This book was so good!! This is the third book in the Spoiler Alert series. If you haven’t read this series yet, I highly recommend checking it out! This book felt so real and the romance felt so natural. The banter was also amazing in this book. I highly recommend checking it out!

This was such a good spicy romcom. I think this is my favorite one in the series! Strong FMC and a MMC that will trade anything for her love. All set in the world of Hollywood.

Olivia Dade is a fantastic writer; she writes an incredible world with immersive characters and relatable flaws to them. Peter and Maria were insta-lust which is usually a bit of a miss for me. I like the way the dilemma between them wasn’t being together but how to be together in the future with diverging career paths. All in all a great read.

"Ship Wrecked" by Olivia Dade presents readers with the promise of a warm and delightful romantic comedy. However, despite the potential of the one-night stand trope and the backdrop of filming on a remote Irish island, the execution of the story falls short, resulting in a lackluster reading experience. I found myself not wanting to reach for this one as much as other books I was reading.

The narrative revolves around Maria and Peter, two co-stars who had a passionate one-night stand in the past. As they find themselves reunited for a long-term filming project on an Irish island, their unresolved feelings and desire for each other resurface.

Olivia Dade's ability to create vivid settings, such as the remote Irish island, adds a touch of charm to the story. However, these elements alone are not enough to compensate for the lackluster character development and underwhelming plot.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for my advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this book! Nothing about it, from the opening pages onward, went on a timeline I expected in a romance novel, and I really enjoyed that. The characters and parts of the story had already been introduced in the first two books in the series, but it still felt very original. This is the third book in the series, and while it's not strictly necessary to read the first two, I would highly recommend it just for continuity purposes.
The romance was so cute! The female character is an actress from Sweden who gets hired to play opposite an actor being given his first big break after years in Hollywood. Both of them are such well-rounded characters, and the way the romance is handled between them was so refreshing. They are both adults, and their relationship was handled as such. (ie there wasn't the whole "does he like me" drama that is in most romances.) When they have issues, they are very realistic, and are handled in a believable way.
Dade's books are always very body positive, and this book follows two MCs who identify as fat. While their being plus size as actors is occasionally referenced, especially in terms of how difficult it can be to find work in Hollywood, neither of the characters see their size as a flaw or something that needed to be fixed. Their weight was handled in such a healthy way, and was definitely backseat to the plot(s) of the story. Both characters are still treated as attractive, whole people, which is SO rare, even in books that try to be body positive.
I've read several of Dade's other books, so I was very excited to get an ARC for Ship Wrecked, and I'll be keeping my eye out for her future releases as well.

Great start, waaaaay to long middle, decent end. I was excited for this book and mostly enjoyed it, minus the excessive slow burn and the overly obvious feminist themes.

3.5 stars. I don't think this was my absolute favorite new romance novel, but even if some of the humor didn't quite land for me (the running gag about pickled herrings got a bit old) I really liked that both of the main characters were fat and confident in themselves, they had pretty good chemistry, and I enjoyed the bits of the behind the scenes stuff about the filming of their show a lot and this was a nice conclusion of the series.

body-positive fun romance that had me swooning. fun trope and gorgeous cover well that's the Olivia Date standard she always delivers a great romantic swoonfest.

Thank you to Avon and NetGalley for the ARC of Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade.

Epic Slow BURN to the point its tortuous! The pet names, the banter, and the adorable group chats was just what my heart needed.

I really enjoyed this title! The conversation around body positivity and being true to yourself was couched in a unique situation. I also enjoyed reading about characters not from the US!

I loved All The Feels by Olivia Dade so much. That book was so beautiful and stole my heart. I was so excited to read Ship Wrecked but unfortunately this one fell flat for me. I couldn’t connect with the main characters love interest. I just found myself not caring about their story. So unfortunately I dnfd 40% in. I’m really sad this one didn’t work for me. I will still be picking up more books by this author in the future!

Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for sending me an arc in exchange for my honest review.

The first sentence of this book made me think of "What Happened To Hello, How Are you?" a catchphrase spoken by Real Housewives of Atlanta star Sheree. We open basically mid-thrust on a one night stand between Maria and Peter. They naturally assume they'll never see one another again.

Surprise, surprise! They meet the next morning at a chemistry test for a TV series where they will play opposite one another. Get ready for the slow burn of SIX SEASONS of a TV series where they refuse to acknowledge any feelings for one another.

Maria and Peter have wonderful chemistry and Maria is an amazing, strong main character that stands up for herself and others. We cover A LOT of time in this book, but I think Olivia Dade does a good job of delving into how past experiences shape our current hangups in relationships and the way we perceive how our lives should turn out.

This book was written for you if:
1) You have an AO3 account
2) You like a quick, slow burn (if that makes an ounce of sense)
3) You like to read main characters that refuse to conform to expectations

After Maria’s one-night stand, Peter, ends up being her costar on a remote island, the two agree to be just friends for the six years of filming. Now, they have a second chance when the show is cancelled.

I enjoyed this series - and this book did not disappoint. It’s a sense its a slow burn minus the fact it starts with a one night stand. Both main characters are fat, but it’s not a focus of the book.

This masterpiece has everything you need in a good romance: Edge-of-your-seat tension? Banter? Just an overall great setup for a story? Safe to say, this book emotionally "Wreaked" me! Very excited to read more of Olivia Dade's writing, as this was the first book of her's which I've had the chance to read.

This is yet another amazing book by Olivia Dade! I loved having both MCs this time be fat, not just one. And while their size was brought up on occasion, it was not a focus, which made it even better.

I loved the wild ride of this story. It starts off with some big action right away (WINK WINK), and then there are quite a few ups and downs throughout. Their story is, in a way, a slow burn BUT because the lovely Ms. Dade opted to basically skip ahead multiple years at one point, the reader does not have to slog through the lull. To me, that was perfect. I love the pining, but also don't want to read too much of it.

As always, the author provides wonderful dialogue, humor, spice, and all the feels (SEE WHAT I DID THERE!). Peter and Maria were so wonderful and I loved getting to know them and watch them get their HEA. If this were to be the last book in the series, it definitely would be a high note. This book can be read as a standalone, but I did really enjoy the side characters met in the previous stories. I highly recommend reading them all!

I love Olivia Dade, and this book was no exception. Also that cover art is some of my all time favorite!!! This book also featured one of my favorite tropes- the classic one-night-stand becomes your coworker/boss, etc. Olivia Dade is quickly becoming an auto-read author.

I have been progressively less interested in this series and I think maybe the author is stretching out a good idea a little far.

This book has two main leads and very few very minor characters. That means the main leads really have to hold their own and they just... don't. They also spend a great deal of the book not talking to each other which... yeah.

I read 36% of the book before I stopped and in that time I never grew to like either lead. Maria's body positivity is nice, but her personality sort of stops there. Peter is too reserved and standoffish for me to get a sense of his personality. The fact that they are the only main characters made it really hard for me to stay interested.

The main focus of the book is sex. Much more so than the previous books, even. It starts with a sex scene, then continues with each of the leads hopelessly sexually attracted to each other and determined not to show it. Then there is a for-the-TV-show sex scene that has them trying not to show how into it they are. Not my jam.

There are also a ton of time skips. It's not really clear in the audiobook that it's even happening, and then suddenly one of the characters will think "It had been 5 years" and you're like what? Five years? Where did they go?

I can't bring myself to read any farther because I'm not enjoying it. If this series continues, I'll pass.

This book was such an adorable read! having romances with plus size main characters makes me so happy! I loved every page and highly recommend giving this a read!

I generally liked this book, but I felt like the group texting segments weren't written well. They didn't read like people of the characters' age. In addition, the story didn't quite mesh with the rest of the series, because you'd have to assume some of these things would have been relevant to characters of the previous books.

4.25 Stars

Ship Wrecked is an interesting entry into the verse, offering a glimpse over seasons at life on a set where the only two cast members working on the set are parties who knew each other intimately before formally meeting each other.

What follows is a slow burn romance with a lot of growth and so much depth not only for these characters but their relationship as well. Something that really threw me is that I didn’t instantly fall in love with these characters like I have in Spoiler Alert and All the Feels.

I loved Maria so much and my appreciation for her grew as we learned more about her. She never put on any airs or minced words, embracing who she was and clearly stating her expectations for every scenario. The moments when she stands up to the creators, telling them exactly where they can stick their misogynistic beauty ideals, are wonderful.

Peter’s growth is more noticeable, as we get to see the source of his hang-ups and insecurities. It’s partly why it took me longer to warm up to his character.

Peter’s a jerk once he realizes who Maria is in the aftermath of being ghosted in the morning after a one-night stand. What’s worse or rather makes it worse is the things he says to try to get under her skin. It’s the pretentious celebrity persona that April from Spoiler Alert was afraid Marcus would be bogged down with.

I get the hurt feelings, but the words were tough. Maria has more grace, forgiving him and trying to make their filming experience on that Northern Ireland Island a lot less antagonistic.

Though I will say, I appreciate that by his own admission he was a complete dick and sees Maria’s attempts at extending an olive branch. There are moments when we see the sweet, thoughtful Peter shine through. The first time he goes to dinner with the crew is a fitting example. The way Maria still tries to help him connect with the crew is so tooth-achingly sweet.

Overall, I appreciate that the book seemingly spans over seasons and years moving along with Maria and Peter’s time as Cassia and Cyprian on the show. It gives readers time to see how they grow together and work through many past hurts to find themselves in a good place together.

And best of all, it’s dealt with in a healthy way!

I absolutely love that the intimacy coordinator comes into play towards the end of Maria and Peter’s time on Gods at the Gates. A nice peek into the intricacies of what goes into love scenes on screens, normalizing the need for them on sets in a fun way.

The fact that we get to see the first two books’ events intertwined into Ship Wrecked is fun and adds more depth to the world. I can’t wait to see how this universe expands further in the future and get more glimpses of these couples.