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The Long Game
The Long Game | Rachel Reid
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The Long Game by Rachel Reid will be available Apr 2022 from Carina Press!
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This was so so good 🥹 I couldn‘t put it down! Ilya and Shane went through so much together, and you could see a lot of growth in their relationship. Ilya is sick of hiding, and he feels isolated with no one to talk to about being in a secret relationship with his rival. To make things worse, Shane doesn‘t seem to get it. What will matter more, them or hockey? I loved how many more side characters were in this one from the series ♥️🏒

CarolynM ❤️ 4mo
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Presenting all my new-to-me 5-star reads of 2022! (I never count rereads on Best Of lists, or Tamsyn Muir‘s GIDEON THE NINTH would be here too. I loved that book SO MUCH MORE the second time through.)

While I‘m incoherent with love for each of these, I‘ve got a clear tie for first place: the tagged book and THE DEVIL COMES COURTING by Courtney Milan. They both blew me away and keep popping back into my head weeks and months later. #bestof2022

CarolynM The Long Game was SO good! 2y
xicanti @CarolynM it‘s been eight months and I still can‘t stop thinking about it. 2y
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I had another hefty reading month, thanks in large part to yesterday‘s Readathon. More importantly, I read SO MUCH GREAT STUFF, including a whopping 3 new-to-me 5-star reads! Along with the tagged book (which I still can‘t stop thinking about), I adored THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by V.E. Schwab and RUN TOWARDS THE DANGER by Sarah Polley.

DrexEdit Looks like you had a great reading month! If you don't mind my asking, how many hours of reading is this? If you track that kind of thing. Is your graphic a picture of fireflies? 3y
xicanti @DrexEdit I have absolutely no idea on the hours as I don‘t log time. The background is zoomed in from a found image that looks like it COULD be fireflies, but I‘m not 100% sure on that either. Basically, I‘m no help today. 😔 3y
DrexEdit No worries! No reason you should have answers to my idle curious questions. 😊 I just think you‘re a wonderfully productive reader, so I was wondering how much time you spent on it. Keep up the good work! 😊👍📚📚📚 3y
xicanti @DrexEdit mostly, I have lots of stuff on the go at once—short story collections, nonfiction, comics, audiobooks, and a primary read—and some days I finish multiple books I‘ve been picking away at for ages. It adds up! Especially during months like April, when we had lots of plan-killing storms in my area plus a Readathon. 3y
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#Book Report for April. My favourite for the month is The Long Game - after so much anticipation it did not disappoint.

Cinfhen Cover is 💥🔥💥 3y
Cinfhen Hope all is well!! 3y
LeahBergen Good month! 👍 3y
CarolynM @Cinfhen All good, thanks, Cindy😘 I've been spending a bit too much time on screens lately and my reading is suffering☹ 3y
Cinfhen I know that addiction….that‘s why I try so hard to avoid it😁 3y
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💖 SWOON 💖

I didn‘t think I could love Ilya and Shane any more than I already did.
#romantsy

Nutmegnc OMG I just finished it!! *faints* 3y
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The TL;DR version: I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH, Y‘ALL. SO. MUCH. 5 STARS

The long version:

This is a direct sequel to HEATED RIVALRY. You should start there, and I‘d urge you to pick up ROLE MODEL, too, since the timelines overlap in some cool ways.

Once you‘re prepped and ready: THIS BOOK.

I‘ve thought of it constantly since I finished it. I love these characters so, so much, and I wanted so, so much for them, and Rachel Reid delivered. ⬇️

xicanti She broke my heart and put it back together and filled it to the brim.

HEATED RIVALRY was about two people realizing their longstanding hookup arrangement was a lot more than that. THE LONG GAME takes us inside the mechanics of their still-secret relationship; the benefits of being in confessed, requited love, along with the strain they face due to long stretches apart, outside pressures, and unequal sacrifices. ⬇️
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xicanti It‘d be a good setup even in a standalone, but Reid really builds off of everything we know about these guys from their first book and from the hints we‘ve seen across the rest of the series. I couldn‘t put it down. You always know more or less how a romance is gonna turn out, but the HOW of that HEA makes all the difference.

Reid delivers a HOW that speaks to who these characters have become, together and as individuals. ⬇️
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xicanti My heart is so damned full I can hardly stand it.

Also of note: there‘s a DOG (dogs improve books. This is science), and some small but significant love for McGriddles (THE BEST McDonald‘s thing), and lots about mental health, and I want to formally confirm Ilya as one of my favourite literary characters. He speaks to my soul on so many levels and I‘m sat here crying over his limitless perfection.
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CarolynM 2 more days... 3y
CarolynM Also, lovely review 💖 3y
xicanti @CarolynM thank you! I‘m excited for you to read the book. 3y
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This is the view out my window. I feel totally justified in my choice to read all morning.

I also feel like I‘ve lived a whole life in the last couple hours, because that‘s how much THE LONG GAME consumed me. There‘s this bit with some Funko Pops, right? And I started crying there, and I barely stopped until the book ended. Direct romance sequels can sometimes feel redundant, but this one earns its place on the shelf.

persephone1408 I💜this picture 3y
xicanti @persephone1408 there‘s a blizzard out there, it‘s still warm enough out that the ice crystals slide down the glass soon after they hit. 3y
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Sorry for the blizzard, but I‘m glad you have a good book to endure it! 📚❄️ 3y
xicanti @BookHoarder32 books definitely make today easier. 3y
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I may or may not have downloaded my ARC of THE LONG GAME three separate times, far apart, in the hopes they added the actual cover to the file so I could make prettier social media posts. Alas, no joy.

THE BOOK, THOUGH. I stayed up until 1:00 with it, turned out the light, then picked my ereader up again and read another big chunk. I have many emotions and no idea how I‘m gonna condense them all into a proper review. Maybe I‘ll just shout a lot.

britt_brooke Adorable pupper! 💚🐾 3y
xicanti @britt_brooke i I‘ll m obsessed with his fluffiness. 3y
CarolynM So jealous!! I'm counting down the days. I'm rereading the series to get ready for this one. I may have to do Heated Rivalry one more time just before the release date. 3y
xicanti @CarolynM I just finished my reread and I kinda want to do another one already, because my heart is so full and I wanna keep the feeling alive. 3y
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