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Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

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lemont34's review against another edition

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

4.0

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taylizart's review against another edition

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adventurous funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No

3.75

Honestly this was both exactly what I expected and somewhat surprising. First of all, take my review with a grain of salt. I am asexual. However I enjoy my fair amount of spicy content, so this has been on my list for a while. It was basically what I expected: not very serious porn with (barely) some plot. Personally, I didn’t really find any of the spicy scenes to be sexy. I found myself a bit taken out of the story when the sex scenes started. That sense was so unrealistic to the MCs situation, and I had a hard time getting past it. Not only that but, as I said, it didn’t feel sexy to me at all. I think it was just the tone of the writing/the book. From the very start there’s a lighthearted, joking, and humorous tone that simply did not match the dire situation of the MC and human cast. I feel like that alone made the romance and sex aspect fall flat for me. 

That all being said, I did find the plot of this book relatively interesting. It was an entertaining read. I had fun! There was a twist in the second half of this book that reveals something about the tribe of alien barbarians that made me go “oh…” so I was pleasantly surprised by that aspect and really is the only reason why I would continue the series. Whether or not I will read further in the series is yet to be determined. 

Also… pregnancy trope. Absolutely a turn off for me. 
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beonie's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted tense 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? No

3.75

 I was actually pleasantly surprised. I just wanted to read some smut, but the story turned out to be really good! I genuinely wanted to know how it would end. The writing style is engaging and funny. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire story! 
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kerrythefire's review against another edition

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3.25

This was a fine background listen, but I either needed it to be a deeper, more extended romance plot or more graphic smut... like, I just needed one of them to be more in depth than either were.

The plot was actually interesting enough, it was just a very fast relationship development and felt like only the intro to a story, not a whole book's worth of a story. 

I dunno, it was all fine I just wanted more intensity.

TW:
rape
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non-con/dub-con
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kidnapping, bodily fluids, blood (from animal butchering)
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perhappiness's review against another edition

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didn't like it
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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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shobhana's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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maddie_can_read's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

Really exceeded my expectations. I borrowed it from the library out of curiosity and I thought it was going to be really bad / goofy / cringe-y.

There's an actual plot in addition to all the sex scenes and I thought it was really well written for this type of book. It was funny and felt grounded in the world building. The SciFi elements were well done. The tension and stakes were good as well. Also the audiobook acting was really good!

Fyi when I rate books I only take points away when something bothered me about the book/ I think it should've done something differently/ there was something about it I didn't enjoy. So in my opinion this is a 5/5 because I didn't have any notes for doing any of it differently and I enjoyed reading it. 

Trigger warning
there's one short disturbing, rape scene at the beginning  rape  by "bad aliens" not the titular ice planet barbarians.
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crondeau_yvr's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Imaginative and hilarious. 
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chelseahelton's review against another edition

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dark lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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