Reviews with content warning for Confinement - Ice Planet Barbarians

A friend of mine has been a fan of this series for years and I finally decided to give it a try. I was surprised how much fun this book was to read! The mixture of fluff, smut, adventure, and humor is a slam dunk. After spending the past month in the trenches of reading dark romances, it’s so refreshing that the lead couple actually likes each other.

I’m not normally a fan of science fiction (particularly because the intense world building can be so overwhelming when starting a new series), but the gradual build up of the story makes this novel’s setting an easy one to explore and get lost in.

TL;DR: Loved it and downloading book 2 as I type

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bramblelegs's review against another edition

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adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.0

Not as bad as I was expecting. I mostly read this as a random palate cleanser from reading a really intense series, and I needed something I wouldn't have to get too invested in. This was a good 3 star read, just average at best but not mindblowingly the best thing I've ever read. I enjoyed it for what it was.

In the beginning with the abduction of the girls and then the rape of one of them, I very nearly stopped reading because I wasn't sure I wanted to deal with that type of story. Thankfully it didn't continue, and by the time everyone crash landed on the ice planet, it turned more into a survival story with a bit of smut included. I think I mostly stayed bc the aliens in this story weren't horrible.

There were some points of convenience, but it got the story through what it was meant to be. So yknow, good enough. I knew what I was signing up for.

Solid 3/5, just average and a good thoughtless time

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hailstorm3812's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

2.5

Hmmmm. I was hoping to like this but I didn't have the best time. Setting the stakes so high in the beginning makes the unfortunately genre typical lapses in consent way less bearable. I did like the comedic elements and the spice but overall there were too many tropes that were very much not for me.

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odetolocksmith's review

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adventurous funny tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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bookedwithgloria's review

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5.0

I finished this book on kindle unlimited and subsequently bought the rest of the series including this one right after. Take that information and do what you will with it.

Also, please find me a man (or alien) who treats me like Vektal treats Georgie cause sis SAME, I would take that glowing tapeworm for him as well.

Please be mindful of the trigger warnings in the beginning of the book. It goes from really dark to sunshine but please protect your mental health first.

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shaykay's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

A book I swore I would never read has been chosen this month, and I had so much fun with it. So hear me out, is this a good book? No, it's not, but it is a fun read and one that I laughed out loud and couldn't put down, so in my book, it's fantastic. It is definitely on the weird side because this is basically an alien porno. I couldn't stop picturing Vektal as the Nightcrawler from X-Men. So this is a romance book mixed with a survival element since these women were abducted from Earth in the middle of the night while they were sleeping and crash-landed on this alien planet. I'm curious if we ever encounter their original abductors. Still, this series is 20+ books long. I have no clue how far this series can go since, at the base, it's a romance book between these stranded women and this alien species fighting off extinction.
It is such a weird book, though. The whole story here is just crazy; it's a wild ride. I can't get enough of this book. I'm curious about the rest of the series because I don't know how far this series can go without getting repetitive unless there's some new angle that comes into play. So I will do a series review on my blog, and we'll see how far I get in the series because I feel like once it gets repetitive, I'll get bored with it. But we'll see how this goes.

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kylieshart's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

A quick and easy read. It was quite spicy. I liked it and would continue with the series.

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crinkledmochi's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

UM…. no thoughts, head empty

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