A fun book to listen to. Audiobook was perfect. If you like thrillers, give this one a chance when it comes out.

What a fun summer read! The narrator was amazing! I loved the Mediterranean island setting. The story was a little predictable at first but soon the plot twists made it for a very interesting thriller. I felt that the main character was ignoring all the red flags and then running towards danger like a moth to flame which made the direction of the story hard to witness at times, but in the end it all made sense. ⁣
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Thank you NetGalley for this ARC that was provided to me in exchange for an honest review.

This book was very interesting. Chloe and Dan quickly get married without knowing each other well. Dan initially seems like the perfect man for Chloe, until they go on their honeymoon and she starts noticing red flags in his behavior.

The book had a good plot and the storyline was well developed. However, I had a hard time connecting with the characters. I couldn’t stand Chloe, Dan, or her grandmother. Chloe was a little too whiny for me. Dan just annoyed me all together. Why he couldn’t just be upfront with her made no sense whatsoever. And Grandma.. man did she just irk me. Everything that came out of her mouth to her granddaughter was just rude and not necessary. She made it seem like she was always a bother. No matter what she did! I was hoping as I go through the book they would get better and I would like them more but that wasn’t the case.

Thank you, NetGalley, for allowing me to read this book and give my honest opinion. Thank you, Rona Halsall, for writing this book. I did enjoy the plot and the development of the story but I just didn’t connect with the characters as much as I was hoping to.

This was an amazing thriller! When her husband won’t let her leave after their honeymoon excursion things got crazy! I was captivated the entire book!!

Newlywed Chloe is heading for her dream honeymoon with her new husband Dan, she has been dreaming of honeymooning in the Maldives for ever and can’t wait to get there. As she and Dan rush to the airport, he hurries her along to the departure gate.
As she gets there she suddenly realises something isn’t right. The plane isn’t going where she thinks it’s going. Dan explains he’s changed the destination without telling her as he was concerned for their safety. He says he’s found the perfect alternative.
Chloe is furious he’s deceived her but it’s too late to back out.

Once on their honeymoon more and more strange things begin to happen and Chloe suddenly begins to doubt how well she knows her new husband.

I found this book extremely unbelievable. How and why would Chloe continue to trust Dan, why would she not leave at the 1st opportunity and why when she does eventually leave would she ever go back? Not once but twice?


I was very disappointed with this story

Nothing better then a fast paced thriller that keeps you on your toes the entire time. Talk about a whirlwind of fun. First this cover is beautiful and caught my eye right away. When your dream Honeymoon becomes your worst nightmare -- who would pass that up!! I'm glad I was given the opportunity to listen to this audiobook because it was a great one. The twist and turns come up the very end!

Twisty and tense, this thriller about a woman on a honeymoon after a whirlwind courtship and marriage will make you question everyone and everything. I really enjoyed it.

It was alright. Didn’t keep my interest much. Lacked character development for me. Didn’t get hooked on to the characters.

The Honeymoon - Rona Halsall
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I love a fast-paced thriller that keeps you wanting more. This one really delivered that!

Chloe meets Dan and they quickly fall in *lust* and get married. Chloe is smitten, until her honeymoon takes several odd turns leaving her to ask herself who she really married.
Possible trigger warning- death of a parent.

Listened to this one on audio- thank you Net Galley! The idea of a “honeymoon gone wrong” really intrigued me. However, most of the book I found myself SCREAMING at Chloe. Poor, ditzy girl. 🤣

This story was super suspenseful and had me questioning everything, but it was missing that emotional connection that makes your heart skip a beat when you get to the end.

This was a solid read for me! Try not to curse Chloe too loud when you read it. 😉

After a whirlwind romance and a rushed wedding Chloe and Dan set off for their honeymoon in the Maldives...except Dan changed the destination without telling Chloe. Chloe loves Dad but has some suspicions about him as she realizes Dan has been keeping secrets. And why does he think he needs to keep her safe and that going home is out of the question? Chloe quickly starts to feel like she's being held prisoner and is determined to find out what's going on with Dan. I really wanted to like this book but it really fell short of my expectations. I was hoping for twists and turns and a page turning thriller but I just didn't get that. I kept on reading hoping it would get better and I was disappointed that it just never did. I think this would've been perfect as a novella, however, the narrators were really good so that helped me finish it. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of this audiobook.

This book was so weird. So Dan propses to Chloe and the get married within weeks. He then changes their honeymoon destination and tries ot convince Chloe to stay there long term. It's all creepy. He takes her phone and hides it.

She literally finds out someone is dismantling her life and she doesn't know if its Dan or whether he is hiding from something and now its after her.

I was a little flat but I was still hooked. I wish the pace had been better, it just kind of plodded on but I had ti know what was going on so I listened to it all in one sitting.

The narrator was good and I would definitely recommend if you like a good psychological thriller

4 stars

I love a fast-paced thriller that starts right off from the beginning. Every time I felt like I was starting to guess what would happen next, a new twist was thrown in.

Thank you to Netgalley, Rona Halsall and Bookouture Audio for this ALC in exchange for my honest review.

The Honeymoon was such a fun book to read, full of twists and fast paced. I love a good psychological thriller that you can jump right into from the beginning.
I found myself immediately feeling sorry for Chloe as she wonders who she ended up marrying as he appears to completely switch gears after the wedding. Their perfect romance turns into an absolute nightmare leaving more questions than answers. Right when you think you have figured it all out, another huge twist comes up leaving amazed. Definitely add this to your MUST READ list, you will not be disappointed. Huge thank you to Rona Halsall, NetGalley, and Bookouture Audio for allowing me to listen to this wild ride.

Thank you Bookouture Audio and NetGalley for the ALC of the book.

Chloe meets Dan and they get married pretty quickly. Chloe thinks she finally can be happy but honeymoon opens up Dan from a different perspective.

As there were a lot of red flags for this relationship (aka perfect setting for a thriller) I was curious where it all will lead the characters. There were some interesting turns I didn’t see coming so I stopped guessing and just enjoyed the read.

Naomi Frederick did an amazing job narrating and showing characters’ emotions.

I think this book should have been titled "Clueless Chloe," I made it through 60% of the book and then had to give up on it. I did not like or respect the main character, Chloe, which is my automatic thumbs-down. The narration was wonderful.

I was worried about Chloe when she agreed to marry Dan just a few weeks after meeting him. She falls head-over-hills, is ready to believe everything he says, and talks herself into overlooking many red flags! There are so many secrets and so much craziness, plus a thoroughly satisfying end!

3.75*

Thriller set on MENORCA and in BRIGHTON

Chloe works as a physiotherapist, she is good at her job. Her family is pretty unsupportive – her siblings have cut contact with her – and she doesn’t really have the support network of friends. She looks after her grandmother, although she receives no credit for that. And then Dan, carer to one of her patients, barrels into her life.

After a whirlwind romance, he proposes to her and she accepts. She feels treasured by him, for the first time in her life. They plan a honeymoon in the Maldives and when they arrive at the airport, he ushers her into the departure queue for a flight to Menorca (that should be Mahón on the Departures Board, but never mind). He manages to sweet-talk her into accepting the change of venue for the honeymoon, I mean, Maldives versus Menorca… (wouldn’t most of us have thought “there is a rabbit loose here” and high tail it out of there?). She is too biddable, and on the way to the remote villa he has chosen above Es Grau, the taxi stops to pick up provisions. She is clearly not going to get the wonderful dining experience she had anticipated, with swaying palms and rolling waves on her Maldivian island.

Gradually she comes to experience Dan as quite controlling and she suspects he is actually keeping her locked in the house. When challenged, he says there is a reason (a secret) and all he will say is that he has to keep her safe. Her phone has gone missing, and being the accepting young woman she is, she simply asks to use his phone (I personally would be up-a-height if I thought my phone had possibly been stolen but she is placid about the whole thing). As she starts to discover more about her husband, she realises that she knows virtually nothing about him and what she does discover in dribs and drabs is rather alarming.

She, too, carries a secret, which, given something happened in her early twenties, could probably be put down more to youthful carelessness than something more extreme, But anyway, it is a burden she feels she must carry, which she has shared with no-one until now.

I felt committed to listening to the story, it is quite involving and it is well written. But I think overall there was just a level of acceptance on Chloe’s part that just didn’t feel tenable. And at one point, she thrashes around in the water with the deftness of a Ninja, carrying out feats of extreme tenacity – this is an incident which serves to move the story along and felt pretty unbelievable. Overall, though I enjoyed the story, it has a really good level of tension and the ending is nicely rounded, given everything that happens to Chloe. I enjoyed the audiobook narration by Naomi Frederick.

The Honeymoon by Rona Halsall and narrated by Naomi Frederick is a stunning psychological thriller and at the centre, the very real issue of multiple secrets within a whirlwind romance, beutiful settings, idyllic promises and a very very dark undercurrent. Absolutely compelling, intriguing and yes, gripping start to finish!

Thank you to Netgalley, Bookouture, Rona Halsall and narrator Naomi Frederick for this gripping ALC. My review is left voluntarily and all opinons are my own

I listened to the audiobook; right off the bat, I knew it was going to be psychologically thrilling. Halsall doesn’t waste any time building the main character, Chloe, who is constantly questioning herself and wondering if things are right in her life.

Chloe and Dan marry and she is beside herself with joy as she has just had her beautiful wedding and has married her soulmate. Then, shortly thereafter, she tries to convince herself things are ok until they honeymoon on an island and Dan begins acting strangely. He doesn’t want her to leave! He insists they stay on this island forever.

There are many responsibilities back home, including the grandma that she watches over. This isn’t anything she anticipated and now she must navigate her way through this disaster. Should she listen to her husband or should she go back home to her life before? Is she allowed to leave? Strange things begin happening and she then knows something is wrong.

I love Halsall’s writing style as she puts the reader right into Chloe’s head although I didn’t connect with Dan much; maybe because I didn’t trust him from the beginning. I loathed Ryle from Colleen Hoover’s book, It Ends With Us, more than any other antagonist, but now I think Dan is equivalent to Ryle!

Read this book if you love mysteries, thrillers, or psychological thrillers. It never stops with the suspense and often times conflicting emotions you’ll experience while reading this. I definitely did not anticipate the ending would be as it was. Halsall gives us great closure and buttons it up like a true thriller should end.

Naomi Frederick narrated this book. She was perfect for this one. Her voice was pleasant and flawless. I hope to listen to more books that she narrates.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC of this book.

Wow what a crazy ride. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC. I really enjoyed the voices of the narration. This book goes through twists and turns of a honeymoon gone wrong. It kept me interested throughout but some of the "foreshaddowing" and twists were awkward and anticlimactic