What to Watch - Heated Rivalry on HBO Max

The hype is real. Heated Rivalry was so great. The story centers on two elite professional ice hockey players, Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, who play for rival teams in a fictional hockey league. Shane is Canadian, careful, and calm. Illya is Russian, reckless, and rough around the edges. The series spans and jumps around from 2008 to 2017, through the ups and downs of Shane and Ilya’s story.

Content Warnings: Explicit sexual content, quite a bit of profanity, and mature relationship issues/themes

Watch if you like: Heartstopper or Young Royals (very PG comparatively)

Read if you like: Like Real People Do by E. L. Massey (also a series)

Season 1 in based on these books:

Kip & Scott’s Love Story: Game Changer by Rachel Reid, Book 1 of the seies

Shane & Ilya’s Love Story: Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid, Book 2 of the series

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