Why we’re excited
Shane and Ilya are married, openly together and on the same team. Most fans are happy for them. A loud part of hockey is not, and a popular podcast is leading a backlash. The secret is out, but being out brings its own pressure.
This is the seventh and final Game Changers book from Rachel Reid, and the third centred on Shane and Ilya. Their story began in Heated Rivalry, now a television series, and continued in The Long Game, so read those first. The couple's fan base has grown hugely since the show.
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What to know about Unrivaled
Unrivaled is Book 7 in the Game Changers series. The series begins with Game Changer. The book just before this one is The Long Game.
There are no reviews of Rachel Reid’s books on The Bookish Elf yet.
Readers have saved it often enough to put it at No. 1 on our list of June 2027’s most-anticipated releases.
From the publisher
Everyone's favorite hockey players are back! Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander continue the romance that began with viral sensation Heated Rivalry—now streaming on Crave in Canada and on HBO Max in the US—in the highly anticipated final book in New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Rachel Reid's Game Changers series.
A line has been drawn—and the hockey world is divided.
For the first time in their professional hockey careers, Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander have nothing to hide. For more than a decade, they kept their love a secret, but now they're out, married, and even playing on the same team. The support is incredible.
Most of the time.
They've gotten a lot of love from fans who are thrilled for them. But some people in the hockey world are still reeling from their relationship reveal, and the backlash—led by popular hockey podcast Top Shelf and the #TakeBackHockey movement—is getting louder.
Ilya and Shane are finally able to stand together in the light, the way they'd always wanted. And now they might be facing their biggest challenge yet.
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We haven’t read Unrivaled yet. When our review goes up, it will replace this page.
