Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

37 reviews

army_potterhead_multistankpop's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Blood

queerbookworm's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• 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

4.0

I actively avoided this book for over a year because it was a "booktok book" and I genuinely regret not reading it sooner. It's not perfect but it is way better than I expected and an enjoyable read. It's not all spice with no plot which was a very real concern of mine going in but it's a good story with spice throughout, the only proper way to write a spicy book in my opinion as a smut reader since the age of 13. The plot gets a bit predictable at points but is still able to grip you. The characters are lovely (

except Arron

) and were where I got most of my enjoyment from. I will absolutely be reading more from this author in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Body shaming, Alcohol, Misogyny, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Vomit

uranaishi's review

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: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual content

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

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

angreadseverything's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit

honeybeewitched87's review

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

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

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

I really enjoyed the story of finding love where you don’t expect it, friends who are there for you no matter what, toxic people getting their comeuppance, and that while having a team/partner beside you is great you can also do things solo and be okay. 

That being said, I found this book to be too sexy? Like there was so much sex it was eventually just background noise. Definitely not an audiobook to listen to with the kids around, but by about half way I could have skipped through the sex scenes and still enjoyed the book. 

All sex aside, I loved the communication between all the characters (friendship and romantic relations) and the amount of times Nate and Stas mentioned therapy and how beneficial it was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault and Pregnancy

shaunashares's review

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Blood

ashlynregan's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted 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

2.5

I dont know whats more unrealistic: the fact that their university put on Hamilton or that a man like Nate Hawkins really exists. I think its both.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Death of parent, Mental illness, Medical content, Cursing, and Eating disorder

almendraa's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent, and Blood

callidoralblack's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Sexism, and Medical content