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Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

183 reviews

sunshine_day's review against another edition

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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 - 😂 

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erudler's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

2.0

It’s just smut 

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cxsmiccxtie's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful 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

5.0


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notamouse's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

4.0

🌶️🌶️🌶️

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klsreads's review against another edition

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

3.5


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smuttymcbookface's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Although IPB starts of dark, this doesn't detract from how how much I love Georgie (and eventually Vektal.)

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.

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readyourrights's review against another edition

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adventurous funny tense medium-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

5.0


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jemms's review against another edition

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adventurous tense fast-paced
  • 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

1.75 ⭐️, 4 🌶️

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.
Plot: 0.25 
A little ridiculous and over the top in some areas
(e.g. the horrific sexual assault of a side character at the beginning of the book)
, Ice Planet Barbarians does have enough potential to lead into an enjoyable series even if the first book left a lot to be desired.
Pacing: 0.25 
Faced paced but some how incredibly slow.
Writing style: 0.5 
Could use some polish but not bad.
Vibes: 0.5
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


 

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ladola's review against another edition

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

3.5


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brittanyclary's review against another edition

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

4.0


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