This book was not my favorite book of the year, but I didn't hate it. The writing was well written in some parts and dragged in others. I think what was hard for me was finding a connection between the MCs and myself.

Thank you for the ARC for review.

Story of one-night hook-up which later becomes awkward when they have to work together on a TV series. Six year of waiting for the series to conclude before they decide they can try to be together again.

Sadly, six years was too long for me. DNF - I finally gave up 45% through.. I tried several times to get into the story but there were too many side stories that really derailed the progression of the two main characters. I also couldn't really summons a lot of interest of Peter.

Cute rom-com about two meet who have a 1 night stand and end up working together on a TV show. We meet Maria, spunky Swedish woman who decided she wanted to try something different from theater and dive into acting in LA. Her costar Peter is a more experienced actor who finally lands a big role only to end up working closely with his one night stand gone wrong. You watch their relationship blossom and develop over the course of 6 years. There were parts that I felt dragged on longer than necessary and other parts that felt it was missing something. Overall I did like the book and the characters.

All hail Queen Olivia Dade and her castaway Vikings! She created a wonderful universe with her Gods of the Gates cast and I hope we continue to see more books from this series, hopefully of Carah and Summer and more.

This third installment took us to some really nice family centric storylines that didn't revolve around size or appearance, though of course the show runners were absolute tuna breath dunder brains to both Peter and Maria about their weight. It took me a while to warm up to Peter because he kept his feelings close to the chest (when expressing them would have solved many a pickle...d herring) and Maria is probably my favorite heroine thus far, even though I loved both Lauren and April.

Highly recommend this book and this series to ALL readers. If you haven't picked up an Olivia Dade book yet, what are you waiting for???

I love the Spoiler Alert series by Olivia Dade so much. She has created beautifully whole characters who really come alive on the page. In this third installment, we get to see the full story of Peter and Maria. Dade has written a book that is simultanioiusly hot out of the gate and then a slow burn for a good portion of the book. I loved Maria's strength and vulnerability and while Peter took a bit to get to know, I came to love his fiercely protective heart. I'm not usually a fan of third act break ups, but Dade handles it with a deft hand. I think this may be goodbye to the Spoiler Alert world and it had a lovely end. I certainly wouldn't mind if we got to return to these characters.

DNF after the first chapter. I walked into this expecting the slow build up as the first two and right away we are in the middle of a spicy scene. The other books were five stars for me. I LOVED THEM. The others were fun and organic. I know this one is about a relationship off a one night stand but why did we have to start w a saucy scene on page one. I couldn’t get over it. So sad, this was a most anticipated of the year for me.

I will ready ANYTHING and everything Olivia Dade. I am so excited to see more of the Spoiler Alert universe and cannot even beging to describe how much it means to see cool, fat, nerdy girls represented in fiction. While this is my least favorite in the series, there were some really great moments.

What I loved:
Ship Wrecked occurs within the timeline of the first two Spoiler Alert books, if somewhat tangentially. Our main characters, Maria and Peter are both unapologetically fat. Maria is a feminist icon and body autonomy is a HUGE theme, which I loved. Maria is also Swedish, leading to funny uses of Swedish phrases and threats (iykyk!). As with the rest of the series, there are many fanfic moments and funny cast text threads sprinkled in there. The con also happens in this book, which makes my nerdy heart so happy.

What I didn't love:
I had trouble getting in to this story. As I did, I found it frustrating how much of what was pushing the narrative forward occured off page. Friendships were developed, years passed, relationship dynamics changed and we didn't get to see that really play out. I also wanted MORE of the other characters from the series--we hear about how they are such great friends, but have to read 7/8 of the book to see that. Also, maybe just my personal opinion, but Peter did not 'speak to me'. He is grumpy to her sunshine, but sort of lacked other personality.

In the end, it wraps up with a big cheesy bow. If you loved the rest of this series, this book will feel like reconnecting with an old friend.

Thanks to Netgalley and Avon for the ARC of this highly anticipated romance!!!!!!!

Listen, my reading tracker tells me that this is the fifth book I’ve read this year by Olivia Dade. When I’ve read this many of an author’s books in a relatively short amount of time, I prepare myself to be disappointed. I mean, no one is perfect, we can’t always write 5 star reads. Well, spoiler alert (IYKYK), this one is a 5 star read. From one night stand, to co-stars and friends, to maybe more… Peter and Maria are lovable characters with wounds to heal and love to give. If you love a good slow burn romance, my friend this one is for you. Release date 11/15/2022, so you don’t have to wait too long! Pre-order from Two Friends Books for your “I’ve had too much Thanksgiving togetherness and I need to read now” reading.

There aren’t enough great things to say about Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade. This was such a heart-warming, lovely, cozy romance. My heart grew three sizes reading it!

Maria and Peter are phenomenal characters. They were so fleshed out that I felt like I knew them deeply and intimately. I loved seeing their relationship develop—it felt natural and organic. I appreciated the way the author handled the challenges they faced, both together and separately.

Spans over several years, but is beautifully crafted to where there is never a dull or skippable time period.

Ship Wrecked gets 5/5 stars from me. Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for the opportunity to read and review this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This was my first Olivia Dade book! I enjoyed it but I wasn’t crazy about it. My biggest gripe was that I don’t think it needed to be as long as it was.

I did love the premise of this story. Two strangers have a one night stand and then find out they’re now costars on a GoT style TV show!

Plus size/fat representation was wonderful in this. I haven’t read many books where this is portrayed well.

Maria and Peter were definitely cute and I enjoyed their relationship.

Ship Wrecked is a continuation of the world of the tv show God of the Gates and the cast mates who find love. It can be read as a stand alone novel but I highly recommend reading the first two in order only to have more background of the characters in each novel. Much to their surprise after a one night stand & thinking they will never see each other again, Maria and Peter are two cast mates who are left on an island with a small crew to film their portion of the tv show. Maria and Peter have witty banter and a good friendship throughout the six years they are filming. Then they find each other once again, and a relationship ensues.
I still think Alex and Lauren are my favorite couple of this series, but I really enjoyed the body positivity, real open communication and overall growth of both Maria and Peter. I am so so glad Olivia Dade wrote this story!
Thank you to Netgalley and Avon publishing for the opportunity to read this in exchange for my honest opinion.

I love this and this is my first book by Olivia Dade and addition to the great plot ad character development, the ART for the cover!!! It is phenomenalllllll love it so much!!

Peter has had acting jobs in front of the camera and when he lands the big role as Cyprian in the Gods of the Gates series he’s overjoyed. Well, he’s not really showing that. He looks grumpy. And all because the female role went to Maria, his one-night-stand from last night. She left in the early hours without a goodbye and he’s mad.

Maria, a Swedish theater actress lands the role of her life as Cassia in the Gods of the Gates Series that is known world wide. She tried to apologize to Peter for leaving, but when he can only say mean things to her, she hopes they can at least stay professional during the filming. Which will be mostly one-on-one on a small island in Ireland.

We get a glimpse into the filming, the crew and the two main characters in Ireland and the issues they deal with. I understood where Peter was coming from. The difference between making it in Hollywood vs. European actors and body image issues were brought up in this book.

At a certain point it seemed like the filming was over after 6 years and so the happy ending was about to happen, but now the second half of the book was starting.

We meet the families of both Peter and Maria. Maria has the fun, loving and open patchwork family and Peter has his father, the one who doesn’t understand why his son had to major in theater and not accounting.

As this story is the same timeline as the other two books in this series, it felt like a lot of extra stuff for the last 40%. Peter was in his late thirties to early forties and wanted the stability of a pay check, had already bought the dream house and was looking for roles that gave him security.
Maria didn’t want to be left behind and hadn’t found anything yet after her 6 years with the show. She needed family around her and a stable relationship rather than the paycheck it seemed.

Sadly to drawn out to hold my interest. I skimmed a lot in the last 30%.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I officially have a parasocial friendship with Olivia Dade.

In my opinion, Spoiler Alert (the first in her Gods of the Gate trilogy) is the best romance novel with a plus-sized (fat, curvy, whatever your preferred term) heroine ever. The humor, the emotional authenticity of her characters (especially as they relate to living as a fat person in the world, a reality I know personally...her plus sized characters deal with some realistic adversity as it relates to their size, but their fatness is not an unrelenting source of trauma like in other books or something that they feel like they need to "fix"), the angst, the pining heroes...so so good.

The second book in the series, All the Feels, was also a delight to read (although I didn't connect as deeply to the characters as the first book).

I was beyond stoked to hear about the forthcoming third book in this series, Ship Wrecked, and I immediately pre-ordered a copy. In the meantime, I was generously gifted an ARC in exchange for my honest review (thanks, NetGalley!).

Long story short, this book delivered. I especially loved our brooding MMC, Peter, who is A PLUS SIZE HERO! A Viking of a man. Honestly, this novel made me ruminate on the fact that there is so little representation in this genre for plus sized men, which feels like a real shame.

Our lovers endure lots of tension and sexiness through SIX YEARS of forced proximity on a faraway island after an ill-fated one night stand. Both characters are well-developed with believable personal pitfalls and hangups based on their backstories.

Hot, funny, sweet, un-put-downable. The Olivia Dade brand. I'm honestly just genuinely sad that there aren't going to be more books in the world of this series, but I'm excited to see what she writes next. I read a few of her books about teachers and liked those as well, but as a high school teacher myself, they were a little too close to home (haha). The wish fulfillment of the Gods of the Gate series is just unmatched. Highly recommend.

PS CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW GOOD THE COVERS ARE FOR THIS SERIES BY THE WAY? Can't wait to get my paper copy just so I can gaze upon its beauty.

I didn't realize it was the third in a series of stand-alones when I requested it from NetGalley. That being said, you can still appreciate Maria and Peter's story even without reading the first ones - but you might not understand the other characters (cast of God of the Gates) much.

This was really enjoyable. Maria was such a confident woman who knows her priorities and what will make her happy and isn't afraid to demand for it. Peter's journey from a taciturn outsider to a still-grumpy man who now has friends, family and love was wonderful to read.

They have so much chemistry together and I love the theme of body positivity and how being fat was just another character trait here and not that big a deal.

The AO3 snippets interspersed in the chapters were spot on! Also that the characters were aware of the fanfiction being written about them hahaha. I loved that as an avid fanfiction reader.

This just went on a bit too long in some places, but overall a good read.

Review also posted on Goodreads, which I will link on Instagram closer to publication date.

Cute premise, and it was awesome to see a plus size women in the entertainment industry fight for her right to not diet. It took a bit for me to get into the story, and all in all, it was a good read.

This book possibly had one of the best beginnings of a romance novel that I’ve ever read? How genius to start it mid hook-up, give us a taste of the amazing chemistry between Maria and Peter, then flip it around and turn it into a slow burn! I loved the ride. These two characters made sense on their own, and they made sense together. The banter had me literally laughing out loud, which doesn’t happen often. There was plenty of com in this rom-com.

As a fat reader, I tend to get tired of Dade’s unending reminders that the characters she writes are fat. I understand why she does this in her novels, because living in a fat body means focusing on your body a lot, even if you’re comfortable in it. That being said, it gets old fast. I appreciated that this book eventually backed off of all the “generous” and “ample” and “soft” descriptions more so than a lot of her other books have. But I’m still knocking off a star because of the excessive use of the word dimpled.

The mutual pining, the angst, the inevitable third act conflict, and the revisiting of characters we already know and love from the Spoiler Alert universe all came together to make this an incredibly entertaining book!

Thanks to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for providing me with an ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This book started off with a bang - literally. Kudos to Olivia Dade for that LOL. This is book 3 in the series, and though it can be read as a standalone (note that there will be spoilers for the previous books), it would be best enjoyed in order.

Peter and Maria have a lot of emotional baggage to unpack in this book. Please be sure to check the CW's below prior to reading. I loved watching their relationship evolve from a sexy one night stand to coworkers and then more. Their stubbornness (and selfishness) annoyed me at times, but given their histories, their actions made sense. Plus, the wait was worth it to see these two combust! I could tell what the third act conflict would be pretty early on, but thankfully it didn't last long and I appreciated that they both apologized for their actions/responses. The epilogue was such a sweet way to bring everything together.

I think what kept me from loving the book was the pacing. The timeline was confusing and it took me a bit to figure out where things fit in relation to the other books (the timelines overlap). Throw in a 6 year time jump and interstitials, group chats, text messages, etc between chapters and it all felt like too much and made the book feel overly long. I also didn't love how much Alex we got in this book. I know many readers love him, but unfortunately I find him too over the top and I cringed every time he was on the page. Overall, I really enjoyed Ship Wrecked though and fans of the series are sure to love this one!

CW: death of parents (past), grief, financial insecurity, fear of abandonment, adoption, strained parental relationship, cheating ex (past), toxic work environment & discussion/mention of weight loss and dieting, fat phobia

Tropes: workplace romance, one night stand, friends to lovers, idiots to lovers, nicknames, forced proximity, age gap-ish, pining, slow burn

*I voluntarily read an advance review copy of this book*

Unfortunately this was a DNF for me. I just don’t personally care for such detailed language of love scenes and preferred not to continue. Giving 2 stars because my preferences shouldn’t completely tank a book’s rating.

This is the 3rd book in the Spoiler Alert Series. After a steamy one night stand, Peter and Maria have just been cast as new characters in the Gods of the Gates series, and their storyline puts them on a small island with only the film crew. Their ambitions for their careers put them at odds with each other, but not without the chemistry that they felt that first night.

This series boasts plus-size characters with body positive themes. I felt good about that in book one, but book two really missed the mark for me. This one brought it back, with both characters being portrayed as plus-size, and Maria being so unapologetic about what she believes in. However, the timeline really threw me off. This book spans six years, and actually seems to begin earlier than even book one. Some of the characters and events from the first two books are brought in again, from different perspectives. It was just confusing for me, and felt like the story should’ve progressed faster.

Overall, I definitely enjoyed it more than the second book, but if the series continues beyond this I don’t know if I’ll keep going.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon for an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review!