#hockey book

[stardustandrockets]

"Depression doesn’t care who you are or what you’ve been through... It’s an illness that can happen to anyone” —Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei

I absolutely LOVED this book!! I did the audio on the drive to my parents' house; I'll definitely be doing a re-listen so I can annotate my physical copy because holy hells was it good!

I absolutely love that the story is from Mickey's POV. He's a legacy in the hockey world, slated for top NHL draft pick, and has a lot to live up to. He's going into his rookie year at the same college his dad and grandfather attended (as well as his five sisters). There's a lot riding on him. On top of these pressures, he's dealing with depression. Oh, and did I mention his rival on the ice, Jaysen, is also attending the same school to play hockey? The drama!

Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei is about falling in love, finding your team (both on and off the ice), and choosing your own path. The mental health rep is phenomenal, the found family vibes are immaculate, and I can't recommend this book enough!!

[landing-safeheaven]

[brisingr-sword]

just opened up icebreaker by al graziadei for the first time and started tearing up at the dedication “to everyone who’s had to tuck away a bit of themselves every time they laced up their skates”

[obsob]

oooooooooough i love you i love you i love you!!!! hand in loving hand !!!!!!

[my-stack-of-books]

Let’s Talk Icebreaker

I picked up Icebreakers because it was all over Tik Tok. I'm a big fan of sports romance, especially hockey. There were a lot of things I thought I would like about the book. I loved the idea of the ice skater learning hockey or a hockey player learning ice skating.

But then I started to read it. It was hard to get through. I almost DNF it a few times and even though the book would put me into a reading slump. I had a hard time rooting for them to get together when they kept fighting over stupid or childish things. The whole suspense storyline was unrealistic. If he wanted to go pro as bad as he did he wouldn’t have taken the blame. A suspension that long would make any team looking at him change their mind even after the ending. The whole couple therapy storyline was weird and a little out of character. She never talked to her actual therapist about it and went along with it when she knew it was toxic.

I feel like this book and her writing would have been better if the characters were in high school. They reacted as people in high school would react more than someone almost done with college. Some of the characters feel too young for the stage of life they are in. This book was way too long for the plot she was going with. It could have been cut in half and still covered everything.

[rainbowd00dles]

Archie and Jamie from Rookie Recovery by Lex Veia and Jemma Croft !!

It's got:

hockey

grumpy x sunshine

age gap

trolley trauma

spice

[gyudons]

hockey fandom be like:

(page from light up the lamp by kit oliver, an m/m hockey romance)

[larsnicklas]

face of a man who has just scored to make it 6-0 against his little brother's hapless hockey team

[pyotrkochetkov]

Jack Draper Press Conference | 2024 US Open Quarterfinal

[stromer]

“He’s improved his eating habits, he’s reading a book almost weekly to try to improve his brain… I know that sounds silly, but as a captain at 23, that motivates you, that motivates our group… He’s the engine for our team" — Conor Garland Quinn Hughes via the Dropping Gloves podcast

[grandmafc]

That old man is already planning the post season LOTR Extended Edition marathon

[suburbanbonfire]

IT'S HUNTING SEASON

[happygirl2oo2]

Queer Sports Romance Books Recs For Pride Month 🌈 (all are books I've either read or currently have on my own tbr list)

Hockey

Rookie Recovery (Bobcat Boys #1) by Jemma Croft and Lex Veia [mlm]

Vancouver Orcas interconnected series by Amy Aislin [mlm]

Hometown Hero (Whistleport Hockey #1) by Declan Rhodes [mlm]

Hockey Guys interconnected series by Sarina Bowen [mlm]

Prove It by Stephanie Hoyt [mlm]

Fake Boyfriend interconnected series by Eden Finley [mlm]

Caught off Guard by Catherine Cloud [mlm]

Chicago Thunder interconnected series by Jodi Oliver [mlm]

Don't Look Down (Best Laid Plans #1) by Jessica Ann [mlm]

Hockey Ever After interconnected series by Ashlyn Kane and Morgan James [mlm]

Love & Other Inconveniences by Catherine Cloud [mlm]

Time to Shine by Rachel Reid [mlm]

Relationship Goals interconnected series by Brigham Vaughn [mlm]

Light Up the Lamp by Kit Oliver [mlm]

Puckboys interconnected series by Eden Finley and Saxon James [mlm]

Hot Shot (Orlando Storm #1) by Marissa James [mlm]

Breakaway partially-interconnected series by E.L. Massey [mlm]

Delay of Game interconnected series by Hannah Henry [mlm]

Offsides interconnected series by J.J. Mulder [mlm]

Roughing (Portland Seabirds #1) by Michaela Grey [mlm]

Stick Side interconnected series by Amy Aislin [mlm]

Let's Do This (IFU Hockey #1) by Loren Leigh [mlm]

CU Hockey interconnected series by Eden Finley and Saxon James [mlm]

Back to Center (Mohegan U Hockey #2) by Ryan Taylor and Joshua Harwood [mlm]

Penalty Box interconnected series by Ari Baran [mlm]

Shenanigans (Brooklyn Hockey #6) by Sarina Bowen [m/f with a bi mc]

The Inside Edge by Ashlyn Kane [mlm]

Icebreaker by A. L. Graziadei [mlm]

Hockey Bois by A.L. Heard [mlm]

Three Is The Luckiest Number by Catherine Cloud [mlm]

Not Over You by Samantha Wayland [mlm]

Wake Up, Nat & Darcy by Kate Cochrane [wlw]

It's a Love/Skate Relationship by Carli J. Corson [wlw]

Off the Bench Duet Series by Kimberly Knight [mlm]

Twincerely Yours by Eden Finley [mlm]

Car Racing

Pole Position by Rebecca J. Caffery [mlm]

Lights Out Series interconnected series by various authors [mlm]

Fast Love (Fast Love #1) by Kerry Lockhart [wlw]

Driven By Passion (Gamble Racing #2) by Renee Dahlia [mlm]

Redline (Redline #1) by Emma Barlowe [mlm]

Furious by Jamie Pacton and Rebecca Podos [wlw]

Bowling

The 7-10 Split by Karmen Lee [wlw]

Baseball 

The Prospects by KT Hoffman [mlm]

Batting Style by Louisa Masters [mlm]

You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian [mlm]

The Smile Has Left Your Eyes by Danielle Dawsen [mlm]

Volleyball 

We Got the Beat by Jenna Miller [wlw]

Always More (Sports #1) by Nicole Pyland [wlw]

Roller derby

Mighty Millie Novak by Elizabeth Holden [wlw]

False Start by Santana Knox [wlw]

Basketball 

How You Get the Girl by Anita Kelly [wlw]

Love and Sportsball (Atlanta Cannons #1) by Meka James [wlw]

Zone Defense interconnected series by Becca Seymour [mlm]

Fencing

Fence comic series by C.S. Pacat and Joanna the Mad [mlm]

Football

One Last Play by E.B. Neal [mlm]

Coming Out on the Sidelines by Dev Hahn [wlw]

Forward Entry (Sydney Swallows #1) by Aurora Crane [mlm]

The Game (Charleston Condors #2) by Beth Bolden

Atlanta Lightning interconnected series by Riley Hart [mlm]

Fumbled Past (San Diego Seals #2) by Cecelia Storm [mlm]

Onside Kiss (Domingo #1) by Octavia Jensen [mlm]

You Started It (Fan Service Series #3) by Hinsel Meyer [mlm]

Tigers and Devils (Tigers and Devils #1) by Sean Kennedy [mlm]

Roosevelt College interconnected series by Christina Lee [mlm]

You & Me by Tal Bauer [mlm]

Crushing on the Quarterback by Baylin Crow [mlm]

Tennis

Deuce (Tennyson Bend #2) by P.T. Ambler [mlm]

Soccer

You Don't Have a Shot by Racquel Marie [wlw]

Everything for You (Bergman Brothers #5) by Chloe Liese [mlm]

Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner [wlw]

Pull Me Under by Zarah Detand [mlm]

The Game Changer (Denver Defiant, #1) by Finley Chuva [wlw]

I Like Me Better by Robby Weber [mlm]

Finding a Keeper (Sports #4) by Nicole Pyland [wlw]

Don't Hate the Player by Shelby Elizabeth [mlm]

Endgame by Zoe Reed [wlw]

Hotshot by Clare Lydon [wlw]

Rugby

Attractive Forces by Jax Calder [mlm]

The Tighthead (Lincoln Knights #1) by Charlie Novak [mlm]

Softball

The Unexpected Dream (Sports #3) by Nicole Pyland [wlw]

Chess

Always the Almost by Edward Underhill [trans boy x boy]

Wrestling 

Alondra by Gina Femia [bisexual girl mc]

Lacrosse 

Catch and Cradle by Katia Rose [wlw]

Swimming

Tears in the Water Margherita Scialla [LGBTQ+]

Badminton

Shy by Ashish Rastogi [mlm]

[obsob]

once more around the sun!! :3

[the-dark-artifices-trees]

Hannah Wells 🤝 Anastasia Allen

Falling for the ice-hockey Captain

Knowing a toxic guy named Aaron

In therapy for a time

Cries in said ice-hockey Captain lap (while in their boxers)

Gets pregnant in their 20’s

[clonerightsagenda]

It started with that dead guy next door book but there has been a huge boom in 'book titles that make me think the love interest will be some type of Creature but it's just a boring dude who owns a small business or whatever. but there's also a Creature. peripherally.' *Chuck Tingle voice* Not pounded in the ass by the undead entity haunting my home because a) they are incorporeal and b) they are not the love interest probably because they're incorporeal and everyone wants their romance novels to be [spicy/insert whatever juvenile term we're using this week instead of just saying it has sex in it]. False advertising and cowardice.