Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade is the third book in the Spoiler Alert series. It can be read as a standalone, but the characters in the first two books are so wonderful, you don't want to miss their stories.

Peter and Maria are actors in the Gods of the Gates series, but their characters' whole story takes place on a small island. This was a fascinating part of the series.

I absolutely love Maria's fire. She is a fat actor, and *gasp* she has body hair. She is body positive and is very public about her body being a vessel for what she needs to do. She refuses to lose weight for a role she is already cast in. She refuses to remove her body hair. She is open about how awesome her body is, and she doesn't have an issue with nudity when the final sex scene is filmed. She is amazing!

Peter and Maria both have their own character flaws. They both have broken pieces.

Peter and Maria have a soul deep connection. Like the other two books in the series, both main characters have their hearts brutally broken. And like the other two books in the series, Peter and Maria get their happy ending. It is a romance after all!

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

Book three in the Spoiler Alert series started off spicy. The story opened with Peter having one of the best one night stands of his life. He woke up and much to his disappointment, the mystery woman was gone. He only knew her first name, Maria. Peter was a quiet, awkward, hard working actor who had success playing smaller roles. He had an audition for a leading role in the newest Gates of the Gods storyline. He wasn't about to let his disappointment affect his reading for the part. Right as the auditions were about to begin, Maria arrived to tryout also. She was from Sweden, where she acted successfully on stage, but wanted a crack at Hollywood.

I loved reading their story. The grumpy/sunshine trope worked perfectly in this book and it had a slow, slow burn. Dade incorporated many of the same devices she used in the other two books such as texts between other Gates of the Gods cast members and interviews at cons. I fell in love with the crew on the set and the family they became. Maria was my favorite character. I could see her in my mind. She was the perfect mixture of sexy, smart ass, and loyal friend all packed in a voluptuous body. She loved to tease and knew when someone needed extra care. Peter's transformation (cause you know they can't stay grumpy forever) almost happened without him realizing it.

I always cry when the ending is good and this one brought the tears. The epilogue had me grinning as well. Well done, Ms. Dade. Bravo.

I want to thank Olivia Dade, Avon, and NetGalley for the e-ARC and the opportunity to read and review this novel.

Ship Wrecked is expected to be released November 15, 2022.

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I am absolutely OBSESSED with Olivia Dade’s work and this is not an exception. Things I love about this book specifically:

1. BOTH CHARACTERS ARE FAT
2. Setting boundaries is healthy!!!
3. An inversion of the usual romance story arc!
4. Probably a bunch more things but it’s almost 1 AM and I just…I love this book.

Can we just sit back and appreciate this cover!? *sigh* This book gave me the fat rep I've been looking for in romance for way to long! Peter and Maria were such a sexy couple and really enjoyable characters!

Ship Wrecked follows Peter and Maria who have a hot one night stand that ends up with Maria sneaking out after which brings up some very hurtful memories from Peter's past. The next day they both unknowingly show up to audition for a show which they end up being cast in and now they have to go live on an island together as co stars. I really enjoyed Peter and Marias characters and thought their banter was cute and their spicy scenes were GREAT!

I had a hard time with the length of this book and the fact that there was no actual plot in it. Besides for the show they were filming there was no other action. Nothing that made me excited to turn the page...it was ok. I think if this book was 200 pages instead of 400 it would have been a 4 star for me.

This is the 3rd book in the Spoiler Alert series. I did read 'Spoiler Alert' the 1st book and really enjoy it but have not read the 2nd book 'All The Feels' yet. Even though this wasn't my favorite book from the Olivia Dade I'm excited to see what she comes out with next and I would still recommend this to friends.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

took me longer than usual to get through, but good! i liked the progression of things and maria and peter’s relationship in general, especially how maria helped peter build a found family. alex and lauren’s book is definitely still my favorite, though.

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This was the first Olivia Dade book I have read and I really loved the body positivity/strong female lead. Talk about slow burn though……….you’ll understand once you read it. The male lead wasn’t my favorite until about 3/4 of the way through the book but then I was all for him. I would definitely recommend reading the other books in the series first as I was a little confused but overall found the book to be charming and a sweet love story with the bonus of some added steam to keep things spicy. Perfect for if you like a slow burn/friends to more story. I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book and all thoughts and opinions are my own. Pub date 11/15/2022.

Loved it!! I really, really just enjoyed the heck out of this book. Lovers to friends to lovers. I’m here for it.

This is the third book in the Spoiler Alert universe, and it might be my favorite one. In this book, we get to watch two of the Gods of the Gates costars fall in love over the years. The pining!! So much pining!

Peter and Maria have a one night stand the night before their auditions for the popular tv series, Gods of the Gates, which ends with Maria leaving without so much as a goodbye. Peter, hurt by her dismissal, is pretty much just a big jerk to her when they run into each other at the audition the next day. Fortunately, Peter gets over it and apologizes and the book then follows their relationship over the next 6 years as they shoot on a small island with a skeleton crew that becomes family.

I loved both of these characters so much. Dade does an amazing job of creating complex characters with amazing backstories, and Maria and Peter complemented each other in the most perfect ways. Maria, my outspoken, body positive, unapologetic, herring wielding, and loving Swed. You are perfect. And Peter was broody, protective, stable, a bit of a skitsövel, and in desperate need of the love that Maria could give him.

Truly enjoyed it! Thank you to NetGalley & Avon and Harper Voyager for the eArc!

great romance and loved they had a one time sex but working together made it work for the set and cast members. I loved that they both went into it the last season. Great romance and really liked the friends too.

I absolutely adore this book and whatever books Olivia Dade writes next. Well written with a sense of personality and an attitude that really makes you connect with her characters. I really recommend any books by this author as a fast, sweet and funny read!

Thank you NetGalley for providing me an ARC of this book! Below is my honest review. :)

Every book in this series just keeps getting better and better. I wouldn't say Olivia Dade is an auto-buy author, but I will definitely be reading more of her books as she continues to publish them.

In this book, we follow another couple in the Gods of the Gates tv series, Peter and Maria. (There's no need to read the previous two books, but it's always a bonus.) Peter and Maria met at a sauna and decided to pull a one-night stand. Maria, for reasons explained later, leaves Peter the morning after. Peter becomes very sad that he had a one-night stand with a beautiful woman and didn't get her contact information, but proceeds with the rest of his day--which entails an audition.

And guess who's at the auditions? Maria. And guess which two people get hired to be each other's co-stars? Maria and Peter. And who are they playing in the tv show? Lovers (eventually).

After some angry words are said (mostly from Peter), they quickly establish a professional relationship with each other so that they don't get fired from their jobs. Years later, they get together and we can guess what happens next.

Honestly, there's not one bad thing that I can say about this book. There are some really minor things that I personally don't like, but it's nothing that would damage my rating of this book.

There's a lot of topics that Olivia Dade covers well, such as:
- the social (and maybe even professional) "expectations" that fat actors are pressured to meet
- the benefits of adoptions
- the double standard between male and female actors in sex scenes
- being a couple THAT DOESN'T WANT KIDS (because I'm so tired of couples in romance novels who get married and have kids--BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE WANTS THAT)
- etc etc.

Also, one of the perks of this book is that THE BREAK UP MAKES SENSE to the plot. I cannot tell you how many times I read a great book, only for it to have the most misunderstood and annoying break up.

So, if you want to read about two fat people falling in love--this book is for you. The heroine is so badass and I wish I had her confidence. The hero is lowkey a grump, but he's just so thoughtful and caring in a lot of ways. This series is so fun to read and I can't wait for Olivia Dade to publish more!

Would I recommend this book? Yes!

I really, really enjoyed this book! It was cute, witty, and romantic and I loved it! This was my first from this author and won’t be my last!

Maria and Peter meet in a sauna and then spend an incredible night together in a hotel room. But when she leaves before he’s awake Peter can’t help but feel he lost out on a great woman. Turns out, he didn’t lose out at all - because Maria and Peter are costars on Gods of the Gate, the smash fantasy show. But more than that, they’re the two stars working together for the next six years on a remote island with a tiny crew. Will Maria and Peter be able to keep their attraction at bay to work together?

After I loved Spoiler Alert and really enjoyed All the Feels, it really hurts me to say I just didn’t enjoy Ship Wrecked that much. I loved the body positivity and both of the MCs being fat was so refreshing. I also loved seeing some of our returning cast from Gods of the Gate, the text exchanges were so funny and I always appreciate the fanfic breaks. Unfortunately, that’s where my love for this book stopped. I didn’t love our MCs personality or conflict, I found it all a bit boring. And I’m just not one for a lot happening off page, so the six year time skip was hard for me to overcome. However, this is a good book for people who want their smut early on in the book! Despite not being in love with this read, I Stan Olivia Dade and I’m so thankful for the stories she writes and their fat rep!

After a one-night stand to remember, Peter thinks he’ll never see Maria again until they end up co-stars on the popular show Gods of the Gates. They spend the next six years avoiding their ever growing feelings for each. When the show finally ends and they’re able to express their mutual feelings, Peter and Maria have to decide how to make this opposites attract relationship work.

Ship Wrecked is the third book in the Spoiler Alert series by author Olivia Dade. THis book can be read as a stand-alone but it takes place around the same time as the other two books so some context may be lost. The MCs from the other two books along with some of the co-stars make brief appearances throughout the book but they aren’t prominent.

The plot offers a unique and spicy twist on a workplace romance. The chemistry between the MCs is undeniable. There’s a great mix of flirtatious banter and teasing woven throughout the book’s storyline. The MCs are far more well balanced and relatable than the other two books in the series.

Ship Wrecked is by far my favorite book in this series! I really appreciate the author's unique and inclusive characters. This is the first series that I have read from her but I look forward to checking out some of her other work.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you to NetGalley & Avon and Harper Voyager!

Ship Wrecked starts off with Maria and Peter hooking up. This was only supposed to be a one night stand. But they find out that they both are going to be co stars on Gods of the Gates, and will be spending the next six years filming on a desolate Irish island together. Maria still wants Peter but he wants nothing to do with her. For years they do not touch off camera but, on their last night of filming they fulfill their desires again. But they seem like they do not have a future together because they both are going their separate ways. But Peter now wants Maria and will do anything to convince her to be with him. 

This book was so stinkin cute. I loved the relationship between Maria and Peter. I enjoyed the lovers to enemies back to lovers trope of this book. Also, like all of the books in this series it had a lot of body positivity vibes. I loved all of the books in the Spoiler Alert series but, this one is my favorite. I would highly suggest this whole series. One, because every single book is good and two, all of the books have easter eggs to the other books. I am obsessed with Oliva Dade's books. And I need to read more books by her ASAP. I was so excited to read this one and I freaked out when I got an ARC of it. Thank you so much Netgalley, Avon and Harper Voyager for this copy.

I loved this one!! Probably more than the other two of the series (which I really enjoyed). I loved that both of the MCs were fat, which we hadn't gotten in the other two novels. For some reason, it made the novel just so much better. I loved the representation and their story.

Here’s the thing, I didn’t dislike this book by any means, I just for the life of me could not get into it. That being said, if you hate waiting for spice in your romances, this might be the book for you because they’re banging on page 1.

In my opinion, this was the weakest of the trilogy, but the weakest of a very good trio of romances is still quite good. It was especially satisfying to have two fat lead characters! How often do you see a fat hero who is still treated as sexy? Some parts dragged for me and I missed the extreme fan culture bits of the first two books, but this was well worth the read and Olivia Dade continues to be an auto-read for me.

This was the most spectacular conclusion to this trilogy of romances EVER. I loved Peter and Maria and their adversity to friendship to romance arc. I genuinely was thrilled that the timeline was so unique and that we got to see them from their very first interaction instead of just cutting to the end of the show where things with their relationship finally pick up.
The fat representation was amazing and I loved how Olivia Dad was emphatic about saying that these characters were fat AND strong. That felt like a really powerful message to get across to readers.
Additionally I loved seeing the crossover timelines with the first and second books and seeing other characters weave in and out. The epilogue to conclude was just perfect and really rounded out the series in a beautiful way.

I was actually excited for this book- two fat love interests! However, I found myself confused by the time jumps. The story jumps around quite a bit, which is difficult to follow. None of the characters are very distinct, which is unusual for Dade. There is a lot of telling, rather than showing. I felt like I had to put together the story myself because this book is so scattered. I was bored, confused, and not at all convinced that Peter and Maria were in love. There was no pining, no chemistry. No anything, just awkward scenes here and there of filming what seems like the most boring TV show of all time.

I really enjoy this series by Olivia Dade and had fun reading this book. I love a good pining story, so for the most part Peter and Maria's story did not disappoint. I just wish the book would have spent more time in the present; the HEA felt rushed.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced reader's copy.