The Unhoneymooners
Olive is always unlucky: in her career, in love, in…well, everything. Her identical twin sister Ami, on the other hand, is probably the luckiest person in the world. Her meet-cute with her fiancé is something out of a romantic comedy (gag) and she’s managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a series of Internet contests (double gag). Worst of all, she’s forcing Olive to spend the day with her sworn enemy, Ethan, who just happens to be the best man. Olive braces herself to get through 24 hours of wedding hell before she can return to her comfortable, unlucky life. But when the entire wedding party gets food poisoning from eating bad shellfish, the only people who aren’t affected are Olive and Ethan. And now there’s an all-expenses-paid honeymoon in Hawaii up for grabs. Putting their mutual hatred aside for the sake of a free vacation, 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 is suddenly at risk to become a whole lot bigger. She and Ethan now have to pretend to be loving newlyweds, and her luck seems worse than ever. But the weird thing is that she doesn’t
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After her twin sister Ami's whole wedding party comes down with food poisoning at the rehearsal buffet, unlucky Minnesota food scientist Olive Torres takes the free ten-day Maui honeymoon. The only other guest still standing is Ethan Thomas, the groom's brother, who happens to hate Olive.
Yes. The Unhoneymooners contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 3 to 4 out of 5 on the spice scale. Christina Lauren's signature steamy romcom approach is on display.
Yes. The Unhoneymooners contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 3 to 4 out of 5 on the spice scale. Christina Lauren's signature steamy romcom approach is on display.
A film adaptation has been announced. As of 2025, the project remains in development.
The Unhoneymooners was written by Christina Lauren, published in 2019 by Gallery Books.
The Unhoneymooners is 424 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Unhoneymooners takes most readers 6 to 9 hours to finish.
The Unhoneymooners is a standalone novel by Christina Lauren, not part of a series.
The Unhoneymooners is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.