Maria and Peter meet in a sauna, and are immediately attracted to each other, leading to a one night stand. Imagine Peter’s surprise when he wakes in the morning to find Maria gone; he was devastated. However life goes on, and since Peter is an actor in LA, he gets ready and heads to an audition. Come to find out: Maria is his new co-star/love interest in Gods of the Gates, where they’re about to spend 6 years together on a desolate Irish island for filming. The story follows them navigating their relationship and careers.

I wanted to like this book. I really did. I had even pre-ordered the book a few months ago, and so I was OVER THE MOON when I got accepted to review the ARC!

This book was a solid 3 for me. I felt like the story line was kinda all over the place. 1st: I didn’t think the 6 year gap was necessary. Like at all. 1-2 years, sure. 6 years just seemed too excessive, especially when we didn’t get much info on their time apart. If the 6 years WAS necessary, a heading for Chapter 10 saying “6 years later” would have been nice.
I also thought the fan fic was very unnecessary. It just didn’t seem to serve the plot.
The last thing I thing could have 100% been left out of the book was when they went to the charity event and there was the very small part where there was the intruder on the red carpet? Sooo unnecessary. Once again did not serve the overall plot and just seemed like filler. Especially because there was very little detail about it.

I think this book could have been better, however there was a LOT to love. I loved Maria and Peter’s characters, and thought the author did an amazing job describing them physically. I enjoyed reading about two characters who weren’t in size 0 or in the very best shapes of their lives, but were still attractive and strong. We need more body positive characters in RomComs!

Overall, Shipwrecked earned a 3 star rating from me ✨

Olivia Dade does it again! She hits it out of the ballpark with Ship Wrecked! From the very first line I was hooked! The main characters have so much chemistry. This book had me laughing and swooning at the same time. Maria and Peter are such well thought out characters, with depth and feelings. I loved the body positivity represented in the book. Looking forward to reading more books by this author.

I'm giving this a fair 3 star review. It was quirky and sexy! But it lacked some substance that I think would have helped the story in the beginning. It's definitely a must read if you enjoy the hookup surprise co workers style of book 🙂

four stars! ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ this is actually a pretty solid 3.5 read, but considering i’m trying not to do half ratings i’m rounding it up to a solid four!

this romance series by olivia dade has some of the best plus size representation that i’ve ever read, and i am so appreciative of that. it’s so refreshing to see that type of rep when it doesn’t revolve around losing weight or them struggling and then becoming happy with their bodies. that is probably my favorite aspect of these books! specifically for ‘ship wrecked,’ though, i also love that we got to see some male fat rep as well! i feel like that’s even rarer to see in novels so again, really refreshing!

my other favorite aspect about these books are the characters themselves. each couple has been so fun and entertaining to read about, and peter and maria are probably the funnest couple to read about. lovers turned coworkers turned friends turned back to lovers is one hell of a ride, but it such good fun to read. not only that, but the development both characters went through in their time together and how they both helped each other through that development was just *chef’s kiss* i adored their relationship!

i did have a few issues with the book, namely being the pacing/timeline and the third act breakup/conflict. pacing/timeline wise, i just felt like that aspect was kind of all over the place and that it really infringed on peter and maria’s relationship. there’s like a six year time gap that happens pretty suddenly, and then more monthly/weekly gaps. i feel like those really took away from the audience being able to see then grow close as friends, and that would’ve added so much to their story, especially considering how things were between them before the six year jump. this isn’t like a huge deal, but it did definitely take me out of the reading experience just a bit.

the same with the third act breakup/conflict, i felt like it was pretty much just unnecessary, tbh. i know a lot of people hate the third act breakup in romance novels anyways, but typically i can see the point in them and how they impact the story/couple, and while this one definitely did impact the story and couple, i think it was kind of just silly. it resulted due to a lot of lack of communication, i think, which is something i can’t stand in novels. i’d much rather read like a chapter or two of the couple actually sitting down to talk things through rather than read about an angsty and usually unnecessary break up before getting right back together like nothing ever happened. yes, it’s a good source of love declarations and whatnot, but it’s been used soooo many times now that it’s pretty much predictable.

all that to say, i did seriously enjoy reading this book and i’m glad that i was able to go back to the universe again! i loved the little snippets we got to see of the other characters, like marcus and april (they’re seriously my fav couple of all time) and the epilogue was incredibly sweet! i’m not sure if this is meant to be a trilogy of companion novels, but i’d love to read more books set within this world! <3

✨ Book Review ✨

⚓ I'm excited to start the new week with a 5⭐ review! "Ship Wrecked" by Olivia Dade has been living rent-free in my head for the past week & I can't wait to reread this when it releases on 11/15!

🇸🇪 Maria is a charismatic, curvy Swedish actress who auditions for the hottest TV show in the world, Gods of the Gates. She gets the role of a lifetime, but unfortunately almost all of her scenes are with Peter, and only Peter - who she hooked up with and ghosted.

🧭 The first half of the book involves them filming on a remote island in Ireland (for years!), and the second half is how the rest of their complicated friendship/relationship unfolds. Peter and Maria struggle to figure out what they need from each other, which makes for great tension!

🔱 I came for the humor that made me cackle, the spice, & an incredibly well-fleshed out friend group. I stayed for the emotional depth, feminism, LGBTQ+ rep, fat rep, themes of compromise, and the characters' ability to be both deeply-flawed and willing to do better. The main characters are willing to lean in and do the work. So many books focus on falling in love - this book focuses on trying to stay in love. ♥️

💕 I love this book so much that I pre-ordered from @lovessweetarrow so I could get the dust jacket with special cover art & a signed bookplate. Check it out while supplies last! [not sponsored]

Thank you @AvonBooks and @netgalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.

⚠️ depression, foster care/adoption, death of parents

Very good read highly recommended. I totally recommend this book to friends and family it does not disappoint. Hope to read more books by this author in the near future.

Olivia Dade welcomes us back into the Spoiler Alert universe with a bang. Literally. That first line 🌶 🥵 🌶 🥵 🌶.

Ship Wrecked follows Maria, new to Hollywood from Sweden's theater scene and Peter, a seasoned actor who had been in LA for years from a steamy night to being cast as co-stars on the Gods of the Gates. A slow-burn following six years of unbeknownst to the other pining and the ppsibility and anticipation of picking right back up where they left off. The animosity of enemies to lovers with the longing and yearning from afar of friends to lovers, leading to that fireworks moment when the series finishes filming.

The second half of the book follows the two stars on a press tour where their relationship really begins to flourish. With hometown visits, heart to hearts, press and fanfic speculation, you're rooting for them from the get go! The Gods of the Gates group chat, Ikea references to boot paying homage to Maria's Sweden, and the jar of herring that *always* happens to make an appearance (but HOW?!?!?) quickly turn this into a one sitting read.

Ready to grab the Swedish fish and re-read the first two! 😊

Thank you Netgalley, Avon, and Harper Voyager for the ARC in exchange for my review!

“He kissed her back, but his lips against hers had turned gentle, too fucking gentle, and it was intolerable.”

“She was doing it on purpose. That gorgeous, amazing, diabolical Swedish bitch.”

“He’d given her what she needed, and in return, she’d give him everything she had.”

Did I go into this book absolutely certain I would love it, no matter what happened? Yes. Was it, in my utterly unbiased opinion, absolutely beautiful, funny, sexy, and just AN AWESOME FUCKING BOOK? Of course it was.

The progression of the romance in Ship Wrecked was unlike Spoiler Alert and All the Feels, so I wasn’t totally sure what was gonna happen next, which was honestly quite thrilling. I did however, see the cameos from those couples coming and I was not disappointed AT ALL.

Peter and Maria are two of the most heart-achingly vulnerable, strong and caring people I’ve had the joy of reading about and this book reminded me why Olivia Dade was in my top 3 authors of 2021.

Dealing with past trauma, acknowledging that it does not have power over your future but is still a part of who you are in a way that is simply you. Accepting that some relationships are not meant to be mended, and that family is about love and acceptance, not blood and obligation.

A love letter to found families.
An ode to prioritizing your happiness.
A big FUCK YOU to Game of Thrones creators David and DB.
A beautiful finale to a series that was contractually obligated to be “hilarious”.

MVP: Olivia Dade, “Here’s to you, you complete fucking bitch.”

(Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.)
(Was I out in public when I got the acceptance email for this ARC? Yes, yes I was. Did I physically jump up and down and squeal regardless? Yes, yes I did.)

I don’t know if this will be the last book in the Spoiler Alert series, but if it is it felt like perfection. Once again, Olivia Dade returns to The Gods of the Gates universe. Peter and Maria meet and become lovers for one memorable night. He wakes up the next morning to find her gone, but can’t forget her. He doesn’t have to though because he goes to an important audition that morning only to discover that the mystery women will be his costar.

The romance and the steam is as good as the other two books, but what Olivia Dade does best is help the characters discover the places they need to grow and then we get to watch them do it. The heroine of this book, Maria, is one awesome, strong woman who isn’t afraid to take big risks for what she believes. As with the other two books the fat rep in this one is perfect as well.

Lastly, the ending of this book is one of my favorites. Chef’s kiss perfect.

4.5/5 stars

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon Harper Voyager for this eARC.

Thank you NetGalley for giving me this adorable ARC. I really enjoyed this book and honestly Dade wrote in my dream man into this novel. Peter, a surly teddy bear with the body of a Viking God has a one night stand with the statuesque Maria, then finds himself cast opposite her in the series Gods of the Gates. They immediately begin a stand off and push themselves to a strictly professional relationship while they are basically marooned on Ireland with a full crew. Dade does a wonderful job evolving their relationship from professional, to friendship to a deep love. We see the characters deal with real issues in their relationship and add in some steamy scenes and this book was such a cute light read and exactly what I was needing. I gave it a 3.5 and highly recommend!

I think Olivia Dade and I need to part ways, unfortunately. I really disliked ALL THE FEELS, and this one wasn't all that much better - a 2.5 star read I'm rounding down.

My biggest issue with ATF was how horrible Alex was about Lauren's body, and while Peter is much cooler about Maria's appearance than Alex was (even if Alex was meant to be joking about his feelings about Lauren), he still has a really gross moment where he reminds Maria that she's fat and could be replaced by a more conventionally hot actress and also is like super rude about her acting abilities? And he does apologize quickly and admit he was a dick, but I am 1000% not into heroes being dicks to heroines, particularly about their bodies.

The middle was fine enough and would have pushed it to three stars if not for the absolute dumbest conflict at the end, and I have a very high tolerance for Romance Reasons Dumb Conflicts. Throughout the book it feels like Dade is implying that the only acceptable way for someone to show love is the way the recipient would like to receive it? And I definitely think that it's important to demonstrate you love someone in a way that they find fulfilling, but I also think it's important to recognize when someone is demonstrating their love in the only way they know how to or feel comfortable doing.

Some other things bothered me about the book - the pacing is kind of weird, Maria and Peter both have issues stemming from exes that are just weirdly used, Maria is adopted, and I feel like that was used simply for the trauma and then the trauma was hardly explored, and Alex is once again a horrific human being, sending Maria and Peter real-person fanfics people have written about them which just seems like a monstrous invasion of privacy. There's enough here (and in the last two books) to tell me that Olivia is simply not an author for me. I definitely thought her last book was problematic, and I don't think that's true for this one, but it's time for me to move my energy into other authors.

I loved this book! It was actually the first in the series that I read so I can’t wait to go back and read the previous 2 books. The characters were funny and real. I loved the chemistry between Maria and Peter!!

Olivia Dade's Ship Wrecked is the third interconnected standalone in the Spoiler Alert series, following hollywood actor Peter Reedton and stage actress Maria Ivarsson.

The redemption arc for the Hero, Peter, was really good because, at first, he was a complete asshole who needed someone to knock some sense into him, but as time passed, he began to become a better person and learned from his mistakes. I also liked how Olivia, rather than "sugar coating" the description of a plus-sized woman, accurately described and represented a plus-sized woman. Olivia also used the word "fat" to describe the heroine, and Olivia made our Heroine a proud plus sized girl rather than an insecure or wanting to lose weight heroine, because in most books, it feels like the word "fat" is taboo because authors don't use it, or they talk about how the plus sized Heroine wants to lose weight because she's insecure, which never sits right with me.

However, this book, had a lot of time jumps, which was confusing but only in the sense that I didn't know whether years or months had passed, and despite these time jumps, the story didn't feel rushed. There's also the fact that after they finished filming the movie, I started skimming through and was bored until I got to 70% of the way through the book, when things started getting better and there was more drama. Third, I didn't like the third-act breakup because the Heroine was in the wrong because she wanted to pursue her acting dreams, but she wouldn't allow the Hero to pursue his acting dreams because it was across the world and she would be alone. The ending, on the other hand, made up for everything, and I thought it was perfect.

Overall, I have mixed feelings about this book, but I liked the representation and tropes.

Thank you to NetGalley, Avon and Harper Voyager, and to the author, Olivia Dade, for providing me with this e-arc in exchange for an honest review!

A delightful conclusion to the Spoiler Alert series. Ship Wrecked might be my favorite. This is funny, full of heart, and just the right amount of romance. My favorite enemies to lovers trope with a few delightful twists and turns.

“When he was a kid, his mom had called him a champion grudge-holder, and not much had changed since then.”

In this installment of Olivia Dade’s Spoiler Alert series, Ship Wrecked focuses on the new Gods of the Gates actors Maria Ivarsson and Peter Reedton. These new additions to the show portray characters Cassia and Cyprian, but unbeknownst to everyone, Maria and Peter have a past. Before gaining their famous roles, Maria had left Peter in his hotel room after a night of passion. Unfortunately, this decision resulted in Maria gaining an enemy. Peter is furious at how Maria left and decides to keep things professional with Maria no matter how hard she tries to make friends with him. Ultimately, these two are forced to work on a remote island while continuing to live their lives without discussing their past events. This leads to quiet tension between the two actors on and off the screen.

Without realizing it, this book deals with two people struggling similarly, the fear of abandonment. These two characters have other issues they are working through, with Peter suffering from his childhood difficulties and his overbearing father. Whereas Maria’s past results in her needing a support structure around her. As these two characters struggle with their producers, their silent attraction is so angsty. I love it and hate it. Most of the time, Peter tries to ignore his attraction to Maria by remembering her leaving him in his hotel room. Maria is trying to survive in the Hollywood system and struggling with her attraction to Peter as he agrees with the creative liberties of the Gods of Gates producers.

While a great and fun read, the only issue I had with the book was the break-up on a misunderstanding before the happily ever after. Otherwise, this is an excellent romance with a slow burn, pining for love and acceptance while simultaneously trying to manage a new career theme.

Recommended for fans of plus-size main characters, slow-burn romance, and a snarky heroine.


Thanks to NetGalley, Avon, and Harper Voyager for allowing me to read this e-book in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you so much to Avon and NetGalley for sending me not just an eARC of this book, but a PHYSICAL ARC of it as well. The legitimate heart eyes I had when I opened that package...I looked like a cartoon character.

If you've followed any of my reviews or videos, you know I will constantly shout from the rooftops my love of this series. I read Spoiler Alert last year and adored it, I read All the Feels at the beginning of this year and I adored it...this is absolutely no different.

While Spoiler Alert remains my favorite of the three, Ship Wrecked is a very close second. It is (kind of?) a slow burn, in that our characters have a one night stand in the very beginning, and you follow them dancing around each other for the next five years and they develop a friendship and fight a relationship while they have to work together on Gods of the Gates.

And when they stop fighting? The STEAM factor, let me tell you. These two were off the charts, and it was DELIGHTFUL. Their camaraderie was great, but the one knock I have on this book is a slight use of miscommunication at the very end. If they'd sat and actually talked about their feelings on what was happening, a lot of the end would have gone differently, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't frustrated with the both of them during those chapters. Their compromise though? Chef's kiss.

This book, similar to the others in the series, got five out of five stars from me and will continue to be some of my favorite romances of all time.

I was so excited to receive this ARC from Avon! It helped break a major reading slump, giving me the boost of serotonin my brain needed.

A list of things I loved about this book:

- Grumpy/sunshine dynamic
- A bad@ss female lead who takes no sh$t
- Lovers-to-enemies-to-best friends-to-lovers
- Found family
- Strong body positive message
- H-A-W-T
- Top notch grovel
- Chat transcripts
- Fun Swedish words!

Although it’s the third book in a series, I believe this can be read as a standalone. Peter and Maria’s story follows it’s own parallel timeline, much like the characters they play on “Guardians of the Gate.” It eventually includes events from the previous two books from Peter and Maria’s perspective — which made me want to go back and re-read all the books as one cohesive story.

This will definitely go on my list of books to buy!

this was so cute!! the slowburn and tension really hit as well. i'm so glad we got two fat mc that got the love and happiness they deserved! i haven't read any other books in this series but i still caught on just fine. can i just mention how cute peter was. i loved seeing some roles reversed in this!

This book was amazing. This was an enemies to friends to lovers troupe. It covers a span of 6 years in the lives of two of the actors on a show called Gods of the Gates. This book follows the story of Peter and Maria. These characters are both overweight and proud. The slow burn that partners with the strong friendship bond if these characters shows a special connection. When they finally give in to their feelings, the heat turns up. I enjoy the character cameos from the other two books.

Ship Wrecked is another fun romance from Olivia Dade. I loved the life she gives to her side characters and the world in general. It's so exciting and cinematic, and I can really *see* what's happening. Maria and Peter were great, I loved how they needled each other. My one complaint would be the pacing. I understand it's difficult with a plot spanning many years, but there were times I was so confused about the timeline. I think I would have preferred the entire story take place during filming rather than just the first bit.