The Accidental Honeymoon Catastrophe

Frat Brats of Santa Barbara, Book 5

By: Hayden Hall

Narrated by: Jon Waters

Remember not to get drunk married to your best friend. It’s not rocket science.

Stefan

It was supposed to be a fun weekend trip with all my friends. The next thing I know, a splitting headache is waking me up on a plane to who knows where and there’s a ring on my finger.

What?!

Next to me is Marco, my best friend in the world, my favorite person, and… My husband? His ring matches mine and the marriage certificate in my handbag definitely has both our names on it.

But this is ridiculous. I’ve seen a marriage go sideways; I’ve seen my parents destroy each other with hatred. And I swore never to be like them. Never marry, never fall in love. Especially not to the best guy ever because he doesn’t deserve to get hurt like that.

Marco and I have a perfectly functional arrangement. We do whatever we feel like, but we never ever become boyfriends.

It’s just safer to separate a relationship from having fun with each other.

And, as we find ourselves on a romantic–and fake–honeymoon, I start to ask myself: have we been dating all along?

Marco

Stefan made me promise never to fall in love with him. And the thing about me is that I always keep a promise. We have a deal; we fool around, but we don’t let our feelings get involved. And it’s better that way.

Stefan doesn’t believe in happy endings and I don’t deserve him. Or anyone. I’d already lucked out once in my life when a wealthy family adopted me. How much more could I ask for?

Except, having to spend a week with him in the most romantic place on the planet is making all the lines blurry. Are we just messing around like we always do or is there something more? Is one week enough to convince Stefan that not all relationships end in flames?

And is a week enough to convince myself that I should love myself before letting someone else love me, too?

The more I think, the more I see: this marriage is a total joke.

The Accidental Honeymoon Catastrophe is the fifth novel in the Frat Brats of Santa Barbara series. While it can be listened to on its own, it’s just more fun to listen to them in order. Dive into a world of pining, steamy accidents, and two best friends who are perfect for each other, but refuse to see it.

©2022 Hayden Hall (P)2022 Tantor

Story is Okay But Narration Is Pretty Bad

I think maybe reading the book would probably be better. This one took me weeks to get to through because tbh it was sometimes a chore to listen to. The narration was so awful, especially his voice for Marco but Stefan wasn’t much better. I don’t know what kind of accent it was supposed to be, maybe Italian cause it had a bit of a Wario from Mario Brothers sound, but it seemed ridiculous as these characters seem to be going to school in American and have grown up here, so why the odd accents? If it was to try and make him sound hotter it didn’t, he sounded like an old man with an weird accent. It took me out of the story many times. I found it odd because the reading between the dialogue wasn’t that bad except for the pausing to make it seem dramatic. On top of that the synopsis is wrong, they don’t just wake up on a plane and realize they got married, not really. They clearly get married on a dare to spend all their friends money. Yes they are drunk but not to the point where they don’t know or don’t remember what happened. This isn’t a drunken wedding where they wake up like what just happened, it’s more like what did we just do, hahaha, let’s go to our next destination. I expected a different story from the blurb and that wasn’t what it was which was a bit of a let down too. Overall I guess I give the Story a generous 4, the narration is really bad but I give it a 2 just because I know it took time. I will make sure to avoid this narrator in the future though.