Publisher: Avon
Date of Publication: November 15th, 2022
Page Count: 416
From the Jacket:
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.
Rating: 
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
I am a huge fan of Olivia Dade and her Spoiler Alert series is my favorite hand down. I love the intersection of romance and fandoms and fan fiction, and it has just been an absolute joy to read. I blew through the 3rd book in this series, Ship Wrecked (out 11/15) in two sittings. I could not put it down. Ship Wrecked tells the story of Peter and Maria who have a fiery one night stand and then find out the next day that they’ve been cast as co stars and romantic leads in the hugely popular show God’s of the Gates. This is a ridiculously swoony grumpy sunshine, lovers to friends to lovers, workplace romance featuring two fat leads and heaping piles of body positivity in a very non inclusive industry.
Both Peter and Maria have traumatic pasts, each of them losing parents at an early age. That trauma has played an enormous part in who they are, how they deal with challenges and relationships, and what they are looking for in long term partners. One of my favorite aspects of this story was how the two of them protected and shielded the other from aspects they knew would cut deeply, while also doing things to foster healing. The way Maria quietly nurtured opportunities for Peter to get close with their other cast members and crew and the way Peter (though it took him longer to figure things out) made sure to keep Maria as close as possible to her friends and family, understanding how vital that was to her general happiness, was so incredibly beautiful.
I also could not get enough of how unapologetically herself Maria was. She’s fat, she does not buy into arbitrary beauty standards like shaving any and all body hair, she has endless confidence in her professional abilities, and she does not compromise a single aspect of herself to appease the show runners. It was fucking epic and I want to be her when I grow up. And Peter, Peter absolutely fucking worships her. Dade managed the perfect balance of caring, thoughtful, soul deep friendship and trusting, scorching romantic and sexual chemistry.
As with the other books in the series, the entire cast makes an appearance through text conversations, emails, and con appearances. The timeline for all three books converged in this one so you’ll need some memory of those plots for this to hit like it should. Interspersed between chapters were also scenes from the show, excerpts from popular fan fictions, and entertainment news articles. Dade already did this so well in the first two book sin the series, but has only improved her craft in Ship Wrecked. This book was absolute swoony viking gods and fierce shield maiden perfection. I laughed, cried, and took a few cold showers and loved every single page. Thanks so much to Avon for sending me this early copy!
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