Title: Icebreaker (UCMH #1)
Author: Hannah Grace
Genre: Romance, Contemporary
Publisher: Atria Books
Source: Library
Format: Ebook
Release Date: August 23, 2022
Rating: ★★★★★
Goodreads Synopsis:
Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA. It looks like everything is going according to plan when she gets a full scholarship to the University of California, Maple Hills, and lands a place on their competitive figure skating team.
Nothing will stand in her way, not even the captain of the hockey team, Nate Hawkins.
Nate’s focus as team captain is on keeping his team on the ice. Which is tricky when a facilities mishap means they are forced to share a rink with the figure skating team—including Anastasia, who clearly can’t stand him.
But when Anastasia’s skating partner faces an uncertain future, she may have to look to Nate to take her shot.
Sparks fly, but Anastasia isn’t worried . . . because she could never like a hockey player, right?
Review:
Anastasia Allen is a competitive figure skater at University of California, Maple Hills, who is trying to get to the Olympics in two years. Nate Hawkins is the captain of the UCMH hockey team. When one of their rink facilities is destroyed by their rivals, the figure skaters and hockey players must use the same rink for months. Nate likes Anastasia when they meet at a hockey house party, but her skating partner, Aaron, gets jealous and makes life hard for Anastasia. Despite not liking hockey, Anastasia realizes she’s starting to fall for a hockey player.
This was such a spicy romance! I loved Anastasia and Nathan. One part that was really disturbing was the way Anastasia was treated by her skating partner. He was manipulative in a way that wasn’t obvious at first but later became undeniable. A character who I loved was a hockey player named Henry! I’m so glad that the third book in the series is his love story!
Icebreaker is a spicy hockey/skating romance!
Content warnings: disordered eating, death of parent (off page)
Other books in the series:
- Wildfire (UCMH #2)
- Daydream (CUMH#3)
Have you read Icebreaker? What did you think of it?
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