Romance
Rival Darling
2025·416 pages
A teen girl fake-dates her ex's hockey rival captain in this clean, wholesome YA rom-com with slow-burn romance and he-falls-first vibes.
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A teen girl fake-dates her ex's hockey rival captain in this clean, wholesome YA rom-com with slow-burn romance and he-falls-first vibes.
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Fall hard for the Darling Devils in the first in this heartstopping YA rom-com series, for fans of Lynn Painter, The Summer I Turend Pretty and Powerless. ⛸️ Fake dating He falls first HEA Slow burn Cute, clean and wholesome fun vibes ⛸️ Never date a jock - it's her one rule. He'll do whatever it takes to break it. When seventeen-year-old Violet is left heartbroken by the captain of her school's ice hockey team, she vows to never date a jock again. But, in an attempt to prove she's moved on, she...
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What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Kissing and making out occur; no explicit sexual content or spice.
Violence & gore
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Hockey shoves and one mention of a prior broken nose.
Profanity
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Mild cursing appears occasionally.
Substance use
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No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ characters or themes present.
Religious content
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No religious themes present.
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present.
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present.
Political content
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Mentions class differences and harmful stereotypes.
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted.
Abuse & suffering
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Ex engages in gaslighting; minor rival conflicts.
Other
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