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I hate you Rachel Reid you have officially taken over my life!!! I have laughed, cried and intensely kicked my feet reading this book. Actually all of the Game Changers books have opened my eyes to a lot of stuff that doesn't effect a straight white woman from N.I and shown me how to be an ally that isn't just performative, now I just need the gays 🤣🤣🤣

I loved the story and I loved the audiobook. When I reviewed book four in this series about a year ago, I started out listening to the audiobook but had a hard time getting into it so I switched back to reading the book. It must have been my mood at the time or something because I listened to the audiobook of Role Model and I loved it. It’s not often that an audiobook will move me to tears, like what happens when I read a book, but this one died and I loved Cooper North’s performance all that much more because of it. This story really touched me and got all of my emotions involved; just what I like in a book. Troy was not a very nice character in previous books and I’m glad he got a chance at redemption in this story. He’s been hiding his true self for a long time. He knows that his father will disown him if he ever gets the courage to come out and that is part of what keeps him from doing so. Harris is one of my favorite characters ever! He’s out and proud and isn’t afraid to be his adorable self. He’s the sunshine to Troy’s grumpy. Rachel Reid’s writing really made me feel the connection between Harris and Troy even though Troy wanted to deny that any attraction was there. Once these two get together things really heat up! I also loved the team dog, Chiron. Everyone on the team loves this puppy and the way he is described I can just “see” how cute he is. While you don’t need to have read the previous books to enjoy this one, fans of the series will enjoy the cameos by characters from previous books. I particularly loved Ilya in this story and was really happy to find out that the next book in the series, The Long Game, will be about him and Shane (the two MCs from Heated Rivalry). Review copies of the ebook (via NetGalley) and audiobook (via publisher) were kindly provided by their respective publishers but this did not influence my opinion or rating of the book. ***Reviewed for Xtreme-Delusions dot com***

Initially, I only intended to read Game Changer and the Hollonov books, but I saw online fans loved Role Model. I have to agree with the general statements, as much as I love the other couples, this is the best book in the series from Reid.