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anapataca3's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I absolutely loved this book.
The banter is perfect and I love Jasmine and Ivan. It's really fun and I would reread it.
The banter is perfect and I love Jasmine and Ivan. It's really fun and I would reread it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Stalking
Minor: Cursing, Abandonment, Body shaming, Car accident, and Panic attacks/disorders
kelsiejankowski's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, and Sexual harassment
bryelle's review against another edition
emotional
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? No
4.5
I love Jasmine so much. Reading about a bad ass, hard working woman is amazing.
She has worked hard her whole live to figure skate. She has had to make sacrifices of spending less time with her family, and work hard to earn money while competing. But she finally pairs up with her best friends brother who has teased her her whole life. They finally decided to work together and become friends, but the transition is hard.
She has worked hard her whole live to figure skate. She has had to make sacrifices of spending less time with her family, and work hard to earn money while competing. But she finally pairs up with her best friends brother who has teased her her whole life. They finally decided to work together and become friends, but the transition is hard.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Car accident
lucy_36's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Stalking
bookishxintrovert's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
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? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual harassment
ludmireads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
One thing: where can i get an Ivan Lukov? Asking for a friend.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Bullying and Stalking
bookish_dinkleberg's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I was so excited to read a figure skating romance and was, unfortunately, let down by the lack of actual figure skating in the book. There's a lot of practice in the book, which was fun to read, but we don't ever really get to read about the competitions the characters have been preparing for.
What I liked about the book:
- flawed main character whose faults and insecurities impact the plot and her relationships with other people
- the figure skating that was in the book seemed well-researched and realistic to me (I'm no expert though haha)
- the slow-burn aspects of the romance
What I didn't like about the book:
- the writing (it seemed a bit overwritten, a lot of detailed dialogue tags like " said the red-haired woman who gave birth to me")
- the inner monologue was funny at times and I can understand why the author might have wanted to leave all that in there, but for me (this is a personal preference) it was way too much and slowed down the pace of the book
- fat-shaming - What was the point of all that?
- the ending felt a little bit rushed and as I said above, we don't actually get to read about the competitions in detail and just get a summary of everything that happened in the epilogue
What I liked about the book:
- flawed main character whose faults and insecurities impact the plot and her relationships with other people
- the figure skating that was in the book seemed well-researched and realistic to me (I'm no expert though haha)
- the slow-burn aspects of the romance
What I didn't like about the book:
- the writing (it seemed a bit overwritten, a lot of detailed dialogue tags like " said the red-haired woman who gave birth to me")
- the inner monologue was funny at times and I can understand why the author might have wanted to leave all that in there, but for me (this is a personal preference) it was way too much and slowed down the pace of the book
- fat-shaming - What was the point of all that?
- the ending felt a little bit rushed and as I said above, we don't actually get to read about the competitions in detail and just get a summary of everything that happened in the epilogue
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual content, and Stalking
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Car accident and Pregnancy
evavstheworld's review against another edition
slow-paced
3.0
3 stars.
I finally finished this and I'm very frustrated, and I realise I have such a love/hate relationship with this book...
On the one hand, I loved, absolutely <b>loved</b> Ivan and Jasmine, and the way their relationship evolved from <i>enemies</i> to <i>friends</i> to <i>best friends</i> to wayyyy more. And I know their love language/expressing affection for one another is basically insulting each other, I can get behind that <b>only</b> because at one point it does kind of become <i>their thing</i>, and it was natural given their strong characters and mutual hate for each other from the very beginning. I also loved reading about their practice, and I wish there was more of that in the book, as well as more of the actual tournament.
Now for the reasons this book makes me mad.
First of all, I can totally see where Elena Armas took her writing inspo from because the writing styles of MZ and EA feel almost exactly the same. <s>I just enjoyed this book a lot more than TSLD.</s>
There was:
- way too much repetition (how many times can someone say a character blinked? or how many times can the character say "no" and the other character tell them to do the thing anyway???)
- too much monologue... ffs this was a CHORE to read, to the point where I just skipped chunks of text and legit felt like I didn't miss anything... bet if this was edited better and cut down, the page count would go from 500 to around 350 easy
- not enough tournament and skiing content
- not enough Jasmine's friendship with Karina content!!! I wanted so much more!
- too much fat shaming, plus the nickname Meatball when Jasmine is literally battling body dysmorphia/body image issues was so unnecessary???
I think giving this 3 stars is still quite generous, but as I've mentioned TSLD before, which got 2 stars and which I enjoyed significantly less, I think it's a fair rating given my reasons for loving/hating this book. I fell head over heels for Ivan Lukov though, despite his shortcomings, but he shall forever remain one of my favourite book boyfriends.
I finally finished this and I'm very frustrated, and I realise I have such a love/hate relationship with this book...
On the one hand, I loved, absolutely <b>loved</b> Ivan and Jasmine, and the way their relationship evolved from <i>enemies</i> to <i>friends</i> to <i>best friends</i> to wayyyy more. And I know their love language/expressing affection for one another is basically insulting each other, I can get behind that <b>only</b> because at one point it does kind of become <i>their thing</i>, and it was natural given their strong characters and mutual hate for each other from the very beginning. I also loved reading about their practice, and I wish there was more of that in the book, as well as more of the actual tournament.
Now for the reasons this book makes me mad.
First of all, I can totally see where Elena Armas took her writing inspo from because the writing styles of MZ and EA feel almost exactly the same. <s>I just enjoyed this book a lot more than TSLD.</s>
There was:
- way too much repetition (how many times can someone say a character blinked? or how many times can the character say "no" and the other character tell them to do the thing anyway???)
- too much monologue... ffs this was a CHORE to read, to the point where I just skipped chunks of text and legit felt like I didn't miss anything... bet if this was edited better and cut down, the page count would go from 500 to around 350 easy
- not enough tournament and skiing content
- not enough Jasmine's friendship with Karina content!!! I wanted so much more!
- too much fat shaming, plus the nickname Meatball when Jasmine is literally battling body dysmorphia/body image issues was so unnecessary???
I think giving this 3 stars is still quite generous, but as I've mentioned TSLD before, which got 2 stars and which I enjoyed significantly less, I think it's a fair rating given my reasons for loving/hating this book. I fell head over heels for Ivan Lukov though, despite his shortcomings, but he shall forever remain one of my favourite book boyfriends.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Car accident, and Fatphobia
charm0nix's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Fatphobia and Abandonment
frantically's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
tense
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
This book was so good!!
I loved reading Jasmine's perspective — she's definitely not your typical romance mc. She's opinionated, she's...a bit of a bitch (but we still love her) and so hardworking to achieve her goals.
Her and Ivan were just 🥰🥰. Their relationship progressed so naturally and they complimented each other really well. I was a bit hesitant at first but it all worked out in the end.
I did have a few issues with the book. I absolutely couldn't stand Jasmine's family, they were so rude to her. There were also some really weird fatphobic lines and razor propaganda?? That's why it's not 5 ⭐
I loved reading Jasmine's perspective — she's definitely not your typical romance mc. She's opinionated, she's...a bit of a bitch (but we still love her) and so hardworking to achieve her goals.
Her and Ivan were just 🥰🥰. Their relationship progressed so naturally and they complimented each other really well. I was a bit hesitant at first but it all worked out in the end.
I did have a few issues with the book. I absolutely couldn't stand Jasmine's family, they were so rude to her. There were also some really weird fatphobic lines and razor propaganda?? That's why it's not 5 ⭐
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Abandonment, and Body shaming
Minor: Car accident, Bullying, Medical content, and Racism