BOOKWORM REVIEW: Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade
RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
SPICE: 🔥🔥🔥
This book definitely kicked things off with a bang.
Literally.
It did not take long for Maria and Peter to get it on, book-wise and life-wise. These two met while hanging out in a sauna, and the connection was immediate...and scorching. They definitely had a physical connection that had Peter hoping for more...until Maria left him without a note or farewell.
It did not take long for them to meet again at an audition for two enticing roles in a highly profiled show. Peter was not too pleased with Maria, but would eventually have to deal as her co-star in an enemies-to-lovers paranormal TV show.
It did not take long for them to get on the same page on set. Maria may be a TV-acting novice, but she quickly wins over the cast and crew's hearts, including the grouchy Peter, with her unapologetic confidence and kind, outgoing personality. Their on- and off-screen chemistry was filled with unresolved tension.
What did take long was for their romantic arc to complete, given that they agreed to be friends only while filming the show for six tension-filled years. It did not feel like it for this reader, however, because Olivia Dade did a great job of building a deep connection and creating sizzling chemistry between our two main characters.
Did she give us an insta-lust only to follow it with a slow burn? Absolutely, and the wait was worth it.
This is the third book in the Spoiler Alert universe, but as a newbie to the series, the book did well in briefly introducing characters from the previous reads and can be read as a standalone.
** I am voluntarily reviewing an advance copy of this book. Thank you to Olivia Dade, Avon and Harper Voyager, and NetGalley for providing an ARC. **
ABOUT THE BOOK
After All the Feels and Spoiler Alert, Olivia Dade once again delivers a warm and wonderful romantic comedy about two co-stars who once had an incredible one-night stand—and after years of filming on the same remote island, are finally ready to yield to temptation again…
Maria’s one-night-stand—the thick-thighed, sexy Viking of a man she left without a word or a note—just reappeared. Apparently, Peter’s her surly Gods of the Gates co-star, and they’re about to spend the next six years filming on a desolate Irish island together. She still wants him…but he now wants nothing to do with her.
Peter knows this role could finally transform him from a forgettable character actor into a leading man. He also knows a failed relationship with Maria could poison the set, and he won’t sabotage his career for a woman who’s already walked away from him once. Given time, maybe they can be cooperative colleagues or friends—possibly even best friends—but not lovers again. No matter how much he aches for her.
For years, they don’t touch off-camera. But on their last night of filming, their mutual restraint finally shatters, and all their pent-up desire explodes into renewed passion. Too bad they still don’t have a future together, since Peter’s going back to Hollywood, while Maria’s returning to her native Sweden. She thinks she needs more than he can give her, but he’s determined to change her mind, and he’s spent the last six years waiting. Watching. Wanting.
His shipwrecked Swede doesn’t stand a chance.
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MEET OLIVIA DADE
Olivia Dade grew up an undeniable nerd, prone to ignoring the world around her as she read any book she could find. Her favorites, though, were always, always romances. As an adult, she earned an M.A. in American history and worked in a variety of jobs that required the donning of actual pants: Colonial Williamsburg interpreter, high school teacher, academic tutor, and (of course) librarian. Now, however, she has finally achieved her lifelong goal of wearing pajamas all day as a hermit-like writer and enthusiastic hag. She currently lives outside Stockholm with her delightful family and their ever-burgeoning collection of books.
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