Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

30 reviews

jeanettesreadingcorner's review

emotional lighthearted slow-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

3.5

What I liked: 

• Once I read past 200 or so pages, it’s like the author found the plot and the story actually began. I started to enjoy the characters the romance, and everything else more. Nate and Anastasia are really cute. I enjoyed how they supported each other and their character growth, together and as individuals. The hockey team guys are funny and sweet too. I loved their found family dynamics.

- Nate punching Aaron was really satisfying. 

• I’m curious to read Wildfire to see how it compares to this one and I liked the characters enough to continue reading in the Maple Hills book world. 
• The ending was astronomically better than the beginning of the book. Overall, I eventually liked Icebreaker and I could see why it’s popular. There are some aspects that bothered me about it though…

What I disliked: 
- Aaron The Asshole sucks and I hate him, especially the way he treated Anastasia. 

• the beginning is a mess. There’s no direction or storyline. The characters are just partying and having sex, talking about sex, or insinuating it. I don’t mind sex scenes and they don’t bother me. However, they don’t need to be so frequent and in every moment the main characters are together. It was just too much in one book. That’s something that I don’t like about adult romance books. 
• British phrases in a book set in the USA and the characters are American? So weird. I guess it could be the quirky thing that the author writes but it seemed so odd and out of place to me. 
• The book is written in dual pov, which I usually prefer and love, but it did feel repetitive at times in this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Infidelity, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, and Cancer

littlemissmommy's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.0

Okay so I really enjoyed this, and the spice was perfect, but I didn’t quite love it. 

I will give full credit for the eating disorder rep, and anxiety rep. The story definitely juggled a lot of elements and I appreciate that Nate didn’t miraculously become a figure skater, as that was a huge reason I didn’t want to read this. So yay for realistic plot points. 

All in all a very fun, don’t think too hard spicy book, I would say spicy level on this is 4. (Multiple spicy scenes, and some kinks) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, and Grief

beautyinherbooks's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Grief, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Death of parent

mels_reading_log's review

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? It's complicated

5.0

This is the epitome of enemies to lovers!! I’m not just obsessed with her relationship with Nate, but with all the guys. I love the family they find together. This book is so sexy and sweet and just so good!! I definitely see why it’s everyone’s favorite hockey romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Medical content, Vomit, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual assault, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Grief and Death of parent

uranaishi's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Medical content, Pregnancy, Bullying, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Sexism

Minor: Violence, Vomit, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, and Death

honeybeewitched87's review

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Body shaming, and Bullying

Minor: Grief, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Infidelity

teamlauren11's review

emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Vomit, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Eating disorder

melist6'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

Minor: Ableism and Pregnancy

ninabubblygum's review

slow-paced

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

2.5

i would probably give this 2.5/5 stars. i personally wouldn't reread it or necessarily recommend it to anyone, but i didn't hate it. it just wasn't anything special to me and i disliked the FMC a lot of the time, which makes it harder to enjoy. i liked most of the other characters though and she did become more bearable over time. i liked that the main characters usually at least tried to communicate, unlike so many other book characters. there was a decent variety as far as a mixture of serious moments and more light-hearted ones, but eh. it dragged on and could have been half the length it was. so much was happening but it also felt like nothing was happening. i don't understand why people hype it up so much but okay! i've certainly read worse

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Grief, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

booksandstarss's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Very fun, but reads like fanfiction. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Toxic relationship

Minor: Grief