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Barbarian Lover by Ruby Dixon

4 reviews

emilycruz1016's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Violence, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Death, Blood, and Infertility

Minor: Gun violence, Vomit, and Slavery

lacee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

My favorite so far! Aehako my beloved, my man! I couldn't stop smiling while reading this book! Kira and Aehako were just so perfect, I love everything about their relationship. I felt they balanced each other perfectly and the focus on establishing a relationship without resonance was refreshing and sweet. Surprisingly, there was actually a plot in this installment and some decent action.

I'm glad the baddies are gone. I'm a little peeved at how Harlow's disappearance was handled. I've mentioned the logic of the characters in my other reviews but I find it completely ridiculous that they assumed she ran away. There are dangerous alien predators that eat people on this planet yet they resort to thinking she's a coward instead of being, I don't know, possibly a Metlak's next meal!? The way these characters think sometimes is just plain dumb.

Side Note: The honeymoon novellas just aren't that good. Just like in <i>Barbarian Alien</i>, Kira, and Aehako's novella walked back some good character development.

I was hoping Kira and Asha would become friends. The main story hinted toward this just to revert them back to enemies in the novella. Lame.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cursing, Abandonment, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Minor: Rape, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, and Trafficking

katiekeske's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

While the setting and situations are similar, it is amazing how Ruby Dixon can make each book and its characters stand out. I personally enjoyed Aehako and Kira more than Raahosh and Liz. If you have triggers for infertility, though, this may not be the book for you. 

I love how Aehako is totally smitten with Kira without needing to resonate to her. I love his happy and dedicated personality. 

I liked Kira because I could relate to her more quiet and reserved personality. 

Plot-wise I enjoyed getting to see and learn more about the old space ship that the sakh aliens crashed on. I liked the action that picked up toward the end with

the Little Green Men returning

. I'm looking forward to finding out more about the world and the aliens in future books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Infertility

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Rape, and Violence

kbairbooks's review

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I liked this one!! I liked these characters and their relationship much more than Liz and Rahoshs and they are currently my favorite couple so far. I loved the positivity and the curiosity and the adventure and the bravery. I liked that this male was so much nicer as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Abortion and Alcohol