Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei

23 reviews

kendal_reads'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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Outing and Sexual content

kaitlinwarwick's review

emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Sexual content

stardustandrockets's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Medical content, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

tragicgloom's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Classism, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Body shaming, and Violence

kellysbookverse's review

emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Abandonment, and Mental illness

Moderate: Vomit, Homophobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Biphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

fanboyriot's review

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

5.0

I absolutely devoured this book.  It was nice being able to get lost in the pages and fall in love with the characters and their world.  Rivals to lovers is always the best but adding it to a queer sports book it is downright perfect.  It was seriously amazing.  The friendships were so wholesome.  The friendship between Dorian and Barbie was so comforting to read.  The way Mickey was an absolute simp and idiot when it came to Cauler.  It was both funny and aggravating at times when he would think one thing and say the other.  Delilah and Jade were so wholesome and cute and I loved them both separately and as a couple.  Not to mention any of Mickey's sisters, they were all so kind and I loved them all dearly.

The mental health rep was SO good.  Some parts were really relatable and it was really comforting in a way to read about it.  I really liked the paragraph in the epilogue: "Honestly, don't be ashamed.  A lot more people deal with it than you think, and the best way to cope is to acknowledge it and ask for help.  Don't suffer alone." (page 307)  it was so nice to see how far Mickey had come with his mental health.  Such a good read that now I have no idea what I'm going to do.  I need more.  10/10 will read again.


Queer Hockey
Mild Hurt/Comfort
Wholesome Friendships
Amazing Mental Health Rep
Mickey's Sisters (so damn wholesome)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual content, Vomit, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

samchase112's review against another edition

hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

Queer hockey fun! I loved the cast of characters — from Mickey's sisters to his kind teammates — and the message of hope, strength, and love in this wonderful little NA romance. My only issues were how quickly and neatly things were wrapped up, and how unexplored Jaysen's character felt. I really think an additional 50-100 pages would go a long way in developing Mickey's eventual decisions, as well as exploring Jaysen as a real human — not just a hot hockey bro. Regardless, I loved the meaning behind this one, and it really does strike a beautiful balance between coming-of-age with mental illness, and pure, adorable romance! A+!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism and Vomit

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

parasolcrafter's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

this was fun and cute!!! and as far as tropes go it actually did them quite well, finally <3 i dont usually care much abt tropes but its always nice when theyre written well and contribute to the story instead of feeling like something an author is checking off for a marketing purpose

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse and Drug use

reading_rainbows's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

I want to find out what happens to these characters next.  How does the NHL go for them? 

Spoiler

Do they come out publicly?  How does that go for them?

The experience of living with depression was captured beautifully.  The relationship growth between teammates felt authentic. The whole thing was written so well it felt like I could be Mickey even though we have very different upbringings.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Biphobia, Abandonment, and Alcohol

ridesthesun's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.25

Hockey boyfriends 🥺🥺🥺

This is such a fun rivals-to-lovers story. Even if you don't know much about hockey (I like to watch but I don't know all the rules/intricacies) it's really easy to follow all the ins and outs of it through the story. I wasn't expecting such a deep and genuine dive into mental illness, but I was really impressed by the accuracy of it. It wasn't like so many YA books that are just "depression=sad." The apathy, the exhaustion, the things that really take you out at the knees when you're depressed. 

My only complaint was how quickly/abruptly everything wrapped up. I wanted to see them navigate a relationship as teammates, growing and healing together. It just felt like so little pay off for all the work they did.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Biphobia, Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Minor: Blood and Suicidal thoughts