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BOOKWORM REVIEW: How to Honeymoon Alone by Olivia Hayle


RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
SPICE: 🔥🔥.5

Eden went on this tropical vacation hoping to shake off the problems she has left behind at home. More prominently was her ex-fiancé whom she caught with her ex-best friend. Her goal for her solo honeymoon: find a few adventures and get enough relaxation to forget all about her ex.

When a grumpy but good-looking man barges into her table, Eden did not expect that he would be keeping her company all trip along. Philip is also on this trip alone after his own fiancé and he broke things off.

In a place where everyone is almost paired off with their soulmates, Eden and Philip band together to make their time alone on the resort a little less lonely. Can these two opposites find what they lost in the most unexpected place?

This single-POV read is an exquisite slow burn between two people who were grieving the loss of their previous relationships even though they understood that they were no good for them anyway.  I love Eden and Philip's meet-cute, and the arc of their relationship -- despite being complete opposites -- was fun to watch. Like I said, the whole process to the spice is low and slow, but Olivia Hayle serves up some wonderful tension with fun resort activities to build up the connection between our main characters.

The best supporting star award of this read goes to the venue. Hayle delivers intricate details to Eden and Philip's adventures that certainly had me wishing for a Caribbean vacation. I love the different activities they participate in, each one subtly but cleverly playing a role on establishing a chemistry between them.

ABOUT THE BOOK

A paradise island. Two strangers. The attraction they never saw coming…

When Eden dumped her cheating ex before the wedding, the last thing she expected was to go on their tropical honeymoon alone. But with no refunds possible, she packs her budget guidebook and broken heart, and sets off.

She plans to relax on the beach, swim in the ocean, and drink cocktails until she feels like herself again… or falls over. Whichever comes first. What she’s not expecting is the brusque, handsome stranger who sits down at her table on the first night.

Philip Meyer is a grumpy workaholic, and so irritatingly cynical that it makes her forget she’s grieving just to prove him wrong about the world. The two have nothing in common… except trying to forget who they’ve left behind.

The luxury resort isn’t too big, and fate soon pushes them together again. And again. Catamaran cruises and midnight swims give way to late night room service and whispered nothings. Maybe opposites really do attract.

But every vacation has to end, even the very best ones… Can these two opposites make it last?

This steamy romantic comedy is the perfect summer read! Great for fans of The Love Hypothesis or Beach Read, it involves a feisty heroine and the grumpy hero who reluctantly (but inevitably) falls for her charms…

MEET OLIVIA HAYLE

Olivia is a hopeless romantic who loves billionaire heroes, despite never having met one. So she took matters into her own hands and creates them on the page instead. Stern, charming, cold or brooding, so far she’s never met a (fictional) billionaire she didn’t like.

A voracious reader of romance, Olivia picked up the pen a few years back and what followed was nothing short of a love affair of. Now she spends her days chuckling at the steamy banter she’s writing or swooning at happily-ever-afters.

She’s been writing contemporary romance novels since 2019. They’re all available on Amazon and enrolled in Kindle Unlimited.

(Phew. Now I can go back to writing first-person love stories!)

Connect with Olivia
Website ➡️ https://oliviahayle.com/
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