I knew this was a sampler (thank you for making it clear in the title!), but wow was this not enough.

I definitely downloaded this for The Long Game chapters because I love the Game Changers series, and I'm so excited we already got to see some favorites from previous books and Shane and Ilya's first double date in these chapters! You can really see how Reid is setting up the book for Shane and Ilya to come out, and I'm really excited to see how the story plays out and see these two get their HEA.

I was also excited for Season's Change since Cat Sebastian recently recommended it. It was a little slower to get into since I didn't already know the characters and the world of the series, but I really like the mental health journey that's being set up for Olly, and I'm very excited to see how his story with Benji develops.

I loved the excerpt of Rachel Reid's The Long Game and only wish that the entire book was available. Reid's romances are always must reads for me, and her fans, including me, have been eagerly awaiting this sequel to Heated Rivalry. From the couple of chapters we got in this sampler, I'm can't wait to read more of it.

Season's Change by Cait Nary I had more mixed feelings about, but thought it was a promising debut, but I already read and reviewed Season's Change separately.

I have no idea how I am supposed to wait MONTHS before The Long Game is out. I need more Ilya and Shane content now, because the three chapters were not enough. At all.

I loved how we got to read about some old MCs as well (I hope we get lots of scenes with them all) and the excitement for the full book is high!

What more can I say; if you haven't read Heated Rivalry now is the time to do it because soon this masterpiece will be here.

(I have already read and reviewed Season's change as an ARC and I have nothing but good things to say about that story.)

One debut author (Cait Nary), one consistent favorite author (Rachel Reid), and two absolute bangers!

Rachel Reid's books have never let me down and it looks like this one is shaping up to be just as incredible as the rest. I find samplers to be a really indicator of the potential of a book - if something hooks me within a mere couple of chapters, it's probably going to be a great read and this was absolutely the case here.

As for Season's Change by Cait Nary, I was fortunate enough to receive an arc of this and was surprised by how incredible it was. My favorite types of books are those that you go in thinking "oh is going to be a fun read" and then by the end it absolutely knocks it out of the park and you go "oh, I don't just like this, I love it. This is everything." Season's Change is one of those books. This was the most gorgeously written slow burn with one of the best portrayals of mental health that I've seen in a sports book. Season's Change was a delight and a shocker, and I say this very affectionately. I'll be thinking of this one for a long time.

My review is only gonna be for the 3 chapter sampler of The Long Game because it’s one of my most anticipated releases of this year and I’m very excited for it. But I probably shouldn’t have read this one because now I’m too too excited for the book and it’s gonna be a hard 3 months wait. Shane and Ilya are as awesome as ever but it broke my heart to see that they are both struggling a bit about keeping their relationship secret and how it’s taking a toll on them. I can only hope that there will be no third act break up for them because I just can’t bear it and I wish they’ll face everything together. Can’t wait to see their HEA.

read the long game sample and loved it! Very excited to read the sequel and see where Ilya and Shane take their relationship and interaction with hockey from here.

RACHEL REID:
ILYA AND SHANE!!!!!!!!!! Swoon. Sigh. Snort laugh. I love these two characters so deeply. I flew through their teaser chapters. I cannot wait for their book. I so enjoyed seeing Ryan and Fabian. The glimpse into the youth hockey camp. A few short chapters and I am even more thrilled and high anticipating this book than before reading the teaser.

CAIT NARY:
I have already had the pleasure of reading this book and thoroughly enjoyed it. This is slowburn sports romance goodness that embraces the sport. I am very much looking forward to the next book in this series.

I decided to download this because I've been into hockey romances lately and I really enjoyed this sampler! I hope to pick up the full books at some point :)

Here for The Long Game!! Torn between excitement and dread- I can feel the relationship angst from here, but have complete faith in Rachel Reid to bring us home beautifully

This was great. I'd already read (and thoroughly enjoyed) Season's Change so I didn't read that part of the sampler, but The Long Game excerpt got me extremely excited for that book to come out. I love Shane and Ilya.

I downloaded this and read this the moment I saw it was available! I had already read and reviewed Cait Nary’s Season’s Change, so I just read Rachel Reid’s The Long Game sampler here. This is the first 3 chapters and starts over the summer at the start of their charity hockey camp. I want to say this starts before the events of Role Model?

But anyways, this starts off great and there’s already hilarious one-liners from Ilya. The Ilya and Hayden hate is what everyone imagines Ilya and Shane to be like, I think. lol I love that my most questioned thing this series has been finally answered - Ilya and Shane both have an agent! No longer are they vaguely agentless.

I can’t wait to read the rest of The Long Game when it comes out and I’m super excited the book will be made available in paperback!

Note to publisher: How about making the rest of the books in this series available in paperback too? 🥺

The Long Game is my most anticipated book of 2022! I’ve been so looking forward to it coming out and getting to read the sampler is such a treat since I know it’ll be hard to get approved for an arc when it’s released.

It was great to be back in Ilya and Shane’s world even just for the three chapters. Theirs is a truly heartwarming love story.

I downloaded this the SECOND I saw it because oh my GOD i am so excited for Long Game!!! The beginning tensions between Ilya and Shane are intriguing and my heart glowed at their obvious love for one another. I am little confused about the timeline and how it lines up with Role Model, but I am sure that will get more obvious further in. God I am so EXCITED for April 26.

As for Seasons Change, I am certainly interested! I've been on a sports romance kick recently, so I may have to pick it up as I wait for the end of April to come around.

I have been dying to get a peak of The Long Game so I leapt at the opportunity to read this. It only gave me the first three chapters, but it was the perfect tease for what's to come. I absolutely cannot wait to read the full book. I already have and ARC for Season's Change and am looking forward to reading it in full.

I have never raced to NetGalley faster to download this sampler of the first three chapters of The Long Game - and they did not disappoint!! Only issue is having to wait for the rest of the book - April cannot come soon enough! The seeds of tension that was placed in Role Model are there front and center in these chapters, so deftly blended with deep abiding love Ilya and Shane have. I, for one, cannot wait to continue to see Ilya and Shane's relationship evolve, and it was wonderful to see/hear about other characters so early in the book.

The first few chapters of Season Change have me hooked - and it will be interesting to see how Olly and Benji's relationship develops. Olly's struggle is immediately well-crafted, and I'm looking forward to learning more about Olly. I know this is a book that I will be reading the day it comes out.