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A review by nothingforpomegranted
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
When the hockey rink at UC Maple Hills is melted as part of a prank, the team is required to share the second rink with the figure skating team. Competitive skater Anastasia is livid, and she takes out all of her anger on Nate Hawkins, the team captain. Quickly (probably too quickly), the teams end up spending lots of time together and, with Nate’s immediate attraction to Anastasia, the fiery tensions become steamy interactions with lots of dirty talk. Nate is obsessed with Stas in a good way, and he forgives all of her idiosyncrasies, including over-planning her life, being afraid of commitment, and avoiding him when she’s stressed. When they come back together each time, it is HOT, and there were a couple of scenes that I would happily return to (Uber, shower, the first steamy scene against the door). I loved that most of the tension actually ended up coming from outside characters, primarily from Aaron being a cruel, manipulative partner. I would have actually liked for that storyline to have started earlier and to be more fleshed out because I never understood his motivations or intentions. I also didn’t love the epilogue. Things wrapped up a bit too neatly and didn’t quite align with the rest of the book. There doesn’t need to be a babylogue in every romance! This HEA would have been totally sufficient with the two characters cheering each other on at the Olympics or celebrating Stas’s win afterwards 😏.