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Barbarian Lover by Ruby Dixon

19 reviews

mollydollydoodah's review

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.5

This was a fun and quick read! I think that the story & focus on the romance was sweet, especially with how things ended up between the two main characters. It was cool to be able to get into Kira’s mind and understand what she’s been thinking & why she’s been acting the way she has. It was also nice to see her as a badass, because who doesn’t love a strong-willed female kicking ass?
I’m a little worried as to what happened to Harlow? And why was everyone so quick to think that she just ‘ran away’? She seemed very level headed and smart, not one to just prance off into the unknown, freezing wilderness alone! Hopefully we can see where that all ends up in the next novel because I’m intrigued.
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queengaynor's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

4.5

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a_libra_library's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

My favorite book so far in this series. The romance was genuinely adorable and the smut was actually top tier. Shower scene and all. 
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kbairbooks's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense 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

4.25

I liked this one!! I liked these characters and their relationship much more than Liz and Rahoshs and they are currently my favorite couple so far. I loved the positivity and the curiosity and the adventure and the bravery. I liked that this male was so much nicer as well.
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veeronald's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No
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juliette_95's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

The ending was disappointing and so quick 
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ireadinbed's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book! Maybe more than the first one! Both Kira and Aehako are well sketched as characters and there's a compelling plot underneath their romance. They are very easy to like and it was a serious page turner. 

I genuinely felt like my heart was in my throat at times near the end! 
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emfass's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

General small spoilers throughout so I'm just hiding the whole thing.

Things I loved:
-Big ol' optimistic cinnamon roll Aehako, and his solid and steady courting of Kira.
-Bone dildo pay-off from the previous book (though I kinda wish Kira had taken advantage of it earlier??).
-Going back to the Elder's Cave and taking advantage of the technology (AND SHOWERS) there.
-Tying up the bad aliens thread, because YEESH I did not like having that hanging over our heads.
-In all three books I've read so far, Ruby Dixon sets up the next book so well, making me very intrigued to read about the next couple without moving the focus to that actual relationship in somebody else's book. I think this is really well done.

Things I didn't like:
-The encounter with the bad aliens...I realize it had to happen because it was a loose thread from the first book, and I appreciated that it provided tension while also tying up quickly, but...it was almost too neat and quick?
-Why go through the trouble of this secret plug-in drive to try to hack the alien's ship if it just wasn't gonna work? Weird red herring/dead end plot point.
-Kira's khui eventually healing her body so she could be fertile, resonate with Aehako and be his "true" mate. Really don't like the message this sends to people who are, in fact, infertile. I kind of saw it coming but in the rest of the book, I liked the way Aehako was like, it doesn't matter, we're still gonna be mates.
-When Harlow disappears and Aehako assumes she abandoned them (there is no way she could survive?!) instead of the MUCH MORE OBVIOUS possiblity of "maybe something happened to her." And also Kira doesn't fight tooth and nail to go find her friend, she just goes along with it.
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ollie_again's review against another edition

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2.75

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