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katbsc's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content
Minor: Sexual violence, Gore, and Racism
cpachet's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I loved this book! Olivia Dade crafts beautiful, interesting, and complex characters with vulnerability. Love the plus-size rep as a plus sized person.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Fatphobia
sam_maree's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
A happy ending romance, a definite comfort read. Plus size women with confidence and shy handsome actor. Lovable and funny story and characters.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Sexual content
Minor: Sexual assault
reading_historical_romance's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia, Cursing, Bullying, Body shaming, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Emotional abuse
vaguely_pink's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Ableism, Sexual content, Cursing, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Mental illness
Minor: Sexism, Abandonment, and Alcohol
emilywrayburn's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The first third or maybe half was good. The smut was really good. Then the characters started really bugging me. This was going to get a lower rating from me but it redeemed itself a bit in the end when the characters actually acknowledged some of their flaws that were really bothering me.
Marcus was too perfect. April's characterisation was a bit inconsistent. I didn't entirely buy the romance. They just seemed to go from not particularly attracted to one another to super-duper attracted to one another in a very short amount of time, without anything to really suggest why. And Marcus held off on telling her about his fandom persona for so long.
I liked what the book did with themes of emotional abuse (and how you don't owe family anything just because they "love you") and fatphobia and dealing with that. Though Marcus' parents were so awful they felt like caricatures.
The scripts, excerpts from fanfics and scenes from previous fandom server chats somewhat served a purpose but only just.
I have never watched Game of Thrones so I didn't pick up the parallels between this book and GoT fandom, but it skeeves me out if this book in itself is a bit of an author self-insert fic with the serial numbers filed off? Too meta! And a bit weird. Even when I was involved with fandoms, I could never quite warm to real person fic.
Marcus was too perfect. April's characterisation was a bit inconsistent. I didn't entirely buy the romance. They just seemed to go from not particularly attracted to one another to super-duper attracted to one another in a very short amount of time, without anything to really suggest why. And Marcus held off on telling her about his fandom persona for so long.
I liked what the book did with themes of emotional abuse (and how you don't owe family anything just because they "love you") and fatphobia and dealing with that. Though Marcus' parents were so awful they felt like caricatures.
The scripts, excerpts from fanfics and scenes from previous fandom server chats somewhat served a purpose but only just.
I have never watched Game of Thrones so I didn't pick up the parallels between this book and GoT fandom, but it skeeves me out if this book in itself is a bit of an author self-insert fic with the serial numbers filed off? Too meta! And a bit weird. Even when I was involved with fandoms, I could never quite warm to real person fic.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content
aprilyvonne's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
“Spoiler Alert” by Olivia Dade was a really fun read. I don’t know why I’m always so hesitant to read romance, but I’m slowly being won over apparently. This novel was full of funny, spicy, and intelligent characters. The book delved in many important topics such as fat shaming, learning disabilities, sexism, beauty standards, problem parents, and the quirkiness of fanfic. I can’t say I ever got into reading fan fiction, but this read sparked my interest a little.
At times, I felt like things moved along too quickly with our main characters. Yet, that was also part of the charm - a whirlwind romance between a tv star and fan does make for a good story. Even the combination of a tv series based a book series based on Greek Mythology as part of plot added a lot of layers that a reader would appreciate.
Overall, I enjoyed this much more than I anticipated - not because I thought it wouldn’t be good. But, it contained relatable struggles and toxic views in society that should be addressed. There was a lot of spice, in case that’s a reason for some of you to read it or avoid it. Just keep in mind there’s some sweet mixed in as well. Lol
Oh, and I loved the main character’s name!! ☺️
Happy reading! 📚
“Spoiler Alert” by Olivia Dade was a really fun read. I don’t know why I’m always so hesitant to read romance, but I’m slowly being won over apparently. This novel was full of funny, spicy, and intelligent characters. The book delved in many important topics such as fat shaming, learning disabilities, sexism, beauty standards, problem parents, and the quirkiness of fanfic. I can’t say I ever got into reading fan fiction, but this read sparked my interest a little.
At times, I felt like things moved along too quickly with our main characters. Yet, that was also part of the charm - a whirlwind romance between a tv star and fan does make for a good story. Even the combination of a tv series based a book series based on Greek Mythology as part of plot added a lot of layers that a reader would appreciate.
Overall, I enjoyed this much more than I anticipated - not because I thought it wouldn’t be good. But, it contained relatable struggles and toxic views in society that should be addressed. There was a lot of spice, in case that’s a reason for some of you to read it or avoid it. Just keep in mind there’s some sweet mixed in as well. Lol
Oh, and I loved the main character’s name!! ☺️
Happy reading! 📚
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Sexual content
Moderate: Misogyny
rmgoldberg's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Body shaming
macykey's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I read All The Feels before this since I didn’t know they were a series. So maybe that’s why my rating isn’t higher. I found Marcus and April’s struggles with fatphobia and dyslexia extremely relatable, but all the super in depth fan fiction post me. I had a hard time keeping up with the made up show in this book in addition to the main plot of Marcus and April.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Fatphobia
Isplendid_dreams's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content