5 stars
I read this one one sitting! I love Christina Hovland's books. So when I started this one, I didn't want to put it down. I loved Eli and Marlee. They were perfect for each other. This entire series is fun and witty. It makes me laugh more than any other books I have red in a long time. Christina Hovland's writing is impeccable and the banter in her writing is amazing! It makes me laugh out loud!

A delicious treat that will have you asking for seconds! Sweet, sexy, and so full of fun. Take It Off the Menu is filled with humor, surprises and fantastic characters. Lothario and Babushka are definitely scene-stealers that will make you laugh-out-loud. A perfect read if you’re looking for a feel-good friends-to-lovers rom-com to smile and swoon over. Eli and Marlee’s story is a great addition to the Mile High Matched series whether you’ve read them all or not, but you’ll surely want to – once you read one, you’ll want to dive back in for more fun!

Marlee is dumped by her fiancé two days before the wedding so her friends do what all best friends do, take her to Vegas to get over it. Of course, her best friend's brother Eli, comes along too because he's the one who usually has to bail them out of whatever trouble they get into. This time it's Eli who gets into trouble when after a drunken night he ends up married to Marlee. From there on it's a rollercoaster ride of should they get a divorce or shouldn't they. Loved this romantic comedy!

Loved the story in this book. Very well written so you fall into the book and don’t look up again till the last page. Definitely one to read.

Glorious romantic comedy.

When your fiancé dumps you two days before the wedding, keeps the house, the honeymoon, his job in your family business and apparently your parents too, what's a girl to do? Well a blow-out girl's weekend in Vegas sounds like the answer!

Eli has been looking after his little sisters most of his life, when his sister's BFF Marlee's wedding gets cancelled (a wedding he was supposed to be catering BTW) he is there for Marlee as always, but when the girls decide to go to Vegas he knows this has trouble written all over it so he agrees to come along.

Long and short of it, Marlee and Eli decide to pretend to get married (it was a dare) but are too drunk to remember to sign fake names, then the judge refuses to grant them an annulment. Marlee's parents want her and her ex to get back together and are worried that Eli is a gold-digger so they cut off her credit cards and offer her an allowance if she'll move back home with them- like a teenager instead of a 30 year old woman! So Marlee does what any self-respecting woman would do, she calls the person she knows will have her back, her soon-to-be-ex husband.

I enjoyed the first book in this series but I thought that maybe it was trying a tad too hard to be madcap with the crazy Russian grandma, this time the crazy Russian is still around but the humour feels more natural, less forced.

I loved Eli and Marlee's romance, it was cute and sweet and steamy and adorable.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

Take It Off the Menu is the first book I have read by Christina Holland and I thoroughly enjoyed it! It is part of a series but that doesn't interfere with the enjoyment of the story.

Marlee is dumped by her long term boyfriend 2 days before their wedding. Even worse, he told her father that he was going to do it a day before he did! Marlee and her 3 best friends head for Las Vegas with Eli, her friend's older brother along to keep the girls out of trouble. After much alcohol, tattoos and other dares, Eli and Marlee go through a fake marriage in response to a dare from Eli's sister Sadie. A marriage that later turns out to be real.

Improbably, the marriage is reported in the newspapers, Marlee's parents cut off her money and Marlee has to join the real world. Eli gives her a job and moves her into his apartment while Sadie helps them get a divorce. The events that follow are funny, heartbreaking and enlightening for both Marlee and Eli.

At first, this seemed to be another "poor little rich girl" book. Christina Hovland's well developed characters and carefully crafted plot keep the story moving and provide more than a few laugh-out-loud moments. I especially enjoyed Marlee's realization that she was a walking cliche and her determined efforts to become a better person.

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and am voluntarily reviewing it.

I love this series!
Christina Hovland is one of my favorite rom-com authors.

What I liked:
The writing style
The characters
The humor
Babushka
Lothario
Part of a series: Mile High Matched
Dual POVs
Standalone
HEA
Epilogue

I look forward to reading the next book in this series.

Waited so long for this book.
Bride dumped before the wedding-check
Best friends to be there for her-check
Brother of one of best friends - check
Trip to Vegas- check
Too much alcohol-check
Waking up married- check
Babushka- YES

Loved this story.

A good old best friend older brother trope which oddly enough I I'm not the biggest fan of that was actually sorta kinda cute. From the get-go, your able to see the strong connection between Marlee and Eli, and how their relationship developed throughout the pages. Sure this didn't wow me like "Blow Me Away" but it was still entertaining to say the least. In conclusion, this was a cute romance filled with likable characters, some funny moments and old faces of whom we previously read and loved.

This is the third book I've read of Christina Hovland's. Everyone one of them are hilarious. Take If Off the Menu, is no exception. Just wait until you get to the orange dildos. No words can explain how hard I laughed.