Book adaptations can always be divisive as some fans hope that a series or film will remain too truthful to the original text. But that doesn't appear to be the case with Heated Rivalry , which has been hailed by viewers since it landed on HBO earlier this week .

The book is the second in the Game Changers series, an LGBTQ+ focused book series that focuses on relationships involving hockey players. The first book in the series saw hockey captain Scott Hunter falling for Kip Brady, the barista at a juice bar. Although some content from the first book is in Heated Rivalry , it's not been confirmed whether it and other books in the series will be fully adapted.

This series follows the love story of rival ice hockey players Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (

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