Olivia Dade could keep writing this series forever, and I hope she does, because I would read them forever. There's not a single character or installment of this series that I've disliked so far, and I hope she keeps 'em coming. This one was probably my favorite, though I did really love the first one!

Olivia Dade has done it again!

I absolutely adored this book and it's one of my new favorites. I will pick up anything by this author!

Olivia Dade creates rom com magic AGAIN - her love stories are a sheer delight to read. This latest installment in the "Spoiler Alert" series includes elements of mental health representation, body + sexual positivity, off the charts witty banter, fan fiction fun, steamy af sex, genuine romantic connections, sassy + eclectic characters and all the feels + swoon.

Thank you Avon Romance and Netgalley for my copy.

Maria and Peter meet one night and have a one night stand where Maria then leaves in the middle of the night without a word much to Peter’s dismay. They’re reunited again at an audition for Gods of the Gates and then both are cast forcing them to work together on an island with a very small crew.

I really enjoyed that both Peter and Maria are plus sized. Peter is an introverted, rough around the edges American who needs to be brought out of his shell. Maria is Swedish and uses a lot of Swedish endearments and hauls a lot of Swedish treats to the island.

Their initial acting interactions are awkward due to the previous encounter but once they talk things out they become fast friends and Maria really brings the crew together to bond.

There were lots of bits of Alex (male MC I. All The Feels) who I LOVE and this brought me a lot of joy, he’s my favorite and I love his ridiculous banter and the joy he brings to the page (and of course, emailing everyone fan fiction). Bless him.

This has crossover with the previous novels in the Spoiler Alert series that take place at the same time, such as the convention and the fan uproar over the leaked final season scripts.

Once the show wraps Peter and Maria finally feel free to be together but much like any romance novel there’s a third act conflict and I honestly didn’t really agree with the heroine and it rubbed me the wrong way how black and white she painted the situation. There was some resolution later on I was somewhat happy with but the whole interaction and reaction really knocked off an entire star for me. It needed to be far more nuanced and perhaps could’ve used further dialogue to articulate this point of contention and resolution. It almost felt entirely selfish with no thought for the other person in the situation.

TW for fatphobia and body shaming. I do really love how Dade (as a plus size woman) writes plus size characters and doesn’t shy away from talking about their size. I also love that there are two plus size MC’s on the cover and it is CUTE! Love to see it!!

Overall, I enjoyed my time with this one.

4 stars

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Review: Ship Wrecked is set in the same world as Spoiler Alert/ All The Feels with character crossovers from both books. This is definitely my favorite of Olivia Dade‘s to date because of how she creates such emotionally mature characters.

Some of my fave parts of the book were:
💙Forced proximity
💙Mutual pining
💙Friends-to-lovers
💙Plus-size characters & body positivity
💙Mental health representation

I liked that Maria and Peter‘s love story wasn’t an insta-love. Because their story is set over the course of six years, I feel like it gave more depth to their tension and ended up creating a healthy relationship once they got together. Friends-to-lovers isn’t usually one of my favorite tropes, but the way it explored in this book was incredibly well done, especially all of the banter filled scenes between Maria and Peter. Overall, Ship Wrecked is such a fun and cozy romance.

Thanks to @NetGalley and @Avonbooks for the ARC!

This book is close to perfect! It is the third in a series, but I haven't read the first two and had no issues with the story line. The body positivity was awesome and unusual in the contemporary romances I've read. The characters are hilarious their chemistry was off the charts. I will now have to go check out the first two books and hopefully enjoy them just as much.

I loved this book. Such a great well written book. Just perfect. I loved Peter and Maria’s relationship. Two plus sized main characters!!! Yes! I love the cameos from the other Gates stars and I also love that it can 100% be read as a stand-alone. I will be purchasing a physical copy when it comes out!

Thank you NetGalley for the chance to read this before it was published!

Thanks NetGalley and Avon for letting me read an ARC! I always enjoy an Olivia Dade book, and Ship Wrecked was no exception! With plot points involving fandom, body positivity, slow burn romance, found family, and childhood trauma, it felt like I was reading a story about my best friends (if my best friends were actors in a popular tv series). For the first half of the book, I did feel that the pacing was a little off; there were some time jumps that I had to go back and reread to figure out what happened. But ultimately, this was a very sweet read and a nice addition to the series.

💙 E-ARC Review 💙

Book: Ship Wrecked

Author: Olivia Dade

Release Date: Nov. 15, 2022

GOOD THINGS CHECKLIST:

✔️ forced proximity, workplace, super slow burn romance 🔥

✔️ FAT REP!!! seriously I think this is probably the most uplifting fat rep I have seen in books. our FMC lovessss her body and stands up to societal conventions & rude men that think they can tell a woman what to do with her body (NEWSFLASH: THEY CAN'T) 😈

✔️ honestly just some quirky characters that felt so real and unique - LOVE IT

✔️ MMC & his found family 🥺

✔️ producing and acting in a TV show within a book HAHAH I love when authors do this & you experience 2 plots at once

ONE THING THAT ANNOYED ME CHECKLIST (minor spoilers):

✔️ I would say this book is trying to be an enemies to lovers, but the reason behind their "hatred" really frustrated me (like.... frustration from chapter 2...) - essentially our MCs meet via random one-night hookup & our FMC slips out in the morning without saying anything, leaving her number, etc. WELL WITHIN HER RIGHTS TO DO, I MIGHT ADD 👀 but our MMC meets her again in auditions and absolutely rips her a new one for leaving, tells her she isn't good enough, and yells at her. This felt SO out of line for a man to do & regardless of the circumstances and his past trauma, & was quite frankly a disgusting behavior to me.... THUS, I didn't ever enjoy his character or their relationship; I just couldn't connect.

definitely a book that had some good things going for it!!! unfortunately, this one wasn't for me, as I couldn't move past the initial set-up of the relationship plotline!! 💙

thank you to @avonbooks and @netgalley for the advance copy!

I was so excited to receive this ARC because I've read or listened to Spoiler Alert and All the Feels. I loved the idea of the characters of Peter and Maria, Maria was a wonderfully done character who was well developed and so strong. I really enjoyed her. I wanted to know more about Peter. I took us literally six years to learn anything about his back story. I'm not kidding. It was a mess. There could have been more or less or the filming, It just felt oddly paced.

I had to DNF at the conflict, it felt really like a forced fight because there was no way that they couldn't see something like that coming. How could they NOT see something like that coming in their relationship AT SOME POINT when they have the careers they do???

It was a bit ridiculous. Anyways I can't believe I had to DNF at 80% I'm heartbroken and it's not what I was looking for in this book.

Okay, okay. You need to read this book. I loved this book from the first page. I will say I thought there would be more sex based on the beginning; however, the spicy scenes were so good. The book had body positive main characters which I really liked. The author did a great job with the body inclusivity. The book did feel a little long towards the end but overall I really enjoyed this book! I will be adding the author’s other books to me TBR list.

I received an Advanced Reader Copy from NetGalley for an honest review.

This book follows Maria, a bad ass actress from Sweden, who has a one night stand with Peter, a introverted actor from Wisconsin. After their one night stand they are both casted to play roles in a hit show “Gods of the Gates” (similar to game of thrones). They are enemies at first but eventually become friends despite their insane attraction to one another.

Maria is a plus sized girl with a lot of sass, who doesn’t take shit from anyone. She promotes body positivity and refuses to shave. She is just a total feminist and I love her. It took awhile for me to warm up to Peter. I didn’t understand him and thought he was a jerk. I actually ended up really liking and relating to him. I really liked this book my only complaint is things moved pretty slow and the time line was hard to follow sometimes.

3/5⭐️ this book does contain fat shaming please check tw!!

Costars Maria and Peter have undeniable chemistry and after a one night stand before either landed their roles, the tension is palpable. However when they get to their location to shoot their scene for the Gods of the Gates show, they’re perfect professionals. Through the 6 years they work together they form a friendship and Maria helps Peter out of his shell. 6 years of pining away for each other surfaces quickly when the show finally ends and now they navigate what they mean to one another. Will their broken pasts keep them from being truly happy together or can they depend on each other to help them grow?

This was awesome! Plus size MCs as a COUPLE?! This brought warmth to my heart as they dealt with real deal adult issues and find ways to heal themselves and each other. Loved this

So this cover is gorgeous. Having never read any of the Spoiler Alert series, the cover was the main reason for choosing this book...that along with the description of Maria's one-night-stand, "the thick-thighed, sexy Viking of a man" YES PLEASE. The book started out especially steamy and I loved every second of it. Also, the setting couldn't get any better...a remote Irish island.

I struggled with the fact that there was almost nothing going on. I noticed I was getting bored throughout the book because nothing happened except for their filming on the island together. I also had no real attachment to any of the characters and it was very upsetting. I wanted to love Peter and Maria so much but even at the end of the book I still didn't know who they really were. There were a few times where I felt the book jumped ahead in time and I couldn't keep track.

There were many different things I liked and disliked about this book. It hasn't put me off the author though and I will continue reading books from this author.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Thanks to Avon Books for the e-publicity copy of SHIP WRECKED by Olivia Dade, expected pub date November 15 2022.

Y'all if you already love Olivia Dade, then you'll know exactly what to expect in this romance. and if you don't, then you can easily start with SHIP WRECKED for humor, steamy romance, witty banter, and full-out body positivity (which comes through so strongly in this book).
I fully enjoyed reading SHIP WRECKED on my way home from our Ireland trip, especially when reading and I started thinking about how it reminded me of the Aran Islands and then the acknowledgements stated it outright.

Definitely add this swoon-worthy romance to your fall/winter TBR for a perfect escape.

I honestly could not for the life of me get into this book. I was so excited to receive the ARC because I really enjoyed Spoiler Alert and All the Feels, but this one fell incredibly short to me. I was not invested in either of these characters AT ALL. I didn’t even like them much. And while I like the concept of a fling to enemies to friends to lovers, I feel like this was so rushed and unbelievable and I found myself really skimming and skipping pages just to finish it. I really didn’t enjoy this one, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that Olivia Dade is a must read author for me.

This book was good! I received an Arc Copy and I was actually really impressed with the book overall. The only thing that made it a three was the characters and their penchant to return to old habits, IE seeking acceptance etc.

This book is funny and features a great storyline. There is tension all throughout and it is the oh so sweet kind. I would overall recommend this one.

This is absolutely my favorite of all of the Spoiler Alert books! I absolutely adore the way that Olivia Dade writes fat bodies-we are sorely lacking in REAL representation in romance novels. Someone with a large chest but a small waist is NOT what we are looking for-but I digress. I was so excited when I realized that not only were we getting a fat female main character, but finally a male one as well! The intensity of Maria and Peter's chemistry did not disappoint and as usual, Olivia Dade writes some of the greatest spicy scenes. Beyond the spice and representation we also were treated to a bevy of hilarious moments with the Gods of the Gates cast and truly in depth character development. This book truly had me laughing out loud at multiple moments but also completely falling in love with both MCs. I think this is the best of the series and I highly recommend you pick it up.
Thanks to NetGalley and Avon for this amazing ARC!

This series of books just draw me in. I have loved all of them and want more. Please give me more. of this book and series. I am a total fan of Olivia Dade.

Gah. I just loved Maria and Peter. Maybe it is because I grew up reading fanfiction but, Olivia Dade’s characters just hit a sweet spot for me. Love the themes and topics that touches on with humor and grace. Another winner.