![]() I especially loved how she dealt with stress when issues arose with Nate. She is hilarious and I loved her inner monologue throughout this book. ⚪ The banter and independency of the Anastasia. So for people who feel triggered by that topic know that her relationship with food becomes empowering to read about and this book isn't promoting diet culture. And yes, there is some toxic diet culture bs at the beginning but this story heals from that. I saw some reviews where people Dnf'd due to body image discussions at the beginning of the book. Shes snarky and difficult and he's a total cinnamon roll. Cue the dislike to lovers trope and him working to get her to like him. He wants to be friends and make the shared rink less stressful for both sides. So she and Nathan don't get off to the best start, much to Nathan's dismay. Anastasia believes that the hockey guys pulled a stupid prank and because of their bad decisions she is now being forced to share her rink. When the something happens to the second ice rink the hockey players are forced to share the single rink with the figure skaters. ![]() Our FMC is a figure skater with some pretty serious perfectionism struggles. ![]()
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