Maple Hills Book 1: Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

 

Maple Hills Book 1

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?

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My Review: 5/5 Stars

I’ve seen so many good things about this book and had a feeling I would enjoy it. But I didn’t expect to love it just as much as I did! It was so good! And so different from what I expected this story to be about and just how everything played out. And I love that. Anastasia has one goal: make it to the Olympics. To do that she and her skating partner, Aaron, need to be the best and she needs to follow her schedule and plans if she wants any chance of that. But things get turned sideways when one of the two ice rinks is damaged by a prank and now the skating team and the hockey team need to share the space. This puts her in the path of Nathan. Captain of the hockey team who will do whatever he can to make things right and have an easy transition for both teams. But things start off a bit rocky between him and Anastasia. But he won’t give up. Especially when he senses this connection with her. The two of them slowly try to work on the trust between them and even maybe let it shift to something more. But there are always issues and complications arising. A lot goes down in this story and I definitely don’t want to spoil it. I loved that there were so many things going on in the plot, I love all the side characters who shine in their own way and make the story ten times more interesting, and I really loved Anastasia and Nathan’s connection. These two have so much chemistry and watching their relationship slowly shift as the story goes on was just done so, so well. They balance one another out so well and they help one another become better people in general. Loved their dynamic. I got sucked into this story so quickly and just couldn’t put it down! And I’m definitely excited to read the next book in the series!