THE UNHONEYMOONERS

Using a wry, minimally inflected tone, narrator Cynthia Farrell ensures that listeners enjoy the tongue-in-cheek humor in this romance. Amy Torres, veteran contest winner, and Dane Thomas get married, using all her prizes. But it's a disastrous wedding--everyone except Amy's sister, Olive, and Dane's brother, Ethan, gets violently sick. And Olive and Ethan don't like each other, so going on their siblings' honeymoon proves to be a challenge. Farrell's matter-of-fact delivery of narrative contrasts with her dialogue--she fully captures Olive's sharp, snappy tone and Ethan's laid-back yet snarky comebacks. Farrell emotes throughout the oil-and-water relationship, adding humor and joy to the second half of the story. Deacon Lee narrates the epilogue in a deep, velvety voice to wrap up this rom-com. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 2019]