Christina Lauren

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.

Morgan Denlinger

“I don’t want to get your hopes up or anything, but I look really great in this bikini. There’s no revenge like being with someone new who has a great rack.”

“What an empowering, feminist statement.”

Luna

He doesn't break eye contact. Not even for a breath. “It's so exhausting pretending to hate you.“

„Are you usually better at making conversation than you are with me?“

Marie

Billy let's out an impressed "Dude," but Sophie is clearly less excited by the potential for homemade pornos.

"Ethan," he supplies, and his dazzling smile punches me right in the vagina. "Ethan Thomas."

"I can appreciate my body in a bikini and still want to set fire to the patriarchy." 

That's the whole point of luck, isn't it?" he says through gritted teeth. "You have to trust that it's not fleeting."

Ariella

“Ethan Thomas is doing something weird to my emotions.”

“It's so exhausting pretending to hate you.”

“An eight-hour flight, and there’s no movie,” I say to myself, glaring at the screenless seat back in front of me. “Maybe they’re hoping your life flashing in front of your eyes will be distraction enough.”

“I can appreciate my body in a bikini and still want to set fire to the patriarchy.”

Omw I love this banter between them and their dynamic. I am absolutely in love with them

Eslie

“That really is a terrible color,” I say.

“Like, it says a lot that even someone as cute as you can’t pull it off.”

I watch his smile turn into something heated and seductive. “You think I’m cute?”

lily

Gabrielle Fogarty 

Olive is always unlucky; her identical twin sister Ami, on the other hand, is probably the luckiest person in the world. About to marry her dream man, her entire wedding has been fully paid for by winning a series of competitions. Meanwhile, Olive is forced to play nice with her sworn enemy: the best man, Ethan. But Olive's luck may be on the turn . . . When the entire wedding party - except for Olive and Ethan - gets food poisoning, there's an all-expenses-paid honeymoon in Hawaii up for grabs. Putting their mutual hatred aside for the sake of a free holiday, Olive and Ethan head for paradise, determined to avoid each other at all costs. But when Olive runs into her future boss, the little white lie she tells him threatens to spiral out of control. Forced to play loving newlyweds, she and Ethan find themselves in much closer proximity than they ever expected . . . The problem is that soon, Olive finds that maybe she doesn't mind pretending. In fact, she's beginning to feel kind of . . . lucky.

Miglė

Veronica Palmieri

maddy

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.

Sarah

Maria

It was cute! The writing was good, banter was ok… love that the epilogue was from his POV. The preview to 2nd book in the series at the end was super interesting and in has multiple narrators which I LOVE so I’ll probably read that at some point. 

Leidy Ramirez

It was just a flat book for me. Nothing special. I listened to it as an audiobook and the experience was funny actually. Sometimes I laughed I'll give it credit for that, but I didn't connect with the characters at all. And didn't feel their dynamic. And Ethan got on my nerves. I didn't like him that much. He wasn't the book-boyfriend material at all. I didn't feel he did anything for Olive. On the contrary, he didn't believe her when she said those things abt his brother and broke up w her, and even when he knew he screwed up, he didn't grovel at all and Olive forgave him so quickly. So no, not my fav, but the banter was funny and I laughed at the end at how things got chaotic.

but Ig I'll still try smth else by this author

Salma shafik hassan

It was just a flat book for me. Nothing special. I listened to it as an audiobook and the experience was funny actually. Sometimes I laughed I'll give it credit for that, but I didn't connect with the characters at all. And didn't feel their dynamic. And Ethan got on my nerves. I didn't like him that much. He wasn't the book-boyfriend material at all. I didn't feel he did anything for Olive. On the contrary, he didn't believe her when she said those things abt his brother and broke up w her, and even when he knew he screwed up, he didn't grovel at all and Olive forgave him so quickly. So no, not my fav, but the banter was funny and I laughed at the end at how things got chaotic.

but Ig I'll still try smth else by this author

I hated how everyone saw Olive as a pessimist and always “seeing the worst in everyone” when clearly she had a gut feeling about Dane. Anyways, I did enjoy this book! I loved reading Olive and Ethan’s story! 

Chloe Yeargan

Annabella

It was amazing. Very sweet but also intense and a lot of great plot twists. Would read again.

I liked it. It’s an easy read, but nothing special

Vanessa

This was my second read of this book. Super easy to read. Mmc could use some depth. 

Bushra Yenice

jesus h christ. the entire book is everyone gaslighting this girl, calling her “moody” and “pessimistic” for (validly) not kissing the ground her brother in law walks on?? im genuinely .. lost. like her reasons make sense and anyone with critical thinking skills would also agree with me?? what the hell was the subplot about her career and corporate world??? spoiler alert: no one loves their job. the dream is to find a job they can do and that they tolerate that will pay for a life they want to live. this was bad. like really bad.

big ab

 and Christina Lauren does it so well!!! 

This book had me laughing, crying and so happy 

Brittany Peterson

Enemies to lovers is always chefs kiss and Christina Lauren does it so well!!! 

This book had me laughing, crying and so happy 



It was cute enough and I’m not upset that I read it haha. Ethan does end up being a dick, and I found it frustrating the way he treated Olive. At the same time tho if I was in his position maybe I would also want to trust my brother first? Anytime they fought though I found him to be really unreasonable. Which kind of ruins the second book because they get married 😂

Kass

They had good banter, like it really was a nice enemies to lovers included things like miscommunication etc. However, I personally think the book for really agitating in later chapters especially after the honeymoon because jesus fucking Christ. I'm sorry but Ethan was totally unhinged and was a total ass to Olive and I don't think his reaction should be normalized like it is at all, yeah he apologised but it still feels so iffy like I get he's your brother but the things he AND ami said to olive when she went to them, hurt about something is insane. Olive deserves better, but at least they got a good ending at the end. 

migs

ploral

This was such a fun cute book. I didn't think I'd like it as much as I ended up liking it. I totally want to go re-read it again right now. It's just so fun.

Liyah 🤎

As far as these types of books go pretty par for the course but I would say a little below average. It's simple and digestible. The banter between Ethan and Olive was cute. I felt like the book was better at portraying how in love Ethan was than it was with Olive even though everything but the epilogue is in her POV. A few things that annoyed me and took this book from possibly four stars to 3: 1)it is weird for an identical twin to date the brother of her twin sister's husband. period. 2) Olive and the book are a tinge fatphobic. She talks about her weight a lot and she is pretty ashamed. While I could excuse this as a part of her character since characters need flaws the book really subtly doubles down on the fatphobia by causing Olive to lose weight as soon as her life starts improving a pretty common narrative fatphobic hack. Not my fave. 3) what are the chances you see 2 people you know in a random resort in Hawaii. 4) she really didn't need to lie to her boss. yes in the moment it made sense but she could've just followed up and explained the situation at dinner without just tricking him. It what world does it make sense to tell your boss you're married when you're not. there was no exit strategy. I feel like the avg person wold understand not letting a trip go to waste but lying about being married is weird. 5) while lying about being married is weird being fired for it is even weirder. Also he specifically notes that she signed a morality clause BUT in the book she signs the paper work after the trip technically she wasn't even hired yet or at least contractual liable until after she returned. I think she could've sued him lol or at least negotiated being able to stay based off of that. 6) i don't like that Ethan and Amy use Olive's supposed negative outlook to dismiss her accusations. She may be negative but she doesn't need to lie. The least either of them could've done is take it seriously and not gaslight her. Ethan stepped wayyyy out of line saying she was just jealous of her sister and honestly didn't grovel enough for that IMO. Overall pretty cute. Good audiobook listen. Def not my fave romance tho.

Ilham

Bria

Syrina

I don’t usually give 5 stars to books in this genre. The reason being is because they are more of a fast read for me and don’t provoke any deep emotions while reading. But this book.. was a roller coaster of emotions. I laughed, cried, giggled like a school girl, etc. It was the perfect pace and I absolutely fell in love with the characters. It felt like I was watching a romantic comedy movie while reading; it was just so perfect. I honestly hope that this book is made into a movie someday. It deserves the recognition and for more people to be engulfed in the story that is The Unhoneymooners. 

Delayna Morrow

Maybe 3.5 stars? Still undecided, I think because I just finished The Paradise Problem recently and this feels sort of similar but with less chemistry. 

I can get behind the initial mix up that led Olive to believe Ethan hated her, but I feel like throughout the book he does odd things that feel out of character for him? For example, almost gloating to his ex but not paying attention to Olive at lunch and then having no idea why she's upset. He's smart and aware enough to not even create that situation in the first place. His blinders for his imbecile brother's repeated garbage behavior are also frustrating, because again, he's smart enough to realize what was really going on, and that Olive was right. I didn't love that he immediately jumped to her being outright wrong without even looking into it.

I did enjoy most of the book, but parts of it felt incredibly odd to me.

Megan Murray 

Maybe 3.5 stars? Still undecided, I think because I just finished The Paradise Problem recently and this feels sort of similar but with less chemistry. 

Possible spoilers below...

I can get behind the initial mix up that led Olive to believe Ethan hated her, but I feel like throughout the book he does odd things that feel out of character for him? For example, almost gloating to his ex but not paying attention to Olive at lunch and then having no idea why she's upset. He's smart and aware enough to not even create that situation in the first place. His blinders for his imbecile brother's repeated garbage behavior are also frustrating, because again, he's smart enough to realize what was really going on, and that Olive was right. I didn't love that he immediately jumped to her being outright wrong without even looking into it.

I did enjoy most of the book, but parts of it felt incredibly odd to me.

anna

Honestly this was such a fun read. Give me enemies to lovers (with a bit of fake dating) any day of the week, I'll eat that s**t up.

The banter and the pop-culture references here and there were great. So was the character devolpment, especially Olive's.

I seem to only be reading romance novels this year lol and I mean there is no shame in that AT ALL but yeah, I just don't have the mental capacity for anything else atm.

2.75 
- i liked olive and i enjoyed her’s and ethan’s banter they were cute and i’m a sucker for the fake dating trope
- but i was very frustrated with how thick and clueless ethan was at times (i mean i do understand his position but still, it was a bit tiring to see him going in circles like that) 
- i kinda wish the final conflict and the ending overall before the epilogue would’ve stretched for a bit longer, it felt a bit rushed to me, and despite all that went down kind of anticlimactic, although i am to some extent satisfied with how everything came together
- i loved the torres family so much honestly i wanted more of them
- also how cute is this cover!!

'Witty and downright hilarious . . . a perfect feel-good romantic comedy' Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient A NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER! Discover a witty and swoonworthy romance from the New York Times bestselling duo behind Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating and Roomies. ________________________________ For two sworn enemies, anything can happen during the Hawaiian trip of a lifetime . . . Olive is always unlucky; her identical twin sister Ami, on the other hand, is probably the luckiest person in the world. About to marry her dream man, her entire wedding has been fully paid for by winning a series of competitions. Meanwhile, Olive is forced to play nice with her sworn enemy: the best man, Ethan. But Olive's luck may be on the turn . . . When the entire wedding party - except for Olive and Ethan - gets food poisoning, there's an all-expenses-paid honeymoon in Hawaii up for grabs. Putting their mutual hatred aside for the sake of a free holiday, Olive and Ethan head for paradise, determined to avoid each other at all costs. But when Olive runs into her future boss, the little white lie she tells him threatens to spiral out of control. Forced to play loving newlyweds, she and Ethan find themselves in much closer proximity than they ever expected . . . The problem is that soon, Olive finds that maybe she doesn't mind pretending. In fact, she's beginning to feel kind of . . . lucky. The Unhoneymooners is a heartwarming and hilarious romance perfect for anyone who has ever felt unlucky in love. _______________________ Find out why readers LOVE Christina Lauren: 'Pure joy' Sally Thorne, USA Today bestselling author of The Hating Game 'What a joyful, warm, touching book! This is the book to read if you want to smile so hard your face hurts' Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author of The Proposal 'A sexy, hilarious rom-com . . . Perfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory and Sally Thorne' Booklist 'Will we ever stop falling in love with Christina Lauren's fictional men? The answer to this is HECK NO' Fangirlish 'Christina Lauren hilariously depicts modern dating' Us Weekly 'Heartfelt and funny, this enemies-to-lovers romance shows that the best things in life are all-inclusive and nontransferable as well as free' Kirkus Reviews 'A perfect read for beach or poolside, this is one hot summer story not to miss!' Library Journal (starred review) 'Lauren brilliantly wields familiar rom-com tropes - enemies to lovers, fake marriage, even height differences - to craft a delightful romance that will have readers hanging on every word' Publishers Weekly (starred review)

escape to paradise with this hilarious and feel good romantic comedy

aleksandra

1/5

*sound of handcuffs* The person who hyped this, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You are arrested for lying to innocent people.

This book was disappointing from the very first chapter, but I had to read it anyways. 

The characters were bland, the plot wasn’t that good and I felt like the only thing that made the main characters like each other was sex. And ugh, don’t let me start on that stupid apology. Ethan and Ami both said some very mean things to Olive and I felt like the writer totally acted like it wasn’t a big deal and that a simple “sorry” would fix everything. 

The only good thing I can say about this book is that it’s easy to read and would probably be more enjoyable if you’re on vacation yourself. 

Razen Ouled Khlaf

This book was disappointing from the very first chapter, but I had to read it anyways. 

The characters were bland, the plot wasn’t that good and I felt like the only thing that made the main characters like each other was sex. And ugh, don’t let me start on that stupid apology. Ethan and Ami both said some very mean things to Olive and I felt like the writer totally acted like it wasn’t a big deal and that a simple “sorry” would fix everything. 

The only good thing I can say about this book is that it’s easy to read and would probably be more enjoyable if you’re on vacation yourself. 



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