Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

120 reviews

behowel's review

adventurous challenging funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Excrement, and Kidnapping

pb914's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Minor: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

kylieqrada's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

3.5 ⭐s. Mara from BooksLikeWhoa talks about Ruby Dixon nonstop, so when an opportunity to buddy read this with Jordan from jordans.bookshelf came up I definitely had to take advantage. Essentially, this is campy sci-fi romance with a heavy helping of smut. As a non-smut reader, I did NOT think this would be my thing, but I'm pretty open to trying things (in book world that is), and I ended up weirdly enjoying it?!?!? Georgie and Vektal's romance was kind of adorable, and there was enough plot to keep me interested. The writing was solid, and I liked the campiness. I did have some icky moments with the consent in this one, but overall, it was not something I regret reading at all. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

kifirth95's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Rape, and Sexual content

nini2622's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Trafficking

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

psydneigh's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

3.0

Fast read and enjoyable. I hope the next books expand the world more. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Excrement, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

sarahsbooklife's review

relaxing fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Sexual content, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood and Medical content

Minor: Animal death

juliette_95's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Okay, BookTok...you were right . . . It's good...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal death and Confinement

Minor: Excrement and Pregnancy

TW: Rape, abduction

emfass's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I liked this way more than I expected to. The first chapter or two were very dark and potentially triggering (see below), but after Georgie finds Vektal, things were overall delightful. Not as light and fluffy as I thought it would be, but very enjoyable.

Part of me wishes the sex had been a little more creative. You're inventing a whole alien race and planet! You could totally reinvent sex!! But I still enjoyed it just fine.

Plus a little nub that exactly hits your clit during penetration?? YES PLEASE.

Not sure why I was expecting an alpha alien, but Vektal was all cinnamon roll. I loved how he just did everything in his power to take care of Georgie, was firm in his love of her but never forced her hand

(except perhaps in a dubious-consent scene when he wakes her up with cunnilingus, before understanding that she did not have the same understanding of resonance/mating as him; we are in her head when it happens and she is happy going along with it)

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See Leigh Kramer's review for an excellent breakdown of content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Excrement, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage, Abortion, and Pregnancy

It is strongly hinted at but not entirely confirmed (?) that the main character is pregnant by the end of the book. Lots of talk of wanting to get her pregnant by Vektal. There is a mention of one of the kidnapped women having been pregnant when she was taken, but that the kidnapper aliens forced an abortion.

bookswhitme's review

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement and Rape