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BOOKWORM REVIEW: Will They or Won't They by Ava Wilder

 

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
SPICE: 🔥🔥

Lilah Hunter is coming back to the hit show Intangible for its final season. The show's storyline certainly had unresolved issues between her character and that of co-star Shane McCarthy's, but those are not the problems that need some closure. You see, despite their characters being enamored with each other on the show, Lilah and Shane are adversaries in real life. To make it more complicated, they are adversaries who really pine for each other after a short-lived fling went sideways a long time ago.

See what tangled web we are in for?

I liked this read. I thought it was interesting as Ava Wilder takes us on a ride to untangle the mess that is Lilah and Shane. That relationship certainly is loaded. If long-term miscommunication is your jam, this book is for you. A lot of the conflict between the two main characters centered around that and insecurities and anxieties, and how Wilder presents that and eventually resolves it was probably my favorite part of this read. It is given careful thought, a clever twist, and a thorough and satisfying arc.

The pacing was a little off at times, and both main characters had brief moments of immaturity that made me sigh with mild frustration. Overall, those did not completely detract from enjoying the read. 

The spice is mild in this standalone read, but the chemistry between the characters was most definitely hot even if they did things that made me want to shake some sense into them.

** I am voluntarily reviewing an advance copy of this book. Thank you to Ava Wilder, Random House Publishing, Ballantine, and NetGalley for providing an ARC. **

ABOUT THE BOOK

On screen, they're in love. Off screen, they can't stand each other. Two co-stars with a complex history reunite to film the final season of a beloved paranormal drama in this tension-filled will they won't they romance from the author of How to Fake It in Hollywood.

Lilah Hunter and Shane McCarthy are madly in love— at least, their characters are. As the stars of the hit paranormal TV show Intangible, they spent years pining for each other on-screen… until Lilah ditched the show at the end of season five in hopes of becoming a film star. With no such luck, she’s back to film the much-hyped ninth and final season, in which their characters will get together at last.

But coming back means facing one of the biggest reasons she left: Shane. Ever since their secret behind-the-scenes fling imploded at the end of the first season, the two of them have despised each other.

Now back on set together for the first time in years, with the world’s eyes on them and their post-show careers on the line, they’ll have to grit their teeth and play nice. But under pressure to give Intangible’s fans the happy ending they’ve been waiting for, Lilah and Shane are forced to get closer than ever. And if they’re not careful, they just might get blindsided by one final twist: a real-life happy ending of their own.


MEET AVA WILDER

Ava Wilder is the author of HOW TO FAKE IT IN HOLLYWOOD and WILL THEY OR WON’T THEY. She currently lives in Oklahoma City with her husband and their toothless cat. 

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