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No one in their right mind would unironically refer to a sexy grown man as sötnos

Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade

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Maria and Peter share one unforgettable night of passion together, which leads to some awkwardness after Maria leaves without so much as a note the next morning. They then discover that they’re about to become co-stars on the incredibly popular fantasy show Gods of the Gates. As their characters’ storylines involved being ship-wrecked on a small island by themselves, Maria and Peter, along with a small film crew are basically supposed to stay on location for years, and after they work through the awkwardness of […]

A Series Ender that Gave Me Better than I Expected

Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade

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I am unsure how to review this book. I loved it. I knew I was going to love it. I am enthralled with the choices Olivia Dade makes with her main characters throughout this three book series (this being the finale following Spoiler Alert and All the Feels). I want everyone to read it and have the same experience that I did. I’m aware that most likely not everyone will as I think there’s a certain kind of lived experience needed to fully grapple with […]

You’re my beloved skitstövel (sh*t boot).

Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade

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  Ship Wrecked starts with orgasms and then becomes a slow burn. Olivia Dade’s Spoiler Alert series has centered around a Game of Thrones-esque tv series called Gods of the Gates. In Spoiler Alert and All the Feels, we’ve seen Maria and Peter, two of the actors, flirt and banter in cast interviews and group chats. I try not to develop expectations about how a book is going to go, but even so, I was not expecting Peter and Maria’s journey to relationship. There’s one particular moment […]

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All the Feels (Spoiler Alert, #2) by Olivia Dade

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Two weeks later, still swooning on my fainting couch over this one. It definitely hit me in my swooners. I want to be friends with Lauren, and I want to hug Alex, and I love them together so, so much. I did end up rounding down, though, for a couple of reasons. But first, the positives. This is a direct companion to the first book, Spoiler Alert. You get a lot more context for Alex’s actions in that book, and a key climactic scene there is […]

I always feel so bad not liking these more!

All the Feels by Olivia Dade

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I feel like maybe Dade is not quite the author for me, but she does such a lovely job of skewering Game of Thrones and name checking fanfic that I can’t help but read her work. While in Spoiler Alert I felt like April was a really vivid character with flaws and strengths that made sense to me, I felt like here I understood and enjoyed Alex but found Lauren a bit hard to get into. It’s not to say that I didn’t empathize greatly with her […]

“But life isn’t all misery, and finding a path through hard, hard lives to joy is tough, clever, meaningful work.”

Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade

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CBR13Bingo: Cityscape First off, wow, that cover. A book featuring a clinch with a beautiful plus-sized heroine? Epically gorgeous. This is a masterwork of outgrowing toxic family, of being your true self, and a love letter to fandom. I absolutely adored it. April is simply one of my favorite heroines ever. One thing I love about Olivia Dade’s work is how well she writes fat characters. Sure, there is some fatphobia in the book from other characters, but April herself loves herself and her body, […]



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