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chelsealistens2books's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
“Iced Out” 🏒 This is the perfect truly rival, enemies to lovers trope! The twist of them becoming college teammates is so good. Oak and Quin are opposites from their upbringings to personality but they have so much more in-common than they realize. CE Ricci writes beautiful MM romances and I love all her books, I wish more were available in audio like this one (and the second in this series) because the narrators being the characters to life so well. The third book in this series is available in print.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
🌶️🌶️🌶️.5
🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
🌶️🌶️🌶️.5
🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia
nz_elle's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
rickireadss's review against another edition
4.5
i wanted some enemies-to-lovers smut and this DELIVERED!!! the tension between oakley and quinton was amazing. i literally was kicking my legs and screaming because i was eating up every moment between them 😌 i also love that there wasn’t this huge sexual identity crisis - quinton was just like “i’ve never liked men before but i like oakley?? okay bet.” i really liked the plot/premise keeping them together and their chemistry was just *chef’s kiss*
⚠️: injury/injury detail, violence, drug use, child abuse, abandonment, homophobia, toxic friendship
⚠️: injury/injury detail, violence, drug use, child abuse, abandonment, homophobia, toxic friendship
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug use, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
kaylamei'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I’m drowning in him. So much so, I don’t care if it might go against the rules we’ve set out. Nor do I give a flying fuck about kissing him in public, where anyone can watch or judge or feel forced to shield their children’s eyes.
Quinn and Oakley are lovable hockey rivals who find themselves hooking up to keep a lucky winning streak.
Premise: 4/5 - Hockey enemies to lovers. It can’t compare to Heated Rivalry, but the college age players and the lovable jock attitudes are there.
Prose: 4/5 - Good writing. Nothing exceptional about it but nothing bad. Perhaps could have used a little more poetic waxing. Overall clean and tight writing.
Spice: 4.5/5 - Well written spice. Versatile/switching. Believable and steamy. Lost a little because I’d like to have seen more switching. Perhaps it was not always furthering the plot either but spicy nonetheless.
Tear-worthy: No. I did not cry. They were cute and you definitely felt bad for Quinn’s poor family life, but it was not gut wrenching.
Could have used better and more well developed friendships outside of the main pair.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Drug use and Homophobia