Goodreads synopsis
Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA.
A competitive figure skater since she was five years old, a full college scholarship thanks to her place on the Maple Hills skating team, and a schedule that would make even the most driven person weep, Stassie comes to win.
No exceptions.
Nathan Hawkins has never had a problem he couldn’t solve. As captain of the Maple Hills Titans, he knows the responsibility of keeping the hockey team on the ice rests on his shoulders.
When a misunderstanding results in the two teams sharing a rink, and Anastasia’s partner gets hurt in the aftermath, Nate finds himself swapping his stick for tights, and one scary coach for an even scarier one.
The pair find themselves stuck together in more ways than one, but it’s fine, because Anastasia doesn’t even like hockey players…right?
Personal Review
Icebreaker was good, like really good. The way I can describe it is that it creeps up on you. At first I wasn’t really enjoying it. Then, you slowly get to familiarize yourself with the various characters and their personalities. I was almost done with the book before I knew it.
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It still took me over a month to read it. Icebreaker was the last book I read in 2022, the first book I finished in 2023. With the holidays at the end of the year, I had no concentration to sit down and really read.
Anastasia’s personality wasn’t my favorite at some points. Maybe it’s because I didn’t have the lifestyle in college (I definitely wasn’t an athlete) but I felt she had a bit of hyper independence in the book. Nathan, on the other hand, was a dream book boyfriend. That boy can communicate to no end. He never let there be any miscommunication between himself and Anastasia which was a breath of fresh air in a romance.
The writing was more conversational, easy to read. Icebreaker was more of a light read, definitely character-driven in my opinion.
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