Someone Else's Honeymoon: A laugh-out-loud, feel-good romantic comedy
Phoebe MacLeod's romantic comedy opens with a premise that's equal parts bleak and brilliantly absurd. Charley's Christmas Day takes a catastrophic turn when she finds herself newly single, shuffling back to her parents' house with her dignity in tatters. It's a humiliating reset, but also, it turns out, a beginning. Her path to reinvention takes an unexpected twist when she crosses paths with Ed, a man technically on honeymoon despite having been abandoned at the altar by a bride he'd never actually met. Yes, you read that correctly. The situation is as gloriously peculiar as it sounds. These two bruised, bewildered people find something in each other, only for circumstances to yank them apart before things can properly take root. Whether they find their way back is, of course, the question the whole novel hinges on. MacLeod writes with warmth and a sharp comic sensibility, and readers who enjoy Jo Watson or Mhairi McFarlane will feel right at home here. Reader responses have been genuinely enthusiastic, with reviewers praising the story's easy pace, its likeable characters, and the kind of humour that catches you off guard mid-chapter. It's the sort of book that justifies an afternoon entirely on the sofa, which is, frankly, high praise. A cheerful, witty read with a genuinely charming central romance.
- Author: Phoebe MacLeod
- Publisher: Boldwood Books
- Genre: Lifestyle & Wellness
- ISBN: 978-1804262382
- Pages: 254 pages