This book absolutely is full of feels. This is a sequel to Spoiler Alert and, in the tradition of romance novels, it follows two characters introduced and/or mentioned in the previous book.

Alex Woodroe is a star of the hit TV show Gods of the Gates and Lauren Clegg is the unfortunate person hired to be his minder by the show’s production company after he gets in a bar fight as the filming of the final season wraps up. Alex is full of energy and a troublemaker, but Lauren gets the sense almost immediately that her cousin (A producer/director on the show) has overblown the situation and not gotten to the bottom of what really happened. But, who is she to look an easy paycheck in the mouth? She’s recently quit her job as an ER therapist and a little break from that world will help her plan her next move.

The two of them develop a friendship over the course of time spanning between when filming ends and the big con for the franchise begins. And, as we know from Spoiler Alert, Alex sets his life, and Lauren’s, on fire.

Y’all, this was so good. I was bereft when I finished it. I jumped from show to book to podcast to show trying to find anything that could fill the void after I was finished. Alex and Lauren have a fun dynamic. They both have really satisfying arcs, dealing with trauma and growing. I cried. I laughed. I fanned myself when the romance finally got spicy. Olivia Dade does some really fun things playing with fan fiction/romance tropes and tags and it had me giggling. Or saying, “Aww!” Or just plain screaming. (I’d apologize to my neighbors, but they watch a lot of sports so I feel like we’re even.)

10/10, this. It is narrated by Kelsey Navarro and I loved the choices she made with the characters.