Review by sullensapphic - My Best Friend's Honeymoon

sullensapphic 's review for:

My Best Friend's Honeymoon by Meryl Wilsner

5.0

emotional hopeful

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Spice Level: 4/5 Explicit Open Door

Ginny and Elsie have been friends since they were 11 years old. Ginny loves woodworking and fostering dogs. She is not a fan of working her dull 9-to-5 graphic design job. Elsie loves her family and working for her family’s business, but she isn’t a fan of her soon-to-be husband. Things end up not panning out for Elsie and her fiancé, and he insists that she use their honeymoon and take Ginny so she’ll have her best friend there. A romantic getaway for two friends who don’t know they’re in love with each other can’t go wrong, can it?

I was really surprised to see that this book was receiving a lot of mid/bad reviews. A lot of people kept saying they didn’t feel the connection between Ginny and Elsie. IMO there is A LOT of chemistry between the MCs because more times than I can count, it is mentioned that they have pretty much been inseparable since childhood. Then, during the time they’re on Elsie’s honeymoon trip, it’s pretty spicy. Maybe because they’re not professing they’re love for each other at that time, people don’t see the connection. Or maybe because there is still a huge (no pun intended) stigma against plus-sized people. It was refreshing to not only see a plus-sized person on page, but they were also an MC who got the girl.

This was a book I couldn’t put down. Meryl is a known writer of spicy sapphic content, so this is another reason I couldn’t put the book down. There is a lot of fun flirtatious moments between Ginny and Elsie while they’re on the “honeymoon.” There are also some different dynamics used that you don’t usually see in a contemporary romance book.

“A fluke is one of the most common fish in the sea, so if you go fishing for a fluke, chances are, you just might catch one.” - Kevin Malone (The Office).

Read the book and you’ll understand the above quote.

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