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Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

50 reviews

ckpeebler's review against another edition

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

1.0

uniquely horrible and just a little bit evil in it’s intentions to be quite honest…i will never get this time back

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brifal_'s review against another edition

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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

2.75

I picked this up from my friend as a joke but unfortunately, I kind of liked it. Mostly in part because the male love interest parallels my boyfriend in many ways and he’s perfect and hot and talented sooooo…. duh. But the plot was interesting enough and the tension throughout the enemies to lovers trope was enjoyed more than expected.
Be warned that this as close as a book can get to being p0rn basically lol. But ya know what… I wasn’t mad about it 🤷🏻‍♀️ 
The maturity of the writing was the hardest thing to see past. There were several times throughout the book where I was like “oh, I’m actually physically cringing”. There were also times where I said to myself, “I could’ve written this in a fanfic when I was 14.” So it’s kind of bad and juvenile but I stuck it out bc the main characters were hot sue me
Also the ending was catastrophically unsatisfying!!!
Stas just gets knocked up and basically her whole career is gone?! Be for real girly!!! Did she even want a baby?! Did Nate? It’s just annoying like WHY did they have to get pregnant why can’t they just be successful and chill out

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mika_rom's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring 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

4.25

veryyyyyy spicy!!

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beccam22's review against another edition

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4.5


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britwalsh16's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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 may be biased when it comes to hockey romances now, but I absolutely loved this book!! Stassie & Nate are just the cutest! And they are a real power couple! I also loved all the side characters (besides Aaron obvs 😂) Lola, Robbie, Henry, JJ, just all of them! The support they show one another is incredible! I can’t wait for Russ & Henry’s stories, & I hope there’s more after that!

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catastrophiclyss's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

5.0


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daisy2050's review

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emotional funny 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

3.0


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saretta02's review

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emotional funny 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? No

5.0


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rynjean's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5


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hellokatya's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

3.0

i went into this book being a straight romance virgin, and having no clue or expectations for what i was getting into. 
to say i was surprised when i came into (pun intended) SMUT, is an understatement. i dont know why it hadn’t crossed my mind that it was popular on booktok for that reason. 
this was one i had been thinking about for the duration a few books i had read, so i went in very excited about it. 
to be honest, i was not the biggest fan of the smut aspect, but the plot line was pretty okay. 
my only gripes are 
a. it felt like there was way too much going on and way too many characters. this one 400 page book felt like an entire first season of a tv show. very very busy 
b. the relationship becoming more than what anastasia had wanted
and the pregnancy / marriage in the end
felt like a knife in the back to her character. she was completely against everything that wound up happening to her - said by her verbatim numerous times across the novel - and rubbed me the wrong way. 
c.
it really took me out of the storyline hearing how “in love” and committed they were - talking about future houses and kids (even jokingly) THREE MONTHS into their relationship. have you no couth? no decorum? SOME SENSIBILITY? i just could NOT take them seriously for the life of me.

d. nate is so violent?
he was in so many arguments, fights, and altercations…. HUGE turn off and makes me worry about his emotional maturity / future with my dearest stassie.
get a grip! 
otherwise: i would wholeheartedly recommend this to someone who enjoys smut and would take it a lot less seriously.. it was a fun lighthearted read if you dont read too much into it (lol). 
dont think ill be venturing into the rest of the series (and books to come)

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