Susan’s Book Blog

  📚 Fave Reads of 2022 Countdown 📚   #10   Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei  Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez  Technically I read these in ARC form in 2021 but they were both released in 2022 and I think they deserve some recognition on the list. These will always be two of my faves, for very different reasons, but they are both absolutely amazing and deserve all the love. Icebreaker is a queer hockey romance with excellent mental health rep; PoYW is a semi-magical small town romance with great characters and is hands down Abby Jimenez’s best work to date.  You can find my full review of Icebreaker here   and my review of Part of Your World here .

Okay, you guys, I need you to listen up because this book I’m about to talk about is AMAZING and it deserves attention and I haven’t heard a lot of word of mouth going around about it and it should be getting A LOT more love than it is.  Icebreaker is a wonderful, queer YA hockey romance that deserves all the love. I discovered it via NetGalley, gave it a try based on the premise, and was so glad I did because it was amazing. The romance is wonderful, the hockey is exciting and accurately portrayed, and the writing is fantastic. More importantly, the book delves into several serious topics and themes. This is Graziadei’s first book but it definitely won’t be their last. Check it out and give it some love! (GoodReads review below.) Pub Date: January 18, 2022 Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. I LOVED this!! I was excited to dive into this one and I enjoyed it even more than I expected to. I’ve been itching to read more hockey romances (Taylor Fitzpatrick is the gold standard, imo, and h...