Review: Accidental Honeymoon

Accidental Honeymoon by Miranda MacLeod
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Finished on June 14, 2021

Favorite Scene/Quote: "Why wouldn't the words come out? How hard was it to say I love you and I don't want to be alone anymore?"

4.5/5 rounded up

I am a complete sucker for a good fake dating/marriage book. I really wanted to read this book from the first time that I saw the book, but I had to wait a bit to get Kindle Unlimited. I have some complicated feelings on this book. I really enjoyed it, but something felt like it was missing.
    
Monica’s job has taken a bit of a hit after a recession and her ex-girlfriend is selling the house out from under her. She’s angry about it and it doesn’t help when she’s reluctantly attracted to the handy ma’am. Ray is the handy ma’am hired to renovate the house to sell it, but she doesn’t really want to deal with Monica to do it. The two clash a lot, but Monica bribes Ray into coming along to visit her dying grandmother. Apparently, Ray makes a good impression because the grandmother leaves a vineyard to Monica…if she marries Ray.

I really enjoyed both of these characters. I knew I was going to like Ray. She was sweet, but she wasn’t a pushover. She wouldn’t be taken advantage of, but she was willing to help someone in need. Monica was the surprising part. I read a brief excerpt from the beginning of the book, so I wasn’t sure if Monica was going to annoy me or not. With the exception of a few points, she didn’t. She was a really good character and I found that I really enjoyed her. Also, she’s not solely an influencer but she is one. This will be the third book I’ve read with an influencer character, and I’ve loved all of them. What is it with that character type that I like and are there more books like that?

I said that I felt as though something was missing and I think it might have been the bonding between the two. There is quite a bit of bonding done between the two but there are also time skips that I think might have added more to the character. Personally, I also would have liked more after the last chapter, but it wrapped up nicely even without additional chapters or an epilogue.

This book was just excellent. I really enjoyed the humor between the two and the characters had chemistry even when they were fighting. I was invested in the two getting closer and the vineyard being able to become more than it was. This book did have the regular 80% drama, but it wasn’t horrible. With Monica’s character it even made sense.