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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
I loooooooved this one. I’m really hating daisy at this point, I’m unsure I’ll ever like her? Ojek grew on me because he showed growth/change but the mains in this were great. So much misunderstanding from him, thinking she was courting him and her assuming too much but it was great. Also the female dirty talking? Yeeeeees. Still shocked each couple is individual in personality & sexually after this many books.
I listened to the audiobook and the narrators did a great job. I enjoyed the story & H/h.
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
4.5 ⭐️
I’ve been slowly rereading Ruby’s books cuz they are comfort reads for me and this is one of my fave Icehome ones. Steph is so patient, analytical, and the ultimate people pleaser. She sucks at setting boundaries and communicating her own needs. Juth has had a shitty life, but is devoted to his adoptive son and does whatever he can to keep him safe. They were so precious together, especially because they were able to see and meet one another’s needs.
Spice: 4/5
Triggers: broken bone, animal attack that involves risk to children and injuries of adults, social isolation involving children and adults, discussion of child abandonment, mentions of death of parents, starvation, internalized fat phobia, mentions of homophobia, mentions of volcanic eruption and deaths from it, brief mentions of abduction, risk of hypothermia
I’ve been slowly rereading Ruby’s books cuz they are comfort reads for me and this is one of my fave Icehome ones. Steph is so patient, analytical, and the ultimate people pleaser. She sucks at setting boundaries and communicating her own needs. Juth has had a shitty life, but is devoted to his adoptive son and does whatever he can to keep him safe. They were so precious together, especially because they were able to see and meet one another’s needs.
Spice: 4/5
Triggers: broken bone, animal attack that involves risk to children and injuries of adults, social isolation involving children and adults, discussion of child abandonment, mentions of death of parents, starvation, internalized fat phobia, mentions of homophobia, mentions of volcanic eruption and deaths from it, brief mentions of abduction, risk of hypothermia
ugh.
this one wasn’t it for me, you guys. and i’m sad about it, because the concept was so FUN.
i love that ruby brought in the outcasts — juth and pak add so much to the story. they’re precious. they’re traumatized. they need LOVE.
but holy cannoli, dude, steph is just about the most obnoxious FMC i’ve ever read, and absolutely unequivocally the worst one i’ve read in any of the ruby books. and i know i might be in the minority here for that, and i’m SAD about it because she’s the first real bi representation we get on not hoth, but the absolute HYPOCRISY this woman wields so casually was truly painful to read.
steph was a therapist-in-training back on earth, and decides to make it her business to invasively dig, poke, and prod at every single one of her tribesmates, offering advice and criticism and JUDGEMENTS where they absolutely were not asked for.
her condescension and unsolicited advice to daisy pissed me off. her trying to wheedle her way into sam’s personal life pissed me off. her inserting herself consistently into other people’s lives under the guise of ‘help’ pissed me off. how are you going to intentionally mine other people for their traumas, only to judge them for it? that's the worst kind of therapist.
truly, this would’ve been a thousand times more enjoyable for me if the FMC had been anybody else.
little pak, however, earned a whole star himself — along with the giant godzilla tentacled snails.
this one wasn’t it for me, you guys. and i’m sad about it, because the concept was so FUN.
i love that ruby brought in the outcasts — juth and pak add so much to the story. they’re precious. they’re traumatized. they need LOVE.
but holy cannoli, dude, steph is just about the most obnoxious FMC i’ve ever read, and absolutely unequivocally the worst one i’ve read in any of the ruby books. and i know i might be in the minority here for that, and i’m SAD about it because she’s the first real bi representation we get on not hoth, but the absolute HYPOCRISY this woman wields so casually was truly painful to read.
steph was a therapist-in-training back on earth, and decides to make it her business to invasively dig, poke, and prod at every single one of her tribesmates, offering advice and criticism and JUDGEMENTS where they absolutely were not asked for.
her condescension and unsolicited advice to daisy pissed me off. her trying to wheedle her way into sam’s personal life pissed me off. her inserting herself consistently into other people’s lives under the guise of ‘help’ pissed me off. how are you going to intentionally mine other people for their traumas, only to judge them for it? that's the worst kind of therapist.
truly, this would’ve been a thousand times more enjoyable for me if the FMC had been anybody else.
little pak, however, earned a whole star himself — along with the giant godzilla tentacled snails.
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
A good one! Nice to see some different types of conflict, and the whole thing with the shell beasts was an interesting twist. Plus I love it when Devi, my nerd queen, the undisputed best character in the IPB universe, gets any air time. (honestly screw all these other characters and give me ten more books about Devi.)
I just know my attraction to Tarzan as a child has wired my brain a certain way. I love a feral, wild, animal-like man more than anything lmaooo