Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Barbarian's Prize by Ruby Dixon

60 reviews

book_gremlin42's review

dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy

tinkerswiftie's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I ended up liking Tiffany way more than I expected. She has so many layers and is so scared but I loved how gently she is loved. 🥹 This was a sweet story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Emotional abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Stalking

kell_yeah_reads's review against another edition

4.0

no comment

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

smuttymcbookface's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

As with all the IPB books, I did enjoy reading this. It was easy and quick to digest. However, I found myself a bit frustrated with Tiffany. She was callous in her neutrality, and her public dismissal of Salukh after he had been nothing but sweet was just too much.

Plus, Salukh was a little too much of a slob for my liking, but I appreciate that there are at least very distinct personalities.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Child abuse

roziereads's review

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Excrement

michalsstoryadventures's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Grief and Pregnancy

mrsmishler's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual content

pbella3's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy and War

robinwritesallthethings's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What It’s About: Tiffany comes into focus as we learn about the secret trauma she endured during her captivity and her frustration with being the most desirable of the last eligible women left in the tribe.

Spice Level: This one is more of a slow burn in terms of sex, with a lot of playing and exploring before the deed is finally done. It’s smoking hot all the way through and well worth the wait.

Realism: It would be easy to not feel bad for Tiffany. She’s attractive and skilled and all of the alien guys want her for their mate. But a deeper dive into her history and personality make her an entirely sympathetic character. I found her reaction to her trauma heartbreaking, but also understandable. I also like that this volume really dove into the idea of how resonance and falling in love aren’t necessarily the same thing, and how that might make people reluctant to have extraneous relationships for fear of what might happen later.

Trope Alert: Friends to lovers, friends with benefits.

Trigger Warnings: Rape trauma. In particular, there are some flashback scenes.

Final Thoughts: I have to say that I loved the sweet way Salukh treated Tiffany, both from the beginning and after he realized why she was so reluctant to pursue any kind of relationship. He was a perfect gentleman, and it was so nice to see how he respected Tiffany’s feelings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

haley49's review against another edition

4.0

It’s criminal how much I love these. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual content