I love Olivia Dade, the representation in her romances has me coming back for every one of her new releases and I am usually lucky enough to get an ARC copy to review before release. I loved the last book I read by her, I gave it 5 star, but while I LOVE the idea of a one night stand that you now have to face everyday and the tension that causes, this felt alittle repetitive and there were a lot of jumps through big chunks of time that threw off the pacing for me

Thank you to Net Galley, Avon and Harper Voyager, and Olivia Dade for an e-ARC of Ship Wrecked in exchange for an honest review.

Maria and Peter spend an amazing night together, but she leaves the next morning without a word or a way for Peter to reach her. Then surprise, they audition for the same show later that day! They win the roles and end up filming together for six years on a little island in Ireland.

There are funny, laugh out loud moments and I enjoyed the text message threads and fan fiction about their characters sprinkled throughout the book. Ship Wrecked is not only a comedy, Maria and Peter have pasts that effect their actions independently of each other and in their relationship.

The issue for me was the pacing of the book and the six year time jump. I felt like I missed out on part of the story with the jump. And that “missed” information would have made me more invested in Maria and Peter’s relationship.

This is the first book I’ve read by Olivia Dade, but the third in a series. I do wish I had read the other books first since the characters appear in Ship Wrecked. But reading those books isn’t necessary for Maria and Peter’s love story.

Fantastic spice in this! And the motivations of both Peter and Maria made sense to me. And their conflict felt super realistic for two working actors to go through and I appreciated that. And the body positivity and plus size rep was so great to read!

Regrettably, I don't think Olivia Dade's writing style is for me. She is very verbose and descriptive, which I think would work for others! But for me, it read as meandering and not direct and I wish I would've seen conversations be a little more to the point.

Ship Wrecked, by Olivia Dade is a super cute rom-com with lots of laugh out loud moments. Featuring glamorous film events, the story takes you into the world of co-stars and lovers. I enjoyed the television series background set with the steamy romance.

Olivia Dade is not afraid to address tough issues that challenge social norms. Reading about characters who are not pencil thin, but instead embrace their bodies as they really are is refreshing. The book may not be suitable for all audiences as it contains explicit sexual content. Check the trigger warning before proceeding.

Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade is available on November 15th.

Thank you NetGalley, Harper and Voyager, for sharing this delightful romance with me. Your kindness is appreciated!

Oh man, what can I say about this book? I have read all three books in this series centering around a popular TV show that kinda goes off the rails. and I just love these characters so much. and this book just had everything that I love: Found Family, slow burn, trauma healing, introvert/Extrovert, and banter.
This also had the tropes of Forced proximity and age gap.
The one thing that I didn't really love about this book was the pacing, it felt SO much longer than it actually was. There was also this really sudden time jump not too far into the story that kinda too me out of the story.
HOWEVER. The rep in this story made it for me. We have two fat MCs who are completely unashamed about who they are.

Olivia Dade can do no wrong!!! Once I read Spoiler Alert and All The Feels, Ship Wrecked quickly jumped up on my 2022 most anticipated reads list. And it did not disappoint! I devoured this. I absolutely loved Maria and Peter's relationship. The tension was iconic, and I love how each book is centered around actors, it just makes it even cuter. Overall, this was such a cute and swoony romance, and I can't wait to read more from Olivia!

Like all the books in this series I love the overlapping characters and seeing the story of their show progess. I enjoyed the fat rep in this book as well as the confidence of Maria. Overall really enjoyed and am excited for the potential for more.

This is my favorite of the series so far! I loved Peter and Maria’s fast but then very slow burn romance.

Both Peter and Maria have had difficult pasts and seeing their dual POV throughout the book is eye opening. It also showcases how important Found Families are!

I enjoy series, like this one, that all the books and characters intertwine with each other. And how the timelines in different books should up in the others because you experience more points of views on different events.

Also the cover art in the series is beautiful!

The first two books in the spoiler alert universe, Spoiler Alert and All The Feels, are two of my favorite romances of all time, and I am SO HAPPY to say that Ship Wrecked can be added to that list! I absolutely adored this book and all of the characters. I love the way Olivia Dade writes her characters, and how confident they are in themselves and their bodies. In a lot of media, the fatness of a character is a point of shame and something to be fixed. In Ship Wrecked, Olivia has written two fat leads who are 100% confident in who they are and are unwilling to change for anyone. This book was so heartwarming and sexy and I loved how it tied into the rest of the Gods of the Gates universe; the timeline is stretched over 6 years (there is time skipping so it doesn't drag!) of filming and we get cameos from Marcus and Alex and GAHH it's just so good. My heart feels so warm!

Olivia Dade has become an author that I will read literally anything from no matter what. I loved this book, and I am so excited to read more from her in the future!

The bearded Viking! The sunny Swede! The banter! The enemies-to-lovers! The spice! The found family!
I think each book in this series has gotten progressively better. I laughed out loud, and had so much empathy for Maria’s past.

Peter, an up and coming actor, shows up to an audition for the world renowned Gods of the Gates television series and finds out that who he is paired with is his one night stand Maria. The chemistry is perfect, and they both get their respective parts.
Over the course of their time acting and promoting the show together, they keep things as professional as possible cultivating friendships that will last past their time together on the show.
And when the show finally ends, Peter and Maria get their chance.

There is body positivity, body acceptance, and representation. There is growth, and working through traumatic things. There are too many good things to say about this book.
Thank you so much to NetGalley, Avon Books, HarperCollins, and Olivia Dade for the e-ARC, and opportunity to read this awesome book.

I appreciated the body positivity in this book, and I liked the main characters. But the story itself was missing the “wow” factor for me.

Ship Wrecked is the third book in Olivia Dade's 'Spoiler Alert' series - you don't *have* to read the first two, but it will definitely help make sense of some of the side commentary!

Peter - a man of few words - and Maria - the woman who makes everyone feel like family - have a one night stand before finding out they've been cast together in Gods of the Gates and will be filming essentially alone on an island for 6 years. How this book starts off with an orgasm and then moves into 6 long years of pining between the two of them is beyond me! As soon as filming is over, the two figure out if everything they've learned about the other over the years and the work they've done on themselves is enough for their relationship going forward.

I enjoyed Peter and Maria as individuals, but together they felt a little too extreme to me, I need them toned down just a bit. The inside jokes felt cute at first and then repetitive and then annoying. The conflict at the end could have been avoided had they talked about their relationship and expectations from the get go? All in all, worth the read, but not my favorite Olivia Dade.

Thank you to Avon, Harper Voyager, and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

DNF about halfway through 😭 I really liked Spoiler Alert, but there are so many issues in this book that I just don’t even want to finish it. The pacing is way off and there’s suddenly a 6 year jump for no discernible reason. Like really? SIX YEARS? Girl bye. The main male character is an entitled “nice guy” jerk and the main female character is self-righteous and out of touch. Honestlyyyyy. This had the makings of a good story but it just annoyed me. No thanks.

I love this world that Olivia Dade created around the actors of this fictional television series. I really enjoyed the characters of Peter and Maria, but their chemistry together fell a little flat at times for me. The pacing of this book seemed a little off as their were parts that sort of dragged out a bit too long and other parts that went a little fast where I found myself wanting more! Overall , I did enjoy my time reading Ship Wrecked and really like how the author provides good fat representation! Maria’s comfort with her body was extremely great to read in this book!
Thanks you NetGalley and Avon for this arc!

I went into this book not knowing this was a third book the Spoiler Alert series. This was my first book by Wade and it was a warm and wonderful romantic comedy about tww individuals who once had an incredible a one-night stand, and then discovered they would be co-stars on a major television show. After years of filming on the same remote island, overcoming hurt feelings and becoming friends they are ready to yield to temptation again…
These characters are both fat and have no intention of changing. I loved the body positivity focusing on both MCs. I feel men are often disregarded in this area so really liked that Peter wasn't the hot 6ft plus man with rippling washboard abs. He was real, with a real plus-size body. The whole series is full of laughter, drama and romance. It was a slow-burn romance between Maria and Peter and they both had things to overcome in their past and both grew together.

there's a lot of people on the internet rn all up in arms about "tropification is ruining books" and lemme tell ya, it is CLEAR those asinine fools have never read the utter perfection that is Ship Wrecked

Of course, thats likely bc this isn't out yet, but I digress😂 lemme tell ya why this book is easily one of the best i've read this year

something i've struggled with in recent contemporary romance is that they can sometimes feel like they're either so painfully close to the agony that is real life that I have to work to just finish the book, or it's such an absurd, almost caricature-like story that it feels entirely removed from reality & fails to make me feel anything meaningful. But damn, Ship Wrecked manages to both be a delicious, trope filled romp (forced proximity!! oops my hot 1NS is my new co-worker! slow burn! friends to lovers! shy boy and sunshine gal! workplace romance! truly its jam packed with tropey goodness) AND the emotional core of the story is deeply resonant & beautiful🥹

Bc yes, this is a book about two fat hotties meeting in a sauna & banging it out only to find out the next day that their hookup from last night is their new coworker, who they will be forced to spend the next six years angstily pining over while they film a fantasy TV show on a small, remote island😍 the fanfic nods are delicious, the banter is fantastic as always, there's just so much of this book that feels like candy floss— soft and sweet and a little bit magical💖 BUT at the same time, this is a story about what it means to truly be seen & be loved😩 like the way Maria gently cajoles Peter out of his shell & helped him grow closer to the cast?!???! And how he realized he was such a lil dummy & flew after her to profess his love bc she was what he really needed, not his dad's idea of financial security/"arriving" as an actor??? the Skitstövel of it all???? MY EMOTIONS!!!

I also really loved the way Dade depicted Maria's relationship with her body in this book— she's confident, comfortable, she knows she's sexy (which I LOVE more ppl need to be like this, i wanna be more like this) and i couldn't get enough🙌🏻

Thank you so much Avon for giving me the chance of reading Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade (#3 in the Spoiler Alert series). I am still new to her, but I love love her stories. I was aware of the plus-size female character, but not about the male character, I love this, even though my abs are my thing. Maria and Peter's relationship was awesome because it wasn't an instant love story, there was a slow burn, and they took their time to know each other. Enjoyed their texting, and how their traumas/flaws were handled in the story. Thank you so much again for sending me a physical copy of this eARC.

Oh my gosh, I just finished and I am swooning SOO HARD!! This was a character driven story, which I happen to love most. Olivia Dade is a new to me author but after reading this, I am definitely going to be reading her previous works. Highly recommend picking this one up!

Ship WRecked
by Olivia Dade
Pub Date: November 15, 2022
Harper Voyager
Thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for the ARC of this book.
# 3 in the Spoiler Alert series.
I love this series!
After All the Feels and Spoiler Alert, Olivia Dade once again delivers a warm and wonderful romantic comedy about two co-stars who once had an incredible one-night stand—and after years of filming on the same remote island, are finally ready to yield to temptation again…
These characters are both fat and have no intention of changing. The whole series is full of laughter, drama, romance, and behind-the-scenes shenanigans. I liked that there was a slow-burn romance between Maria and Peter and they both had things to overcome in their past. The characters from the first two books all came back as well. Highly recommend this series to all romance lovers.
If you liked the first two books in this series you will like this one!
4 stars

I might have squeed when this one showed up in my NetGalley queue. Dade, author of a series of Gods of the Gates themes stories based on a fictional epic (and possibly epically bad) fantasy television series, their stars, and their love interests, has done it again. I might or might not but definitely did read it three times even through my TBR pile is through the roof.

Ship Wrecked focuses on the story of Maria, a Swedish actress brimming with insults, jarred herring and body positivity, and her Viking-esque also full-bodied co-star Peter. Their meet-cute is a one-night stand that starts in a sauna and ends with Maria sneaking out the next morning… only to bump into Peter in the casting session. Having been left before, and never quite measuring up to his father’s dreams for him (hint: not acting) makes the rejection sting all the more and he plays it cool. Their talent and chemistry land them the roles that launch them into superstardom. Over multiple seasons of a shipwrecked story arc that leaves them filming remotely with a skeleton crew, Maria wins Peter over to friendship, not realizing his slow burn for her. When filming is finally over, and they are free to risk a crash and burn they give in to their passions, expecting geography will separate them, but an unexpected press tour forces them to stay in proximity, but meet one another’s families as well, waaay too early into a typical romance, but somehow, just right for their six-year friendship.

Dade’s male characters are real and flawed, and always have something to overcome: Marcus’s dyslexia, Alex’s ADHD and anxiety. For Peter, it’s a social ineptness that leaves his unable to make small talk or form friendships. Outgoing Maria seems to see through his surly mask and without taking on his emotional load, facilitates the crew forming a sort of family while on location, and helps Peter open up and make connections. He makes the mistake of not sticking up for her once, and then finds ways to keep her safe during some dangerous and dramatic filming moments. While they fundamentally disagree on the value of their job, it is cynical (or savvy) Maria who recognizes the choice to cast fat actors may have been to have them dramatically lose weight for their storyline, and she flat out refuses. And to be clear, she has her own hangups and issues and needs to resolve them. When Peter gets offered a job filming on location in another country, will Maria be forced to abandon her dreams to follow him, or to abandon her love to pursue her own path?

This warm, funny, sexy novel also dips into themes of abandonment (her adoption in late childhood, the death of his mother and rejection from his former fiance) and details the making of a television series. Body issues are dealt with handily–not jus challenged, but denounced–Maria refuses to starve herself or shave for the gig, no matter what the producers want, and is armed with an iron-clad contract, suitcases full of snacks, and a social media following for support.

One of my favorite part of these books is the reintroduction of past characters through their group chat thread. The exchanges are delightful and true to form and Dade manages to both remain true to the characterizations and move their stories forward. Bonus: the cover art is by the same artist as the previous two books, and is just perfect. Also: Why isn't this series called Gods of the Gates?