Someone Else's Honeymoon
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- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Phoebe MacLeod
- ISBN：B09ZTQDLXL
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Reviews
Jennifer Koerten
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Someone Else's Honeymoon was a cute book。 It didn't reach the level of current popular Rom Com authors like Emily Henry， Christina Lauren， or Ali Hazelwood， but it was still entertaining and I definitely enjoyed it！The story follows Charley who finds out her longterm boyfriend is cheating on her on Christmas。 She moves in with her parents and reinvents herself。 After a few months， her parents invite her on a vacation to Antigua where she meets Ed， a man who is supposed to be on his honeymoon， bu Someone Else's Honeymoon was a cute book。 It didn't reach the level of current popular Rom Com authors like Emily Henry， Christina Lauren， or Ali Hazelwood， but it was still entertaining and I definitely enjoyed it！The story follows Charley who finds out her longterm boyfriend is cheating on her on Christmas。 She moves in with her parents and reinvents herself。 After a few months， her parents invite her on a vacation to Antigua where she meets Ed， a man who is supposed to be on his honeymoon， but was left at the alter。 Charley and Ed get to know each other and spend time doing activities Ed would have been doing with his wife on their honeymoon。 When Ed leaves the island， a series of unfortunate events lead Charley and Ed to be unable to get in touch with each other and Charley is left picking up the pieces after falling in love with a man she spend a week with in paradise。I really felt for Charley 'in the beginning of the book。 She immediately breaks up with Josh and Phoebe MacLeod did a great job describing what a break up after 10 years of a relationship would look like - lives so intertwined it is hard to figure out who to turn to。 I enjoyed watching Charley put her life back together and laughed out loud at some of Mads's （Charley's best friend） antics。 Ed and Charley's relationship was also no-drama which I liked。 I feel like a lot of recent rom-coms focus on an enemies to lovers trope or a broody guy。 Ed seemed fairly normal by contrast so it was a nice change！ The way MacLeod developed her character's relationships was realistic and natural， which was refreshing， too。One thing that I think could be improved was the "perfection" in the book。 Yes， Charley was going through a rough patch， but everything seemed easy for her。 She was sad about the break up， but she didn't seem to struggle getting back on her feet at all。 Everything was just。。。。easy。。。。 it all fell into her lap。 The book was also less com and more rom。 Which isn't a bad thing， but not what I was expecting。Overall I did enjoy this book， but I do think there are a few things that could be improved upon。 （3。5 stars - I wish we could give half stars！） 。。。more
Sadie Young
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Thank you to NetGalley for providing this advanced reader copy。The premise of this book （and the cover） seem delightful。 Charley a recently dumped woman moves back in with her parents after her 10 year old relationship comes to an end。 Her parents decide to whisk her away on a beach vacation where she can get her mind off of things。 This is where she meets Ed， a man left at the altar by a woman he has never met before。 Naturally they bond over their unfortunate previous experiences and become qu Thank you to NetGalley for providing this advanced reader copy。The premise of this book （and the cover） seem delightful。 Charley a recently dumped woman moves back in with her parents after her 10 year old relationship comes to an end。 Her parents decide to whisk her away on a beach vacation where she can get her mind off of things。 This is where she meets Ed， a man left at the altar by a woman he has never met before。 Naturally they bond over their unfortunate previous experiences and become quite close。 However， while this book had some good things going for it some of the issues where in the execution。 So right in the first few pages we get some very aggressive slut shaming against a teenage girl for being interested in a teenage boy （I。e。 she got what she deserved for getting accidentally knocked up at 16 for liking someone else’s boyfriend。 Is 2022， we don’t shame women for getting pregnant anymore）。 It seems unnecessarily harsh and kinda set the tone for the rest of the book。 Where women， besides Mads， are generally seen as villains set out to thwart Charlie’s plans。 Or they are just “bad guys” in general， which is just overdone。 Here’s a problem: Mads is more interesting that Charlie。 Charlie comes across at times like a wet paper towel。 She critiques women for being “doormats” without acknowledging that she essentially was one in her relationship with her ex。 Her character growth is adequate for such a short book but she’s not that dynamic and her spark with Ed was entirely lackluster。 It is a little odd to wait until 43% to introduce the love interest。 I genuinely thought I was reading something more in the “woman fiction” versus an actual romance because I couldn’t see a romance plot line coming for almost half of the book。 Finally he is introduced and they definitely fall into the “instalove” category and they really didn’t spend a lot of time cultivating their relationship。 They spent less than a week together in total but they really didn’t have the connection that I was hoping for。 Ed’s dialogue isn’t authentic sounding at all， it felt very formal and at times robotic。 Charley on the other hand sounds like she is his therapist and not a girl suntanning on his private beach chairs。 The whole first encounter was clunky and very info dumpy。 The conversation felt so stilted and it sounded more like people pretending to have a conversation than an actual one。 The author should have created a scene beforehand where we actually see Mads and Charlie watching the show and commenting on it so it isn’t just another info dump to find out that she’s a big fan of the show that we find out in retrospect。 It’s one of those plot devices that feels very convenient and not entirely thought through。 It’s shoehorned in to make the plot progress without actual character work to explain it。 The story seemed really promising but the chemistry between the characters isn’t there and I find it highly unlikely that 6 months after the characters spent less than a week together they still have this unbelievable spark。 By now he would definitely have been shacking up with someone else （seriously， he only has two sexual partners？ That is the most far fetched part of the story）， and she would undoubtedly have accidentally stumbled into the man she was subletting her apartment from and they would have started dating。 Ed felt more like a rebound than a leading man。 Also… why are there two women on the cover？ This isn’t a love triangle story at all and that doesn’t make sense at all。 。。。more
Shaena Peters
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Reviewed for NetGalley:I finished reading this a few days ago， and unfortunately， the characters did not stay with me。Charley， fresh off a breakup and moving in with her parents， tags along on their holiday and meets newly single Ed。 The story just didn't work for me， nothing incredibly memorable。 Reviewed for NetGalley:I finished reading this a few days ago， and unfortunately， the characters did not stay with me。Charley， fresh off a breakup and moving in with her parents， tags along on their holiday and meets newly single Ed。 The story just didn't work for me， nothing incredibly memorable。 。。。more
Raye
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Sometimes you just need a lighthearted read about friendship， broken hearts， exotic locations and love affairs。 That’s exactly what Someone Else’s Honeymoon offers the reader。 When Charley’s ten-year relationship with Josh ends on Christmas Day， over a toothbrush she does what any sensible woman would do - she picks herself up， goes to her parent's house for Christmas Day turkey， which she enjoys as she’s no longer trying to adopt Josh’s vegan lifestyle， and starts again。Of course， starting over Sometimes you just need a lighthearted read about friendship， broken hearts， exotic locations and love affairs。 That’s exactly what Someone Else’s Honeymoon offers the reader。 When Charley’s ten-year relationship with Josh ends on Christmas Day， over a toothbrush she does what any sensible woman would do - she picks herself up， goes to her parent's house for Christmas Day turkey， which she enjoys as she’s no longer trying to adopt Josh’s vegan lifestyle， and starts again。Of course， starting over isn’t always easy， she’s been living with Josh， in the flat his father bought him， so she needs to find somewhere else to live， but she starts living in an admirable fashion。With the help of her friend， Mads - who I loved reading， because it’s clear from the start that she has her friend’s best interests at heart and she’s pushy， but not to the point where she becomes annoying - she gets a new wardrobe， a refreshed look and starts to discover who she is outside of a relationship that wasn’t working。 Of course， the fact that Josh was cheating on her didn’t really help matters。 But anyway…Charley’s parents are clearly quite well off， taking several holidays a year， and when they invite her along for their two-week luxury holiday in Antigua she knows she’d be a fool to turn it down。Antigua is everything and more than Charley expects， and it’s there she meets Ed， a lawyer who， for some unfathomable reason， decided to take part in a reality TV show to find a wife - this bit just made no sense to me， but as a plot device it does work。 Of course， things don’t work out as planned and Ed is sunning himself alone poolside until Charley shows up and takes the empty sunlounger where Ed’s wife should be。I’m not going to lie， there is nothing original in this book， but to be fair， sometimes that’s just what you need。 It’s the perfect sunlounger book， the sort of story you can put down and pick up and not feel as though you’ve missed something important。 I would definitely recommend it as a holiday read。 I sat on my balcony and enjoyed it in the sun with a glass of wine。I enjoyed the characters， I liked the fact that we didn’t get chapter upon chapter of Charley miserable because her long-term boyfriend cheated on her and then unceremonially dumped her on Christmas day （because that particular situation entitles you to behave pretty much how you want）。 I liked the fact that despite Josh being the true villain of the piece he wasn’t someone who was constantly harped on about。 Did she mention him when she was doing things she knew he would disapprove of？ Yes， but they’d been together for 10 years！I liked Mads and her gung-ho attitude， Charley’s parents were the sort every girl wishes she had when a relationship ends and Ed？ He wasn’t the traditional romantic hero， but he was sort of real。 There were moments I felt he was too good to be true and was a tad suspicious of his motivations， but he was evidence that nice guys don’t always finish last。Overall， a summer book that will give you exactly what you want and should be something you pack in your suitcase。This is a 3。5 star， but as Goodreads doesn't enable that function I have gone with 4。 Thank you to Netgalley for sending me this eBook in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more
Theresa Alan
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When Charley becomes single and thus homeless on Christmas Day， she’s forced to move in with her parents， who are kind enough to invite her on their trip to Antigua。 She inadvertently sits on a beach chair meant for newlyweds， but the man who takes the other seat was stood up at the altar。 Ed suggests that Charley join him for the activities meant for him his new bride like windsurfing and waterskiing。 In terms of escapist fiction， this is cute enough， but unless I missed that this was set a whi When Charley becomes single and thus homeless on Christmas Day， she’s forced to move in with her parents， who are kind enough to invite her on their trip to Antigua。 She inadvertently sits on a beach chair meant for newlyweds， but the man who takes the other seat was stood up at the altar。 Ed suggests that Charley join him for the activities meant for him his new bride like windsurfing and waterskiing。 In terms of escapist fiction， this is cute enough， but unless I missed that this was set a while ago， it feels dated。 Flight attendants are called stewardesses， and some of the jokes about things like online dating are worn out and not fresh。 I never felt the heat between Ed and Charley。 Also， Ed is a successful lawyer in his thirties， and， after college， he had only one brief fling with a woman but has only had two sexual partners in his life？ I don’t care how demanding your career and the fact you’re not normally a fling sort of person—you can find the time to date。 NetGalley provided an advance copy。 This romance will be RELEASED AUGUST 9， 2022 in the United States。 。。。more
Alexa Gutsche
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Someone Else's Honeymoon started off really well。 The whole toothbrush debacle and everything that proceeded was quite humourous and unexpected。 However， I'm really just referring to the first chapter， as after that things went downhill。 Everything that followed just narrated the very mundane things that the main character， Charley， did。 And honestly it was quite boring。 When we finally get to the part where the main love interest， Ed， comes it， almost half the book has gone by。 Speaking of love Someone Else's Honeymoon started off really well。 The whole toothbrush debacle and everything that proceeded was quite humourous and unexpected。 However， I'm really just referring to the first chapter， as after that things went downhill。 Everything that followed just narrated the very mundane things that the main character， Charley， did。 And honestly it was quite boring。 When we finally get to the part where the main love interest， Ed， comes it， almost half the book has gone by。 Speaking of love interests， I felt that there was very little connection between Ed and Charley。 And there was a strong 'insta-love' vibe to their connection， which， if you know me， does not sit well with me。 Another thing that bothered me is that the author just mentioned them "making love" and did not detail said love making。 This in a romance book does not endear me to the book or characters。 Yes， you don't want the smut to be the main story line， but the smut makes it more exciting。 It is almost like a reward。 Overall， in my opinion， it was too short and lacking in character development。 I received an advanced reader copy from Netgalley and I am leaving this review voluntarily。WARNING！ POSSIBLE SPOILERS！There were another two things that I can't resist commenting on。 Firstly， the cover。 It makes no sense to me。 Why are there three people on the cover？ I assume that one is Ed and one is Charley。 Is the third person supposed to be Sarah， Ed's fiancé that left him？ Is the woman in the blue swimsuit and white hat supposed to be Charley？ because she looks nothing like she was described in the book。 Secondly， Charley spent money like she was a millionaire。 Buying a new car， a whole new wardrobe， getting her hair done， a new phone and moving into a new apartment all in a very short space of time。 That just doesn't seem realistic even if she has a "nest egg"。 。。。more
Clare
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An easy and enjoyable read that was over very quickly。 I must say it was a bit of a slow start which was a little off putting but once it got going it was very enjoyable！
sinag
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2/5 stars！I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley。 All thoughts and opinions are my own。This one started out a bit funny with the toothbrush and all， but it slowly started to get boring and uninteresting as the chapters go by。 I find the dialogue between any characters in this book to be bland and very character-in-a-book like and not an actual human being。 Aside from that， the connection between our main characters？ Non-existent。 I feel lik 2/5 stars！I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley。 All thoughts and opinions are my own。This one started out a bit funny with the toothbrush and all， but it slowly started to get boring and uninteresting as the chapters go by。 I find the dialogue between any characters in this book to be bland and very character-in-a-book like and not an actual human being。 Aside from that， the connection between our main characters？ Non-existent。 I feel like we didn't get the build-up for us to be able to understand where both of them are coming from and why they should be together。 Personally， this was a bit lacking in the character department for me。 。。。more
Charmaine Healy
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