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Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

97 reviews

bella_jayde02's review

challenging emotional funny sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

mbibi_baptista's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder and Panic attacks/disorders

emlittle's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Icebreaker was an addicting, fast paced sports romance with incredible chemistry, great banter, and characters who were so easy to be emotionally invested in. Simply put, it was made to be devoured.

Anastasia and Nate are both endearing and charming characters who are just easy to care about and root for- even if that sometimes means rooting against their own wants. Icebreaker isn’t world building or big on immersive description- it’s much more plot and dialogue driven. If that’s not up your alley, don’t pick this up, you will hate it. If this were a fantasy or horror, I would hate that quality, but it made for a fantastic head empty no thoughts read.

There’s one storyline that stands out in an otherwise relatively light story as dark and way more twisted than you would expect: the relationship between Anastasia and Aaron, her skating partner. He consistently gaslights, emotionally abuses, and manipulates her  throughout the entire book. If a reader isn’t prepared for that, it’s pretty upsetting especially if you’re in the mood for something lighter and that’s why you chose the read. Anastasia also battles with disordered eating- it can be a lot.

But I do think these stickier, darker parts of the characters add depth and help the understand their ‘why’. Overall, Icebreaker is an entertaining, easy read with some excellent spice intermixed with an endearing and contentious will-they-won’t they. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Gaslighting

agent_004's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kaydeedickins's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

So very good! The third act conflict felt true to the characters and was well written, not just some random miscommunication like some romance books. I love the communally theme and the lack of damsel-in-distress storytelling. Only reason I didn’t finish it one day is because I have a toddler who wants to read his books. But it’s that good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Terminal illness and Medical content

almendraa's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Blood, Vomit, and Death of parent

hcop's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

clareasday's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

racheldonna14's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Worthy of the hype for the smut content alone. I had a silly goofy fun time and will be reading every other book in this series.

not seeing Anastasia’s solo career is a miss on the authors part. She gains all of this confidence via her man but it would have been so much more interesting to see her do it for a career that is entirely reliant upon herself. The public non-consensual kiss was visceral to read and if it *needed* to be included, it should have happened with more than 20 odd pages left in the book to see some of Anastasia’s growth and processing which we were granted for much less severe plot points.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

macykey's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

This book is very long and there were some things I felt could be cut out, some relationships I felt could be tamed down. But overall, I really enjoyed this! The spicy scenes were excellent. Nate as a character is phenomenal. He’s a great example of what healthy masculinity looks like without being perfect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting