Let's not overintellectualize the hockey smut

I'm in a book club. A queer book club. We typically read literary fiction from queer authors. This month was an exception when the group voted to read Heated Rivalry. How fun! How hot and playful! I thought this would offer a reprieve from the deep, critical analyses common in the discussions of our literary fiction books. I was a fool to think this. We haven't met yet, and already in our Discord,…