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POV- if you loved Heated Rivalry you'll love these 20 books
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items If you loved Heated Rivalry, you’ll love these 20 hot, honest, and fast paced reads. Get hooked on these queer romance picks that will satisfy your craving for an love story as addictive as Shane & Ilya’s! And yes you’ll probably stay up until 5a...
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period piece enemies to lovers
contemporary enemies(ish) to lovers
time loop / fantasy
period piece enemies to lovers
travel back in time with these dapper, witty, and sexy quests to romance the pants off of their best friend or enemy!
SO good! may have liked this even more than the second book. gasped and giddy laughed about two thirds in with the plot twist. the slow burn felt really genuine & sweet to me. also the scenes with Plinkton and Anne the cook were quite special. ne...
A Gentleman's Gentleman (Lambda Literary Award Winner)
the pacing and chemistry were chef’s kiss! haven’t read something this not-put-down able since Nevada by Imogen Binnie in December. love love love a period piece trans romance. EPIC banter in this book. Also so impressed that Alexander both nailed th...
A Lady for All Seasons
my storygraph review simply says “this was SO good! wow!!” and you know what? I stand by it. a quest for a trans main character to carry on the family torch in a way that makes sense to them and also get the girl!
I Shall Never Fall in Love
contemporary enemies(ish) to lovers
the modern spicy romance plot that you simply can't put down. it's this addictive quality that makes Heated Rivarly so binge-worthy, and these books have plenty.
sexy flirty queer poly romance! you'll be hooked from the first sip. these three are so much fun
Triple Sec
spicy and hot as heck. you will not be able to put this book down- it's an enthralling travel romance about food and pleasure and meeting hot strangers in cool places! you'll be eager to get to the next stop on the map with these two :))
The Pairing: Special 1st Edition
most of this book is steamy sapphic scenes with a random side quest of woodworking. we love a friends to lovers and this one did not disappoint.
My Best Friend's Honeymoon
if you don’t like cheesy love stories then this isn’t for you. but if you do, you’re in for such a treat. adorable giddy YA romance. Many dear Evan Hansen references and New York City scavenger hunts that will make you smile. rooting so hard for both...
What If It's Us
This was one of my favorite books of the year! Mature YA sapphic romance plot enemies to lovers with a lil mystery and magic component? What we all needed! Shelly Page gave us all a page turner and I can’t wait for y’all to read this epic book!
Charmed and Dangerous
got hooked on this book and read it in 3 days! loved the character development and overall weird specificity of the character’s histories and settings. the ending left me wanting more but the whole story start to finish was well worth it!
Big Swiss
A much more mature version of the gay romance plot- involving travel, confronting the past, fatherhood, family and chosen family, and the things and people we find our ways back to
Countries of Origin
WHAT A DEBUT! I adored this book. We love a YA enemies-to-lovers! I thought the sleepaway camp setting would be cliché, but it was well done and detailed enough without being overbearing. Overall, this story was sweet and stubborn and charming and no... Appreciated the pacing and how Baldwin played with the build up until the very end of the book. You can tell the characters are healing parts of each other / pain they have been holding onto for a long time in their relationship and it is quite preci...
Wish You Weren't Here
black sapphic art school rivals to lovers?! who communicate about boundaries and burnout and learning how to lean on one another instead of always competing? this was an awesome read that had me blushing multiple times. I quote: “she deserved rest. s...
Outdrawn
adorable sapphic read for being snowed-in honesty game was cute & I enjoyed the back and forth in time. also the dejavu moments on the bridge. also… the butch oven is a FANTASTIC name for a lesbian bakery. would visit.
Kiss Her Once for Me
If you haven’t seen this movie or read the book you’re missing out on one of the most iconic gay reads of the decade! Sexy, fast-paced, and fresh, McQuiston delivers an entertaining story you can always come back to and fall in love with all over aga...
Red, White & Royal Blue: Collector's Edition
I remember this book being SUCH a page turner and just feeling like “wow” when I finished it. queer + mystery + a hometown search that has you putting pieces together. makes an epic gift for a friend or partner or addition to your bookshelf collectio...
Yerba Buena
Enemies to lovers in dueling mariachi bands? Count me in!! I was on the edge of my seat with these two. This book was enthralling. I really liked the author's choice to build up Rafi's hard exterior and arrogance as a contrast to Rey so that we got t...
Canto Contigo
this is the blueprint! the obsession! if you haven't read this book or seen the Heated Rivalry TV show yet, you're missing out on such a fun and hot queer enemies to lovers plot. order yourself a copy in paperback or hardcover (love the metallic deta...
Heated Rivalry
time loop / fantasy
what's hotter than falling for the hot person on the subway? falling for them over and over and over again (like groundhog day, if it was written by chappell roan!)
this sapphic love story had me HOOKED. I literally devoured this 5 summers ago and honestly should come back and read once a year. it’s so romantic and nostalgic and hopeful and grief-full and emotional. If you liked “Red White and Royal Blue” or lov...
One Last Stop: Collector's Edition
Loved the disability and enby rep in this work so much! A fresh take on the time loop trope that will have you deeply invested in these two characters from start to finish.
Time and Time Again
This is one of my top 5 favorite books of the 550+ books I’ve read, so you know it’s a genuine recommendation. It’s pretty hard to beat the YA enby latine rep in this book for me, and add in the competition plot and the map, I was obsessed. I absolut...
The Sunbearer Trials
queer ghost stories that have just the right amount of mystery but aren’t too scary to be a turn off? This book is witty and brilliant and enchanting. Thomas is a genius writer and if you loved the Sunbearer Trials you absolutely have to go back and ...
Cemetery Boys