TOP 10 Sports Romances of All Time (according to YOU)
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2024
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The thing about mariana zapata books is the slow burn is sometimes too slow like it is rewarding at the end but i always end up wishing we got to see more of them being an actual couple. I just always want more at the end of her books. I will say though that there's something about her writing that makes me fly through her books so quickly even though they're very long.
I totally agree. I LOVED From Lukov with Love but I was disappointed that there wasn’t more of them as an actual couple. It felt like the second they had the breakthrough the book was over. Plus I was disappointed her friendship with his sister didn’t play more of a role.
I think she remedies that in the book All Rhodes Lead here. You get to see them as an actual couple for a while but note its not a sports romance.
It took me years to figure out why I didn't love The Wall of Winnipeg as much as Kulti and From Lukov. I think it is that Aiden has no other interests or activities other than football which makes him boring to me. The other heroes seemed more layered and fun.
i love almost all the sports romances by eden finley and saxon james. they just hit that sweet spot for me.
do I hate sports romances? Yes and am I unbelievably early watching this entire video? also yes
NOT THE SPORTS ROMANCE HATE!!! 😩 haha but thank you for watching
😂 I don’t hate sports romance but this comment is hilarious
The Fake Boyfriends series by Eden Finley is fantastic. Deke and Hat Trick are my favorites in that series.
oh i love those too!
I LOVE THIS KINDA CONTENTTTTT 😭 I’m sorry for yelling. I was excited lmao. I’ve read majority of these books but I just absolutely adore this content. HIM will forever be top tier for me!
I would also be so curious to see one of these videos for fantasy romances!
I picked up heated rivalry on a whim and I too feel deeply in love! It is up there with my favorite books of all time and if you ever do decide to reread you should absolutely read the sequel the long game! So great to be back with our favorite hockey players and on top of it it has some amazing mental health representation! Hope you love it just as much as I do!
Same!! It’s by far my most reread book I love it sm 😍
O.M G., I love that book. I've read it so so many times. 😊 I even went on her website to read little nuggets that she's written about them 😂
LMAO heated rivalry is the best enemies to lovers ever. I will have to practice some restraint to not submit it again!
Not me nodding along to one of the “why you loved it portions” and then realizing that oh, I submitted that! 💕💕
Him is one of the HOTTEST books i've ever read omg that scene with the bet???? *chefs kiss*
Awwww, seeing The Deal here warmed my heart - it was the first romance I’ve ever read, and it’ll always have a place in my heart 🥰
I love this series!!! I would love to see a top 10 fantasy romances! and a top 10 sapphic romances! really love your videos, so will watch regardless!
I love Heated Rivalry ❤
It's the best from the Game Changers series. You should read The long game too 🥰
So glad Heated Rivalry made the list! While I've enjoyed a couple of Zapata's books, I also sometimes think she just throws in a mediocre smut scene at 98% solely so that it can't be classified as closed door. For Wall of Winnipeg & Me I would've enjoyed the ending way more if she hadn't included that cringey af smut scene, esp after she did such a fantastic job at building up the emotional and romantic connections.
Wall of Winnepeg and Me is a 5 star read. I listened to the audio and absolutely fell in love with it. It's my only Mariana Zapata book so far, but I'm definitely going to read more.
My personal fav sports romance, like of all time, is Him too so I'm so glad it's on your list 🥹🥹🥹
Yesss! I clicked on the video thinking "If Him is not on this list, I may have to disqualify it, I fear." Lol. It being the first one mentioned is just so awesome!
@@ItsNasB I was literally typing it before Chandler started but then she mentioned it first and I was like woah 😂
I have Heated Rivalry on hold at the library and I'm so excited to read it after all the love it got in this video!
Heated Rivalry is good but I found the second book The Long Game was better. ❤️
@@netogrof that makes me even more excited to get the books so I can get to that one 😊
@@jessicar2609 I’ve only read 3 from the series…I do plan to read the rest. I have read other m/m hockey romances I liked better than Rachel Reid’s writing though. Rookie Mistake by Anna Zabo & LA Witt and Gravity by Tal Bauer ❤️
I am a bit surprised that Chloe Liese isn’t on this list but so many I love here!
hers were nominated quite a bit, they just didn't quite make it to the threshold for the video :)
I LOVE this series! It would be really cool if you did a similar video with mlm and wlw books!
Heated rivalry is so good
Since The right move which set the bar high for romance let alone sport romance,
I can't wait for Liz Tomford new book in the series.
Till then your suggestions just on time for my sort romance craving
You NEED to read Like Real People Do. It came out in the last year or so and the sequel just was released this month and is a smaller indie book but more people need to read it. It is a sports romance with INCREDIBLY charming heroes and side characters, hilarious and witty banter, and more depth than I've read in a romance in probably the last couple of years. I PROMISE you will not be disappointed!
Came to make sure heated rivalry made it
also Shane and Ilya from Heated Rivalry have a second book The Long Game which came out in 2022 and it’s just as amazing and they get their happy ending
God I can't stop thinking about them, one of the best couples everrr
Everyone has their favorite book boyfriends, but I would love to just be friends with Ilya. He's one of my favorite characters of all time and I love that he shows up in every book.
"The Long Game" is how I figured out why I actually hated "Us." For me, a romance MUST only be one book and have a HEA or HFN, which is what "Heated Rivalry" achieved, with "The Long Game" being more of a drama, not a romance. "Us," on the other hand, was clearly part two of the romance from "Him."
The Long Game was better than Heated Rivalry IMO.
@@netogrof I agree.
As a Russian I really appreciated your recommendation of Heated Rivalry
You sold it too well, so I had to read it & got surprised with who one of the heroes was 😅
Him was soooo good!
I discovered the Main Desires series by Penny Clarke last year and they were a really pleasant surprise. They’re new adult football romances, but the series gave me Off Campus vibes. The second book in the series Bang Out was my favorite. I’ve never seen anyone talk about these before, but they were a lot of fun.
Can’t express how much I needed this video today😅 desperate for some escapism and between the video which was great and the recommendations I’ll look into picking up I’m on the right track
So much love for sports romances and especially From Lukov with Love. The audiobook for that one is amazing!
One of the first romance books I ever read was called See Jane Score by Rachel Gibson and she just hooked me in with the banter. I've loved sports romances since, and have an extra soft spot for ice/snow sports romances. Lots of new books to add to my tbr. Thanks!
Ok now I really want to read the wall of Winnipeg, never read MZ before but love a slow burn so that’s where I’m going to start! Thanku x
I just know that Mariana Zapata is going to be on this list 🛐
I love icebreaker by a.l. graziadei, which is a queer hockey romance that's just so good! And in my opinion balances sports and romance and character progression well
I recently read Switch Hitter, which is a novella by Sara Ney, and I loved it so much! It was fresh and the plot was fun (please, if someone knows any book similar to that, I'll be happy to listen haha). I think the Jock Hard series by her deserved more recognition.
Loved the video idea!!
If you’re looking for a why-choose, hockey romance, Pucking Around by Emily Rath is amazing! My first hockey romance, they’re all on the same team, super flushed out characters! I loved it!
I’m always surprised at the lack of Toni Aleo in these lists! Don’t get me wrong, this had some of my favs and a few to add to my list. If you like Hockey Romance, check her out
Please, PLEASE do Fake dating and/or Marriage of Convenience Next!!!
oh I’ve been waiting for this one
Wall of Winnipeg is the first book I read by Mariana and it is still my favorite. I consider it a comfort book. I'm sorry you don't like it more. A new sports romance that is a new favorite is The Right Move by Liz Tomforde. I wasn't as much into Mile High, but Right Move I loved.
I didn't realize how much sports romance I have read, but I also like Elle Kennedy, Rachel Reid, and Mariana Zapata, who are like the main authors on the list.
Great video!
I feel like I missed something about From Lukov with Love. Everyone seems to love it and I DNF'd at like 200 pages because I couldn't take being trapped in the heroine's head anymore. And I'm fine with a slow burn, but at that point in the book, they weren't even having fun banter. They just called each other dumb names. I don't know, wasn't for me.
I've been looking at icebreaker. I'm a sucker for skating media, and ice themed, and I'm looking for some more fun, easier reads which this looks like
I love From Lukov with Love as much as the next person, but Mariana Zapata is so incapable of doing basic research on the sports she includes in her books that it's ruined her for me. I don't know how she keeps getting away with it
I've never read her books, but I'm curious what she's getting wrong with the sports?
@@jessicar2609 One of the first examples that comes to my mind, is that in "the wall of winnipeg and me" the female main character says that she wants to run a marathon in a few months, despite not being able to run a few miles without problems because she just took up running again and also having had a pretty bad knee injury thats still bothering her. Going from 0 to running a full marathon in a few months might be possible in rare cases but from the way Zapata writes the marathon training it just seems like she has no idea about it at all
I love the wall of Winnipeg and me 🥺
Talking about underrepresented sports in romance, Harper Dallas has a snowboarding series that starts with Ride (sadly unfinished, but they are stand alones). And I am always looking for sports romances revolving around niche sports. Or soccer. 😝 Karina Halle had me by the throat with The One That Got Away. Any other recs that are not about hockey or American football, everyone?
Love honey just going to town on her leg in the back 😂
she's a clean girl hehe
There should be more sport romances were the heroine is the athlete and not just the guy…
For me that’s a big reason for why I love Kulti and From Lukov With so much.
Parental Guidance by Avery Flynn is a fun hockey romance I enjoyed a lot! v cute
can you do a series version of this? cause I was like where is All for The Game trilogy!?
a lot of these are series, that one wasn't nominated by anyone :(
All for the Game had romance, but they aren't romance novels! There was 0 romance until the second book
I want to read long shot so badly 👀
Ok but have you ever read wrath by Ella James it's a male-male sport romance and one of the best I've read
I was personally really disappointed by Icebreaker - first 30% was fun but once they got together (which was super early) it felt like there was zero actual conflict, just random problems that would pop up for the rest of the book. She was inconsistently grumpy- her apparent “commitment issues” we kept being told about didn’t actually emerge at any point in her behaviour. It felt soooo episodic. I had to force myself to finish the final 40% and the ending… was the last straw for me. That last chapter… yikes.
I also didn't like Wall of Winnipeg and Me and I'm glad I finally found someone else who feels the same! I ended up DNFing it at 30% so maybe it gets better, but I had a huge problem with the way Aiden was written. It seemed like Mariana Zapata was trying to depict him as an asshole, but as someone who has worked with special needs kids and adults of all abilities, it was pretty clear to me that most of his "asshole" traits were actually autistic traits. If that was a reveal somewhere in the book that would be fine, but I got the impression that Zapata was using autistic traits to paint Aiden as an asshole without "giving" him autism, and that made me really uncomfortable. So many people love this book though so I hope I'm wrong and if so I would give the book another try!
I really didn’t like the wall of Winnipeg either 😭 Aidan was an ahole
I couldn't take The Wall of Winnipeg seriously because marrying an American citizen is about the slowest way you can get citizenship. My husband and I have done long distance for three years while they process his green card documents, and we might have to do even more.
For a sports player of that caliber? The US govt could've issued "notable" citizenship, given to scientists, musicians, athletes, etc of a high caliber. Took me out of the story.
Sadly, I’ve read all of these except the M/M ones which just aren’t my thing (and even if they were, I think it’s somewhat problematic when they’re written by women) The only other sports romances I can think to add are the Bergman Brothers series by Chloe Liese (most of them are Sports romance - I can only think of one that isn’t) and Caught Up in a Cowboy by Jennie Marts which is a very interesting Cowboy/Hockey Romance hybrid.
I hope you make this an annual series thing! I have read some really great ones this year alone that are getting popular. Something about a sports romance that just hits the spot 🤌🏼😂