I’m lowkey going through withdrawals after watching the new season . It was so good and I had such a blast watching it. So instead of rereading the series for the 3rd time, I’m looking for new recs.
So does anyone have any hockey — or any sport really — romance book suggestions??
I’ve already read Off Campus, Briar U, Campus Diaries, and Love Song of course. Along with the Windy City series, Vancouver Storm series, & Frost Lake series.
Can I just say that being on Twitter this week after the AllieDean leaks has genuinely been so exhausting. Left and right I’m seeing the fandom complain about how the show is “ruining allie and dean’s relationship.” It’s totally valid to have concerns when coming into an adaptation, but if you guys would just take a step back, you would be able to see that this is the best thing for allie & dean. I love allie and dean not because of their book but because of the chemistry and loveable qualities in both allie and dean, but I’ve always felt a little disconnected to their relationship because of how lustful their book felt. I always felt that they didn’t have a strong enough emotional connection to balance out their physical connection.
Developing Allie & Dean in s1 - and possibly s2 if allie & dean’s season isn’t until s3 - is the best thing to do for their story because it’s weird to have two parties of the couple in the universe from the beginning and just never have them interact.
When you think about it, this just means that by the time their season rolls along, we’ll have even more from their relationship than we did in the books.
The show is doing the same thing that Elle Kennedy herself did with Brenna & Jake - and honestly should’ve done with Allie & Dean - which is simply developing their story earlier.
Allie & Dean aren’t going to “take over Hannah & Garrett‘s season” because AllieDean’s story likely won’t have more than 30 minutes of screen time.
Hannah & Garret won’t have to “split their season” because again, this is just setting up development for Allie & Dean’s season.
The creator, Louisa, already said that once their seasons are over, the couples aren’t going anywhere. So even after s1 we’ll still see Hannah & Garrett and have arcs for their relationship because this is shows work!!
Everyone has a right to their concerns for the adaptation, trust me I get it, I’ve loved these books since I was in high school. But when you complain and nitpick everything it makes stuff unenjoyable for other people.
Stop complaining, have some patience, and wait until the show comes out before you judge.