Reviews with content warning for Cursing - Ice Planet Barbarians

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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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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koistyfishy's review

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adventurous 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

3.0

I love this. I hated it. It was super entertaining and super annoying all at the same time. On one hand, I really wanted to devour it as quick as possible and on the other hand I was so tempted to DNF. But given that I was doing this as a buddy read with a bunch of amazing girls on Instagram, I stuck with it.

This book is like a big, gooey, messy cheeseburger. It's so good in the moment. You just want to lick your fingers and absorb all that grease and that processed meat and just enjoy it while you're having it. And then it is an entire day of regret because you're on a diet and you just ate 3000 calories in one burger.

You get what you're expecting. It is a book with alien smut and you're going to get alien smut that borders on erotica in the sense that there is quite a lot of smut in conjunction with the plot. Actually, there's not much plot. There's just a little bit of plot sprinkled in now and then.

The thing that frustrated me the most about the book was the writing. Firstly, Georgie is written like everybody's best friend. She's a girl you can meet on the street. She's your bestie who you're going out for a drink with down at the bar. I felt like I was reading a journal entry from someone from high school, just throwing in a couple of swear words and a horny brain. The dialog and the writing style is not very deep.

The other thing that I didn't like is I've read books that have had characters that cannot communicate due to a language barrier and the way that their communication was described using body language or through actions instead of phonetic dialog just seems like a better way to go. I didn't appreciate having to try and figure out and deduce what these characters were saying phonetically to each other. Just include some description of hand movements for I'm hungry. Instead of including the text "eymhuhgree".

The characters...As I mentioned, Georgie is your best friend. She is nothing special. She's really frustrating and makes really stupid decisions. And I'm pretty sure she should have died a few times given her idiocy. I also don't get her motives for how quickly she starts getting frisky with Vektal. As much as he is a gorgeous softie at heart. Vektal was adorable and I think I loved his character the most because while he was so primitive in his behavior, he was still super progressive in terms of putting his woman first and putting her needs first, which you don't often see for a character that's normally an alpha. He was gentle, caring and nurturing, and yes... it was all because he really wanted a baby but it was sweet.

The plot, the small tiny sprinkling of it that was there, was good. It does look like Ruby Dixon has done research into sci-fi and how she concocted her world that made the story was really enticing.

If you want a quick read that you can pick up and speed through that is super gripping, this will be for you!! Because something that Ruby Dixon can do and do really well, is tell an engaging story. Every chapter ended on a mini cliffhanger and I couldn't wait to get into the next chapter. I was dying to see what was going to happen next....

AND I was dying because the writing was slowly but surely eating my brain cells. But I enjoyed it! And I can see why so many people love this because it really is a comfort to read. This book doesn't take itself too seriously so you can just enjoy it!

Will I be picking up another book? Yes, I will!
I'll eventually get to one more and then decide if this series is for me or not!

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fanboyriot's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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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jwrites's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

2.5

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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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daringreader13's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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prettynerdy3's review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-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

3.0

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