Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

179 reviews

httponyo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

  I'll admit that I came into this book with low expectations , because of booktoks habit of hyping up books with sex scenes in them regardless If they're actually good books are not, But this one? This one was amazing. I don't think there's really a single part of this book where I wasn't satisfied with the way it went. 

    I love the way the romance was handled. I love the way the book doesn't try to toss in a whole bunch of sports information when it's not necessary for this story.  I love the communication my god I love the communication , it's very rare to see in romance books. I love the friendships, Love the non toxic sports friend group , They were gonestly one of the best parts of the story without overpowering the main couple.  I fell in love with everyone,  especially Henry , hopefully we get a book on him. I love how the FL's friendships and problems were handled. Her inner monolgue perfectly portrayed someone who had a therapist and I love that.

my one gripe would be that I wish they'd adopted like she planned , that would've been really sweet story wise considering her back<\spoiler>

    And the sex scenes? Extremely detailed but great to read .  Not cringey at all to me . And consent !!! with full communication throughout!! So rare to see sometimes. 

   Read the book. If you were on the fence about this story , I swear to you you'll enjoy it in some form. High praise to the author , can't wait to start on the next book in the series.  

   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming and Sexual assault

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

sea_tea_books's review against another edition

emotional tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No

3.0

Brief Summary: I'm in the Henry fan club, and I'm not down with binge drinking.
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Could have done without that particular ending. Also, I'm not a fan of the binge drinking/alcoholism and excessive swearing in this story. Maybe I just don't like college romance books? I would have liked to read more about the connections that developed between the various characters when they weren't drunk. 

Plenty of spice. Seriously, it was a lot. 

Maple Hills had almost cozy vibes . . . but only if the character had a trust fund or was connected to someone with money. We weren't privy to the "other side" of Maple Hills. 

There were so many characters that were introduced but not developed so I tripped on a few characters that I didn't recognize sprinkled throughout the story. As far as characters go, Henry was the most likeable. I'd read another Maple Hills book if he was the main character. (hint hint)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Dysphoria, Cursing, Classism, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Body shaming, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, and Grief

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

Accidental pregnancy

shansbookjournal's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

riviuu's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

2.5

its a bit like fanfiction but i did enjoy the non-toxic characters and the actual character self reflection in this book. it was entertaining but not a good piece of literature

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Violence

meaghanslibrary's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

I’m between a 3.5 and 3.75 but I’m going to the higher end actually changed my mind while writing the review.

The spicy scenes are definitely spice.

The book though is a bit too long and dragged at the end yet also the ending felt very rushed.

I wish there was more character development with the evil friend I am totally blanking on his name. Like he just seemed pure bad and I didn’t really feel for his character even when Stas was saying he was good. He fell flat for me. Actually all the characters fell a little flat I think I’m going to drop by rating down to 3.5. All the characters seemed all good or all bad there wasn’t really an in between. Or at least any discussion of an in between, like Nathan was very controlling at points.

If you like spice the book is good for that, nice quick read. Will probably read this author again. Not a top romance author like Emily Henry but still enjoyable to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Body shaming, Classism, Medical content, Sexual content, Ableism, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

kaetheluise_nckl's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense slow-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

Minor: Infidelity and Pregnancy

terminal illness: Nate’s

mom’s death

is spoken about on page but happens off page; sexual harassment: forced kiss at the end of chapter

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body shaming: referenced throughout the book eating disorder: referenced throughout the book pregnancy: on page in

the epilogue

sexual content:

cunnilingus, fellatio, sex in a car (fingering) while other people are present, unprotected sex resulting in pregnancy

_mariethln's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

ankiaisreading's review against another edition

lighthearted tense slow-paced

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

1.25

Literally just smut. I appreciate the consent and all, although sometimes it goes a bit too far. I usually don't mind some smut, but this book is excessive and the plot is almost nonexistent (I didn't expect this much smut, especially with a cover like that).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

Moderate: Cursing, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, and Pregnancy

irine_elle's review against another edition

3.0

She said she wanted to ADOPT, she fucking said it so what the fuck was that ending. I would've gave this book 4 stars if it weren't for that.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Pregnancy

kshertz's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

I definitely don’t care about hockey or figure skating but I heard this book was spicy so I was on board. It was a great story with many different characters to love and incest in. Some I liked more than the main characters. Their sexual fluidity and the fact that it was not a big deal was a huge plus for me. I was not a fan of the epilogue and that the only reason it’s not 5 stars. But it’s captivating and I couldn’t put it down so I definitely recommend and pretty high on the smutty scale 🥵🌶

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Bullying, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Alcohol, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and Sexual content