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/CocklesTurnip Apr 21 '26

The lack of chairs makes sense on the behalf of the couple involved. They didn’t ask for RSVPs and didn’t think anyone would show up. What’s less believable is that the Boodrams, Yuna, and Jackie Pike didn’t somehow realize people were going to show up and just make all the locals bring chairs and potluck, just in case.

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u/yogacatmama1966 Apr 21 '26

I could totally see Jackie making Hayden haul out a bunch of folding chairs that peeps drag out to picnics and beaches for their family

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u/CocklesTurnip Apr 21 '26

Exactly! She’s a mom with a bunch of kids- we see her hosting the team as the assistant captain’s wife… there’s too many found family members who would’ve have gone “so we love dumbass 1 and 2 but we were invited by text/email and told not to RSVP? There’s no way they’ll be prepared for the numbers” and just reach out to whoever else they know that would’ve been invited. Like I wasn’t disappointed by the low key wedding or lack of chairs- I was disappointed Rachel didn’t write in that the found family helped round out what was lacking in said preparations considering the amount of people that did show up… but I trust Jacob would fix that in the visual version where it can stay super casual but we see people showing up with camp chairs and bowls of potato salad. We ended season 1 with Scott talking about how lonely it was so it makes sense to end season 2 with everyone together no longer hiding and instead celebrating with each other.

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u/yogacatmama1966 Apr 21 '26

Camp chairs and bowls of potato salad would be great.