The Unhoneymooners

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
DNF @ 25%

Look, I have loved more Christina Lauren books than I have disliked them. I'm super sad by my decision to drop this one, but after not liking My Favorite Half-Night Stand I'm not going to push myself through this one too.

It all comes down to not being a fan of the characters. I don't quite understand their dynamic or even what type of person Ethan is. One second she's calling him charming and smooth then he is robotic and doesn't understand anything she is talking about. Olive was rubbing me the wrong way as well. I don't mind a rambling character– I even find them cute and funny on occasion, but Olive will ramble when all she had to do was stay quiet. There is also the thing about her weight. She and her sister look identical, so why is she only calling herself bigger or even mentioning her weight and food. The few times these things have come up have felt awkward and forced.

I need to like characters, or at least find them interesting, in order to like a book. This time around I'm just not connecting with them and it really sucks. I'm to the point where she's met her boss and they are going to go to dinner and cringed even thinking about the four of them at dinner. It will be awkward, she will ramble, perhaps there will be a cute moment, but just thinking about the whole affair had me putting the book down. Perhaps we can chalk this one up to me not being a huge fan of secondhand embarrassment. Part of the reason, why I don't like The Office.

In the end, this is an easy to read book that felt fun and I'm sure many people will like to read this over Summer– I'll even recommend it to people. It just wasn't working for me and I had to put it down before I ended up disliking it even more.