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dovahkiin_freyja's review
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
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? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Gore, Confinement, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Rape, and Excrement
Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Vomit, Sexual violence, and Cursing
sunshine_day's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I absolutely loved everything about this book! I have never in my life. Read a book that was this short, but had this level of world building and character development. Plus, I haven't laughed that hard in such a long time.
5 - ⭐
3 - 🌶️
5 - 😂
5 - ⭐
3 - 🌶️
5 - 😂
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Gore
Moderate: Animal death, Excrement, and Kidnapping
Minor: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Pregnancy, Rape, Medical content, Abortion, and Violence
lexilikestoread's review against another edition
medium-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? No
4.0
The first book in the Ice Planet Barbarians series by Ruby Dixon explores what happens when a group of women are abducted from Earth and then abandoned on an icy planet.
In this first tale we meet Georgie, a 22-year-old who went to sleep in her own bed and wakes up in a spaceship surrounded by other 22-year-old females, in good health, who are not pregnant and have no family close by. She learns that one woman in the group was given a hearing device to understand what their captors are saying. After some traumatizing experiences and revelations, they are left to fend for themselves on a strange planet, one they initially hope is Earth but very quickly find out it is not. Georgie, being unwittingly named the leader, strikes out in search of supplies, or help. She encounters a barbarian of the icy planet they have landed on, and after a unique greeting and some awkward attempts at interspecies communication she convinces him to take her to the other women. Their tale is spicy, entertaining, and (surprisingly to me) kept me wanting to know "what's going to happen next"?
I am totally invested in what happens to these women and I'm looking forward to the next book in the tale.
In this first tale we meet Georgie, a 22-year-old who went to sleep in her own bed and wakes up in a spaceship surrounded by other 22-year-old females, in good health, who are not pregnant and have no family close by. She learns that one woman in the group was given a hearing device to understand what their captors are saying. After some traumatizing experiences and revelations, they are left to fend for themselves on a strange planet, one they initially hope is Earth but very quickly find out it is not. Georgie, being unwittingly named the leader, strikes out in search of supplies, or help. She encounters a barbarian of the icy planet they have landed on, and after a unique greeting and some awkward attempts at interspecies communication she convinces him to take her to the other women. Their tale is spicy, entertaining, and (surprisingly to me) kept me wanting to know "what's going to happen next"?
I am totally invested in what happens to these women and I'm looking forward to the next book in the tale.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Slavery, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
thelongroadtosanity's review against another edition
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? No
4.0
I thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook. It's the perfect blend of plot, spice, and the adorable-ness that is Vektal. I was swept into the world from the very beginning and I literally cannot wait until I start the next book. (03/2024)
4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5 stars
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Kidnapping, Trafficking, and Gore
Minor: Pregnancy
zarakoconnor's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Great for an easy read. As far as alien smut goes it was lighthearted and enjoyable. Not much to it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape
Minor: Pregnancy
remescient's review
MASSIVE TRIGGER WARNING: Within the first three chapters, a side character is brutally r**ped while imprisoned, and the main character is s*xually assaulted by her future love interest while she is unconscious. Not a single video review I had seen even remotely mentioned this. I was not prepared and it really messed me up. I simply could not finish.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Torture, Trafficking, Death, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail
art_books_chemistry's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-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? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Cursing, Sexual content, Rape, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Murder, Kidnapping, Violence, and Animal death
Moderate: Pregnancy and Gore
Minor: Abortion and Excrement
sinnybuns's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
It’s good, it’s just not really my thing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, Rape, Death, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Vomit, Kidnapping, Gore, and Excrement
ricearina's review
straight up just sexualizes rape/sexual assault
Content Warnings
Graphic: Trafficking, Sexual assault, Gore, Vomit, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Confinement, and Murder
fishreads's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
(Initial rating 3 stars) I never managed to write a review after initial reading so what follows is a review after rereading the story two years later.
The beginning of the book is horrifying as the main character Georgie wakes up in the cargo hold of an alien ship to realize she's been abducted by little green men with a bunch of other girls and witnesses a rape of another female captive by orange aliens who serve as the muscle to their captors.
<blockquote>We’re nothing but cattle to these things. They’re going to sell us to someone else to rape, to eat, or both. Or something else more horrible that I can’t even imagine.</blockquote>
Almost immediately Georgie and Liz, a fellow captive, start hatching up an escape plan which coincides with alien ship experiencing issues and dropping "the cargo" to a safe location to be picked up later.
Georgie, as their de facto chosen leader, ventures out in the cold in order to try to find help. It is only by luck that she wanders into one of the traps and the planet native, Vektal, finds her and frees her from it. Vektal almost immediately recognizes Georgie as his mate, as the symbiont in his chest makes him "resonate" to her which leads to some very dubiously consensual sexual activity. Language barrier doesn't help the matters as the two have trouble communicating with each other but Vektal is determined about taking care of Georgie while she is trying to find her way back to the other survivors. Still the developing relationship between the two is rather idyllic and the two engage in further sexual activity.
Upon rereading I found the relationship between Georgie and Vektal quite boring because if we disregard the troubles in communication there were no major issues between these two complete strangers who only met five minutes ago. What I was more interested in was getting back to the other survivors and seeing Georgie and Vektal being all lovey dovey just made me impatient to get to the more plotty part of the story.
Let's be honest, this is a great introduction to a fun series about blue skinned aliens mating with humans who were "lucky" enough to get stranded on a frozen ice planet in the middle of nowhere, after they were initially being kidnapped and abused by different sets of aliens. But as romance between Georgie and Vektal it was somewhat boring relying too much on sex scenes between main characters for my taste.
Themes: dual POV, alien abduction, stranded, "fated" mates, pregnancy
The beginning of the book is horrifying as the main character Georgie wakes up in the cargo hold of an alien ship to realize she's been abducted by little green men with a bunch of other girls and witnesses a rape of another female captive by orange aliens who serve as the muscle to their captors.
<blockquote>We’re nothing but cattle to these things. They’re going to sell us to someone else to rape, to eat, or both. Or something else more horrible that I can’t even imagine.</blockquote>
Almost immediately Georgie and Liz, a fellow captive, start hatching up an escape plan which coincides with alien ship experiencing issues and dropping "the cargo" to a safe location to be picked up later.
Georgie, as their de facto chosen leader, ventures out in the cold in order to try to find help. It is only by luck that she wanders into one of the traps and the planet native, Vektal, finds her and frees her from it. Vektal almost immediately recognizes Georgie as his mate, as the symbiont in his chest makes him "resonate" to her which leads to some very dubiously consensual sexual activity. Language barrier doesn't help the matters as the two have trouble communicating with each other but Vektal is determined about taking care of Georgie while she is trying to find her way back to the other survivors. Still the developing relationship between the two is rather idyllic and the two engage in further sexual activity.
Upon rereading I found the relationship between Georgie and Vektal quite boring because if we disregard the troubles in communication there were no major issues between these two complete strangers who only met five minutes ago. What I was more interested in was getting back to the other survivors and seeing Georgie and Vektal being all lovey dovey just made me impatient to get to the more plotty part of the story.
Let's be honest, this is a great introduction to a fun series about blue skinned aliens mating with humans who were "lucky" enough to get stranded on a frozen ice planet in the middle of nowhere, after they were initially being kidnapped and abused by different sets of aliens. But as romance between Georgie and Vektal it was somewhat boring relying too much on sex scenes between main characters for my taste.
Themes: dual POV, alien abduction, stranded, "fated" mates, pregnancy
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Confinement, Kidnapping, Animal death, and Rape
Moderate: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, and Death