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jules098's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Cancer
jreshsingh26's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Body shaming
Minor: Vomit, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Eating disorder
jeanettesreadingcorner's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
- Once I read past 200 or so pages, it’s like the author found the plot and the story actually began. I started to enjoy the characters the romance, and everything else more. Nate and Anastasia are really cute. I enjoyed how they supported each other and their character growth, together and as individuals. The hockey team guys are funny and sweet too. I loved their found family dynamics.
- I’m curious to read Wildfire to see how it compares to this one and I liked the characters enough to continue reading in the Maple Hills book world.
- The ending was astronomically better than the beginning of the book. Overall, I eventually liked Icebreaker and I could see why it’s popular. There are some aspects that bothered me about it though…
- Aaron The Asshole sucks and I hate him, especially the way he treated Anastasia.
- the beginning is a mess. There’s no direction or storyline. The characters are just partying and having sex, talking about sex, or insinuating it. I don’t mind sex scenes and they don’t bother me. However, they don’t need to be so frequent and in every moment the main characters are together. It was just too much in one book. That’s something that I don’t like about adult romance books.
- British phrases in a book set in the USA and the characters are American? So weird. I guess it could be the quirky thing that the author writes but it seemed so odd and out of place to me.
- The book is written in dual pov, which I usually prefer and love, but it did feel repetitive at times in this one.
Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Infidelity, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Grief
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, and Cancer
sadiesadiesadie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Sexual content
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Vomit
maggies's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
1.0
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Pregnancy, Vomit, and Violence
Minor: Infertility and Infidelity
books_baking_brews's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Body shaming, and Eating disorder
margaretwaltemath09's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Sexism, and Pregnancy
pippwynn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Gaslighting, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Pregnancy
sillyduckie's review against another edition
There is so much needless drama. If this was set in high school and everyone was about sixteen then the drama and emotional stakes would make sense. But for twenty something year olds?? Nah.
I usually listen to audiobooks on 1x. With this I kept upping the speed to make it go faster. I got to 2x (at which this book still felt slow and natural??) and then finally gave up.
This is the first booktok rec I’ve given a chance and never again tbh.
Also holy exposition and repetition back man! We learn so much about every single background character for reasons I can’t fathom. And every time the main characters are in the same scene and the POV switches we get to read the scene through both eyes. Honestly if one POV was taken out, the book would’ve been much shorter and the quality would’ve stayed the same.
Graphic: Sexual content, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, and Toxic friendship
mareliza's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Eating disorder, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship