Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Barbarian's Prize by Ruby Dixon

10 reviews

hanreadsbookself's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Kidnapping and Trafficking

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

katiekeske's review

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

5.0

I loved this couple. Salukh is so sweet and patient. Tiffany was r@ped by the bad aliens before landing on Not-Hoth, so she has trauma she needs to work through. I appreciated that it took time for her to get used to Salukh, and that her trauma wasn't just immediately gone (which has seemed to happen in other books I've read with heroines who were r@ped). 

I was a little surprised that this book seemed to jump over the stories of many other women finding their mates. Others are mentioned, and I assume we'll get to their books eventually. The jumping around in time just threw me a bit as well as the chapters with Josie. I know her book is next, and I just didn't expect her to have chapters in this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

thaliareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I really think that so far in the series, Tiffany has had one of the most compelling stories, and that this stands out. I also think that as a character, Salukh is both an ideal friend and partner to her and holds his love for her quietly and patiently until he know she might feel the same and be ready to see if they might have something. 

Overall, this was very cute and dealt with heavier topics than the previous novels but that worked very well in their favor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Infertility and Pregnancy

SA/Rape happens prior to book, but is very important to the character's journey and progression into a new relationship. Infertility and pregnancy both relate to the lives of side characters discussed throughout the book.

bbygirl21's review

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really love Salukh and Tiffany. I love how Salukh respects Tiffany's boundaries and doesn't push her like the other unmated hunters do. It really shows that he actually cares about Tiffany as a person and not as some prize he has to win. I really didn't like the way the other unmated hunters treated Tiffany and how violent they become towards each other when they don't receive the reaction from Tiffany they want.

With Salukh it's different. Even before Tiffany let's Salukh know what happened to her to cause her bad reactions around the alien men he never pushed her to be with him, he showed compassion and empathy and understood that Tiffany needed more care. And I like how when he does find out what happened to her he protects her from the other guys. 

I also really liked be the way that Tiffany and Salukh finally resonate to each other. I love that they get to choose each other before they even know whether they'll be actual mates. 

I really enjoy it when the couples get to choose who they want before the actual resonating happens. I feel like it gives the characters more of a chance to connect and bond. And this book gives us that.

Overall this was a really great book in the series. And another one that I'd recommend looking up the trigger warnings for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, and Death of parent

yaoipaddle's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.0

listened to audiobook and the poor voice actors have run out of voices long ago...

i just was personally not interested in this love plot (rape victim working through that to trust someone with intimacy again)
ruby writes sexual violence with such tone-deafness that it makes anything involving that so rough to read.

“I’ve had sex, both willingly and unwillingly” - Tiffany

horrific way to word that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Sexual violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism

sdemo08's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Rape

Minor: Pregnancy

unsuccessfulbookclub's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Infertility

kbairbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

I always start my reviews with ‘I really enjoyed this!’ But it’s just honest lol. Reading about her past sexual abuse was difficult and the resulting ptsd but I love how gentle her mate was to her and I love how their love story progressed and I loved this HEA so much and also the couple of Josie POVs setting up for the next book 😃

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Slavery