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Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

41 reviews

shaunashares's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Sexual content and Alcohol

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Blood

ashlynregan's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted 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? Yes

2.5

I dont know whats more unrealistic: the fact that their university put on Hamilton or that a man like Nate Hawkins really exists. I think its both.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

almendraa's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Blood, Vomit, and Death of parent

callidoralblack's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

kathis_wonderland's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing 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? Yes

4.0

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace is the first book in the Maple Hill series. Anastasia is an aspiring figure skater. When problems at university lead to the skating team and the ice hockey team needing to share a rink, problems are inevitable. Sparks fly between Anastasia and Nate, the captain of the hockey team, and not only good ones. But they need to work together, which includes trying to ignore all the good sparks between them. 
 
I love figure skating! In my teenage years I would get up any time during the night during the Olympic Winter Games whenever figure skating was on, because I was just amazed by it. So, is it surprising that I liked this book? No, it isn't. This book was really good to read. I liked the alternating POVs that gave us an insight into figure skating and ice hockey, which I found interesting. What really amazed me in this book was consent. They all took consent very seriously. This is what sexual action should look like. Nate even said somewhere at the beginning of their relationship that Anastasia can withdraw consent anytime she wants to. Loved that.
 
The communication between Anastasia and Nate was quite good as well. Usually, when it comes to characters in this age group, there often is miscommunication, which annoys me greatly. Their chemistry was amazing as well! Lots of spice in this book.
 
On thing that bothered me, and this is totally a me thing and has nothing to do with the book by itself, was the name Anastasia. More often than not my mind jumped to Fifty Shades of Grey when I read the name. And this book is completely different to the other series! I don't know what came over me... 
 
I quite enjoyed this book. Sometimes the story seemed a bit dragging, but overall, it was good. I hope I can get back to Maple Hills at some point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Blood, and Gaslighting

Minor: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Vomit, and Pregnancy

hannibanani29's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Blood, and Death of parent

smuttymcbookface's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Wow, what a book, and so much to cover!

First of all, I want to commend this book on the adult handling of so many difficult topics, from calorie intake for professionals to handling workplace relationships where the friendship has soured. The wonderful communication between the two main characters meant you truly understood how both were feeling, even from opposite sides. There was something realistic about each of the characters, and you truly felt they could have existed outside of the romance book.

My two main gripes about this were that I felt the plot dragged on a little at the end (for example,

her skating and falling into the lake was an unnecessary extra

) and that some of the actions were a little too childish sometimes for me to reconcile with the development of the characters. However, both of these were minor gripes, and I found the book amazing overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

riviuu's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

its a bit like fanfiction but i did enjoy the non-toxic characters and the actual character self reflection in this book. it was entertaining but not a good piece of literature

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cursing, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

l_lilly_05's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

pagesihavenotyetread's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Sexual assault, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting