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Heated Rivalry Season 1, Episode 6 Recap: Come On, We’ve Got Bad Things to Do

The show poster with shirtless Ilya and Shane in hockey pants and no shirts leaning in and about to kiss each other

Well. It’s been a wild ride, and I’m not just talking Shane on Ilya’s dick. Just over a month ago, Heated Rivalry slammed into our collective ids like a Texas-sized asteroid. To call it a hit might be an understatement. It’s a phenomenon. Before episode 3 aired, The Onion wrote a satirical explainer for it, which is possibly the clearest sign that you’ve arrived. I have never seen a show of any kind, much less … Continue reading Heated Rivalry Season 1, Episode 6 Recap: Come On, We’ve Got Bad Things to Do

Heated Rivalry Season 1, Episode 5 Recap: We’ve All Been Very Brave

The show poster with shirtless Ilya and Shane in hockey pants and no shirts leaning in and about to kiss each other

So we can all agree that nobody was okay after episode 4, right? Like. All of us underwent a complete mental breakdown. Emails went unanswered, meals went uncooked, people with kids achieved Hayden Pike-levels of benign child neglect as “All the Things We Said” played on a loop in our heads. And then episode 5 dropped. To Tierney’s credit, it absolutely healed me of episode 4 trauma. To his discredit, he did it by inventing … Continue reading Heated Rivalry Season 1, Episode 5 Recap: We’ve All Been Very Brave

Heated Rivalry, Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: It’s the Tuna Meltdown

The show poster with shirtless Ilya and Shane in hockey pants and no shirts leaning in and about to kiss each other

Hello, butts I mean sports fans! Episode 5 of Heated Rivalry is nigh, and you know what would be fun? Reliving the trauma of episode 4 together! Here’s a handy-dandy recap of all the major events of the previous episode, just in case you, unlike me, haven’t rewatched this episode every day until you’ve had every agonized expression memorized. Here’s my recap of episode 4 of Heated Rivalry: God these stupid horny boys, they’re so … Continue reading Heated Rivalry, Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: It’s the Tuna Meltdown

Heated Rivalry: The Unbearable Lightness of Having a Dump-Truck Ass

The show poster with shirtless Ilya and Shane in hockey pants and no shirts leaning in and about to kiss each other

So right now I have a number of non-romance community friends coming up to me and saying stuff like: “Oh hey sounds like some hockey fic finally made it onto TV, huh?” “Yo Candy have you heard of the gay hockey romance TV show?” “How excited are you about the gay hockey smut on TV?” “Candy why is your entire Tumblr dashboard filled with naked asses?” To which I say: excuse me, these are not … Continue reading Heated Rivalry: The Unbearable Lightness of Having a Dump-Truck Ass

Links: Adaptation News, Cover Songs, & More

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Welcome to Wednesday! Tonight, I’ll be at Lovestruck Books to celebrate Katie Sturino’s debut, Sunny Side Up. Honestly, so nervous to be in conversation with her, as I see Katie as a real BFD. (Big fuckin’ deal.) If you happened to grab tickets, please come up and say hi after the event. Also…how about these heatwaves?  … The McNally Jackson Seaport location is hosting a fantastic panel on cowboy romances on July 16th.  The panel includes … Continue reading Links: Adaptation News, Cover Songs, & More

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Hide Your Wallet: March 4th Release Week!

Happy Tuesday! It’s a beefy release week at SBTB HQ. There’s a highly anticipated sequel, lots of auto-buy authors, and several other tempting options. What new releases are on your TBR pile? Let us know in the comments!

Twenty Years of Smart Bitches Reviews

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Smart Bitches started as a review blog, and we are still going. We’ve published more than three thousand reviews since 2005, and we wanted to share some of our favorites. Choosing only a few has been really challenging, because we all have many favorites. We wanted to talk about reviews we were proud of and that we thought were memorable. I asked Amanda what reviews she thought I should include and she rattled off, like, … Continue reading Twenty Years of Smart Bitches Reviews