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Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade

proudtobeabookaholic's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

4.0

Marcus Caster-Rupp is a star in the popular TV show "Gods of the Gates", where he plays the demigod Aeneas. To get rid of his frustration over his character he secretly writes fanfiction anonymously. If someone finds out he’ll get fired. 

April Whittier is a geologist and has always hid her fanfiction writing to everyone. But she's decided that hiding is over, and when she posts on Twitter her photo goes viral. Both supporters and trolls comment her plus size and when Marcus sees her picture he asks her on a date to spite her bullies. 

I've already read "All the Feels", the second book in the series, but they play out at the same time, so it doesn't really matter in what order you read them. 

I really like both characters, and the chemistry between them feels real, although they seem like an ill-matched couple. Marcus isn't only hiding his fanfic writing. He plays a role in public, to make everyone see him as a very handsome, but shallow and not too bright, actor. April is plus size, but proud of her body. I like the positive body attitude, but the author also shows what prejudice and snarky comments they often have to face. Marcus makes sure April knows that he loves her body just the way it is (the sex scenes are VERY explicit - it almost had me blushing in my solitude!).

I've never read fanfiction and don't know much about that world, so those parts I found quite uninteresting. Since this is a romantic comedy it was mostly predictable, but that's no real disadvantage in these kind of books. I'm being entertained for the most part, and Isabelle Ruther does an excellent job narrating. I definitely want to read "Ship Wrecked", the next book in the series!

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galliexyc's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing 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

2.75

jenturnspages's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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happyjackiep's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted

4.25

shortforvalkyrie's review

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I found the sex scenes more embarrassing than steamy, but I generally enjoyed this book! 

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eniireads's review against another edition

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2.0

I read Olivia Dade’s 2nd book “All the Feels” before I read this one and I loved it! The spice, the connection between characters, the body positivity. It was a great book with a BBW main character that I hadn’t read about before.

But this? Idk what this was. I am halfway through and not liking it. In audiobook format, I can’t keep up with the conversations between the main characters. There’s a lot of fanfic acronyms that I don’t know about and the dialogue feels a bit weak to me. It’s trying to keep up with being woke or something. Maybe in book format I’d be able to understand the dialogue more. But this doesn’t feel the same to the 2nd book and thankfully the writing gets better on the 2nd, in my opinion of course.

lawebz's review

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funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

barmatron's review against another edition

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emotional funny
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

beckychristina's review

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emotional sad 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

2.5

I really wanted to like this book. I thought the premise was a little silly and far fetched making for a nice light read… but it was mostly unpacking emotional baggage with a few sex scenes and fan fiction excerpts to break things up. I wouldn’t rule out the author in the future, but I’m not picking up the next book in the series any time soon. It just wasn’t my cup of tea.

asahome's review against another edition

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4.25

TL;DR:  A woman finds her community by being more open with herself and everyone around her. A man faces a community he’s misled.