Reviews with content warning for Rape - Ice Planet Barbarians

Audiobook (audible) - interesting story of blue, green, and orange skinned aliens. Strange purring mate indicator, from a tape worm like thing. Wish the evil aliens would have died.

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tornado_ally's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

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hkschorr's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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witcheep's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

Reading this book is a way to get time to pass. I picked up this book expecting some smut, but there's barely any plot beyond "oh god this alien is strange and hot" -smut. The concept of fated mates is strong in this book. I guess there is some potential plot intrique of getting to know a foreign surrounding and culture in a kidnap escapee situation, but really, if smut is not your thing, you won't get anything out of this book.

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bookslucyking's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

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notbambi's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

TLDR: Silly and sexy and dumb in all the right ways. Like cotton candy in book form.

Other than the rape in the first chapter, which seems to be a misguided attempt to establish stakes, this is a goofy, fluffy, funny little novel that is exactly what you would expect from the cover and title. Human women get stranded on ice planet, one of them gets picked up by a 7-foot-tall blue alien who sees her as his mate, hilarity and sexual escapades ensue.

The locals have very few women, so they're thrilled, which could have gone in a terrible direction, but they're all very respectful and consenty and concerned that their ladies are probably going to die because they're so soft and weak. It's a species of Wife Guys, but like, in a good way.

I'm not super into the pregnancy angle at the end or the fact that the main pair are scientifically fated to be mated, but again, the book is generally so silly and such an obvious fantasy that it's hard to be mad.

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bloomingbookworm's review against another edition

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fast-paced

4.0

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5yr1_'s review against another edition

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Honestly there was FAR too much sexual violence for my taste- even within the first 40 pages

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