I don’t know what Hannah Grace put into this book other than absolute joy, love, heart warming, and endearing characters, fantastic, witty banter, and SO MUCH MORE! I’m pretty sure there was something magically sprinkled in this book because, one second I was opening the book to start reading and the next I found myself having zoomed through a good amount of chapters within a few hours. This had all the great qualities you could ever want in a book from, diversity, LGBTQ+ rep, humor, a unique take on the storyline, and characters that’ll leave you smiling the biggest smiles you could ever imagine!

Anastasia Allen (Stassie) was the meticulous planner, making sure everything went according to her plans in order to execute the best of her abilities when it came to ice skating. Right away, it was easy to admire and love Anastasia’s determined drive in order to succeed. Meanwhile, Nathan Hawkins (Nate) was always driven to succeed with hockey and he was every bit of a lovable hunk with a heart of gold. Nathan was immediately so endearing, goofy, and a cinnamon roll that had me loving him right away. Both, Anastasia and Nathan were a joy from the start and once they got introduced to each other, OMG THE BANTER WAS OFF THE CHARTS FANTASTIC! I feel like the banter was truly unique in a way that literally reading their interactions together had me recognizing the quick wit and comebacks that came so naturally between Anastasia and Nathan that I was quite frankly impressed and surprised with the good amount of banter between them. Right away, it was easy to spot that Anastasia was the grumpy one and Nathan was the sunshine. I feel like reverse grumpy/sunshine books aren’t common (at least for me personally), but the way that Hannah wrote the dialogue between Anastasia and Nathan was phenomenal, as well as all the dialogue for the other characters as well.

This story had amazing characters that are easy to love and with the friend group being a part of the story, you get to see a variety of different characters as well. One of the many things I loved about this book was the friend group. From meeting Lola, JJ, Robbie, Ryan, and Henry, all those characters each had wonderful personalities that were unique to them, and left me wanting to know more about them. I’m excited to see this book expanded into the series and see how each character will hopefully get their own books. Now, while I adore each character for a number of reasons, I gotta say… Henry Turner had me feeling some type of way! The shy, sweet, thoughtful Henry who somehow managed to steal the show at times throughout the book made me want to get more glimpses of him! I finally understand why everyone kept mentioning Henry! It all makes sense to me now!

The chemistry between Anastasia and Nathan was one of the things I was most curious/excited to see unfold, especially considering the rocky start they had at the very beginning of the book. Initially, Anastasia wasn’t sure about Nathan, meanwhile Nathan just wanted to befriend and set things right between them. I definitely wasn’t expecting things to heat up quickly, but OMG Nathan definitely didn’t need a map in order to… please Anastasia (IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW!) The spice in this book was immaculate! Anastasia and Nathan had many hot worthy moments that literally left me shook and jaw dropping from their stamina, passion, desire, and straight up creativity in and out of the bedroom. Anastasia liked to tease and push Nathan in order to rile him up and it only furthered Nathan into calling out Anastasia for being a brat that wanted him. I guess being called a brat and pushing a guy’s buttons was the kind of thing that turned on Anastasia and Nathan, and I was enjoying witnessing it ALL UNFOLD! I loved how sex positive this book was, and embraced all aspects of exploring yourself, sexuality, and more. Honestly I feel like with the amount of spicy moments in this book, I genuinely lost count. Ms. Hannah Grace wasn’t playing with the spice in this book WOO! There was a lot of great things that I could go on about with the spice, and certain scenes that come to mind, but let me just say that one) Nathan and Anastasia had a way with words, and two) Anastasia was VERY FLEXIBLE! 

Anastasia might have been a grumpy pants at times, but throughout the book, I got to see more of her sarcastic, hilarious, vivacious personality. Anastasia’s candidness with her mental health and going to therapy was a great thing to illustrate in the story especially when the pressure of trying to succeed in figure skating was hard for Anastasia. Little by little, Anastasia opened up to Nathan, which I loved seeing since she allowed him to learn more about her, and her insecurities/fears. The communication in this book was great, just by telling each other how they felt or talked things out made Anastasia and Nathan mature for being college students. 

My goodness this book simply blew me away, and I cannot get over it. There was never a full moment, the side characters, Anastasia, Nathan, the plot, the humor, romance, SPICE, and the banter were phenomenal! This book was more than I expected and I couldn’t get myself to stop reading, I was zooming through like the fastest woman alive! Anastasia and Nathan were incredible, I loved how their relationship and chemistry was, as well as the openness with communicating with each other. This book may look cute, but it certainly didn’t hold back on the spice, and some of the topics heavy topics mentioned. Hannah did a fantastic job with this book, and my only regret is that I didn’t read this sooner! This is officially a book I will never shut up about, will recommend to everyone! The overall vibe of the book made me fall in love, and just when I couldn’t get any happier, the epilogue was amazing as well! If you couldn’t tell by my LONG REVIEW, I clearly fell in love with Anastasia and Nathan, and Hannah Grace’s story!