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Barbarian Alien by Ruby Dixon

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nyx_999's review

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? Yes

4.25

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I liked it. Was it better than the first book? No I don't think so. Was it worth reading? Definitely. I didn't like Liz so much in the beginning. I viewed her as pretty self-centered but it got better towards the middle of the book. I liked raahosh from the beginning. Yeah he did some fucked up stuff but ig life as a hunter is different.

Now I was surprised to Form a dislike for Georgie. She was just not listening, no one was. Personally if I was Liz I wouldn't have taken the punishment they got. Being forced to hunt for a tribe that separated you from your loved one, hell nah.
I probably would have raised my middlefinger and said fuck yall. Feed yourself.

ANYWAY
Breeding kink ✔️
Possessive mmc ✔️
Strong fmc ✔️
For the smut I would give it like a 3,8/5 🌶 or a generous 4. Depends on your personal taste. This book does not immediately jump into spice. But it has a good and interesting way of building up I believe.

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yaoipaddle's review

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funny medium-paced

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

2.0

This series is sci-fi horror and I love dissecting it.
I listened to the audiobook version which I highly recommend.

Barbarian Alien specific review:
The characterization for Liz is all over the place. She was likeable as a headstrong but supportive person in the first book. In the second book she veers from whiny, "not like other girls", love obsessed, rude and vindictive.... she's all over the place. I'm most upset at her characterization because I liked her so much in the first book. Hell even Georgie is barely tolerable in this one. Liz is also so disrespectful to the aliens in this one and it yet again reeks of weird racism.
The sex in this one was better than the sex in the first book.

Liz Quotes:
"There is no ownership. You are mine and I am yours." What the hell.
"As we check the traps, I mentally think of ways I can sexually torture my alien." mentally think???
"If I'm going to be fucking miserable, I'm going to take them all with me." this was moments after she said she was going to fake being happy so as not to drag down her other friends.
"Totally weird, but I'm into the hair pulling." You are being double-penetrated by a 7ft tall alien.

None of that matters. Ice Planet Barbarian is a horror series review.
People can argue day in and day out about the romance or relationships in this book, but it's useless. They are all victims of the parasite inside of them.

They admit they have no say in the matter of their mate, but they have no say in anything. The parasite controls every aspect of their lives. Not only does it choose their mate based on who will procreate best, but it fucks with their brains. The parasite changes Liz just like everyone else. She can no longer eat cooked meat. Instead it changes her to only enjoy raw meat. It makes food you enjoyed your entire life taste... like nothing because it wants to change you to enjoy eating raw food. (How very like a parasite that lived in a creatures heart before moving onto humans. Remember how the aliens always talk about how the heart is the yummiest part of the kill?)

Liz asks Raakosh if the other tribe will like her. He says they will accept her simply because she is his mate. The parasite rules them all. All it cares about is growing its numbers. Spreading to more and more people. They do not even choose their community. Who they spend time around. They are lucky the parasite doesn't make them rip each others heads off after they can no longer bear young.

I cannot blame any creature in their book for their actions as much as I can blame those bugs that jump to their death in water so the worm growing inside them can escape to mate.

These books are more fun to read if you stick with it for the horror of seeing how their lives are all controlled by a weirdo worm.

also liz seems like shed be racist to someone who didnt speak english well.

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words_and_dreams's review

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adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

Another easy going read, entertaining.

Very similiar to the first book, but now we have a 'feisty' heroine and a grumpy hero.
I did like that Liz had lots of practical skills making her more independant in the harsh environment. Her and her mixed signals at the start were pretty annoying though.

Downside, there was even more baby stuff, blah 🤢 how are these women ok with this??? Anyhoo...

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