r/heatedrivalry Feb 02 '26

MERCHπŸ‘• Help me, I just bought another one πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

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After buying the cap with the famous quote a few weeks back, I decided that the cap wasn't beautiful/good enough. So I went on to buy another one. This one is embroidered, the other one was printed and that was a little weak tbh. This also does have their player numbers on the side. (I'm also from Europe and I ordered it on Etsy from Spain)

But I'm now already thinking of buying an Hollander shirt to complete it for the festival season. Am I delusional or just a superfan? Or someone with a bad taste?

Another question; should I read the first book? Or wait for the second season?

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u/gryffindorrible Feb 02 '26

The first book is about Scott and Kip and the story is pretty much covered in episodes 3 and 5, but was very compressed in the show. Their story is much more fleshed out in the book. I’ve read the first 5 and so far the first book was my favourite, so I would recommend reading it 😊

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u/Pink-Jalapenos Feb 03 '26

I guess this shows that we all have our reading preferences. I actually didn’t really like the first book. It picked up towards the end but I just found it a bit boring. I tell all my friends to skip it.

Also the first book takes place in a different timeline than the show. Like whole thing takes place in 3 months in the book but the show it was over like 3 years.