Annagain
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Not horsey at all but the Game Changer series of books by Rachel Reid would be excellent holiday reading.
Heated Rivalry (terrible title, excellent TV series) is based on them. I watched the TV series, was OBSESSED with it, then read all 6 books in the series in a week, even though I was in work so could only read in the evenings which shows how quick and easy they are to read. If I describe them, it will probably put you off - I would never have chosen to read them without having seen the TV series but they're a lot better than they sound.
They're MM romances based around ice hockey players. Romance isn't really my thing but I enjoyed them so much! They're not literary masterpieces by any stretch of the imagination but they're fast paced and the characters are easy to care about. There's a lot of sex in them but it's necessary to the plot and to moving the story along - in most of the stories anyway.
With the exception of Heated Rivalry and its sequel The Long Game (you need to read HR before TLG) you can read them as stand alone books but they all do overlap in terms of characters and plot so reading them in order of publication is best in my opinion. You could read just HR and TLG and get the main story or you could read Game Changer, then HR, then Role Model followed by TLG if you want a bit more context.
If you miss any out, miss Common Goal it's the weakest and you wouldn't really miss any relevant plot points. Tough Guy is also not essential but the characters do feature again in RM and TLG so it does give more of a context. Just typing those titles makes me cringe but the books are better than the titles suggest!
I cannot stress highly enough how good the TV series is though. Especially from episode 3 onwards. If you don't love the characters in eps 1 and 2, it's deliberate - keep going.
Heated Rivalry (terrible title, excellent TV series) is based on them. I watched the TV series, was OBSESSED with it, then read all 6 books in the series in a week, even though I was in work so could only read in the evenings which shows how quick and easy they are to read. If I describe them, it will probably put you off - I would never have chosen to read them without having seen the TV series but they're a lot better than they sound.
They're MM romances based around ice hockey players. Romance isn't really my thing but I enjoyed them so much! They're not literary masterpieces by any stretch of the imagination but they're fast paced and the characters are easy to care about. There's a lot of sex in them but it's necessary to the plot and to moving the story along - in most of the stories anyway.
With the exception of Heated Rivalry and its sequel The Long Game (you need to read HR before TLG) you can read them as stand alone books but they all do overlap in terms of characters and plot so reading them in order of publication is best in my opinion. You could read just HR and TLG and get the main story or you could read Game Changer, then HR, then Role Model followed by TLG if you want a bit more context.
If you miss any out, miss Common Goal it's the weakest and you wouldn't really miss any relevant plot points. Tough Guy is also not essential but the characters do feature again in RM and TLG so it does give more of a context. Just typing those titles makes me cringe but the books are better than the titles suggest!
I cannot stress highly enough how good the TV series is though. Especially from episode 3 onwards. If you don't love the characters in eps 1 and 2, it's deliberate - keep going.
