“Falling in love with Nathan Hawkins was not something I could have planned. No planner, iPad, or freaking sticker chart could have prepared me for my future. My imagination isn’t capable of dreaming up this level of happiness.”
Genre: Romance
Actual Rating: 5 stars
Spicy Meter: 5 fire emoji
Content Warnings: Describes eating disorders, emotional abuse, body shaming, toxic friendship, gaslighting, death of parent, and bullying centered on being adopted. Contains a lot of explicit sexual content.
“Icebreaker” follows Anastasia (Stassie) Allen, a figure skater aspiring to make it to the Olympics, and Nathan Hawkins, the hockey team captain of the university Stassie attends. Considering the University of California, Maple Hills (UCMH) has two ice rinks, they never really crossed paths until a series of unfortunate events leads to one of the rinks being out of service for the near future and so the hockey and ice skating teams now have to share a single rink. Their attraction is undeniable from the start, but so is their hesitation towards commitment. I mean, in the end they both have the same goals: going pro in their field. Nobody’s got time for relationships, right?
Well, this review can be summarized with one sentence: This book is definitely worth the hype. You’ve probably seen “Icebreaker” all over social media and I’m just here to say that this should be your next read if you’re looking for a steamy romance. You won’t regret it.
No, you don’t need to know anything about hockey or figure skating to appreciate this book. But will you still be rooting for Nathan and Stassie all throughout? Absolutely yes.
Something else I loved about this book is that it had various arcs. Usually shorter books tend to have one conflict and one solution and that’s it, but “Icebreaker” had various conflict come up and although it was heavy on the plot, it was also very cemented on character development.
Thank you so much to Ash from @beyondthebookcase on instagram for letting me join her buddy read, it was so so fun.
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