Whenever I think of Christina Lauren, it's for things like the Wild Seasons series, which I adore, and is super sexy. For some reason, I forget how sweet some of their books are, and how hard they punch me in the feels.

The delightfulness of this story snuck up on me. I really liked Olive from the beginning and was especially drawn to her relationship with both her twin sister and her large, noisy, wonderful family. Ethan, however, fun as fake boyfriend tropes are, took a bit of warming up to.

Once I did, however, it was all systems go. This is the greatest hits of fake boyfriend scenarios in the funnest way possible. And the last third of the book became genuinely heartfelt in a way I didn't expect.

Absolutely lovely.

Olive's twin sister, Ami is getting married to Dane, and everyone but Olive and Dane's brother Ethan eat at the buffet and contract food poisoning. Unable to attend their own honeymoon, they send Olive and Ethan - who have openly disliked one another for years.

This book was typical Christina Lauren - charming, fun, romantic, and swoon-worthy. It was an enemies to lovers story, and overall a great romantic comedy.

I loved. this. book. This might be my favourite Christina Lauren book yet. I loved the diversity, the characters and the enemies to lovers trope. I had a few issues (I usually do with Christina Lauren books) but they were super minor. I think this is a fantastic book if you loved The Hating Game or any of their other books.

How on earth do they do it? How the bloody actual heck do they continue to write such great rom-com novels, and top themselves every time?! This is my fourth Christina Lauren book in about 7 months and each one I read just further sells a piece of my soul to them.

This was downright hilarious! I was genuinely sitting there cackling and trying to keep the smirk off my face as I read this. Ethan and Olive are an absolute delight with incredible chemistry! I do so love the trope of enemies to lovers, and this added in the extra twist of enemies pretending to be lovers before getting there themselves. It was wickedly funny and made this book entertaining as hell. I would love to see this one made into a movie.

As there always is in these books, there is that moment at about the third quarter place where suddenly everything falls apart and you wonder how heroine will ever find happiness again. But deep down you're not worried because you know there will always be a happy ending. Guys, I was genuinely biting my nails over this one. I mean holy cow, did they ever have me hooked. Sleep? What is that? Must find out what happens!

A side-note, I've noticed with some of their books they describe [ all the ... sauciness in detail. Others, like this one, merely allude to the deed being done. Basically I'm just curious about how they decide what to show and not show based on each story. I admit I was a little disappointed when they finally get in bed together after the crazy build-up and then you turn the page to find they skipped over it all.

My third experience reading Christina Lauren and I can officially say that they can’t write a bad book.

This was clever, witty and charming. Delightful to read.

While I adored the narrative and the romance of this book, the highlight was all of the family stuff. I always love books that have the heart of the story be about family, so this will most likely be my favourite Christina Lauren book.

I also couldn’t put this book down. It’s not common for me to finish a 400+ page book in under a day, but I was completely taken over with this story and the characters.

So happy to add this to my list of favourite books.

This book contained basically every trope that I love in contemporary/romance books all wrapped up in one book! I absolutely adored this novel, and enjoyed it even more than I expected to! Since this one was provided to me as an eARC and I normally read eBooks extremely quickly, I actually read this one all in one day even though it is over 400 pages!

I loved all of the characters in this novel! I felt so emotionally attached to all of them, and cared so deeply about all of the things that were happening to them. I literally cried three separate times over the last 15% of the book, which definitely shows you how much I enjoyed reading about these characters! Olive and Ethan are two of my new favourite bookish characters, and I absolutely fell in love with their relationship. One of my favourite things to read about in all novels – no matter what genre they fall into – is having a great family dynamic. I love reading about large families with a lot of either love or hatred towards each other, and the family in this book was all full of love! This trope was actually very unexpected (as it doesn’t say anything about a large family) in the synopsis, but I thought it added a lot of love into the story. Additionally, Olive and Ami’s parents’ relationship was hilarious to read about!

Two of my favourite tropes in novels are fake dating and hate to love relationships. This novel included both of them, and Christina Lauren wrote them so well! While Olive and Ethan had quite a toxic relationship at the beginning of the novel, they (very) slowly started seeing the light in each other (no spoilers here, though!). Overall, their relationship was written so well and with so much passion.

My full review will be posted on my blog closer to the release date!

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book; it's definitely my favourite book of Christina Lauren's that I've read so far. I finished 95% of it in one sitting and it was overall just a fun, engrossing read. The protagonist was lovely and easy to root for; the stereotypical misunderstandings that are often in this type of book were minimal; and the plot was a mix of ridiculously unrealistic and lovely. Really appreciate being able to nab an ARC from NetGalley!

The duo of Christina Lauren are a consistently good read but this outing is possible their best yet. It's a great read that sucks you in leaving you charmed by both of the main characters as their story unfolds.

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren is the rarest of romcoms in that it is laugh out loud funny. The novel is a delight from beginning to end, and is peppered with sharp, witty dialogue, nuanced themes of love and family, and set against the breathtaking backdrop of Maui. What is not to love?

Olive Torres has always considered herself to be unlucky, particularly in matters of love. While attending her twin sister Ami's wedding, Olive comes face to face with her nemesis, Ethan, who happens to be the brother of the groom. When everyone at the wedding is struck down by food poisoning, save Olive and Ethan, the bride insists that her sister and new brother-in-law take the newlyweds' place on their honeymoon in Maui. Although reluctant, the two sworn enemies agree that the opportunity is simply too good to pass up.

During the dream holiday, both Olive and Ethan recognize that something has shifted in their relationship, and admit to having feelings for each other. With nonstop banter flying back and forth between the two, the evolution of the newly minted couple seems to suggest that Olive's luck may finally be changing for the better. But when the pair return home after the idyllic holiday, the secrets that Ethan has revealed about his brother leave Olive conflicted between family loyalty, and respecting the wishes of the man she has come to love..

This book ticked all of the boxes for me as the perfect romcom. I adored the clever dialogue and word play that bounced between Olive and Ethan, and I was rooting for them throughout. Having Olive's voice dominate most of the narrative, I particularly enjoyed the epilogue that is written exclusively from Ethan's point of view. This is the first novel that I've read by the writing duo that is Christina Lauren, and I can honestly say that I will be keeping an eye out for them in the future.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster Canada for this entertaining ARC.

Another CLo book I've read in one sitting - these co-authors are excellent at creating characters you want to root for. In The Unhoneymooners, Olive has a relentless string of bad luck, and a number of hilarious stories to accompany this light adversity - but, she gets to go on her sister's honeymoon after she dodges food poisoning, so things might be looking up. However, it turns out she's saddled with her long time nemesis and newly minted brother-in-law Ethan for the holiday.
This is one of the rare (possibly only?) Christina Lauren books I've read that is from a single POV, and I think the story lost a bit of richness for not allowing us to watch things unfold through the eyes of both parties. It certainly would've helped through the last 25% or so, for reasons. That said, the story was hilarious with just the right dash of gravitas. The hate-to-love trope was wonderfully handled, and paired with having the fake married trope made it all the more enjoyable.
I can't wait to recommend this story on pub day!

Thank you to the publisher via NetGalley for providing me with a copy for review, this is no way influenced my opinion.