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Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

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annasreads_'s review against another edition

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

3.75

A very saucy book.   read alone and  don’t give it to your 12yr old cousin to read because the cover is cute😭
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tyras_bookshelf's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring tense 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

2.75

I liked it for a figure skater/hockey romance. It was a little long and drawn out in places but not overbearing about it. I'm also new to Hannah Grace's style and felt pretty critical of the writing at times. 
 
Anastasia was in pretty deep when it came to Aaron. She trusted him and was a little naive but also manipulated into letting her goals and anxieties drive her rather than her own common sense. 
 
I hate that she only breaks away from one man with the help of another but her and Nate were very cute. Nate was in his toxic man bag a time or two but finally gets his head out his butt to realize that Anastasia grown and can think for herself. 
 
Decent book but some of the chapters felt so random.
Like sister literally almost drowned at one point and like nothing happened with that. It forced a love confession (realization of her love) so there’s that but just seemed random to me.
 
Also kinda random was Nate’s immediate interest in Ana to begin with. So it’s forced proximity because of plot/conflict but while he is the hockey captain (vested interest in peace) she’s not the only figure skater nor the perceived leader of the skaters. It didn’t make sense why he singled her out other than I guess she seemed the most of upset and he wanted to be helpful. Really its because she’s hot and the main character but that’s too easy. 
 
It was actually very upsetting to read about Aaron — he’s a narcissistic, manipulative, leech of a man. Sure, hurt people hurt people and he definitely needed therapy or (another) punch to the face but I think he was super aware of his actions and doing it all on purpose because he lacks power in his family life and could exercise power over Ana. 
I’ve got mixed feelings on how the conflict was resolved and that bothers me. 
 
I feel like Ana “won” —no longer on his grasp and fully in control of what she wants— but it also felt like she got that closure/victory at the expense of her dreams. 
 
Idk she wins gold in the Olympics in the epilogue so what do I know I guess?
Cute HEA at the end and I feel like most of the important threads were tried up along the way so I’m good with it. 
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tyates865's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.75

Loved the storyline on this one. Was a quick read for me as I was hooked. 

There is explicit sexual scenes throughout the book but I didn’t feel as if the story was only about sex. There was a good story line and the character development is *chef’s kiss*
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johnnydebs's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Alsoooo… 
Manchmal brauche ich diesen 2014er Wattpad vibe und dafür ist das Buch perfekt! 
Normalerweise lese ich was anderes, weswegen schreibstil und Charaktertiefe mir hier nicht gefallen haben.
Jedoch muss ich sagen, dass das Buch mir aus meiner Reading slump geholfen hat und auch wenn ich viele der Charaktere am Ende echt nervig fand war es ein süßes kleines Buch, welches man gut zwischen durch lesen konnte!! 

Viel interessantes konnte ich aus dem Buch nicht mitnehmen, aber muss ja auch nicht immer. 
Trotzdem hier mein Lieblings Quote: 

„She’s taught me communicating doesn’t mean everything is perfect, it doesn’t mean we don’t disagree. It means we work through the imperfect bit together, and if we don’t agree, we at least know why the other feels that way, even if it’s not going to change our minds. We’re still individuals, but we’re individuals together, and I never knew relationships could be like this“
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chainsawheartbooks's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.75

I’m not one for romance novels, and although this is a fucking spicy-ass book, the romance is the sweetest thing! I squealed more times than I can count, and like it’s not the best written, think YA, but that doesn’t detract from how wonderful the romance is. 

It’s cheesy enough, very 00s romcom, that it’s a nice change of pace from how heavy and dark some of what I’ve read this year has been, and the two main characters are so adorable together. 

It feels like the warming tipsy feeling you get after a couple of glasses of wine.
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queenari's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted 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

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mjevans526's review against another edition

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emotional funny tense medium-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

5.0

Really good book! Enjoyed the relationship dynamics. Very sweet. 
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carly_the_librarian's review against another edition

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  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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catsteaandabook's review against another edition

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1.75

This felt like it was written by someone who would’ve bullied me in high school
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mossywossy's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

3.75

It was really cute and had such a good showing on how to have a healthy relationship! Not just romantically either. I liked all the characters developments…the ones that had any anyway lol. But it was so nice to have a story along with the sexy parts, and a good story at that.

Spoiler for towards end of book!!!
<Personally, I’m really conflicted on the whole frozen lake scene. I’m glad it got her to admit first, which is something I was hoping for, but also…why?? It felt so rushed and passed on compared to other parts of the book. >
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