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britwalsh16'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
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness
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: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer, Abandonment, and Alcohol
lindsaymc74's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Medical content, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Cancer and Death of parent
nika_nix's review against another edition
- 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? No
2.5
Also, I hated the epilogue so much, I don't understand why romance authors think this always has to be a happily ever after, even when the character actually expressed they don't want it earlier in the book.
Graphic: Sexual content, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Eating disorder
Minor: Cancer, Vomit, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
lizdon'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
3.0
Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
destinynichole11's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
sarahflanders'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
3.25
Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
annadelreads'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? No
5.0
“The only time I ever want to see a grown man on his knees in front of me, Nate, is when his face is between my legs. So no, I don’t want you to beg me.“
This was an amazing read which I would have devoured in three days if I was not planning to go on a trip. I was able to finish it in Japan and happy to find out why it’s a popular booktok/bookstagram read! It did not disappoint because I was laughing, swooning, learning and falling in love with how Anastasia and Nathan are as a couple. A match-made in heaven, definitely.
Must be something about an enemies to lover that makes me root for them so much more. All the banters and especially when their friends (specifically the roommates) join in on the funny moments. You can’t help but be jealous of their friendship that will for sure go on for years. Also, the author is out there cooking a book specially for Henry, our bb!
The sexual content was also on point. Compared to erotica books out there, this is mild. Hannah balanced out the smutty scenes with the non-smutty scenes perfectly. The smut scenes were just the right amount of details and to be honest, not really the plot. It’s literally there to spice it up so much which I’m sure I’m not the only one who loved it.
10/10 will recommend to people who’s looking for a good book with smut content.
Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent
Minor: Cancer and Sexual harassment
frantically's review
- 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
4.5
Theirs is such a healthy and mature relationship — they talk about their issues, they get over fights/missteps and trust eachother in most things.
The author brings us an unusual take on iceskating romance because Anastasia's partner is an absolute dick, so she falls for the guy he hates instead! You go girl
I would like to say I loved the supporting cast but honestly, expect for Robbie, Henry and Lola I couldn't keep any of them or their stories straight, hopefully that will become better as the series goes on.
Imo the third-act fight was blown out of proportion and I hate to be that person but I was on Nate's side! Still, it was handled maturely, I'll give them that.
The spice was *chef's kiss*. Should not have been in company listening to this.
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Gaslighting
Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
newbiereads's review
Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness