Ship Wrecked
Ratings32
Average rating3.7
I unabashedly loved this for the first half. You've got a one-night stand occurring on page 1, and lots of pining when it turns out the H/h are going to be co-stars on a Game of Thrones type TV show, lots of good side characters and humor and adorable grumpy/sunshine-ness.
And then you get to what you think would be the HEA and ... there's still 30% of the book left. At which point, I started mentally deducting stars, because it kept dragging on and on, and you think these characters would be better at communicating what they need from each other since they've done a decent job to that point, but then the conclusions Maria jumped to were just ... like, not okay? (Which she eventually does come to realize, they both make changes and come back for HEA #2, but like, I was happy with HEA #1!) And that was a bummer because to that point, Maria had been a badass boss bitch who was like, yo TV dudes this is a fantasy show, I do not need to lose weight and I will WALK if you try to make me, and then basically just turned into a puddle of insecurity when she didn't get absolutely everything she thought she wanted, when the entire development of her character had been so confident in herself and her choices, and I didn't love that.
Still a good time, but it went on far too long.
I enjoyed the story, but the pacing wasn't the best and that impacted my enjoyment. There were a lot of time jumps during the time they were filming the TV show, and I feel like the pining was cut short because of that. It also meant that there was a lot of telling instead of showing as a result of the time jumps.
I loved the chemistry and banter between the characters, and the body positivity was amazing! I had lots of fun reading the texts between the cast too. I wasn't a fan of Maria's actions when Peter got a job offer to film in another location. They're actors... I don't know what she expected, and her irrational behavior got on my nerves. By that point, it felt like they were two very different people. Not sure if their relationship would work IRL.
Overall, I liked it but sadly didn't love it.
Dit was oké.
Het begin was leuk, maar het sleepte zich een beetje traag voort. Het eindconflict vond ik helemaal niet leuk, en uiteindelijk werd het een beetje te zeemzoeterig naar mijn smaak.
Wel leuk waren de niet zo subtiele grappen richting Game of Thrones, vooral die in de epiloog over niet kunnen zien omdat het te helder is!
Al met al gewoon een snel en leuk tussendoortje.
Not my favorite of the series - that's All the Feels! - but still sweet and fun.
I will admit I like Dade's writing but I'm ready to read more of her stuff that isn't this series.