I was looking forward to reading this one as I have recently read a novel by Gemma Rogers and was entertained. This novel did not disappoint. We meet Kelly, who catches her husband cheating at their wedding reception, follows their honeymoon and beyond to try to help Kelly uncover the truth of what her husband hasn't been telling her. The first line of the book got straight to the point to make the story engaging and continued to be engaging throughout. The twists and turns throughout were interesting and unique. The only things that were not enjoyable were some of the minor events that seemed a little implausible, and I had hoped for a stronger ending. I will look forward to my next Gemma Rogers read!

I want to thank NetGalley and Boldwood Books for a chance to read this ARC for free in exchange for my honest review.

Kelly and Ryan just got married and have a fancy honeymoon planned overseas. Unfortunately, Kelly caught Ryan cheating AT her wedding with her best friend, Liza. Kelly hid Ryan’s passport and hoped to go on the honeymoon alone. She thought she was successful until he showed up. Kelly learns this was not the only secret Ryan had been keeping. She may now be in danger with no way to hide.

Betrayal, lies, and murder: this book takes you for a journey. Fast paced read especially at first, but I found myself getting so caught up in how stupid Kelly was.. going along with things like this was a “normal” situation. All 4 of the main characters really pissed me off and the last bit of the book dragged on for me.

I do want to thank NetGalley and Boldwood Books for a chance to read this ARC for free in exchange for my honest review.

I received this book from NetGalley.

The book starts off well, but almost immediately Kelly says that sometimes her husband drinks and gets angry and that's when she gets scared. So she knows this about him, recognises it and still gets married?!

I want to feel sorry for Kelly because she's having a rough time of things. I do feel sorry for her in a way, but she also allows herself to be manipulated constantly. She should have distanced herself on the honeymoon or gone home earlier. Instead she played house and got herself deeper into a mess. Now that they're home, she's still trying to protect Ryan and then gets herself into a mess.

I wish we could have had more of Kelly and Nico in London because he was a really good part of the story. But overall, not a bad book. Just so much that could have been avoided had Kelly thought things through a bit more and not been so trusting. Although she comes out on top in the end which is good.

My wedding was the perfect whirlwind of a day. The happiest I'd ever been. That was until I discovered my beloved husband, Ryan, tucked away in a compromising summer house clinch with Liza, his best friend's wife. Reeling with the ultimate betrayal, my world in freefall, with nowhere to turn, I flee my own wedding, unable to face anyone, not even my family. I just want to escape this nightmare. With our lights to our luxury honeymoon leaving in a matter of hours, could ten blissful days of Cretan Island life, minus my cheating husband help me figure out my future? It couldn't be that easy, could it?

What would you do if you found your best friend and husband in a compromising clinch on your wedding day? I think I would need to confront them there and then. But Kelly is more refined than me, she hotfoots it off on honeymoon on her own. But Ryan has a different plan, a couple of days later he flies out to Crete to join Kelly, and he brings a big surprise with him. Kelly's problems start at the wedding, then she slowly finds out Ryan has more than the affair that he was keeping a secret about. The twists and lies kept coming. This story has the perfect ending.

Published 18th October 2024

I would like to thank #NetGalley #BoldwoodBooks and the author #GemmaRogers for my ARC of #TheHoneymoon in exchange for an honest review.

I did enjoy this book. It gets straight in to the storyline which I liked. I don’t know if I’d describe it as a “thriller” until maybe about 80% in. It’s got a little bit of everything in it - it’s like a chick-lit novel meets mystery. It held my attention well and was a nice, easy read. I think the front cover is slightly misleading - the line “murderer?” - I didn’t find this to be as relevant as I thought I would before I started the book but without spoiling too much I can understand why the author used it and it’s a good tactic for building intrigue.

The opening of this book will have you going "wtf did I just read". I was like wow, and didn't know where it was going to go from there. You will be rooting for the main character and thinking damn woman you are made of strong stuff. You will want to keep reading until the end, you will need to. Very engrossing, definitely a page turner.

Wow I was hooked on this! Very addictive and easy to read. A very gripping plot with plenty of twists along the way. Definitely not a predictable book.

I enjoyed the book upto and including the actual holiday but when she returned home I felt it all got a bit silly. As for her sister I’m pretty sure they would have made up in the end? I preferred the first half overall

I really enjoyed this book. It’s the first one that I’ve read by this author but it certainly won’t be the last. I was gripped from page 1 and then couldn’t put it down. The characters and plot were both very intriguing. I’d definitely recommend this book.

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Started with a bang and didn’t let up!

When so much is thrown at the main character - you just have to know how things are going to pan out…..the pages literally turn themselves!

One extraordinary drama after another - suspense, intrigue, murderous thoughts…..it’s all there.

For me, I think this is Gemma’s best work to date - and I hope there is plenty more to come!

Thanks to NetGalley for my ARC.

I absolutely loved this book. It had me gripped from the first few pages and I couldn't put it down. I found myself sneaking in chapters while at work and when I was supposed to be sleeping. It was fast paced and kept me guessing how the plot would unravel.
Fantastic thriller!

Kelly goes off to Crete on honeymoon on her own after discovering her husband Ryan was cheating on her with her best friend Liza on her wedding day. Ryan soon follows and Liza and Liza's husband Bobby also turn up, having been invited by Ryan. The scene is set for tension between the 4 as secrets and lies are revealed. The drama continues after they return home with threats from shady and unscrupulous characters. This book is more domestic drama than thriller. There are some good twists and turns to hold the reader's interest and the short chapters make this an easy read. Overall I enjoyed it.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an arc in exchange for an honest review.

Easy to read, fast paced domestic thriller. If you like books with secrets, lies, cheating spouses, hidden agendas, travel domestic drama and some romance then you will love The Honeymoon. I flew through this one, sucked in from the first chapter. Especially after Ryan, Liza and Bobby landed in Crete I knew the drama on and it did not disappoint. Definitely a few good twists and a great ending. I love Gemma Roger’s books, can’t wait to read her next one!!

Thank you to Gemma Rogers, Boldwood Books, and NetGalley for an arc of this novel in exchange for my honest opinion.

TRUST NO ONE! Kelly and Ryan had a beautiful wedding. They begin celebrating at the reception with their family and friends. Everything is perfect until Kelly sees her new husband in the throws of passion with his best friend's wife, Liza. Yes you read that right. New husband is cheating on his new wife with his best friend's wife, Liza, who also happens to be Kelly's best friend. What could go wrong?! Kelly decides to still go alone and enjoy Crete, the place they picked for their honeymoon. After a few peaceful days of solitude in the sun, Ryan shows up and the gaslighting begins. Make no mistake, Ryan has some tricks up his sleeves and none of them are good, turning this paradise into the honeymoon from hell! Just when you think that's the worst of Kelly's problems, the story takes a swift and unexpected turn, which left my head spinning! Between all the lies and betrayal this is a dark and twisty novel. I did find some parts to be a little slow, but the pace picks up especially towards the end. There were also times when I wish that Kelly had a spine and would learn to stop trusting people who clearly shouldn't be trusted. It was definitely a "just one more chapter" and I could hardly put it down as the book came to a satisfying conclusion.

Great, twisty read! I flew through it as I couldn’t wait to find out how things were going to unravel. Just when you think that there couldn’t possibly be a more convoluted situation, there’s another twist in the story. Short, fast paced chapters made this a quick 2 day read for me. I’m looking forward to the next Gemma Rogers title.
Thank You to NetGalley, Boldwood Books, and Gemma Rogers for the opportunity to read and enjoy this ARC.

Thank you Netgalley, Boldwood Books and Gemma Rogers for the eArc of The Honeymoon.

Having read a few of Gemma's books, I was really looking forward to The Honeymoon. This book is a singular POV from Kelly who on her wedding night, sees her best friend and Ryan, her new husband in a passionate embrace. Rather than marching over to them, Kelly decides to go to Crete on her own and hides her Husbands passport to delay him. What unwinds after this, has you thinking of various toxic methods of Ryan trying his best to get her back. What makes things so much more complicated is that her best friend, Liza and Bobby, her own Husband also arrive in Crete.

I feel that this is more of a domestic thriller with some psychological elements but a lot less than what Ive come to usually read from Gemma's books. The plot is medium paced, which I felt was consistent throughout the book. There is some good twists and turns and some good foreshadowing with the pay off at the end.

The main characters were all well developed, which to begin with is mainly Kelly and then gradually builds in Ryan, Liza and finally Bobby. Even though, I didn't really " bond " with any particular characters. They all have likeable and unlikeable characteristics, which I always find interesting.

This is a good domestic thriller, kept me engaged and I still enjoyed it even though I felt Gemma has written better books in the past

3 .5 stars for Storygraph, 3 stars for Amazon, Goodreads

Thanks netgalley for this book about so many secrets and a wedding of Kelly and Ryan, who after just getting married was in the arms of Kelly’s best friend.
Kelly was horrified and did not know what to do, the first thing she did was run to her bedroom tear her wedding dress of pack her bag including her passport, and hiding Ryan’s passport, and deciding to go on her honey moon alone.
Kelly got a taxi to the airport and hoped Ryan would not join her, as she then decided she wanted a divorce.
From then on more lies appeared from everyone,
The story got a bit slow in the middle but picked up when you found out who had been lying to her and it all was a total surprise.😦

This was a fast paced thriller to read.

On her wedding party night, Kelly walked onto her new husband cheating with her best friend.
Shocked and angry, she decides to go on her honeymoon on her own. But her husband decides to join her a few days later anyway. And more importantly, he doesn’t want to divorce.

It was an easy read, but I sometimes found the characters a bit annoying.

Thank you Netgalley.

I have read a couple of Gemma's other books and absolutely loved them, but this one didn't work for me.

Rather than a thriller, it was more of a domestic drama / women's fiction story, focused on the choices Kelly makes after finding her husband cheating with her best friend AT THEIR WEDDING! Can he sink any lower than that? Well, yes, actually!

The premise and the start of the book really drew me in, but it quickly became lacklustre and repetitive. I had high hopes for some huge twists, but when they came, they didn't blow my mind and felt quite flat. The characters were a little under-developed and Kelly seemed to be inconsistent in her actions, which made her character feel disconnected for me.

What I did like though, was Kelly's choice to hide her cheating husband's passport, flee the wedding and get on the plane to Crete without him - GO GIRL!

Sad that I didn't enjoy this one, but it definitely won't put me off reading Gemma's next book.

2 ⭐️ Thanks to Netgalley, Gemma Rogers and Boldwood for an ARC in return for an honest review.

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The Honeymoon by Gemma Rogers is a fast-paced unputdownable domestic thriller! Definitely sucked me in straight away and oh my, oh my, my heart was racing like mad in so many chapters! We don't get heart-dropping twists here is more like constant suspense and nail-baiting options for us!
I loved the storyline! I loved how Kelly immediately took action without annoying 7 chapter thinking what to do. So it felt much more realistic. Bloody husband, of course, we hate him!

Kelly’s wedding day was supposed to be the happiest day of her life, but unfortunitelly she discovers her new husband Ryan can't keep his hands away from her best friend. If she thought that was the worst-case scenario, she was so wrong! The worst is waiting to come and she is absolutely not prepared for it!

Thank you, NetGalley and Boldwood Books