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Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade

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savvy999's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

4.0

You know Olivia Dade is going to give you steamy and emotional. The final act separation felt a lil rushed but understandable given constraints of the novel. Really memorable series and it’s great that they all intersect in interesting ways! Much love to this.

Ayo posted this not knowing about which imprints where involved with the HarperCollins Strike— many apologies! Solidarity with the workers!

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shector1's review

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adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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emmas_bookshelf's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful slow-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

4.5

This is my first Olivia Dade book and now I need to read her backlist because WOW! Imagine two fat actors were cast on Game of Thrones, had to film scenes on a remote island just the two of them with only a handful of cast members present, for six years, and finally can be together now that they’re no longer working together… if they can reconcile their personal baggage and logistics issues!

One of the things I really loved was how both leads were fat and fully accepting of their own bodies and each others. There was very minor fat shaming from outside parties either. The main character Maria talks about wanting to play roles as an actress where being fat isn’t treated as the character’s main personality trait and it felt like Dade wrote a book with fat characters where that’s also not their main character trait. I so appreciated that!!

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hellowildflower's review

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emotional funny slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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xeniba's review

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lighthearted medium-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

3.5

I like Olivia Dade and enjoyed this, but it was my least favorite of the series. As other reviews have said, the timeline jumps can be a little hard to follow and at times it felt like there was just so. much. exposition. We get it, they were both hurt in their past and it’s affecting how they relate to each other.

I love the bits where we get to see the cast interact with each other, as I did in the first two books. At the beginning I felt a connection with Peter and how Dade described his social anxiety/introversion. Beyond that, though, I didn’t feel like we really got to know the characters as well as in the first two books.

I’m torn because I like Dade as an author and I love the fat representation, but it didn’t quite gel for me.

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iamsammie27's review

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-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

5.0

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hazelgirl21's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-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

3.75

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infectiousreading's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Ship Wrecked
Olivia Dade
★★★★
*arc; *br @lumosthestars ✨

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tiggerreads's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-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

5.0

CW: death of parent, body shaming

I really loved this story. I loved Maria and Peter. I loved that Maria helped the film crew build a family out on the island. I enjoyed that she helped Peter come out of his shell. Watching them become friends on the island was so enjoyable and watching them fall in love was just so lovely. I really enjoyed all the texts, emails, and fan fics that popped up between the chapters. I did like that both Maria and Peter realized that they had to compromise a little at the end. I was glad that they both were able to listen to each other and make those compromises. I loved this story a lot.

**This book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley for an honest review.**

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thefatpaperback's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-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

5.0

“And that’s how solidarity works, Peter. Welcome to unfettered socialism, you utter skitstövel.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Olivia Dade is the queen of pining, longing, banter, and intimacy. Each book is new, thrilling, and swoon-inducing. She also beautifully builds characters who are so realistic and relatable and complex. In Peter, you get a man who has social anxiety due to his strained relationship with his father. In Maria, you have a shining star of a woman who once was a cold, sad child until the right family found her and loved her unconditionally. SHIP WRECKED delivers all those wonderful feelings Dade promises in each book, and weaves together a story that honors her characters. It’s truly masterful.

Maria sneaks out of the hotel room she stayed in the night before without leaving a note with the man asleep in bed. But hours later she sees him again, reading for the part of Cyprian to her Cassia. He’s very unhappy to see her, which is unfortunate—seeing as they’ve just been cast as leading characters on one of the biggest shows in the world. To make matters worse, they’ll have to film on a deserted island for years. At every turn, the question of whether they should give in to their attraction for one another or prioritize their careers arises. But once the show ends, that problem goes away…right?

🌟FAT REP: BOTH MARIA AND PETER ARE FAT YALL!!!!!!! BOTH OF THEM!!!!! The way Maria and Peter’s bodies are described is FANTASTIC. They’re both big, tall, strong, round, and soft. There are instances of workplace fatphobia in this book, but great representation of advocating for oneself and destigmatizing fat bodies. P.S. Maria doesn’t remove any of her body hair and I love seeing that in a fat character 💛

❤️‍🔥 FAT HERO & FAT HEROINE

❤️‍🔥 Grumpy/Sunshine

❤️‍🔥 One night stand to costars to enemies to friends to lovers

❤️‍🔥 THE SLOWEST BURN AND THE LONGEST PINING

❤️‍🔥Found Family

❤️‍🔥 Forced Proximity

SHIP WRECKED releases 11/15/22! Thank you to Netgalley, Avon, and HarperCollins for allowing me to read this ARC

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