Savage Rivals - Special Edition Paperback – March 28, 2022

I hate that I loved Savage Rivals as much as Asher and Levi hate that they love one another. No exaggeration.The beginning is rough. The middle is hot. The ending is cute. Savage Rivals tackles too many themes in too little space, asking the reader to accept without question a lot of things that beg a deeper explanation. It's far from a literary masterpiece, just fine for the genre.Savage Rivals is a lot like Taco Bell. It's not good. You know it's not good. But you want it anyway. When you consume it, it destroys your insides. And you don't care because, in the moment, it's SO GOOD. You're never proud of it, but sometimes you don't need a steak. You need Taco Bell. Savage Rivals is like that. Best consumed after midnight, intoxicated.I hate that I can write, with dead honesty, all this criticism and I still have to default to a five-star rating because I read Savage Rivals three times, and I will read it again. Some chapters I've reread more times than I've fingers to count. Perhaps I, a testosterone fueled jock type still searching for an Asher or Levi of my own, connected with Savage Rivals on a visceral level such that I simply can't objectively review it. So be it.I'm also extremely happy I ponied up for the special edition. The cover art is fantastic and fitting.Savage Rivals is far from perfect but, if you're into this sort of thing, I've high confidence it doesn't matter. You'll not regret reading this book. One word of sincere caution: If you're an American like myself, a familiarity with British slang, while not necessary, will be extremely helpful to the reader.

Very good story and development the characters are so likeable and sweet would recommend for people to read will be looking into more books by this author

Savage Rivals by Becca Steele is one of my fav MM sports romance books ever. Wow, even when they were fighting, you could feel the heat. The chemistry between Asher & Levi is so intense & smoking hot. The first kiss between Asher & Levi was so unexpected & smoking hot. I love their movie date. I enjoyed seeing how they fell in love. The spicy were so sexy & sweet. The reveal that they were dating to their friends and family was well done. I loved Levi & Asher were very protective of each other. I love that even years later, they got married, too.

Savage Rivals was fun. It was a quick, relaxing, angst free read. Asher and Levi are captains of their respective football teams. Football meaning soccer, which I only figured out by use of the word “mate” for friend. Since Asher and Levi are in their senior year and no one mentions A levels – I’m going with Australia? There is not really a great sense of “place” in the story. Levi is the captain of the Richy Riches at Alstone High and Asher captains the working class Highnam Academy. The Highnam neighborhood is a bit dicey, hence Ash must carry his beloved Ruby – a red bladed knife which he likes to “introduce” his adversaries to (methinks someone watched GOT one time too many). Highnam Academy and Alstone High gave been longstanding football rivals; but things really heat up when the animosity (based on misunderstandings) between Ash and Levi starts spreading through their teams and spilling over outside of the football field.Asher and Levi have a definite attraction to each other right from the beginning although both deny it, and both are horrified by it. Levi has suspected he may be, at a minimum bi – but not ASHER! Ash has never thought about his orientation, but he can acknowledge that Levi is hot. He’s not horrified that he’s attracted to a guy; he’s horrified that it’s Levi. There are great secondary characters in the form of their respective friends and it’s kind of funny that their friends suspect the attraction well before they do and when things finally come to light, no one is surprised. It’s fun to watch Ash and Levi get to know one another and challenge their misconceptions; but they also seem to fall together and go straight to lovey-dovey a little too easily. For 2 guys who hated each other, weren’t sure of a same sex relationship and enjoy beating the snot out of each other, they have a shockingly healthy, stable and mature relationship.Savage Rivals takes place in senior year of high school, both characters are 18 and their parents for the most part are MIA – and very heavy sleepers since none of them know when people are traipsing in and out of their homes. There is also a very implausible, adult sanctioned, well known fight club for high school students run out of a skatepark – that doesn’t scream liability and lawsuit at all.There is a definite HEA and the epilogue is really sweet.

Immediately obsessed. I read this after seeing a hot af special edition and artwork and it did not disappoint. I couldn't get enough of Asher & Levi and their hot af tension and some beautiful tender moments as well. I love them. Now excuse me while I go add everything else Becca Steele has written to my tbr

I haven’t read an enemies to lover high school romance in soooo long. Especially one that was M/M. I picked this book up because it’s Pride Month and i the synopsis had me hooked to know more.This book did not disappoint at all. It follows Asher and Levi, two high school sports team captains who are rivals from their respective schools. Their chemistry was good, the tension between then was good, and they way they knew how to get under each other’s skin sooooo damn easily was fun to read.As time goes by, the lines begin to blur between wanting to hate each other and having feelings for each other. I loved the progression of their relationship and how it blossomed into something so beautiful. The bi-awakening was relatable in a way to my personal life which I quite enjoyed reading about. The struggle to try and understand why you’re feeling a certain way about the same sex and being super confused about it and not knowing if it’s right or wrong.The epilogue was probably my favorite as well. I loved getting to see them years later and what they have been up to out of college.Overall this book was enjoyable and I would definitely recommend it to people :)