A review by hotwaterbottle
Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

adventurous dark funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

More than a little ridiculous, but solid smut. Novel concept for the world/alien culture. I was surprised by khui being
a symbiote required to survive
, as the idea of
being permanently stuck on the ice planet in exchange for survival
was darker than I expected. I didn't love some of the other implications of khui/the background horror of
all of the women stuck in the planet who don't get doting alien boyfriends and a parasite that makes them into that,
but I also feel like I can't be too picky for what this is. 

This edition includes the main novella as well as a "bonus epilogue" and one short story. The epilogue was the weakest of the bunch, as it struggled to convince me that Georgie
has a capacity to learn new, non-sexual, skills.
 

According to the author's note at the end of the book, this edition removes details of a
violent rape
at the beginning of the book. I honestly thought it was still a bit much, so I'm glad I read this edition instead of the original.
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