Audiobook Review: The Honeymoon Crashers by Christina Lauren

 

The Honeymoon Crashers (Unhoneymooners #1.5) by Christina Lauren

Publication Date: August 1st 2023 by Simon & Schuster Audio

Audio Book Length: 4hrs 47min

Narrator: Jessica Marie Garcia, Harry Shum Jr & full cast

Source: Publisher

Rating: ★★★★

Links:  Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Libro.fm | Audible | Goodreads

My Thoughts:

When Ami’s twin sister Olive announces she and Ethan are eloping on the island of Maui, Ami scrambles to throw together the perfect wedding. A day that will include family and friends. A day that she hopes breaks the Torres family wedding curse. Ami had her own disaster of a wedding where everyone was sick from food poisoning and her marriage ended a few short days later after Ami discovered her husband was cheating.

Much to Ami’s dismay, Olive and Ethan have assigned Brody, Ethan’s best man, to help put it all together. He comes off as a surfer guy, all laid back, so she doesn’t take him seriously. However, Brody knows everyone on the island, charms them all, therefore a huge asset in the arrangements.

Ethan asked Brody to help plan the wedding to help lighten Ami’s burden, but more to make sure she has fun while doing it. Ethan and Olive love Ami and know what she went through still hurts. Brody for his part seems like a carefree, fun-loving guy, but there’s more to him than meets the eye.

The Honeymoon Crashers was a lot of fun with Brody convincing Ami to let loose and enjoy making choices. I wanted to be there for the cake tasting and for the flower farm! It was a pleasure to see the slow burn of attraction ignite and turn into something deeper and important for them.

I really enjoyed Jessica Marie Garcia and Harry Shum Jr.’s performance as Ami and Brody, but also the full cast of characters with sound effects that made the story come alive. I listened at my usual 1.5x normal speed.  

4 Stars

Book Description:

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.