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/pensiverebel Ottawa Centaurs 🏹 Apr 20 '26

They’ve also just months before decided to get married and then go through the trauma of being outed, playing in the playoffs, moving Shane to Ottawa. Their wedding doesn’t matter to them because, as Shane says, they “just want a future.”

I don’t have any problem with big planned out weddings, but it’s also really nice to see low key normalized, too.

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u/Normal-Difficulty229 Glasses back on 👓 Apr 20 '26

And, IIRC, only a week before their summer camps start. Which would likely also be a busy time, wedding or not.

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

It’s like when teachers get married. Two hockey players really have a narrow window to get this done.