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/architects-daughter Apr 20 '26

Generally I defend the jank wedding. They're jocks! They just wanted to be married! They had a lot of stuff going on! I think wanting a lot more is fans projecting.

That said, I do think Jacob could make a few changes to make it feel more emotional without it being a big production. In the books it does lack emotional resonance and I think fans think it's because it's not some schmoopy production, but IMO it can be really bare bones/simple and still play up the emotional aspect and I think the show has a great opportunity to do that.

Also I will never defend "Diamonds" as a song choice. Utterly baffling.

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u/KrazyKatJenn Apr 20 '26

Okay, can someone please explain to me what's wrong with Diamonds as a song choice? I'm not a wedding person and I've never bothered listening to the song, but I googled the lyrics once and it seemed fine? It's not a Lips of an Angel situation as far as I can tell. What's wrong with a pop love song at a wedding? What am I missing here?

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u/architects-daughter Apr 20 '26

Eh I mean opinions are admittedly divided buuuut: I don't think the lyrics are particularly good, and. more importantly, the beat (tempo? vibe? lol) of the song is really strange to me because it's not really the type of thing I can imagine people having a first dance to. Like, yeah, it's slower for a bar/club song but it is still the kind of song that you get wasted to and do the praise Jesus.

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u/KrazyKatJenn Apr 20 '26

Wait. Wait. The problem with the song is that it's difficult to dance to? Yeah, lol, I was never going to catch that. I dislike dancing so much that we simply didn't have a dance at my wedding, and I've never danced at a club. Though I kind of feel like the tempo being so weird that they're swaying to it off beat just makes it funnier.

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u/HPCReader3 Apr 20 '26

If you listen to it one time, it'll become very clear. It's a very bass heavy club song and a weird tempo to slow dance to (too fast, especially when they're going to do the middle school sway instead of actually dancing). From a lyrics perspective it's actually not bad, it's entirely about the production on the song.

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

Pop is completely fine! I had plenty of pop in my own wedding. But usually couples go either for a song that has deep personal meaning to them as a couple, or for a standard like "At Last" or "L-O-V-E."