Week 34 Reviews: The Unhoneymooners, The Honeymoon Crashers

From Goodreads:

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.

From Goodreads:

A perfectionist maid of honor and a carefree, surfer-bro best man team up to plan a wedding and end up finding a spark of their own in the first audio original from author duo Christina Lauren, a full-cast sequel to their New York Times bestseller The Unhoneymooners.

Ami is determined to break the Torres family wedding curse. Her own disaster of a reception ended with all the guests getting food poisoning, and she left her cheating husband soon after. But even though she's still processing her own divorce, Ami won't let her twin sister Olive's day be anything but perfect. Olive may think she wants a private ceremony in Maui, where she and her fiancé Ethan first fell in love, but Ami knows better and secretly flies the whole Torres family out to surprise the couple. Now she and her meticulously organized binder have less than two weeks to get everything together for the big day, thousands of miles from home.

Enter Brody, Ethan's best man, who happens to be living in Maui and insists on helping with the preparations. His playfully elaborate schemes and happy-go-lucky attitude are the last thing Ami needs. When sparks start to fly, could it derail all her carefully laid plans?

Equal parts hilarious and swoon-worthy, this full-cast production is your ticket to the ultimate destination wedding, bringing to life both a captivating couple and an unforgettable family. The Honeymoon Crashers is Christina Lauren at their charming, hilarious best.

My first review of The Unhoneymooners

My Review:

I had such a great time reading these stories! I loved The Unhoneymooners the first time I read it, and to read it again, and to have her sister Ami having a story, yeah, it was so great! I really enjoyed reading these stories!

The Unhoneymooners, I knew things would go wrong before they would go right. That she'd meet her new boss, and then lose the job. I'd forgotten that her new brother-in-law hit on her, and that Ethan didn't believe her. So oh, was it great to reread this story! 

Olive and Ami are very different people. Ami makes lists and plans, and Olive, everything seems to go wrong for her. I'm so glad that we got both of their stories, they both deserved to have happy endings! That Honeymoon Crashers was preparing for Olive's wedding-and everything that goes right and wrong, yeah, it was amazing! 

I was a bit confused, at the end of The Unhoneymooners Ami was on a date with that doctor. But it was really great to get to know Brody! That it was a full cast audio, with each of the characters being narrated (and that ending, that was so great!) made the story all the better! 

These were such fantastic reads, and I can't wait to read more by Christina Lauren! 

Author: Christina Lauren

Series: The Unhoneymooners #1, 1.5
First Read: June 13th, 2019

Read: August 23rd, 23rd, 2023
Source: Own/Library, Library

Reason Why: Rereading! And they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Books! 
Publisher: Galley Books, Simon & Schuster Audio Originals
Published: May 14th 2019, August 1st 2023

The Unhoneymooners:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

The Honeymoon Crashers:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars