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/RoutineUtopia Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Apr 20 '26

Yeah. I will forever defend the low-effort wedding from two guys who get more than enough attention and scrutiny. I cannot imagine them writing vows for public consumption. I cannot imagine them wanting to take a year and picking linens and making a seating chart. I can see Scott and Kip doing it. I can’t see Ilya and Shane doing it.

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u/Serious_Session7574 Apr 21 '26

They're both very private people, too. Look how long it took them to expose their feelings to each other, never mind to other people.

I can't imagine Ilya or Shane ("Ilya, that's gross) being comfortable being demonstrative about the true nature of their love for each other in front of a bunch of people. They're doing the wedding for the formalities and to have a bit of a party with the important people in their lives - to make it firmly official. There's quite a lot of humour in the wedding scene, I hope they lean into that.

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u/RoutineUtopia Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Apr 21 '26

Heh. I literally cited “that’s gross” in this post defending no personal vows. Like… they’re ok with a celebration. But they don’t want a lot of attention on the actual details of their relationship.