially the “I loathe you” and kiss scene!)
The timing of the comedic and dramatic scenes are so on point
I definitely understand why Christina Lauren books are so popular! This one specifically had a lot of charm, romance, humor.
Olive’s family is so supportive and protective of each other.
The epilogue is amazing and I loved it!
The drama between Ami and Dane. OMG. I didn’t see it coming but I’m not surprised either. I immediately got bad vibes from Dane. I think it’s interesting that they were together from the beginning but Olive and Ethan are meant to be.
I didn’t like or understand the obsession with boobs and body parts in this book. It was too repetitive about them. Like we get it, Olive has big boobs and Ethan is attractive. However, I’m not opposed to reading other Christina Lauren books.

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juli_khn's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

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lovealwaysadi'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? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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romance_books_loveee's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

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a_lyttle_book_blog's review against another edition

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funny 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

5.0

It's such a cute story. The banter was amazing! The characters were so loveable, and if they weren't (Dane) , we have met someone like them.

I feel like enemies to lovers tropes can be a little tricky and sometimes feels really forced, but this was done very well.

I'm also not typically a fan of a third act breakup, or a miscommunication trope, but again it was done very well.

The kiss scenes were *chefs kiss* , sexy and again, very well written.

I will definitely be reading more by these ladies 🫶🏻 I highly recommend this book!

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jodierose14's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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st4rchaser's review against another edition

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funny 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

3.5

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tym_flies's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.75

I needed a little light fun after my last dense read and this was definitely that. I finished it in a day. The banter of the main characters (enemies-to-lovers 😏) was hilarious and snappy and I loved every second of it, which was most of the book. The ending was absolutely adorable and had me kicking my feet. Fun light read tbh.

I will say two things: this book is a very tame, fade-to-black sort of romance. I didn't think less of it for that - I just wouldn't go in expecting something different. AND #2, the main conflict of the story ends up going down with a ton of pretending-bad-things-aren't-happening-for-the-sake-of-peace-lowkey-gaslighting from multiple sources, including the male mc. He isn't the one who actually does The Bad Thing and he grovels for his part in it so I got over it, but it's something to note.

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