Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

58 reviews

aliciara_'s review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

The plot is kind of rushed at times and some things are almost "magically" solved, but this is very entertaining and fulfills its purpose

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Murder

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Death

vitsa's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

This was interesting...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, and Kidnapping

bookedwithgloria's review against another edition

5.0

I finished this book on kindle unlimited and subsequently bought the rest of the series including this one right after. Take that information and do what you will with it. 

Also, please find me a man (or alien) who treats me like Vektal treats Georgie cause sis SAME, I would take that glowing tapeworm for him as well. 

Please be mindful of the trigger warnings in the beginning of the book. It goes from really dark to sunshine but please protect your mental health first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Death, Confinement, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Rape, Gun violence, Trafficking, Suicide, and Slavery

Minor: Pregnancy

itsnotri's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Beginning was a bit uncomfy and dark. Is there a trigger warning on this book? I hope there is. The rest of the story was straight alien smut. It was good alien smut. There’s a plot if you squint too? I recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Vomit, Trafficking, and Rape

nikitanavalkar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

3.5

Fine. Done. I did it. I just read my first IPB book after years of being intimidated by the concept and the hype and mostly the length of the series. And it really worked for me? It’s quick, it’s dirty, and also kinda dark and nasty and gross (for good reason) and it just works. 

Initially I didn’t even like Georgie. Neither in fact, did I like Vektal much. I’m still ambivalent about him, but growth is when you realize Georgie was one of the only ones who was willing to lead and make tough choices and get shh done and in the situation they were in, it was paramount. I wouldn’t last 5 minutes in that world. Although I do not get being in denial that you can procreate with an alien. I mean if it fits, it can very likely impregnate 🤷🏽‍♀️ Don’t be that girl, girl.

The world and the lore I think was one of the best parts of the book for me. The  enthusiastic…eating, and the fancy peenal situation, and the sweet caring barbarian are just a bonus. You can actually trace all the tropes and archetypes and bananas monster rom things we know and love to this book and series and I loved going back to the beginning. Or at least one of the OGs, since I don’t know all of romance history.

I still don’t know how I really feel about the big blue barbarians (Would probably smash, ngl), but Liz was my absolute favorite of them all with her sass and brazen humor even through their crappy situation and I can’t wait to get to her book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

allisonmspiers's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual assault

Moderate: Murder, Sexism, Rape, Body horror, Death, and Trafficking

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Excrement, and Violence

PLEASE READ if you find SA triggering.

BIG note: consent is dubious in this novel. The love interest goes down on the heroine while she's unconscious the first time they meet due to what I can only call a cultural difference. She wakes up and ends up being ok with the situation, and they proceed to establish consent for every other sexual encounter, but this would definitely be triggering for a lot of people. There is also a r*pe scene very early on in the novel, though it is meant to be disturbing/sad (as it should). It isn't extremely graphic, but you know the gist of what's happening.

makenna_reads's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Murder, and Kidnapping

cassie12_21's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

Very disappointed. I was promised spice, this is nothing. Also theres like no plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, and Death

Minor: Murder and Pregnancy

DubCon (wake up to oral)

cliterature's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny lighthearted 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

3.75

This was my first Alien romance, so at first I was like It was a fun read, I did not take this book seriously. so I think I gave it a 2.5 stars. Now I'm kind of down this rabbit hole where I absolutely love these books.

Trigger and Content Warnings: abduction, sex trafficking, drugging, rape, dubious consent, murder, gore, violence, and death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Death, Sexual assault, Sexism, Violence, Trafficking, Rape, and Gore

lil13's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug use, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Pregnancy, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Rape, Abortion, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Excrement, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Physical abuse