The Unhoneymooners
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews * Publishers Weekly * Library Journal Named a "Must-Read" by TODAY, Us Weekly, Bustle, BuzzFeed, Goodreads, Entertainment Weekly, Publishers Weekly, Southern Living, Book Riot, Woman's Day, The Toronto Star, and more! For two sworn enemies, anything can happen during the Hawaiian trip of a lifetime--maybe even love--in this romantic comedy from the New York Times bestselling authors of Roomies. 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. With Christina Lauren's "uniquely hilarious and touching voice" (Entertainment Weekly), The Unhoneymooners is a romance for anyone who has ever felt unlucky in love.
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Oliver falling in love with Ezra? Impossible. They couldn’t stand each other from the moment they first met at the State Fair. But when Olive’s twin sister and Ethan’s brother tie the knot, the whole family ends up getting sick, leaving Olive and Ethan to head to Maui together on their "honeymoon". As they enjoy the island’s activities and breathtaking views, something begins to shift between Oscar and Edward. Will Olive and Ethan finally become a real couple, or will this journey end in heartbreak? (The Banter between the two, just uhmazing)
Bought this as a recommendation from romance booktok. It was a nice book to read, the characters were fun to read about and the idea of a romantic getaway was great. However, I did knock it down a star because the last hundred pages of the book felt very different from the beginning of the book. The tone of the book changed and the characters kind of flipped. I didn't like how the main character was treated by the others and then it was all magically forgiven so easily. The ending wrapped everything up nicely though and I like happy endings.
EDIT SPOILER: I just had to come back and add more because I went through the reviews of this book and it seems no one else has the same thought as me. I just really did not like how easily Ethan and Ami were forgiven for how they treated Olive. I know that the end of the book is supposed to show her growth how she isn't "bitter" anymore so she forgives them, but she never really got a real apology from them. Ami was better, but Ethan was just so mean to her and broke her heart. He thought she was a liar! And after one short silly conversation where nothing about what happened was really discussed all the suddenly they're madly in love again. And I also really think the whole thing with her job was silly and blown out of proportion. Like I said, I thoroughly enjoyed the beginning of the book and was really into the romance and getting together. The end however moved really fast and was a lot more serious with a quick happy ending.
EDIT SPOILER: I just had to come back and add more because I went through the reviews of this book and it seems no one else has the same thought as me. I just really did not like how easily Ethan and Ami were forgiven for how they treated Olive. I know that the end of the book is supposed to show her growth how she isn't "bitter" anymore so she forgives them, but she never really got a real apology from them. Ami was better, but Ethan was just so mean to her and broke her heart. He thought she was a liar! And after one short silly conversation where nothing about what happened was really discussed all the suddenly they're madly in love again. And I also really think the whole thing with her job was silly and blown out of proportion. Like I said, I thoroughly enjoyed the beginning of the book and was really into the romance and getting together. The end however moved really fast and was a lot more serious with a quick happy ending.
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