A review by tostita
Barbarian's Heart by Ruby Dixon

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

2.0

As a serious Ice Planet fan, I’ve read this book at least four times now, probably more. Unfortunately, I like it less each time. Stacy is such a bad partner to Pashov. He has suffered a life threatening head injury and is missing several years of his memories, and she’s upset with him because he can’t just pop back to his pre-injury self. Instead of helping him recover and adjust to his new reality, she decides to withhold herself—and their son!— until he goes back to the way he was before, as if he had any control over the process. Weirdly, other members of the tribe also seem to blame Pashov for the distance between them, with many people chiding him to try harder and absolutely no one pointing out to Stacy that her icing him out is wildly unfair and counterproductive to helping him recover his memories, if that’s possible. I did like the interaction with the metlaks—I’m fascinated by them—and consider them the highlight of the book. 
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