It's official- lightning can strike twice!

A few months ago, I read Spoiler Alert and was absolutely delighted. My geeky romance-loving heart could not be contained. So when I got the ARC for All the Feels, I was worried that it wouldn't be as good. I'm happy to say I was EXTREMELY wrong. All the Feels captures the same magic combination that Spoiler Alert had- solid characters, strong romance, a good level of heat, and a strong storyline. With all the fun of AO3 thrown in as well. The only negative was that it wasn't *as geeky* as Spoiler Alert. But honestly, I only realized that upon reflection. I read it in one day and could not stop even if I wanted to.

So whether you're a geek, romance lover, or both- I highly suggest both this book and the series. I plan on reading more Olivia Dade in the future, but if all her books are like this, I think I've found another new favorite author!

Olivia Dade knocks it out of the park in her follow-up to beloved fandom romance Spoiler Alert. All The Feels follows Marcus's costar Alex, who has been assigned a minder named Lauren after getting in a bar fight during filming for their hit show Gate of the Gods. Predictably, wonderfully, Alex and Lauren fall for each other in a slow-burn relationship that plays with beloved fan fiction tropes.

If you enjoyed the body-positivity of Spoiler Alert, you'll find much to love in All The Feels. I appreciated Dade's thoughtful depiction of ADHD, which firmly shapes Alex's character and his choices. She also delves into issues of domestic violence in a way that shouldn't trigger survivors who happen to read the book.

This book is the perfect addition to the first book. It is cute, sweet, and emotional. I loved seeing the full story of Lauren and Alex and I hope that we get more stories set in this world in the near future. 🥰

When I read the first book in the Spoiler Alert series by Olivia Dade, I was hooked! I loved that story! I wanted to read everything by Olivia Dade. While this still stands true, I didn't enjoy All the Feels as much as the first book. It was still a well written story and I enjoyed aspects of it. But I wasn't as into the romance and the couple in this story. Also, I don't love the fan fiction in the books, which is a huge aspect, but I can get past that for a good story!

I LOVED the Spoiler Alert and was so excited to read All the Feels that I stayed up until 1:30 AM to devour it, and it didn't disappoint. All the Feels was compulsively readable and I loved everything about it. I can't wait to read the next thing from Olivia Dade and hope to see more from this universe soon!

This book smashed it out of the park for me! All of the feels, a genuine connection, the individual growth, as well as the combined growth of this couple.
Add in the bonus of a cast of characters that enriched the experience and you’ll understand what I loved so much!
Lauren & Alex we’re the right kind of burn for my summer, with the only lasting effects being a love so beautiful and some truths realized.
BHE forever!

4.5 stars because this book totally earned them. I laughed out loud so many times in this book! Alex was hysterical and I loved how dry Lauren was in response. I loved how this book didn't turn to instant attraction for either of them... they became great friends and then fell for each other with no rush, it was fantastic. They faced real issues and did them well. This book was really well written and fun, and I honestly see myself rereading it soon. Great job Olivia Dade!

I loved Spoiler Alert--the characters, the world in which they live, and the excellent portrayal of love between a famous, very attractive actor and a non-famous, equally-attractive civilian who happens to be fat. Of all the marvelous secondary characters, the ones I wanted to see more of next were Alex and Lauren. And here they are, in all their glory!

All the Feels is everything I had hoped for--more of the showbiz world, a reality check in the form of ADHD and other hidden disability rep, and great sexytimes. Alex and Lauren are so good for each other. Alex has a heart of gold, even if it doesn't always look that way to the casually observer. And Lauren is amazingly capable--all the competence porn here with her job. It warmed my heart when Alex was first fascinated and then enthralled by Lauren's singular attributes. The heart wants what the heart wants, and sometimes it wants someone who isn't conventionally beautiful but interesting and intelligent and funny and kind. I love that this book celebrates that dynamic.

I think I've said before that I don't really like romance novels, because of a lot of reasons, so for me to give this five stars, there must be a reason.

First, I love that the love interest is a short squat woman who doesn't give a damn what anyone thinks about her, and has the mouth to back that up.

And the movie star she has to mind, writes fanfic on the side, about the show that he is in. Amazing.

So, even though we know, as all romances go, that they will eventually get together, in the end, I still had to stay up late to finish it, because I wanted to see how. And of course, the part where they have to part, because all romances have that as well, was thoroughly heart wrenching.

So, fun romance, for the non-romance readers out there, and totally relatable heroine, as well.

<em> Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.</em>

Sometime in the last month or so, I was listening to a romance podcast where the cohosts applauded an author for the clear love they have for their characters. They're nuanced, they make mistakes, they're imperfect, they want to be better, and they're treated with respect by the author.

This book isn't that book.

It's a very interesting choice to spend the first 25% of your book negging a heroine. Lauren is not ""traditionally attractive,"" and you cannot forget it. Alex acknowledges she isn't pretty, Lauren acknowledges she isn't pretty, her cousin acknowledges she's pretty, all the background narration acknowledges she isn't pretty. (As an aside, Lauren on the cover of this book? GORGEOUS.) Alex never calls her fat, but he sure does spend a lot of time reminding her that she's irritatingly short and making digs at her intelligence, as well as mentally remarking about things like her crooked nose, her wrinkles, and her undereye bags.

Lauren is less of a character and more of a way to prove that Alex is a Good Man. And the thing is, I don't think we need to have that proven. I think it's really clear that Alex is a good man, who cares about treating people with decency, who wants to support the people he loves, who understands so much of his privilege. But then he's just so rude to Lauren under the guise of a sharp wit, when she has done literally nothing to earn his ire besides being paid to sit and read a book while he works out. He's so quick to jump in and defend her to other people, but refuses to defend her from himself.
Marcus even points out this hypocrisy at one point, reminding him that he's constantly calling her a harpy and a shrew -- but Alex thinks it's okay because he does it because he thinks he's funny, not because he thinks it's true.

I like Alex. I think he's intelligent, thoughtful, and vulnerable (his reaction in the black moment especially so). And I think there's literally no need for him to be so mean to Lauren over and over, even if it's masked by this "just joshin'!" aura. To be clear, Lauren really never takes any of these comments to heart. But I think you can write a minder/enemies-to-lovers story without spending a truly irrational amount of time reminding the reader that the world thinks the heroine is ugly. The rudeness eases up, but it lasted long enough to make me seriously consider DNFing the book and to make the story nearly irredeemable for me.

I don't think that Alex and Lauren were treated with respect by Dade. I think Lauren wasn't given room to shine as her own human being self, and I think she did Alex dirty by making him act like a petulant and rude child to Lauren for as long as he did when he could have been straight golden retriever and get essentially the same story out of it. It's disappointing, particularly given the level of trust a lot of communities have put into this author.

The best thing about this book was also the best thing about the previous book! The delightful text exchanges, snippets of past movies, and best of all, the fanfic excerpts are back. I would absolutely love to read more fanfics about either the show they're on or the characters in this universe -- it's truly shocking to me that nothing exists on AO3.

I'm not going to NOT mention this book to people asking for recs. But I'll certainly be mindful of who I recommend it to, and it won't be coming out of my mouth without some heavy caveats.

Wonderfully delightful!!! I'm reading this in June and already know this is going to be one of my favorite books of the year. Olivia Dade delivers a sequel to Spoiler Alert and it is just as hot, over the top funny and genuinely sweet. All The Feels overlaps in time with Spoiler Alert but it definitely can be read on its own.

Alex Woodroe is starring in the final season of a Game of Thrones type tv series. When he gets into a brawl off set the production company hires a minder to stay with him 24/7. They don't want any more bad press before the series season airs. He accepts because he needs to stay out of trouble so he can continue on to new career projects. Alex is one of my new favorite characters. He is absolutely impulsive, genuinely kind and self aware of his a$$holery. He also has ADHD which is accurately depicted whether in his continual leaps in conversations or needing walks during the night to settle himself.

His minder is Lauren Clegg, an ER therapist, who after nine years of work takes a much deserved vacation. When her cousin and producer of Gods of the Gates calls and asks her to babysit the tv star she sees it as a way to stretch her time off and recover from burnout. Neither expects genuine friendship and caring to develop. This combines friends to lovers and close proximity tropes brilliantly. Alex is so over the top funny in his streaming thoughts and Lauren is the genuine realistic counter balance he needs. They both get to grow in the book and value their self worth.

I don't know if there is another book planned for the series but I will definitely look for it or another book by Dade. How can I resists an author who has added pegging to my lexicon. Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for an ARC ebook in exchange for an honest review.

I’ve had an Olivia Dade weekend. I read Spoiler Alert for the first time yesterday and I was going to wait until closer to the publication date to read All The Feels, but couldn’t stop myself from reading it. The plot of All The Feels overlaps somewhat with Spoiler Alert, but by no means does the first book need to be read to enjoy this one. I do think I prefer Spoiler Alert slightly over All The Feels, but that’s just my opinion comparing the two, both books are leaps and bounds better than several of the books I’ve read recently.

I really liked both Alex and Lauren. I liked that Alex was genuinely a good person. It was also refreshing to see his ADHD written accurately. Lauren was a delight. She was so confident in herself and her abilities that it was just a pleasure to read. I enjoyed getting to see their relationship grow in such an organic way.

I loved all the tropes in the book the two main ones being forced proximity and friends to lovers. I also loved when Alex identified that they were going to live out the “only one bed” trope when they were stranded at a crowded inn. Little moments of self-awareness like that are always a delight to find in romances.

My only complaint about this book was the lack of actual pegging IFYKYK. I will happily read a third book in the series should Olivia choose to write one.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I'm going to be 100% completely cliche right now and say that this book really did give me all the feels, and it kind of took me by surprise. When I read the first book in this series (Spoiler Alert) I really felt like April was a great stand in for me, I felt like I had so much in common with her and when reading the book I felt like I was living vicariously through her. I absolutely adored Spoiler Alert and I knew that I would love All the Feels too... and I did. But where April felt like the ultimate reader insert fanfic, Lauren felt like a mirror and I wasn't prepared. So there are two big reasons I loved All The Feels... let's jump right in.

Reason 1: Dade kicks off the book with this dedication- To all the little girls who learned to stay quiet and not take up space in the world. May you find your inner harpies and demand your due, at long last. The book never looked back from there. I have never been small, never been conventionally pretty, never really been that girl... but I also never felt like I was hiding or shying away. Lauren feels much the same. She is a smart, funny, confident person, it's no surprise that Alex ends up head over heels for her. However, what Dade nails in this story are the million little ways you cut yourself down. You let people make rude comments and you tell yourself you don't care, but really you just become numb and it's easier to let it go then let it ruin your day. You stop expecting amazing things because somewhere along the way you start believing that you aren't worth it. You have great friends who you can be yourself with, but when you head out into the world you notice the way people look at you, so you remind yourself that their reaction says more about them then it does about you. You brush things off, you turn a blind eye, you remove yourself from situations and you tell yourself its okay.... but all the while it's a death by a million paper cuts. You can be smart and funny and confident like Lauren and still feel every slice. That part of this story is so well done. Watching Alex and Lauren work through that aspect of the relationship was both great and slightly traumatizing, because it was all so familiar, and we don't often see that play out on the page.

Reason 2: Alex and Lauren are absolutely everything. This is a RomCom through and through and these two are so very entertaining. Alex in particular with his absolute unabashed love of fanfic had me in tears laughing. Whenever he got hyped up about his favorite fanfic tropes emerging in his real life I was dying. I don't even like some of the tropes, but here, with Alex screaming about how excited he is to be living his best fanfic life, I couldn't help but also be all in. Lauren has the perfect dry wit to match Alex's chaotic energy, she might have been hired to watch him and keep him in check, but she sees right to the heart of him and the way they play off each other is perfection. Going along for the ride with Alex and Lauren was awesome and I didn't want it to end. Without giving anything away, at the end of the book there are some new opportunities that arise for Alex and Lauren and I'd like to formally put in writing that I'm going to need a book (TV show???) that's just them doing the thing and being entertaining.

I'm not ready to give up Alex and Lauren yet, and while we are at it, we can bring back Marcus and April too!

And here I thought I couldn't love a book more than I loved Spoiler Alert! Ten pages in, I was already mentally rearranging our 2022 book club lineup because I don't know if I can bear to wait until 2023 to share this with the club. Laugh-out-loud funny, deeply emotional, and wildly romantic. I couldn't put it down and didn't want it to end.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review, and to Olivia Dade for writing such an incredible book!

Oh I loved this book! Is it perfect? No, there are definitely a few flaws. But I teared up on several occasions and per my own guidelines for reviewing books that is one of my five star qualifications, so I guess my tear ducts have decided for me. Alex is A LOT. Like a lot a lot. But that’s his ADHD talking. If I had to deal with him in real life it would be too much for me, but in the book he was fabulous. And Lauren is a great counterpoint, she has a very low BS tolerance, is full of common sense, but can also be funny and feisty. As you can tell from the cover Lauren is obese, and this definitely leads to some difficulties with criticism from fans about the relationship. This also causes misunderstandings & conflict between the two of them. But the issues are worked through and we do get an HEA.

P.S. we know from the first book and this one that Alex has a slight obsession with pegging, so I know I am not the only one who’s disappointed we didn’t get that on page! #Cupidgetspegged

Thank you to NetGalley & Avon and Harper Voyager for this advanced reader copy. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Olivia Dade's books are wonderful modern-day nerdy fantasies where the actors in our favorite nerdy TV series:

1. Have in-depth, wonderfully detailed opinions of the franchise they're acting in;
2. Are amazing people, inside and out;
3. Fall in love with normal-looking fans just like us;
4. Change the world for the better.

All the Feels continues in this tradition, with Alex (who plays a Roman demi-god on TV and has the looks and physique to match) falling for Lauren, who's been hired as his minder to keep him out of trouble. This leads to some forced proximity but since they're coworkers Alex never takes things higher than the flirtation level until they're no longer working together. Once their professional relationship is out of the way Alex wastes no time in pursuing Lauren.

The book is a feel-good, sexy trope-fest and we loved basically every second of it.

This book was precious! Thank you, Olivia, for having an unconventionally beautiful main character; representation matters! Also I had no idea this was the second book in a series and I can't wait to get my hands on "Spoiler Alert".

Thank you, NetGalley, for allowing me access to an eARC of this lovely book!

This was so, so sweet. I love how diverse and yet familiar Ms Dade's characters are. The plot was well crafted and well paced and then I just fell for Lauren and Alex. Each of them individually are rich and well written characters but together they made my heart hurt. The story is sweet and heart breaking and hopeful. I really enjoyed reading this one and can't wait to try more by this author.

Thank you to Olivia Dade, AVON Books, and NetGalley for this ARC!

4.5/5 ⭐️

Olivia Dade writes to my soul, and I love it so much.

Alex’s acting career is quickly spiraling out of control, so he’s assigned a nanny to keep him in line. Lauren’s past work as a therapist in an ER makes her uniquely qualified to handle Alex’s outbursts, but she didn’t count on Alex being far more caring than the tabloids made him seem.

I. Loved. This. Book.
Spoiler Alert is my favorite book, and while I had been impatiently waiting to get my hands on All The Feels, a part of me was worried it would be a letdown after Spoiler Alert. Oh, ye of little faith in Olivia Dade.

Alex and Lauren were freaking adorable. I loved the juxtaposition between them - personalities and appearances!

Alex Woodroe is officially vying for favorite fictional man. The number of times I swooned just because he was considerate of Lauren was ridiculous.

Lauren...I just want to hug her; I loved her so much. If April Whittier is everything I aspire to be as a plus size woman, Lauren Clegg represents who I am now. She’s still smart and capable and determined, but she also has issues with accepting herself. Olivia Dade really writes amazing plus size women, and Lauren’s may be the most realistic one yet.

I did think the plot dragged a bit, especially at the beginning, but I was so in love with these characters while I was reading that it hardly mattered!

*Slight spoilers*
Tropes to look forward to: Friends to lovers, slow burn, and the most AMAZING use of the only one bed trope ever.

You may love this book if:
- You love plus size protagonists
- You’re a fan of slow burn romances
- You love when men in romances are genuinely good guys

At some point while reading All the Feels, I whispered to myself that I had, in that moment, all the feels. In it, Alex (a famous actor) falls for Lauren, his minder (a therapist. not his therapist).

All the Feels is a perfect follow up to Spoiler Alert. While Spoiler Alert is a metatextual defense of fanfiction, All the Feels is an intentional dive into the joy of tropes, and it's fizzier than Spoiler Alert. Like Marcus in Spoiler Alert, Alex is a fanfiction reader and writer; he is delighted when their reality (our story) play out a trope, which was very fun.

I identified with Lauren so much. She was not hot fat -- the kind where it's ok as long as it's confined to an hourglass shape. Instead, she is frequently described as round. There was something very lovelyin reading Alex's lust-soaked descriptions of Lauren's body.

There is recounted domestic violence (none on the page). The fact that it was an explanation to Alex's devotion to a particular charity (rather than, say, as an explanation for a main character's relationship to the other main character) as well as part of his story with his family member made that choice feel ok to me where could have felt exploitative. Olivia Dade wrote about the impact of domestic violence for a loving and helpless bystander with a great deal of sensitivity.

The two things this book didn't do that I wished we could have seen -- I'd love to have seen Lauren and April in the same room. And a pegging scene. We are told it happens in the epilogue but I want receipts. What can I say?