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frantic_vampire's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-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? No
4.5
So. I blame all the romance bookstagramers for this one. In a good way! I really enjoyed this book and I can’t wait to dig into the series more.
This was so much fun! I wasn’t really expecting to love this as much as I did. The world building and the character building was so fun. I loved that the girls decided to call the planet Not-Hoth and all the other little nods to Star Wars. I can say with full honesty that I wasn’t planning to fall in love with these big blue aliens. But they were so sweet and kind to these humans that crash landed on their planet. It was just lovely!
I really enjoyed Ice Planet Barbarians and I don’t know what to do with myself right now, because I want to jump into the next book, but I have so many others that I need to get to before that one! I guess I’m gonna have to do some rearranging of the TBR 😅. Anyway! This one is getting a solid four and a half stars!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Sexual content, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
ireadinbed's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This was honestly much better than expected! I thought it would be like a crack fanfic but it has a ton of heart and a lot of small interesting elements. Reminds me a lot of Nina Bangs in writing style, except scifi. Very funny but not annoyingly so.
Some bits at the beginning were really horrifying though.
It will look weird rated a 4 next to send of my other 4s, but I think it's important to rate things based on what they were trying for, and this is a really decent romance novel.
Some bits at the beginning were really horrifying though.
It will look weird rated a 4 next to send of my other 4s, but I think it's important to rate things based on what they were trying for, and this is a really decent romance novel.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror and Trafficking
Moderate: Rape
emeraldblade's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Body horror, Slavery, Trafficking, and Murder
Minor: Death
emfass's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
I liked this way more than I expected to. The first chapter or two were very dark and potentially triggering (see below), but after Georgie finds Vektal, things were overall delightful. Not as light and fluffy as I thought it would be, but very enjoyable.
Part of me wishes the sex had been a little more creative. You're inventing a whole alien race and planet! You could totally reinvent sex!! But I still enjoyed it just fine.Plus a little nub that exactly hits your clit during penetration?? YES PLEASE.
Not sure why I was expecting an alpha alien, but Vektal was all cinnamon roll. I loved how he just did everything in his power to take care of Georgie, was firm in his love of her but never forced her hand(except perhaps in a dubious-consent scene when he wakes her up with cunnilingus, before understanding that she did not have the same understanding of resonance/mating as him; we are in her head when it happens and she is happy going along with it) .
See Leigh Kramer's review for an excellent breakdown of content warnings.
Part of me wishes the sex had been a little more creative. You're inventing a whole alien race and planet! You could totally reinvent sex!! But I still enjoyed it just fine.
Not sure why I was expecting an alpha alien, but Vektal was all cinnamon roll. I loved how he just did everything in his power to take care of Georgie, was firm in his love of her but never forced her hand
See Leigh Kramer's review for an excellent breakdown of content warnings.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Excrement, Trafficking, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Miscarriage, Abortion, and Pregnancy
It is strongly hinted at but not entirely confirmed (?) that the main character is pregnant by the end of the book. Lots of talk of wanting to get her pregnant by Vektal. There is a mention of one of the kidnapped women having been pregnant when she was taken, but that the kidnapper aliens forced an abortion.emilygigs's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Advice: Read the first chapter and then just skim until they crash-land on the ice planet — there’s an unnecessary and upsetting scene where a supporting character is raped that may make many readers want to quit the book entirely.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror and Rape
Moderate: Trafficking and Kidnapping