Reviews tagging 'Death'

Barbarian's Mate by Ruby Dixon

21 reviews

bbygirl21's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

I don't have much to say about this. But I did enjoy it. I loved Haeden and Josie together. The tension between them until the moment they get together is amazing. I also like how sweet Haeden is with Josie in the end. They both had their own issues and fears with being each other's mates and I enjoyed seeing them work through those issues together when they decided to give each other an actual chance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Grief

ashleybeereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

yaoipaddle's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

2.0

listened to audiobook and it's very blah at this point with the same voices.

as usual an interesting pairing is made boring the moment they're the main characters of the book. josie is incredibly selfish and no one seems to check her on it which is mindbogglingly STUPID.

endangering people's lives to hunt another sakotsk to get her a new khui...? girl im gonna attack you myself.

theres an interesting plot but instead of exploring it we get chapters and chapters of the same played out miscommunication romance plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexism

unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy and Abandonment

Minor: Death, Pedophilia, Rape, and Death of parent

martamae77's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

robinsong's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

marysbookinit's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

I love every single time these soft alien boys make an extremely forward  statement to their mates 🤭😅 Never gets old!

This one really upped the ante with the trek these two went on - whew!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, and Abandonment

juliette_95's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit

ireadinbed's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This has been my least fave in the series so far. 

I don't mind an unlikable character but Josie and Haeden are annoying. Like the entire plot is just miscommunication and it wasn't carried by characters I had any sense of good will towards. 

I like both of them in the previous book too, but they became warped exaggerated versions of the previous characters here. 

And almost none of their choices made sense. I honestly would have DNF'd if it wasn't for background plot elements that clearly worked to move the timeline forward and set up future books. 

Setting were details good at least.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, and Stalking