4.5 stars around up

It’s official, Ava Wilder is on my must read list! How to Fake It in Hollywood was a top 2022 read for me, and I can’t see how this one won’t be a top contender for 2023.

I cannot get enough of the Hollywood love stories that are showing up in romance right now, and Ava does the enemies to lovers/second chance romance but with famous people right. If you’re looks for a rom-com read, I can’t recommend enough!

Thanks for Ava Wilder, Random House, and NetGalley for ARC in exchange for my honest review!

5/5⭐
So lovely! What a truly journey was that, those characters are so well written with deep perspective. I truly enjoyed my time with Shane and Lilah!

goddamn? this book took me through all the highs and lows of life and I'm beyond impressed how miss wilder managed to top 'how to fake it in Hollywood' with this one.

lilah and shane are explosive on page and their chemistry and tension is so palpable I was creating whole ass movie scenes in my head, envisioning every tactile longing and want. as actors, they hate each other; but as characters they're itching to rip each others clothes off. the line between love and hate is starting to thin. now, the worlds' eyes are on them and so is their future careers after their famous series comes to a close. how well can they play pretend until it all boils down? there is so much jealousy, misunderstandings and everything you would expect from an angsty romance.

do yourselves a favor and go read it :))

a huge and special thanks to netgalley and the publisher for providing an digital arc in exchange for my honest thoughts!!

I adored this book!! Hollywood romances are an obsession for me now and this really delivered.

Two tv stars with an… interconnected past relationship are forced to reunite when the lead actress Lilah makes a
come back for the season send off of long running tv drama with her sorta ex Shane. But now they can’t stand each other, and their characters have fallen in love. What could possibly go wrong!!

This story was a bit less emotional than Wilder’s previous “How to Fake it in Hollywood” but the drama was endless. I loved this second chance aspect and the force proximity getting them to reunite. DRAMA DRAMA.

Shane is so easy to love and although it took me awhile to get on board with Lilah, by the end I was rooting for them both SO BAD.

I did not see the ending bringing them together like that and I wished I had seen it play out in real time or fluffed up with an extra epilogue bc I was so happy to see them work it out!!

I love the writing style and will read endless amounts of hollywood romance.

Thank you netgalley, Random House Publishing and Ballantine for the arc.

Reviewed for NetGalley:

Present day enemies, Lilah and Shane, avoiding each other for the past 3 years, are paired up again to work together again on the last season of the famed paranormal drama.

Wilder flawlessly weaves an angst ridden story alternating between the past and present to show why and where Lilah and Shane are in the tumultous relationship they find themselves in.

Really enjoyed this for a hollywood celebrity plot. . Well written and didn’t want it to end.

I absolutely loved this book! I love the enemies-to-lovers plot line, and I loved that in this book they were coworkers who were also both secretly in love with each other.

I loved both Lilah and Shane and how the book flowed. Every chapter left me wanting more. Everything was perfect - the spice, the angst, the conflicts, everything!

Thank you to Ava Wilder, Random House Publishing, and NetGalley for the eARC!

wow. this enemies to lovers, costars who hate each other but are secretly in love with each other romance was SO good. it was so angsty, heart wrenching and also so pure and beautiful at the same time. I felt deeply connected to Lilah and her views/ worries about love and her journey was so beautiful to read about. Shane and Lilah are going to be a book couple I wont forget for a long time. it's a story thats definitely true to its title. check it out when it comes out on June 27th!! A special thanks to Random House Publishing Group/Ballantine for providing me with this amazing digital review copy in exchange for my honest thoughts.

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I loved this book! I loved Ava Wilder's first book, How to Fake it in Hollywood but this was even more wonderful.
After a disastrous movie, Lilah is returning to her former home on a fantasy television show co-starring Shane her handsome, charismatic former lover now enemy for the last season of the show.
Reuniting with Shane and the show proves complicated.
This book was angsty. I loved this character development, the mental health representation felt real, and I was really routing for these characters to be together.
The enemies to lovers and second chance romance tropes were perfect and the writing and pacing of this book was exceptional.
I will read everything Ava Wilder writes!
Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Will they or won’t they

Main characters: Lilah and Shane
Plot: Lilah and Shane are two co stars who after a brief secret fling now hate each other with their whole hearts. They are forced to reconcile their differences and are even required by the network to attend counseling. I enjoyed watching their dynamic relationship shift throughout the course of the book.

What I loved: as a native Oklahoman, a braums mention is always exciting.

Thank you Random House Publishing Group title from NetGalley. This book has a publishing date of June 27, 2023!

Reading this book, I both enjoyed it but had a hard time connecting with it. Having it written in a third person narrative proved to be a huge barrier for me in embracing the story. I couldn’t fully connect with the scenes of the book or fully enjoy the romance between Lilah and Shane. It felt as if I was being told half of the story and crucial parts were missing for me

I was completely invested in Shane and Lilah's story because there would be these moments of vulnerability between them, but those moments were few and far between. Everytime I would start to feel butterflies, something would happen that would pull my heart away from the moment. Lilah was a tough character to love. She had a defensive exterior and a stubbornness that made her come off as stand-off-ish. Shane seemed so quiet and it was hard to get to know him because the author didn’t dive into him and develop him properly.

I loved this author's debut novel, and I really wanted to love this one too, but it fell short for me. Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine, Dell for this ARC

Thank you net galley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, Dell for this ARC copy. I really wanted to like this book, especially after seeing all the positive reviews, unfortunately I just didn't love it. Like other reviewers mentioned, I had a harder time with the writing style and the plot felt a little slow for me.

Can someone please bottle the feeling of reading this book for the first time up and sell it please? Because OMG I’d pay big money for that.

I loved How to Fake it in Hollywood, and Ava Wilder’s second novel, Will They or Won’t They, is even better. This second-chance, enemies to lovers, celebrity romance is giving everything. The tension is palpable and the chemistry between the two characters is present from the very first chapter.

The main characters, Lilah and Shane, starred together on a supernatural drama until after season 5 when Lilah left the show. The two are forced to reunite for season 9 when Lilah returns for the show’s final season. I thought this was such a unique way to set up a second-chance romance.

I loved everything about this book! The tension, the angst, the exploration of the deep relationship of working closely with someone for such a formidable period of the character’s lives. The last 1/3 had me squealing! Highly recommend!!!

I enjoyed reading this book. At the end of each chapter, there was always something there to lead me on.

I LOVED THIS!! A second chance romance with plenty of mutual pining, where the guy falls first and hardest is like my kryptonite. I really loved getting both Lilah and Shane's POV and the flashbacks made everything feel more intense. I felt the deep connection between the characters and went along on this nine year journey with them. They both clearly had things they needed to work on and it was holding them back from having a relationship that could thrive. The writing style was very enjoyable and the pacing felt right. Also if Intangible were a real show, I would be watching the heck out of it!

I received an advance review copy through NetGalley, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. A big thank you to Random House Publishing!

4.5 round up
I looooved How to Fake it in Hollywood, and I was so excited to be approved for an ARC of Ava Wilder's next novel. This book is a true enemies to lovers, second chance romance that was so realistic. I wasn't ready for this book to be over!
This wasn't quite a 5 star for me, only because it ended up feeling a little repetitive and dragged on throughout the middle.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who loved How to Fake it in Hollywood, any romance reader, and anyone who's fave trope is enemies to lovers.
Will They or Won't They? Is out June 27th 2023.
Thank you to Ava Wilder, NetGalley, and Random House for this advanced e-copy in exchange for my honest review!

Thank you netgalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine for allowing me to read this book. You could feel the tension between Shane and Lilah from the start. I was entranced when they had to do the photo shoot just waiting to see what would happen! I really liked the camaraderie within the cast. It was interesting to read what it’s like behind the scenes and the kinds of struggles celebrities face. The sexual tension was crazy! It felt like the perfect mix of enemies-lovers/ second chance and it’s always been you. I also really liked all the side characters. I really enjoyed the twist at the end! I’m so happy the characters got the happy ending they deserved and got to be together in peace.

3.5 ⭐️

I had an overall fun time with this book. It's a second chance, enemies to lovers romance.

This follows Lilah and Shane, two main characters of a hit drama sitcom. Fans love their characters and ship them big time. Lilah left a few seasons in to pursue a career in movies, but had returned 3 years later to film the last season. Although fans love them, Shane and Lilah absolutely loathe and hate eachother.

It was steamy and angsty thru out the story. I really enjoyed the opening scene between the two characters. They had great chemistry and I was really looking forward to what was in store for them. Unfortunately from there things started to loose steam for me and couldn't keep that chemistry between them strong other than physical attraction.

I didn't mind Shane as a character although flawed he was like able, I did not at all like Lilah and found her to be unkind with no likeable qualities. Other than their incredible sex I couldn't figure out why these two wanted to be together. They were both toxic to eachother,

This is my second book of Ava Wilder, I did enjoy this one more. I see Wilders writing and story building growing stronger, I'll be keeping an eye on other books of hers in the future.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing for this advanced reader copy. My review is voluntarily my own.

Lilah is an actress returning for the final season of her hit show. The problem is that her former love, Shane, is her co-star, and the two are not on good terms anymore. Lilah and Shane initially struggle to find chemistry, but after some “couples” therapy ordered by the show, they begin to realize that maybe they don’t hate each other after all. Will the two stars be able to resolve misunderstandings and balance being in the public eye?

I loved Ava Wilder’s second novel even more than her first! Lilah’s character is relatable in how she’s unapologetically herself and knows that she won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. The behind the scenes of a tv show was a fun setting for the book and gave glimpses of what life in Hollywood is like. Shane is sweet and caring and charismatic and made an excellent love interest while still being flawed. I felt that the enemies to lovers trope was well done- it was angsty, tension building, but also more realistic in the way the characters went from love to hate to love. I’d recommend this to rom com lovers, especially those who enjoy enemies to lovers banter, Hollywood settings, and a bit of spice in your romance reading!

Thank you to Ava Wilder, Random House- Ballantine, and Netgalley for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

The lovers to enemies trope of Lilah and Shane was done extremely well. Lilah and Shane are co stars of a hit show and and we see their romance go from lovers to enemies to….

I absolutely loved Will They or Won’t They. The relationship between Lilah and Shane was perfectly written and the flashbacks were executed beautifully. I couldn’t put the book down.

This is a 5 star read for me. I recommend reading it when it publishes on June 27, 2023. Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group/Ballantine for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

As someone that read Ava Wilders's book How to Fake It In Hollywood last year and loved that I was so excited to read this and was happy that I got an arc!

Our main characters are Lilah and Shane who first met years ago while auditing for a part on a tv show. They both got the part, played costars, and had a fling for a while that ended horribly and led to them hating each other. Lilah ended up leaving the show but in the book we see her come back to the show and have to work with Shane again to end the show well for their fans.

This book was done well especially when it came to the lovers to enemies to lovers again plot, the whole book I felt the range of emotions the characters were going through especially with the tension and chemistry with the characters. I loved the use of the past and present timelines throughout the book, It made me even more engaged because I wanted to know what happened with these characters in the past and why they couldn't stand each other. I will say that something close to the ending confused me and I wanted to shake the characters but thankfully it didn't go the way I thought it would.

Overall this is a good read with lots of drama and realistic characters that makes decisions that are sometimes annoying but understandable which is something that Ava Wilder is great at writing. It didn't have heavy themes like in the author's first book and there are also good spicy moments that complemented the book well.

Thank you Random House and Netgalley for this arc for an honest review!