Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

441 reviews

dolphinchick93's review

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Classism, Sexism, Vomit, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Violence

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

jcrocker95's review

lighthearted medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Bullying, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming

carsons1996's review against another edition

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

4.5

Even if you're not a sports romance reader, this book has a little bit of everything for every kind if reader. The ending is kind of corny, but I expected nothing less from a fluff book like this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gaslighting, Alcohol, Vomit, and Bullying

Minor: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, and Body shaming

falling through ice into water

lisa07xie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

I love Anastasia and Nate they are so cute and a perfect match!! I loved how they helped eachother grow and that Anastasia finally noticed what a piece of shit Aaron is (sorry for my rudeness but Aaron deserves it!). The Ending was perfect I am so happy for them and that they achieved their dreams but now I wanna see them with their little girl o̴̶̷̥᷅﹏o̴̶̷̥᷅ Still it was so cute♡♡♡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Violence, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

sas_lk's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

I definitely enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Careful though, it's a very very very horny romance. I thought that would lessen my enjoyment of the characters and plot, but I still enjoyed it surprisingly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

chloes_bookmark's review

lighthearted fast-paced

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

1.5

It was an okay book. Definitely a fast romance read. It’s not my favorite type of book but I did enjoy reading it! Just wouldn’t read again or recommend lol 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Bullying

mels_reading_log's review

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

Minor: Grief and Death of parent

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