Icebreaker

So Bad. Booktok lied.

I'm surprised that I didn't dnf this book because there were a lot of times I wanted to rip the thing to pieces and throw it away.

To begin with, this book was freakishly long with no real substance. It dragged, and dragged, with some new conflict here and there and unwanted sex scenes to fill the voids. And there were so many characters that I couldn’t remember who was who.

Nathan is a sweet guy. Perhaps a little too sweet to be believable, but let's ignore that. On the other hand, Anastasia was frustrating AF. Although she is meant to be a strong-willed, determined girl, all she is is stubborn, annoying and mean. She seemed fine with everyone but was unreasonably rude to Nathan for some reason, and that was only for about 50% of the book. Then all of a sudden, she's nice to him. She has no problem telling Nathan that he's being disrespectful after hearing about his worries regarding Aaron. But she lets Aaron walk all over her, and that’s okay.

Anastasia plays hard to get; tells Nate that she doesn’t want commitment; she doesn't do jealous and also, she makes it clear that she wants nothing to do with him every time he makes a move on her. But when she sees another girl come out from his bedroom, she goes,

You made me look like a fool in front of our friends!

You fucked another girl upstairs at a party I’m at!

To sum that all up, this book did not live up to my expectations. It was like an unedited Wattpad story—too many characters, too much drama, too much going on. I started asking myself when it would be over around halfway through.

The only good thing about this book was Henry.