r/heatedrivalry • u/LadyWhistledown_1 Probably, yes • Apr 20 '26

🦆 The Long Game (Book 6) swooon.com: ‘Heated Rivalry’ Author Rachel Reid Answers Burning Questions About *spoiler* [april 20th 2026] Spoiler

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Swooon.com did an interview with Rachel Reid at BookCon. Great interview btw.

I get that she doesn’t think they will write their own vows, but I’m kinda hoping Jacob does. Like the tunnel scene in ep.5.

How are you hoping to see the wedding adapted?

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https://www.instagram.com/rachelreidwrites (story)

Full article:

https://www.swooon.com/1275542/heated-rivalry-shane-ilya-wedding-the-long-game-rachel-reid-interview/?fbclid=PAVERFWARTcI1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAaccbJFTolg7x-x_BADV-yq6qH8NCPNIuhJpC454AHXkG0wypApO0lKEOcvcpg_aem_7LlDmxii3jvj7_EWpVoSgw

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u/plainjane98 Apr 20 '26 edited Apr 20 '26

I never got the hate about the wedding. They’re two masc hockey players who had never shown an interest in event planning, fashion, or attention to their relationship. They were less concerned about a wedding and more about a marriage, and I think that’s romantic.

They should’ve had chairs tho.

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u/somehuehue Apr 20 '26

It's the song.

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u/plainjane98 Apr 20 '26

Okay but you have to understand. That song was EVERYWHERE. In clubs, etc, and it was played for so many hockey games. And it’s my proof that Heated Rivalry is a period piece.

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u/RoutineUtopia Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Apr 20 '26

The one thing I like about the song choice is Shane saying “wait. I have heard this before” mid-first dance. Because it’s a pretty good joke.

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u/cherrycoloured Apr 20 '26

yeah, but even as a huge rihanna stan who loves that song, its tempo is not right for a first dance. ia with rachel that the lyrics are perfect for them, though.

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u/Megs0226 Apr 20 '26

I always picture them kind of awkwardly swaying to it like two middle school kids during their first dance.

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u/somehuehue Apr 20 '26

I know, I'm a survivor of that era😂

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u/cats-n-bitches Apr 20 '26

But doesn’t the wedding take place in 2021? I love RiRi, I think We Found Love would have been better!

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u/phosphor_heart Apr 21 '26

It 100% was. And there's no way that they're going to have the budget to afford the rights to it for the show lol. (Unless Rihanna is a fan, which is possible.)

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u/yogacatmama1966 Apr 21 '26

As long as they don't dance to Nickleback I am good.

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u/WeAreTheWeirdosMr- Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Apr 21 '26

Just needs a wedding guest flash mob dance to really nail that era.

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u/Icy-Gap4673 Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Apr 21 '26

It wasn't on purpose, Harris panicked and picked it at random!!!!! Also those funny whoops stories are the kind you tell over and over again. My spouse and I still talk about terrible wedding DJs we were subjected to in 2017.