Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

40 reviews

jeanettesreadingcorner's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

3.5

What I liked: 

• 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.

- Nate punching Aaron was really satisfying. 

• 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…

What I disliked: 
- 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. 

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Content Warnings

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

littlemissmommy's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.0

Okay so I really enjoyed this, and the spice was perfect, but I didn’t quite love it. 

I will give full credit for the eating disorder rep, and anxiety rep. The story definitely juggled a lot of elements and I appreciate that Nate didn’t miraculously become a figure skater, as that was a huge reason I didn’t want to read this. So yay for realistic plot points. 

All in all a very fun, don’t think too hard spicy book, I would say spicy level on this is 4. (Multiple spicy scenes, and some kinks) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

beautyinherbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-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

5.0

This is the epitome of enemies to lovers!! I’m not just obsessed with her relationship with Nate, but with all the guys. I love the family they find together. This book is so sexy and sweet and just so good!! I definitely see why it’s everyone’s favorite hockey romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief and Death of parent

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

honeybeewitched87's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

teamlauren11's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

melist6's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism and Pregnancy

ninabubblygum's review against another edition

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? Yes

2.5

i would probably give this 2.5/5 stars. i personally wouldn't reread it or necessarily recommend it to anyone, but i didn't hate it. it just wasn't anything special to me and i disliked the FMC a lot of the time, which makes it harder to enjoy. i liked most of the other characters though and she did become more bearable over time. i liked that the main characters usually at least tried to communicate, unlike so many other book characters. there was a decent variety as far as a mixture of serious moments and more light-hearted ones, but eh. it dragged on and could have been half the length it was. so much was happening but it also felt like nothing was happening. i don't understand why people hype it up so much but okay! i've certainly read worse

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

booksandstarss's review

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.5

Very fun, but reads like fanfiction. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Toxic relationship

Minor: Grief