A review by robinwritesallthethings
Barbarian's Touch by Ruby Dixon

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What It’s About: When Lila wakes up on the ice planet, she’s shocked at everything she learns about her new existence, especially because she has to adjust to being deaf again. But spending time with Rokan might change her mind about her future.

Spice Level: This is another pretty slow burn, but when they finally get down to it, it’s perfect.

Realism: I really enjoyed that this brought up the theme of difficult communication that was present in the first book, but in a whole different way. And the fact that Rokan never thought of Lila as lesser and wanted to learn how to talk to her so she wouldn’t be left out made it even sweeter while enhancing their romance.

Trope Alert: Friends to lovers, miscommunication.

Trigger Warnings: Kidnapping.

Final Thoughts: I really enjoyed that Rokan made the effort to learn ASL, and that Lila’s khui didn’t cure her deafness, at least right away. It could always happen in the future, but it really centered the idea that she wasn’t deficient in any way.
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