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A review by kayetaz
Iced Out by CE Ricci
4.5
4.5 ⭐️
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
Format: ebook
“I’m struggling to hold on to the reason why we were even enemies in the first place.”
My three favorite things in one book: MM, hockey romance, and enemies to lovers. I legit absorbed this, I couldn’t put it down.
What I really loved about this story was there was no gay panic. Maybe that makes it a tad unrealistic, I don’t know, but I appreciated the absence of it for once. I also loved the slow progression of enemies to friends to lovers. It’s not something I usually like but it really worked for them. This book had me giggling and kicking my feet more than any book I’ve read recently. They were just so cute together.
I will admit I was worried when we were only 17% in and Quinton was already on his knees. Literally, and probably a little figuratively too. I was scared there wouldn’t be any angst if it was moving that fast but thankfully it didn’t go the direction I was worried it would. There was plenty of beautiful, wonderful groveling.
I really just can’t get past the name Oakley. And definitely not the nickname Oak. That was brutal. Sorry to any Oakleys out there, but I just kept picturing a tree.
One of my favorite parts of hockey romances is seeing the dynamic between teammates, but there wasn’t a lot of it in this book. They only interacted with maybe three other people on the team. Quinn started off with a sophomore who was supposed to be his “Little” and then was never mentioned again, which was a bummer. That would’ve been a cute plot line. And for all of Oakley’s worries over his friends finding out about Quinton, they really didn’t have a reaction to it. Like at all. I expected a touch more drama. And Quinn never really even discussed anything with his childhood best friend about Oakley.
The sock proposal at the end though? Just cut my heart out with a rusty spoon and stomp on it. That was both the cringiest and cutest thing ever. God, I really loved these idiots.
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
Format: ebook
“I’m struggling to hold on to the reason why we were even enemies in the first place.”
My three favorite things in one book: MM, hockey romance, and enemies to lovers. I legit absorbed this, I couldn’t put it down.
What I really loved about this story was there was no gay panic. Maybe that makes it a tad unrealistic, I don’t know, but I appreciated the absence of it for once. I also loved the slow progression of enemies to friends to lovers. It’s not something I usually like but it really worked for them. This book had me giggling and kicking my feet more than any book I’ve read recently. They were just so cute together.
I will admit I was worried when we were only 17% in and Quinton was already on his knees. Literally, and probably a little figuratively too. I was scared there wouldn’t be any angst if it was moving that fast but thankfully it didn’t go the direction I was worried it would. There was plenty of beautiful, wonderful groveling.
I really just can’t get past the name Oakley. And definitely not the nickname Oak. That was brutal. Sorry to any Oakleys out there, but I just kept picturing a tree.
One of my favorite parts of hockey romances is seeing the dynamic between teammates, but there wasn’t a lot of it in this book. They only interacted with maybe three other people on the team. Quinn started off with a sophomore who was supposed to be his “Little” and then was never mentioned again, which was a bummer. That would’ve been a cute plot line. And for all of Oakley’s worries over his friends finding out about Quinton, they really didn’t have a reaction to it. Like at all. I expected a touch more drama. And Quinn never really even discussed anything with his childhood best friend about Oakley.
The sock proposal at the end though? Just cut my heart out with a rusty spoon and stomp on it. That was both the cringiest and cutest thing ever. God, I really loved these idiots.