Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

1161 reviews

durham_charity's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Eating disorder

itsnot_myname's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

mikki247's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.5

I got this because of the amount of drama surrounding this book, I felt left out 
The way they spoke about this book made it seem like the spice started in page 1 and there would be no plot at all.
If I had come in without the drama, I might have rated it lower.

The spice is... Vanilla
The plot is long winded and thus it became a bit predictable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit and Injury/Injury detail

kdailyreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective tense 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? No

3.75

Overall, an enjoyable read with lovable characters. Really appreciated the couple at the heart of the story communicated well and there was no miscommunication trope between them. I also appreciated how well their friend group communicated and expressed themselves. However, sometimes the pacing of the book felt a bit off and I wished certain elements of the plot were a bit more developed. I was kind of torn between rating this book anywhere between 3.5-4.25 stars - different moments of the book felt stronger than others. All being said, again, it was enjoyable, I liked spending time with the main characters, and I wanted to see where the overall story went. I’ll read more in this series! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Classism

lottispottis's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent

lcc_xx's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.75

It felt like reading a fanfiction on Wattpad, in a good way. A good book for a simple (but spicy) read. Longer book than expected, where nothing too bad goes wrong for too long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder and Toxic friendship

Minor: Emotional abuse and Death of parent

jewelelewi's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

3.0

This was not the book I thought I was going to be reading. I thought I was going to read and cute fun book about an ice hockey player being the impromptu skating partner for a figure skater. In reality that took up maybe 1/8 of the book at best. 

What I did get was a very dramatic book about the lives of very sexually active University students who are so hot and cold with their emotions through most of the book, not that that stops them from hooking up … a lot. So if you’re not into spice in a book, this book is not for you. 

It certainly wasn’t a bad story, but it felt like it skimmed over some plot points to focus more on the characters, and they’re evolving and changing relationships with themselves and those around them. I was excited to see more antics with a hockey player learning to figure skate, and so that part left me disappointed. I also feel like the opportunity to work through some side story relationship issues could have been better explored

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder

mswarning's review

emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

I don't think this book is objectively great, and I'm not going to think too critically about my rating. It's a bit abuse and manipulation heavy for a romance. I recommend checking the content warnings, especially if you have health/diet/weight triggers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

chelseafrieske's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

howdyhoward's review

I wanted a cute romcom and this was exactly that. Staci and Nate’s banter in the first third made me giggle and I was rooting for them for the most part. I wasn’t into their particular type of dirty talk but that was easy to overlook. Listening to the audiobook narrator say “fuuuuuuck” every time Nate was aroused got a little old and started making me laugh by the end. But above all I flew through this long audiobook and mostly had a really nice time.

I will say the epilogue struck me as gross. Staci and Nate have an accidental pregnancy, which would be fine in most scenarios, but they had had a very intentional conversation earlier in the book about how Staci wanted to adopt because of her own adoption and this ending felt like it was really undermining her agency. That choice alone makes me nervous about picking up other books from this author.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence and Pregnancy