This book was not for me...I have read a few books by the author and I think at this point, I need to be done. It's a me problem. I can see how others might enjoy this, especially if they have liked other works from the author. However, I find the intimate scenes to be too graphic for my liking.

Thank you to Netgally & the publisher for my early e-arc.

I had higher hopes but it just didn’t wow me at any point. I felt like I needed more from them besides sex. Ginny and Elsie also just annoyed me. I didn’t like that half the book was basically conflict and I kind of got bored. I’m not saying it was a terrible read, but it could have been better.

I loved the premise of this book and the execution was absolute PERFECTION! I've loved Meryl Wilsner's backlist books but this one might just be my favorite of all time! The yearning and mutual pining led to so much angst and I ate up every bit of it. Elsie and Ginny's characters both felt so real and their development was done so well! I absolutely loved how different both of the characters were from each other but how perfectly they worked together!

Thank you to St. Martin’s Griffin, NetGalley, and Meryl Wilsner for sending me an early copy!

Thank you to NetGalley for the e-ARC and ALC of this book!

I loved the narration! I thought both narrators did a great job of bringing these characters to life.

I'm a big fan of Meryl Wilsner. Their book Mistakes Were Made is probably still my all time favorite sapphic romance. So I was really excited to read this one.

Friends to lovers is not usually a trope I gravitate towards. Nothing irks me more than people in love holding back because they may ruin their friendship. But this was really cute. Elsie and Ginny have basically grown up together, and while Ginny KNOWS they've loved Elsie that whole time, it takes Elsie calling off her own wedding and going on the honeymoon with her best friend to realize she loves Ginny too.

I loved the vacation part of the story.

It's Spicy (I mean we are talking spice before the halfway point) and it's got all types of spice as they are so comfortable with each other they try some things! Them being comfortable with each other is actually the best part for me. It's so endearing how they love each other.

It's when they get back home and the 3rd act breakup comes into play that the story fell a little short for me. It seemed a dumb reason to part, even though these two maybe did need some time to figure out what they wanted on their own. The reason... was dumb.

This is still a super cute, sweet, SPICY, lovely sapphic story and I enjoyed it a lot!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this novel!
4.5 stars

This is a really interesting structure for a romance! It is as much about their friendship as it is their romantic relationship, and it makes for a knotty (and naughty) character-driven story. All in all I really liked it, and loved what it had to say about finding individuality in a relationship and how a people-pleaser can find their own voice. I am very picky with my 5 stars, and this book is probably as close as a pop romance can get.

Characters: I enjoyed reading Ginny and Elsie's story a lot. They're very similar, which I think is a natural, sensible result of their lifelong friendship, but they sort of seemed less like two individuals at times and more like two sides of the same coin. Or like two heads on the same body. Even when you're in one character's POV, Ginny and Elsie are so intertwined that they almost haunt each other's narratives. It's part of what makes the end of the book so strong, in my opinion: they finally take time to find who they are as individuals, and I think it makes the book as a whole more interesting.

Plot: This book is very much separated into thirds. The first third is all the fun of a usual romance, with tension and yearning. The middle third is smut. The last third is the meat of the individual character development. I really liked the first and last third, but the middle was a little jarring. To be clear: it was really good smut. Meryl Wilsner knows what they're doing. But it came on a little suddenly, and it was really stuck in that one moment. I wish the build up to the initial getting-together had been a little more gradual, although I do appreciate that these two characters have been in love with each other since childhood. Other than that, I liked the plot.

Prose: Simplistic but nice. No lines stuck out to me for good or bad reasons. This book had a lot to say about individuality within relationships when they feel all-encompassing and like a sport of your identity, but did not do it in a particularly artful way.

Wilsner has a knack for crafting beautiful chemistry between love interests. I loved the progress between friends to lovers

This was my first book by this author, and it was so cute! The chemistry between Ginny and Elsie was amazing. I loved their banter and their friendship that remained constant event through their ups and downs in the book. I usually don’t like friends-to-lovers tropes, but I thought it was well done here. The main characters are very in love with each other from the very beginning, and as a reader, I felt that energy even when they were both being stubborn. I think the book really focused heavily on the physical aspect of Ginny and Elsie’s relationship rather than developing the emotional one more. I would’ve liked to have them unpack some of the reasons why they never got together before. Thank you to the publisher and author for sending me an advanced copy!

"Meryl Wilsner's spicy romance, their first with a nonbinary lead, where two lifelong best friends go on a nonrefundable honeymoon together and discover sometimes to find a happily ever after, you just have to ask."

I really wanted to like this book but found it to be all over the place and couldn't follow the story. Will give it another try sometime.

This was a cute book. I liked the premise of it and as the story went on it got better. This is a fun, quick read that is perfect right before summer!

Overall this was a good book, but I felt it was too long. The was a lot of repetitive content when it came to the spicy and then the 3rd act was really blown up and the FMC really overreacted in my opinion. I can appreciate why they needed to take time apart, but the manner in which it happen was over the top and cause me to pause reading this book for far to long.

If you cancelled your wedding a week before the big day and received the nonrefundable honeymoon, who would you take? We find that out as we meet Elsie who is unhappy that her fiancé has planned their entire wedding and honeymoon without input from her. She calls off the wedding and takes her best friend Ginny on the honeymoon. Ginny and Elsie have been best friends since middle school and Ginny has loved Elsie since then. The honeymoon allows them to air out their true feelings. This was not my favorite book. I disliked the characters, even the secondary ones. This book had very little plot. It was all spice. I didn’t mind all the spice, but one scene in particular tanked the entire book for me. It was a graphically written scene about intimacy while on your monthly Mother Nature friend and it was gross. It wasn’t for me at all. However, the LGBTQ+ rep was really good and the author did a fabulous job of setting our scene. The author made me want to travel to this island where I could have a private bungalow away from guests and elaborate excursions.

This was probably closer to a 2.5 for me, rounded up to a 3. I really wanted to love this more. The concept—two best friends on a nonrefundable honeymoon, finally confronting years of unspoken feelings—had so much potential. And I appreciated the fresh representation and setup.

But when the characters finally got together, their relationship felt a bit shallow. The emotional and romantic connection was overshadowed by a string of sex scenes, and I found myself wishing for more substance in their conversations and interactions. I wanted to see their bond deepen, not just be told it existed.

That said, the ending brought some redemption. There’s definite growth from both characters, and I appreciated the way the story ultimately centered around learning to ask for what you want—not just in love, but in life. I just wish we’d gotten a bit more of that emotional development earlier on.

Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for providing me with an eARC of this title.

This book really reminded me why friends to lovers is one of my least favorite tropes. I liked both Ginny and Elsie, and I really liked the set up. I would have been more interested in the romance if it had taken a little longer to happen. I would have preferred spending more time with them pining for each other. I felt like we went from besties to explicit sex scene after explicit sex scene way too quickly. I also hated that every time anything sexy started happening Elsie would start talking about how it reminded her of all of these childhood memories of Ginny. I just thought it was so weird that they start having sex and Elsie is thinking "this reminds me of that time we went to the fair when we were 12." There were also some inconsistencies with how the characters were described. A big part of this book is Elsie asking for what she wants. Ginny tells her that she needs to start advocating for herself and what she wants. It's stated over and over again that she doesn't ask for what she wants and just lets things happen. Then shortly after that we get a paragraph talking about how much Elsie has always loved being in charge.

I really enjoyed the premise of this one and had some high hopes that I would enjoy it. Unfortunately this one didn't really work for me .

First thank you to st Martins press and NetGalley for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 3.5 stars

Synopsis: Elise and Ginny have been friends forever. When Elise fiancé decides to surprise her with a wedding and honeymoon, she decides that she can no longer go through with the wedding. Her ex-fiancé tells her to go on the honeymoon with her best friend. Ginny tells Elise she can have whatever she wants on the honeymoon and they take their friendship to a new level.

What I liked: the representation was fantastic in this book. I loved that the story was set in Minneapolis. It did remind me of the unhoneymooners also set in the twin cities. There were very funny moments and really liked the growth at the end of the book. I loved how important family was to both Ginny and Elise. The characters were a little young for me sometimes but overall good

Thank you to NetGalley, Goodreads, and St. Martin Griffin publishing for this ARC.

This is my first book from this author. This book is about two best friends, Ginny and Elsie. They have know each other for years. When Elsie decides to end her engagement to her boyfriend. Her and her bestie Ginny decide to go on the honeymoon together since it is already paid for and non refundable. Elsie is pansexual so their former fiancée booked the honeymoon at LGTBQIA+ resort. One thing leads to another and these best friends discover they have been feening for each other since the beginning.

Now don’t get me wrong this book had potential from the synopsis but it just missed the mark in my opinion. The two main characters were too interconnected and there was not enough plot or description showing that they were actually attracted to each other. They went from 5 to 100 in 2 seconds when they got on the island. Now I usually never say this but……too much smut especially with no connection. Now i feel like the plot got better in the last 20 pages but then it was over. Ending felt rushed.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the Arc!

I wanted to love this book. So badly. I love Meryl Wilsner. But this did not do it for me.

The chemistry and love between Ginny and Elsie was so cutie and lovely. I enjoyed reading about their connection. But their issues were so not believable or fleshed out. It was cringe! There was no character development and it fell so flat. So disappointed.

The spice was hot! So that added a star.

This was cute and spicy, I was a big fan! Two best friends on a honeymoon for one, I loved the tension and how they both wanted it and then finally jumped,

I was excited to read My Best Friend’s Honeymoon. It has a great premise: Elsie (she/her) ends her engagement to her well-meaning but dumb fiancé. Ex-fiancé has already booked a non-refundable stay in an all-inclusive resort for their honeymoon, so he suggests Elsie go on the trip with her best friend Ginny (she/they). Ginny says yes because (GASP) they’ve been in love with Elsie since middle school. I was pumped for what seemed like a sweet romcom with nonbinary rep. Plus, fans of this author and early reviews promised lots of spice. Unfortunately, there was almost nothing about this book that worked for me.

I’m not sure how to review this book because there’s very little to comment on. The only characters we learn anything of substance about are Ginny and Elsie, but both are very underdeveloped. Instead of actual scenes with dialogue or plot, the majority of this book is Elsie and Ginny taking turns telling the audience about things that happened to them in high school and/or info dumping about things going on in the present. Because of this, it’s difficult to care about either of them. We’re told they’ve been secretly pining for each other for 10+ years, but not given any opportunity to see that chemistry for ourselves. And then, out of what feels like nowhere, they start having sex. And then they keep having sex. And that’s all that happens for a VERY long time. From the 40% mark to the 60% mark—nonstop sex scene. My Best Friend’s Honeymoon is SPICY, I’ll give it that! I’m not gonna clutch my pearls over it, but, and I imagine this is the first and only time I will ever say this: CW for extremely graphic period sex.

Maybe the most frustrating thing about this book is that it has potential. There is an underlying theme of codependency here, even though the word is never explicitly said, that I think could’ve been so interesting had the author actually gone for it. They toe the line, but ultimately back off in favor of a HEA. I get that this is a romance, but meh. Ginny is far and away more interesting than Elsie. If this were a single POV narrative focused on just Ginny, and if the issues that came up with their friendship with Elsie had been explored instead of hand-waved away, I’d be writing a very different review.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for providing me with an e-galley of this book in exchange for an honest review.

My Best Friends Honeymoon started out cute with a friends to lovers storyline but then turned a bit too fast for me. I couldn’t connect to either mc very well and their very fast jump into bed was a bit too much for me. The buildup and character evolution for both Ginny and Elsie felt a bit off and not quite what I’m used to from Meryl Wilsner. This was overall a cute story and suitable for anyone looking for a light, feel good romance but didn’t quite hit the mark for me.

My Best Friend’s Honeymoon is an adorable queer romance from Meryl Wilsner. Elsie breaks off her engagement and takes her best friend, Ginny, on the nonrefundable honeymoon with her. What could go wrong, right? Well what Elsie doesn’t know is that Ginny has been in love with Her since they were in high school.

Totally predictable but totally adorable! I loved the characters—as I have in all of Meryl Wilsner’s books. Cute rom com read!