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ceredonia's review against another edition
- 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
2.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship
swamprat410's review against another edition
- 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
Storyline is full of tropes: grumpy girl boss and the sunny hockey captain (the lovable father figure of the found family/ragtag team of unruly hockey players) go from enemies-to-lovers who have to overcome limited resources and learn to share the ice.
I read this book as an audiobook and honestly I wish that I'd had a physical book/ebook to read along with for the sole purpose of annotating/keeping notes to keep the sheer number of characters straight.
This book was like being in a college social circle -- in that there are so many people coming and going and at times you have no idea who is going to stick around/be relevant. There were times where I found myself thinking "why do I care/who the hell is this person?" at some of the anecdotal details, but then again, that's probably what builds the universe that the author is creating.
At times I definitely struggled to get through the story. Anastasia is kind of annoying, there's tons of nicknames (like she has at least 3 I feel like), some of the writing is clunky, and the pacing is weird. Plus there's a lot of stuff that if it happened in real life in your friend group you'd be like uh wtf...
Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
cailyndanae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Eating disorder
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
hayleythegoose's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual harassment
xapoptosisx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Vomit, and Pregnancy
Minor: Misogyny
smilagros's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, and Alcohol
Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy
samspur's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
defunctfridge's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Mental illness, Violence, and Vomit
Minor: Sexual assault and Pregnancy
iida_a's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming and Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Violence, Medical content, and Death of parent
Minor: Pregnancy
thereadingfairy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Infidelity, Medical content, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
The cover of this book misleadingly makes it look like a cute, innocent, lighthearted romance. The characters and their relationships, however, are certainly not ‘innocent’. Most of the book is more about lust than love, which I personally didn’t want to read.