Thank you to Net Galley, the author, and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

We've got a second chance, enemies-to-lovers celebrity romance book here... and it unfortunately wasn't a very fun ride.

Shane and Lilah were two up-and-coming actors, cast on a hit television show as a result of their palpable chemistry. However, unlike their characters who leave the audience wondering "will they or won't they?", Shane and Lilah did... and they probably shouldn't have. When their personal relationship ends badly, their professional relationship suffers... and they endure years and years of working alongside each other in tense, unenjoyable conditions. Eventually, Lilah leaves the show, making a clean break of things.

Only now, years later, she's set to make a return for the show's final season. And the energy between her and Shane is as brutal as ever... so much so that they're requiring more takes and having outbursts on-set. In order to work through their issues, they're required to go see a counselor. In doing so, all of the miscommunication between them starts to surface.

Not a huge mystery what happens from there. While I appreciated the author's efforts to humanize each of these characters, I can't say I felt invested in or entirely sympathetic to either one of them. The book's pacing felt off and I was skimming to get to the end of it. Still chasing the high from my go-to celeb romances, Birds of California and Funny You Should Ask. Sadly, the search continues!

I really enjoyed Will They or Won't They! Second chance romances are my favorite, and I loved following along with Lilah and Shane as they found their way back to each other. It was paced really well and the buildup from L&S working together to gradually coming back together was believable, which I feel like isn't always the case. Dual timelines can also be difficult to do well but Ava did a great job and she has become an auto-buy author for me. Thank you to NetGalley, the author and publisher for the e-arc!

this book was a great idea! it had so much potencial delving into what is like working as a couple in a famous tv show, and how can that blur the lines between the actors, howeverrr.......the whole thing fell flat for me.
i did not connect to ANY of the characters at all and I truly mean that. and this a huge problem in any book, but especially in a romance book we spend to much freaking time with the main leads.
while shane was the typical romance lead with literal no flaws, lilah was just so annoying, jesus christ. dont get me wrong, i love love flawed female characters, but lilah was just plain unlikeable.
i also thought the animosity between them didn´t last as long as it shouldve and it all just felt like (???).
at least the smut was good.
thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing for providing the arc in exchange for an honest review :)

Another hit from Ava Wilder. I got the pleasure of meeting Ava at a book signing recently and purchased the paperback as well as read the NetGalley. What an amazing author who I feel like it’s just getting started. I can’t wait to see what else she writes. This one was funny and hit all the spots. A perfect book to read.

When Lilah returns for the last season of their hit paranormal TV show, her costar Shane isn’t exactly excited to see her after the two had a relationship during season one that ending on bad terms. Onscreen, their characters are in love. Offscreen, they may be falling in love?

This was fun! I liked the enemies-to-lovers, second chance tropes. I feel like I’ve read a lot of on-set romances this year, but this was a fun twist. I was super surprised by the ending - it got me!

I was expecting this book to be way more dramatic and messy after Ava’s last book. If this is one of your first celebrity romance stories, I think this a good place to start. It’s the epitome of a second chance romance and very character driven. The characters themselves seemed to be pretty vanilla, there was a lack of depth about who they were without each other or their jobs. They weren’t memorable, but the male main character was really lovable.
I struggled with the pacing of the story. Some parts were slower than others and the timeline jumped around quite a bit in a way I found to be confusing. I enjoyed the twist towards the end, but the sudden jump made me feel like I was missing something.
I think Ava always does smut REALLY well and the friendship dynamic of the story was so good that I was hoping for more of it. I think it would be really cool to get a spin-off from one of the girls in this friend group. I also loved that Ava seems to be creating a whole little world of famous, interconnected but stand-alone romances, kind of like TJR.

If you are a fan of Hollywood romance stories then this is the book you’ll want to have on your shelf! I really liked the reunion between the two cast members and think that this is the perfect romance novel for any fan of contemporary romance books!

I adored Wilder’s previous book, so I was super excited for this novel. I was slight less thrilled when I saw it was a second chance romance, which isn’t on my top tropes list. I shouldn’t have doubted. Wilder brings sizzling chemistry and characters that have truly grown as people since their first attempt at a “relationship.” There’s a bit of spice, but it’s mostly focused on the leads moving forward… sometimes with each other and sometimes not.

Ava Wilder does it again! As a huge fan of Wilder's first novel HOW TO FAKE IT IN HOLLYWOOD, I was over the moon to receive this ARC from NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, Dell in exchange for my honest review.

WILL THEY OR WON'T THEY tells the story of Lilah and Shane, who play beloved love interests on a supernatural TV show; when Lilah returns to the show for its final season, after a dramatic exit years prior, sparks fly between her and Shane once again. I loved this second chance love story that hit on so many important and believable topics, like mental health, forgiveness, redemption, family, and how identity and career comingle. I loved Lilah and Shane, their messy history and their bruised hearts, and the cast of characters around them. I would highly recommend this novel to any fans of romance, Wilder's first novel, or anyone just looking for a lovely, heartwarming read. I will return to this one again and will automatically read anything Wilder writes from now on!

I really liked Will They or Won’t They…maybe even more than the first by this author! I loved the TVD-like drama show as a backdrop, the second-chance, the dual POV chapters, and the elements of mental health. Overall, such a fun read and I can't wait to see what comes next for this author.

I loved How to Fake it in Hollywood by Ava Wilder! I wanted to love Will They or Won't They just as much but for me there was just too many parallels between the two and it couldn't keep my attention.

Lilah and Shane met at an audition for a then-upcoming show. Instant attraction worked out well for them as the show would cast them both, becoming a defining moment in both of their careers. But when their secret romance leads to a bad breakup that made working together a little... difficult, and you have a perfect recipe for disaster.

Now it's ten years later, and they are reunited for one last season. Can they put aside their differences (and their attraction) to help say goodbye to their fan-favorite show?

This was a stellar romance. Fun, funny, steamy, and full of tension and angst. I also liked that it touched on heavier topics like anxiety and imposter syndrome. I also really enjoyed the dual POV and thought it was done so well! This is my first book by Ava Wilder, but it will not be my last!

This book was so cute. I really enjoyed reading Shane and Lilah’s story, and while the pacing sometimes felt a bit weird to me (lots of present time jumps, and flashbacks) and the writing was lacking for me in some areas, I think overall, Ava Wilder wrote a thoroughly enjoyable read. There was SO much angst and pining and yearning and love and banter. I found myself excited (and eager) to pick up this book each night when it was time to wind down. It kept me engaged and, true to it’s title, wondering will they or won’t they for most of the story.

Cute enemies to lovers/second chance romance. I liked the second half better - plot moved a little faster. Everything you rom com box checked!

Oh me oh my! This second chance romance follows Shane and Lilah, two actors from a popular suspense show who LOATHE each other. Well when they’re forced to work together again, they start to slowly talk things through even if they have to have a therapist there to mediate. Will they be able to work through their differences and be civil with each other or will they and their careers go up in flames in more ways than one?

I really enjoyed How to Fake it in Hollywood last summer, so Will They or Won’t They was a for sure read for me.

Will They or Won’t They has the similarity with her previous book in the sense that they are both dealing with actors/Hollywood life.

I didn’t find this one to be as engaging and thought the characters development was a little jumbled with the flashbacks throughout. It had the potential to be great, but unfortunately it ended up falling flat for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine for the eARC! I love a will they or won’t they, and this one piques my interest as it’s about two love interests on reuniting for a new season of the TV show they played love interests on. Unfortunately, I found the novel to be very slow and very little happened until the last fifth of the book. The characters felt flat until this point and I wasn’t interested in their relationship nor did I feel much chemistry between them. If their previous relationship could have been showcased more I may have been more invested in them as a couple.

A delightful peek behind the the curtain of the relationship between two tv stars with more heat between them than the Los Angeles sun.

Ava Wilder is my newest auto-read author. I loved this book - the characters were so realistic and charming (flaws and all) and their tension was built up masterfully. I read this book in one day because I was so eager to get to Lilah and Shane’s happy ending.

I'd like to thank Netgalley & Dell / Random House Publishing for this ARC. This was one of my first "Hollywood" reads and I now get the appeal! This was definitely a slooooooow burn book build up between Lilah and Shane, but by the ending you get a resolved ending. The ending was a little bit of a let down for me, but it also allowed for you to fill in your own ideas of how they may live happily ever after. My only critique would be I wish each chapter was labeled from who's POV you were in. Sometimes that felt really confusing to me until I was a few pages in and could tell who was narrating. A cute feel good read!