As a big fan of sports romances, my main point about this one is the severe lack of actual sports. I think there are maybe three skate practicing scenes and not a single one hockey game!

That being said, I really like the cast. The boys on the hockey team are distinct and interesting and their dynamics with Anastasia were the highlight of this book.

As much as I liked the main couple and the characters individually, I really struggled with the jump from "I have terrible hots for you for no reason" to "you're the love of my life". Seems weird that a romance book wouldn't go into detail into how they actually fell in love, you know.

Overall, I feel that Icebreaker could've been more than the average-and-forgetful romance if the plot had been streamlined and cleaned up. 300 and something pages would have done just fine.

(This didn't impact the rating because I don't really expect every romance to break genre clichés, but I still dislike the current trend of making the male lead a feminism vitriol while having a very #GenderRoles plot)