Reviews with content warning for Confinement - Ice Planet Barbarians

Honestly, it had more plot than I was expecting. I kinda went into this as a joke but it was somewhat cute. The world building was nice, along with the characters. But it was too much of an insta-love for me, not to mention the comments about pregnancy, just not my thing. Definitely an interesting read though.

Sci-fi

Fantasy

Happy Ending

Soulmates (kinda)

Alien Smut (pretty much)

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mswarning's review against another edition

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funny 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

4.5

I had zero expectations about this book. It was short and easily accessible through Libby, so I said, "Hey, what the hell? Let's see what I think." And of course, it's February. Love is in the air.

Not my first sci-fi romance with alien sex in it. This one feels relatively normal in terms of anatomical differences unlike, say, Anne Aguirre's Strange Love - which I also really liked. Audiobook was interesting, I definitely laughed in the car at the sudden-ness of the first sex scene. It was funny and cheesy.. and totally self-aware of the ridiculousness. I enjoyed that the alien abduction of women and then mating tropes were mixed up a bit. It wasn't just an alpha male, 'I'm claiming you and you don't have a choice' type story. There's enough of those out there if that's your thing, no judgement here.

Really important to check out the content warnings for this. I have mixed feelings about what happened on the ship. Was it necessary? Idk. How do I feel about what happened to that character?

Not great. It feels pretty convenient to have Dominique killed off.. because she likely would have had a more complicated reaction to being rescued why a bunch of blue alien dudes who just wanna resonate with her.

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lil13's review

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fast-paced

Loveable characters? No

1.0

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samixox's review

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fast-paced

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

2.0

The writing and flow made this book easy to read, I understand why it's so popular, and it was an enjoyable read at times, knocked it down a star because I would have enjoyed this a lot more as just a cutesy lil monster fucking book. And that's what it should have been if the author had no real intention of giving the characters anything more than a few fumes of a backstory or characterisation. It is a fun lil smut book otherwise and should have started that way.

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malisac16's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful 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

5.0

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spelledlikesleigh's review

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fast-paced

3.0

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curatoriallyyours's review

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adventurous 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? No

2.5

Spicy alien smut, basically! CW for rape - one brutal, one that becomes the problematic prelude to a relationship. It otherwise does what it says on the tin!

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