A review by bazayas
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

funny lighthearted slow-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

2.5

Anastasia, a figure skater, and Nate, a hockey team captain, try to keep their relationship casual, even as they increasingly spend every day together and can’t keep their hands off each other, in this cozy (and spicy) college romance. 

This book is largely plotless and about 1/3 too long, but largely entertaining, partly because the audiobook narrators are so good. I avoided this book for a while despite the hype because I didn’t want to read hockey scenes—and somehow there’s almost no hockey scenes?? Does the author hate hockey but just like hockey players?? Nobody acts realistic. Nothing makes sense. It IS overhyped. The last 15% of the book is unbearable and even the characters I liked overstayed their welcome. 

CW/TW:

toxic/manipulative friendships; implied ED; adoption; parental death (cancer); sexual harassment; minor violence; narcissistic personality disorder 

For fans of:

college romance fluff; sports romances (hockey, ice skating); tropes: chosen family, friends to lovers to friends to lovers, he falls first, alpha male BS; spice for spice’s sake