4 When Summer Vacations Lead to Forever Love Stars!

I’ve always wanted to go to Greece and to have one of my favorite authors set her book in this beautiful location just made me love this book that much more. Tessa and Myles have known each other over the years as her family has visited Santorini on many occasions. What neither of them knew was that they were both crushing on each other secretly.

While Tessa is in Greece with her sister and best friends, a pact they made when they were all teens comes to rear its ugly head meaning Tessa needs to get married soon or forfeit that kind of love and I for one was not a fan of this pact because things change as we get older and our outlook changes too… but these girls didn’t seem so keen on letting the “promise” go.. which irritated me to no end. But Tessa comes up with a solution by teaming up with Myles the son of the owner of the resort where all the activities are taking place.

I loved the way Tessa and Myles fit together. Myles is trying to prove to his dad that he can help revitalize their resort and Tessa is sweet and kind and wants to do what she can to help him. And if they can have a romance as well, then it’s a win-win for both of them. But there’s a lot involved with having a romance that may end up being a long-distance one. So many emotional moments are possible with this scenario and are our H/h capable of withstanding the distance when Tessa has to go back home?

This book is filled with sweet and loving moments, friendships that are tested, family dynamics that are difficult at best and every emotion in between. It’s a little bit of a different story than I’ve read before by Ms. Quinn but it hits all the right notes for me as a dedicated reader of all her words!

I went into this book blind, as I do for all MQ books, and for a romcom, only about half of it truly felt like a romance. Don’t get me wrong, there were hints of the mutual pining plot throughout the first half, but for the most part, the romance part took place in the second half. The first half was instead devoted to a battle of siblings and friends that honestly felt like it went a bit too far (okay, more than a bit).

The conniving, sabotaging, and humiliating backstabbing that took place between twin sisters Tessa and Roxanne were AWFUL. I genuinely got secondhand embarrassment from some of their antics and I felt SO bad for Tessa.

With characters you’ll love to hate, a book boyfriend you’ll be obsessed with it, and an ending that helps even out all of the ridiculous pranks, this book is a fun adventure in Greece if you’re looking for a chance to escape for a bit!

While this wasn’t my favorite MQ book, I definitely still enjoyed it :) I’ll always recommend Meghan Quinn for the best romcoms 🥰

Tessa is excited to be in Santorini with her twin sister and two best friends. A fun girls trip is the best way to relax before Roxanne’s wedding….except Tessa’s friends have other plans. Pulling out the contract they’ve honored since high school they deem themselves in charge of Tessa’s love live and are set on finding her soulmate.

Fighting back with pranks, Tessa finds an unexpected ally in her longtime childhood crush Myles (who is deal with family problems of his own). As Tessa and Myles navigate their family issues and spend more time together they find out their past feelings may have a future.

After I read Meghan’s Christmas novella last year, I knew I wanted to read more. Her writing style is just so fun and engaging, I love it! It has the perfect amount of humor and romance with a bit of spice.

The characters were great in this one; Tessa is such a lovable goof and Myles is such a caring gentleman. And then they are even better together, their chemistry and banter were just perfect.

As someone with a sister I found the sibling dynamic to be pretty spot on and it was an interesting aspect the the story.

I am eager to read more of her backlist!

This was an entertaining romcom set in Santorini, Italy that features a LOT of family drama, a slow burn with decades of mutual pining, a 'magic' bottle of perfume twin sisters, a failing boutique hotel and tons of bridesmaid antics.

All of Meghan Quinn's trademark quirky female characters and steamy sex scenes were present in this book but I felt like some of the family stuff took away from the romance for me. Just an okay read that won't be one of my favs by this author. Good on audio narrated by CJ Bloom and Lee Samuels too.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Montlake for an early digital copy in exchange for my honest review.

“Vacation Wars” is a fun, romantic and standalone romance set in Greece that is a summertime read for when you’re by the pool or on the beach.

Tessa’s family has been coming to the same resort in Santorini for years and now she’s back with her sister, Roxanne and two of her closest friends to spend some time together before Roxanne gets married. Everyone is happily attached to a partner but Tessa so the girls make it their mission to find someone for Tessa while in Greece. However, Tessa is not interested because she has been crushing on Myles since they were teenagers. Myles is back at the resort after being in NYC and is determined to keep the resort in the family even when his father is threatening to sell it.

Overall, I liked most parts of this book. Tessa is smart and caring but has always been in the background to her sister who always needs to shine. I loved reading about her growing as a person and finding herself while in Greece. She had gotten so comfortable being in the shadows that she had started to accept it. But crushing on Myles and then finally talking to him and spending time with him, helped her realize that it’s okay to shine. The pranks the friends did to each other were fun at times but I hated how much they pushed Tessa to date. At one point, it just got mean and borderline bullying. But Myles helped her through it all by being a buffer and I liked him so much. Myles loves his family and the resort and I loved how driven he was to work there and keep it in the family. Myles and Tessa are incredibly sweet together and I loved how they formed a friendship first and then moved onto something more. The last few chapters helped redeem the other characters and the epilogue was a sweet ending.

⭐️ 3
🌶️ Open Door, Explicit

🧳 Contemporary Romance
🧳 Romantic Comedy
🧳 Travel Theme
🧳 Childhood Friends to Lovers
🧳 Secret Mutual Pining/Love From Afar
🧳 Forced Proximity
🧳 Wallflower/Awkward FMC
🧳 Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Vibes

I am a HUGE fan of Meghan Quinn's writing, but Vacation Wars didn't hit right. While I felt the connection between our two MCs, Myles and Tessa, and enjoyed their story - the side characters kind of ruined this book for me.

Tessa and her family have vacationed at the same resort - Anissa's - since she was a kid. She's always had eyes for Myles (who ends up being the owner's son). After years of being in the same place but at the wrong time, Myles and Tessa finally connect while she is in Greece for her twin sister's wedding. However, she forgot one crucial detail from a pact she made in high school - find her soulmate before her sister's wedding or else.

Que the beginning of the "Vacation Wars". While Tessa's twin and best friends try and set her up with suitors - Tessa teams up with Myles to avoid their advances. Pranks are pulled and feelings are hurt. While our heroine wasn't innocent in the prank war, I truly felt like her sister and supposedly "best friends" were downright mean and borderline bullying Tessa.

That's where this book lost me. Vacation Wars had the typical MQ swoon and comedy, but I had the hardest time getting past the side characters and the horrible way they treated Tessa. I normally always recommend books by Meghan Quinn, but I don't know if this story was for me.

Thank you to Netgalley, Montlake, and Meghan Quinn for an ARC of Vacation Wars.

Meghan Quinn is without a doubt the queen of romantic comedy. I will devour every single word that she writes and then beg for more. I just love the way that she writes about love. No matter if that love is between family members, romantic partners, or friends, I can always count on this author’s stories to be filled with so much laughter and heart.

In Vacation Wars, Tessa is celebrating her sister’s upcoming wedding at a resort on the island of Santorini. When Tessa was little, she promised that her sister and friends could help her find her soulmate before her sister’s wedding. When Tessa was little, she had a crush on Myles who happens to work at the resort they are visiting.

This book was so swoony and sweet, but it brought the drama! Meghan Quinn’s banter is always top tier. I loved Myles and Tessa together so much! Tessa was adorably awkward and I loved watching her come out of her shell.

I can’t wait to read this author’s next release!

As always, we are given a banter filled Meghan Quinn book full of laughs, love, and low angst!

Tessa's family has been visiting Greece every summer for as long as she can remember. And every summer she has crushed on the hot lifeguard/The Bulge. But they have never talked.

Now we are in present time and they are in Greece for three weeks because her twin sister Roxane is getting married. The two of them, along with their two best friends, come a week early to enjoy some girl time before Roxane gets married. But Roxane isn't focusing on the wedding; she is focusing on finding Tessa a man because of a friendship contract that the four of them made when they were kids.

While Tessa is doing everything to stop Roxane, she bumps into the hot lifeguard. Myles, and they come up with a plan to stop the Vacation Wars. While doing so, Myles and Tessa get closer and closer and realize that they both have harbored crushes on each other for years. But Myles lives in Greece and Tessa lives in New York. So how will this work?

If you are looking for a low angst, sister battle filled, fun romance book, look no further! Both Myles and Tessa are dealing with issues within their own individual families and I really enjoyed both they both came together and were able to be support systems for each other.

Witty and evocative, Vacation Wars is a true delight! I adored the dynamic between Myles and Tessa, which felt utterly authentic thanks to their history. This story is fundamentally about relationships, be it romantic, familial or friendship, and is a wonderful example of both their complexity and importance. With the added bonus of Meghan Quinn’s trademark quirk, this is a definite must read!

I want to preface that I absolutely love Meghan Quinn. She’s given me two of my top 2022 reads this year alone. But sadly this book didn’t hit the right notes for me.

The story itself was a tale of two half’s. Whilst I adored the romance itself, the side characters (in particular, the heroines sister) flat out ruined this book for me. This book had the typical MQ swoon and comedy, but I had the hardest time getting past the side characters and the horrible way they treated the heroine. It was toxic for me unfortunately.

While this wasn’t my favourite Meghan book, I’m still a huge fan and always will be.

If you are looking for a book that will have you cracking up with a side of the feels check out Vacation Wars! If you’re going on vacation or wanting to feel like your on vacation…another reason to check this book out! I definitely want to go to Greece now! This one was a bit of a slow burn bit worth the wait! I wasn’t ready for this one to end! This is the book that is definitely like to see where these characters are ten years from now! Overall a great read that I’d recommend!

Received a arc for a honest review.

Set at a resort in Santorini, Tessa is with her twin sister and their best friends enjoying a girl’s trip before her sister’s wedding. Very Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants vibes with the friend group and their traditions that started in high school. While I thought some of the girls’ actions were immature for 30 year old women, I think in the end they all had growth, and I laughed so much and died with lots of secondhand embarrassment.

Myles’ family owns the resort and he is having difficulties with his dad. Myles and Tessa have crossed paths many times over the years without ever speaking, and they both have crushes on each other.

Tessa, while very awkward and quirky, was relatable in her insecurities and shyness. Myles was lovely – obsessed with him! I loved the romance and character growth in this story.
The setting, the family drama, the friendships, the stories of love and loss – it had everything. And truly turned into vacations wars!

Thank you Netgalley and Meghan Quinn for this ARC!

Can Meghan Quinn do any wrong?? The answer is no.

I'm a ride or die Meghan girly at this point. I know she's going to give me the giggles. I know I'll be kicking my feet and screaming through the best kind of nonsense and I'll east it up every time.

I’m a huge fan of Meghan Quinn’s books and her wit and banter is fully on display in Vacation Wars!
What I loved - the budding romance between Tessa & Myles and all of their missed connections over the years; Myles’ attempts at rekindling his relationship with his father after seven years; Tessa’s awkward attempts at looking undesirable and at early conversations with Myles; and the slow burn and worth the wait steamy scenes.
What I didn’t love as much - the friendship between Tessa, her twin, and their two friends - it was a bit too mean spirited at times.
If you love a slow-burn romance with picturesque scenery, and some pranking between sisters and friends, this could be the book for you.

I was absolutely ready to give this 5 stars long before I had even finished reading it. But then I got to the last 10 percent, and honestly ended up skimming most of it up to the incredibly predictable (and in my opinion especially for romance novels cliche) epilogue. I just cannot stand when a character loses themselves and bases their lives and overall happiness on a man, It's worse than miscommunication troupes for me.
The rest did have me captivated though. Once you get past the group of 30-year-old women acting incredibly juvenile. With friends like that who needs enemies?

I adored Tessa and Myles and could not get enough of them finally living out their long-wanted love affair. It is why I was so sure that it was going to be a 5 star rating and maybe in my heart it is but my brain cannot accept Tessa's deciding she's only happy when she's with him.

4 stars!

"Vacation Wars" is my first Meghan Quinn book, and if this is a preview of what's to come, sign me up! Her writing is so spicy, so descriptive, so funny! This book made me laugh out loud on more than one occasion. The banter is top-notch! I enjoyed the main characters, Tessa and Myles (though Tessa can be a bit much and a little too try-hard and *~quirky~* for my tastes). I appreciate the time Quinn takes to develop their friendship and relationship, both from afar and up close once they get to know each other better. The premise of this book is really cute... haven't we all "fallen in love" on vacation? Well, Tessa gets a real shot at the boy who has enchanted her for years. Her social awkwardness might get in the way, though (to a cringeworthy degree). While she's busy wanting to get to know Myles, her twin sister Roxanne and their two best friends have made it their mission to find her a man (just not the man she wants) to honor the pact they made in high school. I must say, at times, I HATED Roxanne. I get that the shenanigans between the sisters are supposed to be funny, but man... they ventured into borderline toxic and downright mean territory. My one critique is that the dialogue gets pretty repetitive after a while, and I think this book could have been a little bit shorter. It's a predictable book, but that doesn't stop it from being a good time. I recommend this one!

Thank you to NetGalley, Meghan Quinn, and Montlake for providing me with an ARC copy of this book! All opinions are my own, and I was not compensated for my review.

Vacation Wars has me planning out a trip to Greece, sooner than later. The story of twin sisters who are so very different and a long time crush that has possibilities many years later becomes a laugh a minute rom-com as well as a clash of wills and some eye opening moments for several in the characters in the book. Tessa has always stood in the shadow of her twin sister Roxane and has been okay with it for the most part-until a teenage contract between friends begins to unravel their bonds and illuminate their differences. Myles has his own issues to deal with within his own family and the reality of these two becoming true to themselves and coming together seems impossible. I had a few eye roll moments and many, many laugh out loud (read to my husband) moments.

3.5 stars

I have a few mixed feelings regarding this book. I did love the premise of the MCs knowing each other and unknowingly crushing on the other for years and finally having their moment. Tessa Doukas is the shy, quiet, and oh so awkward twin whose family for years have been vacationing at the Anissa’s Palace Beach Resort in Santorini which happens to be owned by the father of the hero of this story, Myles Cirilo.

It has been 7 years since these two have seen each other, but when Tessa, her twin sister Roxane and their two best friends decide to have an all girl week before Roxane’s wedding at the resort, they are finally face-to-face. After an almost cringe-worthy reunion, these two developed a friendship, helping the other out with some family issues. It really was Tessa and Myles that really made the book for me.

What put me on the fence was the secondary characters all round. I really had a hard time with how Roxane treated Tessa throughout the book. I was okay with her at the end, but I was really upset for Tessa.

Overall, Vacation Wars was a cute love story that had me laughing out loud so many times. The things that came out of Tessa’s mouth was so embarrassingly hilarious and I loved how Myles loved that about her. I did wish Tessa was better at defending herself more (and sooner) and really learning to communicate better, but I still loved her. Myles really has to be the best book boyfriend!

Thank you to Netgalley and Montlake Publishing for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book. All opinions are my own.

Tropes: friends to lovers, destination, love on vacation, childhood crush, angsty

Something about this book I just absolutely loved! I loved the setting which was in Greece, I love the feel this book gave and I LOVE the main characters.

Tessa has gone to Santorini with her family since she was a little girl. She spent her summers there with her parents and twin sister. Jump ahead and now she is there with her twin sister and best friends celebrating her twins wedding. But things go off the rails when the girls are determined to find a man for Tess. That is when Myles, the man Tessa has crushed on since she was child comes in and helps her out.

This is such a sweet story of two people coming together and building a friendship and relationship. I loved Tessa's quirks and random facts she throws out but I love that Myles embraces those quirks. While you are reading this you may want to push Roxanne (Tessa’s twin) into the pool multiple times but I promise it will all be worth it at the end of this sweet romance.

Thank you so much Meghan Quinn and Montlake for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and Montlake for a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Let me start by saying I am a HUGE fan of Meghan’s books. Her writing brings me so much comfort and I love her for that, but this book wasn’t 100% it for me.

I loved reading about Tessa and Myles’s relationship (I’m a sucker for a childhood friends/crush to lovers trope), but I couldn’t stand Tessa’s sister and friends. At times they were just cruel and my heart hurt for Tessa.

I did however LOVE seeing Myles and his dad rekindle their relationship. As a daughter of a stubborn father, I saw a lot of my relationship reading about them.