A review by readingwithlyss
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

emotional funny hopeful inspiring slow-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

๐ผ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›'๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐ผ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๏ผŽ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข'๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๏ผŽ 

โš ๏ธ TRIGGER WARNING โš ๏ธ This book contains contents about : Emotional abuse, eating disorder, gaslighting, death of a loved one, and body image issues โš ๏ธ

I had a love hate relationship with Anastasia at first, with her attitude and how she treated Nathan I couldnโ€™t stand her ๐Ÿ˜‚ BUT I loved how that girl knew what she wanted ๐Ÿซก๐Ÿ’— She was unbelievably hardworking, insanely stubborn, organized and definitely VERY sassy/grumpy while still having her sweet moments ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป

And then there is Nathan Hawkinsโ€ฆ๐‘ต๐’‚๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ญ**๐’„๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’˜๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’” ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป..This man definitely made himself #1 on my fictional boyfriend list ๐Ÿ˜ The way he unconditionally loved Anastasia was just *๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’‡๐’” ๐’Œ๐’Š๐’”๐’”* ๐ŸคŒ๐Ÿป Heโ€™s confident, thoughtful, dedicated, and loyal ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿ’— ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘ซ๐‘ถ๐‘ตโ€™๐‘ป ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฌ๐‘น ๐‘บ๐‘ฌ๐‘ป๐‘ป๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ผ๐‘ต๐‘ป๐‘ฐ๐‘ณ ๐’€๐‘ถ๐‘ผ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฌ๐‘ป ๐’€๐‘ถ๐‘ผ๐‘น ๐‘ต๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘จ๐‘ต ๐‘ฏ๐‘จ๐‘พ๐‘ฒ๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘บ ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’

Now I do want to say that THE ONLY reason I gave this book 4โญ๏ธโ€™s was because the story was definitely dragged out which made it to where it took me FOREVER to finish this book ๐Ÿ˜ญ I started in December and finished in February ๐Ÿซฃ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ I still very much enjoyed the book but I started to lose interest ๐Ÿ˜•

The side characters were absolute perfection as well ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป Without giving too much away, I absolutely LOVED Henry! Iโ€™m sorry, but the fact that he kept a box of womenโ€™s essentials in his bathroomโ€ฆ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘ถ๐‘ท- I would read any book about that man in a heartbeat! Can he get his own story?! ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ’—
And since we are on the topic of side charactersโ€ฆAaronโ€ฆ.I have never disliked a character as much as I disliked him ๐Ÿคข I want to take my hat off to Hannah Grace for being able to write an absolute phenomenal โ€œ๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’๐’Š๐’‚๐’โ€ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’—

Now finally, if you want spiceโ€ฆTHIS IS YOUR BOOK! ๐Ÿฅต๐Ÿ“– When I say this book had me ๐‘ฉ๐‘ณ๐‘ผ๐‘บ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ, hot, weak at the knees, and embarrassed when reading a spicy scene in public ๐Ÿคญ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐Ÿ’— Oh my goodness..๐Ÿซ ๐Ÿซฃ๐ŸคŒ๐Ÿป

Overall, I recommend reading this book if youโ€™re looking for a reverse grumpy/sunshine trope ๐Ÿ˜ โ˜€๏ธ, love college sports romance ๐Ÿ’—, hockey/ice skating ๐Ÿ’โ›ธ๏ธ, and dual POV ๐Ÿ“–
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