Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Barbarian's Mate by Ruby Dixon

11 reviews

jessicalarson125's review against another edition

emotional hopeful

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Blood, and Rape

Moderate: Grief and Pregnancy

katiekeske's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I was nervous starting this book about these two because there had been such buildup in the previous books. I do not like it when characters are mean to each other and have miscommunication, which these two had a lot of. I am giving it a four because there is character growth and more adventure with some more world-building in this one (instead of just being stuck in a cave resonating the whole book). 

Once I got to read Haeden's POV and get his background and feelings, I was totally smitten with him. His story is so sad, and his actions make sense once you understand him. I wished he had shared more of his feelings out loud. Of course, that's part of the angsty drama. 

I personally had a hard time connecting to Josie. I like that she's supposed to be a sunshine character, but her strong and constant desire to have a baby, especially after all the trauma she's gone through, just doesn't make sense to me. It was a little jarring to go from Tiffany's book, which I thought handled her trauma really well, to Josie's book where she doesn't seem affected by her past at all. She briefly mentions things, but then just gets over it...? (Good for her, I guess. Are there people out there like that? I don't know any myself...) I know every woman is different, so there are women out there who will feel a connection with her. I'm just not one of them. I wished she treated Haeden better sooner. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy, Blood, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Josie mentions being sexually abused when she was in foster care . She does not go into great detail. Haeden very briefly attempts suicide in a moment when he thinks he's lost Josie.

alisoun's review against another edition

4.0

Honestly I loved this one! 
It's miscommunication because they both express their love differently 🥺🥺🥺🥺 he's all acts of service and she's expecting words of affirmation. 
I really enjoyed re reading their journey! 
In a way I also think this is a second chance resonance for Haeden but with someone he actually loves! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Josie grew up in foster care which is were the brief mention TWs occured

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

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

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

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.

Spoiler

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, Rape, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Death, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexism

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

ehmannky's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-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

4.5

I've truly been waiting to start Haeden and Josie's story since they first grumped towards each other like three books ago. I wasn't disappointed, they might be my favorite of the couples to date. This is practically a slowburn for Dixon, as Josie (for understandable reasons that include the fact Haeden has been a dick to her and because she's been sexually abused in her past--don't let the other reviews here mislead you) holds off on the whole mating thing. But it's fun to see how Dixon essentially makes the same plot exciting each time! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, and Child abuse

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

I'm gonna be honest. I can't remember if I finished this book last night or mid day today or... actually that might sound right? I don't even know. I'm genuinely reading these books too quickly to keep up lol but I did like Josie and how she and her mate have both lived hard lives and managed to overcome their miscommunication long enough to realize that they were a good match. Also, wow, two more females? I wonder if they are gonna figure out a way to start tracking down these aliens and stop this trafficking bullshit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Grief, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

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

bookedupchick's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

“This is my worst nightmare. All I’ve ever wanted is a family. Someone that loves me. A happy ever after. Resonating to Haeden? My dream is completely destroyed.” 💙🧊💙🧊

Haeden & Josie’s story

💙 Enemies To Lovers
💙 Fated Mates / Breeding Behavior
💙 Paranormal/ SciFi Romance

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Barbarian’s Mate by Ruby Dixon

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Animal death