Thank you NetGalley, Ava Wilder, and Random House Publishing Group for this ARC copy of Will They or Won’t They in exchange for an honest review.

This was my second Ava Wilder read and she delivered once again.

Lilah and Shane are co-stars on one of the most popular tv shows on the network right now. Lilah is over being on the show and wants to expand her repertoire. She leaves the show, only to come back for its last season. Lilah and Shane's relationship as co-stars has been a struggle for many reasons.

Ava Wilder knows how to write enemies to lovers and second chance romances. This book had a lot of tension and build up and I loved every second of it.

I really enjoyed this fun behind the scenes romance. After leaving her hit TV show for the movies, Lilah comes back to TV to renew her screen romance with Shane. Personally they can’t stand each other but they make it real onscreen.
This time, Lilah and Shane are sharing offscreen time too, but can they actually make it work in real life? 4 stars.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed as in this review are completely my own.

Very realistic and relatable romance! I am 2/2 on really enjoying Ava Wilder's books. I already look forward to reading her next one, as I believe she is an author who will only get better with time.

Lilah Hunter and Shane McCarthy are the stars of a hit TV show. They have quite a history fueled by chemistry, secret romance and a bitter breakup. Lilah ditched the show at the end of season five in hopes of becoming a movie star. Her movie was a flop so she returns, with her tail tucked, to film the much-hyped final season. The season where Lilah and Shane’s characters will get together at last.

But coming back means facing Shane and all the reasons she left. As much as she hates to admit it, all the feelings are still there. A fun story that gave me Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift vibes. I just reviewed “Will They or Won't They” by Ava Wilder. #WillTheyorWontThey #NetGalley

3.5 stars!

I was initially drawn to the adorable cover and the premise of a celebrity romance. Overall this was a cute read, with all the angst, but the slow burn pacing wasn’t for me.

WHAT TO EXPECT
-friends to lovers/enemies to lovers
-dual timeline
-slow burn
-second chance romance

I paired the book with the audio and loved the narration!

*many thanks to randomhouse, PRH Audio and Netgalley for the gifted copy for review

Tightly written and a joy to read - absolutely enjoyed this whole ride. Thank you for the opportunity to read, we'll certainly be recommending this!

Perfection! This story is along the lines of a second chance which is one of my favorite tropes. The characters come back to a show after a few years. It was romantic, dreamy, light, fun, and meaningful. The author really nails the writing and tone of the novel. I truly appreciated the work. There were very few open-door scenes which was the perfect amount for this story because it was deep for me. A lot of the underlying meanings really shown through the romance. There was healing and so much more that kept me page-turning. I savored it! Highly recommend.

This is a book about redemption and having the chance to rewrite past mistakes replete with dramatic reunions, on-set oneupmanship, and two characters who are so stubborn yet so right for each other. Lilah and Shane are fierce whether they’re fighting each other tooth and nail or protecting each other and that made for explosive chemistry between the two. I loved the on-set moments when Lilah and Shane would have to put aside their complicated interpersonal relationship to play characters who also couldn't decide whether they loved or despised each other. It made for clashes which left me sometimes jaw-dropped and other times giggling and kicking my feet in the air.

My only gripe is I wish there were more flashbacks to their past to see them together instead of hearing the recounted version of events in the present timeline. Nevertheless I thoroughly enjoyed this story, and it is exactly as advertised: uber-romantic and super dramatic!

always will love a cute lil romcom. i like ava's writing overall and look forward to more books by her

Excellent enemies to lovers/second chance romance tension, and it's actually believable that they would fall in love (maybe because it's really lovers to enemies to lovers?).

On a scale of 1-10, Will They Or Won’t They gets a 12 from me! I could not put this book down—it was such a great contemporary romance. The second chance trope is really well done in this book and the characters are layered and complex and come across as very genuine.

Lilah and Shane have great chemistry on screen, but off screen is a different story. They can barely stand being in the same room as one another, but years after leaving their show, Lilah has agreed to come back for a final season.

Will They or Won’t They is dual POV and has a timeline that skips around, but the pacing and story are excellent. I would recommend this to any romance reader. It gets a 5/5 from me. Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Reading this came in starts and stops, much like the relationship between Shane and Lilah. This was much harder for me to get into and stay connected than How to Fake It in Hollywood. Maybe it was the split timelines? The back story was necessary, but sometimes they felt disjointed.

This definitely falls into slow burn territory for me. I love the flip on fake-dating we got at the end.

I enjoyed this book, didn't love it, but it was still good. Ava Wilder is cemented as a great beach read choice!

This novel is about two stars who have a fiery romance and then a bad break up, 5 ish years later they’re reunited for a final season. The chemistry was wild and the plot was laid out perfectly. The pacing was perfect and I was grinding my teeth waiting for them to stop enemying and start lovering. The angst was perfection. There is of course a little miscommunication trope which I usually super mega hate and didn’t love here but it wasn’t badly done or anything just not my favorite thing. You follow these characters as they work through their break up and resentment and of course fall in love again.

Wilder does so good at writing realistic characters with flaws that you don’t hate. I think a lot of authors wrote flaws in a way that make you annoyed with the character but that’s never the case here. The mental health rep was done so well. I love wilders writing style and how you’ll get a dialogue break to insert important character building then seamlessly slip back into dialogue. The writing in itself is just really phenomenal.

I know authors like to stick to their little sub genre for the first few novels but I’d love something from wilder not about famous people. I call this tendency the Ali hazelwood effect and just like her books this could quickly get worn out because the lack of variety. These two were different enough that it worked and I will say this book was even better than the first one in my opinion.

I’d like to also add here I read this in 4 straight hours and stayed up until 1 am so maybe I’ll come back and change it to 5 stars because that certainly says something.

I really liked this book! It was super fun to read! It kind of has dual POV which I loved. It's written in third POV but it switches back and forth between the two main characters so you're able to hear from them both. It was also just a fun plot line. Whenever they mentioned the show or shooting scenes for it I kept thinking of Supernatural 😭. I think the ghosts were the reason for that lol. But yeah this book is great. I found it really hard to put down and I was able to fly through it pretty quickly. The characters are also a lot of fun. I definitely recommend this!

dnf at 30% i just really didn't vibe with the characters like i thought i would. It gave me nina and ian vibes which i thought would be great. it kinda dragged on.

This was just fine, I almost dnfd but started over and finish and I’m not mad about it. I liked the sneaking around in Hollywood and the unexpected ending

I really enjoyed the dual POVs and storyline but I had a difficult time connecting with the characters. Thanks to the author, Random House and NetGalley for the ARC.

If you're a fan of romance novels featuring famous characters, then you will undoubtedly adore this book! It tells the captivating tale of Lilah and Shane, two strangers who auditioned for a television show nine years ago and were both cast in the lead roles. On the show, their characters are involved in an epic love story that has garnered a massive following among fans. However, Lilah and Shane can't stand each other in real life. They can't even be in the same room without arguing. But wait, there's more to their story! The excellent writing takes you on a journey with a dual timeline, revealing the backstory of their love/hate relationship. You'll be hooked entirely by Lilah and Shane's off-screen romance and the events that led to their break up. The reasons behind their fall-out are so true to life and understandable. I loved how there was no quick fix and that it took the characters a lot of time, effort, and personal growth to realize they wanted to test the waters of a relationship again. They didn't rush or brush off their experience in between. I loved that they got to know themselves and each other through individual and couples therapy. This is a slow-burn, lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers, second-chance romance and requires some patience as they take their sweet time finding their way back to each other. But trust me, when they do, it will be worth it. The author has indeed captured the essence of their story, and I absolutely adored this book.

Lilah and Shane met auditioning for the TV Show Intangible 9 years ago and had instant chemistry, so much that it help them land the lead roles. But while that connection helped catapult the show to success, it created personal challenges for them off screen and Lilah decides to leave the show after season 5 to pursue other projects. But when those projects don't pan out, Lilah decides to come back for the final season where her and Shane's characters will finally get together, but will they finally admit their feelings they have for each other in real life?

This was a delightful read and I liked how there was back and forth in the timeline to convey how the assumptions that they both made over the years (correct and incorrect) impacted their relationship and how they tried to find ways to work through it all!

Thank you to netgalley for providing me a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

Maybe contemporaries aren't my thing much anymore, but I had a really hard time getting into this one. I was intrigued by the chemistry between these two, but ultimately Lilah was so shrill and just unpleasant as a heroine that it made me really hard to get into the story. If you're into celebrity romance, or ever wonder if you're favorite duo hooked up, you will probably enjoy this one.