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Quick answer: If you loved The Unhoneymooners, try The Hating Game, The Soulmate Equation, In a Holidaze, Love and Other Words, The Honey-Don't List and Beach Read. Each one is a light, laugh-out-loud rom-com with enemies, fake relationships and hard-won love.
Christina Lauren's comedy follows Olive, a chronically unlucky woman who is the only guest to dodge food poisoning at her twin sister's wedding, along with the best man Ethan, whom she cannot stand. To use up the free honeymoon, the pair fly to Maui and pretend to be newlyweds. Readers love the banter, the island setting and the surprising heart. These books share its fake relationship humor and its sunny escape.
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Quick Picks at a Glance
| Book | Author | Trope | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hating Game | Sally Thorne | Rivals | readers who love pure banter |
| The Soulmate Equation | Christina Lauren | Enemies to lovers | readers who want more Christina Lauren |
| In a Holidaze | Christina Lauren | Holiday | readers who love Christmas romance |
| Love and Other Words | Christina Lauren | Second chance | readers who want more emotion |
| The Honey-Don't List | Christina Lauren | Workplace | readers who like reality TV humor |
| Beach Read | Emily Henry | Enemies to lovers | readers who want depth |
| People We Meet on Vacation | Emily Henry | Friends to lovers | readers who love vacation romance |
| Book Lovers | Emily Henry | Small town | readers who love bookish banter |
| The Wedding Date | Jasmine Guillory | Fake dating | readers who love wedding plots |
| The Wedding Party | Jasmine Guillory | Enemies with benefits | readers who like a secret fling |
| The Flatshare | Beth O'Leary | Forced proximity | readers who like quirky British humor |
| The Love Hypothesis | Ali Hazelwood | Fake dating | readers who want more fake dating |
| The Ex Talk | Rachel Lynn Solomon | Fake exes | readers who like workplace comedy |
| The Cheat Sheet | Sarah Adams | Friends to lovers | readers who want easy comedy |
| Funny Story | Emily Henry | Fake dating | readers who like roommates |
1. The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
Two office nemeses compete for one promotion.
Best for: readers who love pure banter.
2. The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
A single mother takes a DNA matching test and scores high with an enemy.
Best for: readers who want more Christina Lauren.
3. In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
A woman caught in a time loop tries to fix her love life during the holidays.
Best for: readers who love Christmas romance.
4. Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
A woman runs into her childhood love after years of silence.
Best for: readers who want more emotion.
5. The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren
Two assistants must keep a celebrity couple's crumbling marriage looking perfect.
Best for: readers who like reality TV humor.
6. Beach Read by Emily Henry
Two rival writers swap genres over one summer.
Best for: readers who want depth.
7. People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Two best friends take one more vacation to fix what went wrong.
Best for: readers who love vacation romance.
8. Book Lovers by Emily Henry
A literary agent keeps bumping into a brooding editor in a tiny town.
Best for: readers who love bookish banter.
9. The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
Strangers stuck in an elevator agree to attend a wedding together.
Best for: readers who love wedding plots.
10. The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
Two wedding guests cannot stand each other, but cannot stay apart.
Best for: readers who like a secret fling.
11. The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
Two strangers share a flat and a bed, on opposite schedules.
Best for: readers who like quirky British humor.
12. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
A PhD student fake-dates a notoriously grumpy young professor.
Best for: readers who want more fake dating.
13. The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Two public radio hosts pretend to be former lovers on air.
Best for: readers who like workplace comedy.
14. The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams
Two best friends finally have to admit what they feel.
Best for: readers who want easy comedy.
15. Funny Story by Emily Henry
Two jilted exes become roommates and post misleading photos.
Best for: readers who like roommates.
How to Choose
For more of this author duo, try The Soulmate Equation or In a Holidaze, which are just as funny, and Love and Other Words if you want more tears. For a similar bickering couple and a rewarding payoff, The Hating Game is the classic pick. For the sun-soaked travel escape, People We Meet on Vacation fits best. If you want the same fake-relationship tension, go for The Wedding Date, The Love Hypothesis or The Ex Talk. Readers wanting a little more depth under the laughs will find it in Beach Read and Funny Story. All of these are good vacation reads, and most are open-door romances with a little heat.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is The Unhoneymooners about?
Two enemies take a free Hawaiian honeymoon after food poisoning sidelines everyone else at a wedding.
Is The Unhoneymooners spicy?
Moderately. It has a few open-door scenes, but humor is the main attraction.
Where is The Unhoneymooners set?
It starts in Minnesota, then moves to the Hawaiian island of Maui.
Is The Unhoneymooners a series?
No. It is a standalone.
Who writes as Christina Lauren?
Christina Lauren is the pen name of writing partners Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings.
Is The Unhoneymooners a good beach read?
Yes. It is fast, funny and full of sunshine.