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smuttymcbookface's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Ruby Dixon does an amazing job of writing believable and relatable heroines thrown into difficult situations. Georgie is someone strong, almost in a subtle way, who strives to make things better instead of complaining about her lot in life. She's funny, persuasive, and stands up for the little guy. Although she doesn't naturally assume a role of leadership, she does what she has to so that she can keep the people around her safe.
Needless to say, the plot and world-building of IPB draws you in and keeps you hooked. Although Vektal is not my favourite at the start, and the writing indicates that it's through a misunderstanding of cultures, I definitely warm to him by the end.
However, I will add that a lot of these could do with a second round of editing as there are typos, changes from first to third POV mid sentence, and the kindle display between page breaks is literally a blank page.
Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Rape, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Excrement, Torture, and Sexual assault
Minor: Pregnancy
jemms's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.75
Characters: 0.25
The main characters were flat and I never felt compelled to be particularly sympathetic to them but I didn't hate them either. Side characters seemed much more promising.
A little ridiculous and over the top in some areas
Faced paced but some how incredibly slow.
Could use some polish but not bad.
I enjoyed the world-building more than the characters, though the sci-fi aspects like the space ships were a bit uninspired.
Spice: 4 🌶️
Multiple vanilla scenes but he's alien who's got some fun bits and is completely devoted to her. Plus banging in furs by a fire has its atmospheric appeals.
Tropes: big blue alien, fated mates, he falls first, pregnancy, technically forced proximity
Graphic: Rape, Violence, Sexual content, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Pregnancy
picaresquedreamer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual content, Trafficking, Animal death, Confinement, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Violence
Moderate: Grief
alex_baker's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
The sex scenes were...not my cup of tea. They were very...you know when you are making fun of bad heterosexual erotica and how to guy has a 20ft dick and the woman orgasms in 2 seconds? That's what it seemed to be.
Also, I'm assuming this is a fault of the platform I listened to the audiobook (spotify) and not the actual book, but content warnings were not read. Which meant that in the first chunk of the book, I was suddenly thrust into a r*pe scene of a background character by, for lack of a better term, prison guard. I was not prepared AT ALL for that and although it didn't go into much detail--it was still a jarring scene to listen to when doing my dishes!
Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death, Sexual violence, Suicide, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Kidnapping, Excrement, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Rape
art_books_chemistry's review against another edition
- 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
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
sophiesmallhands's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Rape, Death, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Pregnancy, Excrement, and Blood
Minor: Trafficking and Suicide
sinnybuns's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, Rape, Death, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Vomit, Kidnapping, Gore, and Excrement
flor3nce17's review against another edition
2.75
Moderate: Sexual content and Rape
Minor: Violence and Death
ursium's review
- 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
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual assault, Violence, Excrement, Confinement, Sexual content, and Rape
samsam922's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Sexual violence
Minor: Death