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A review by penosa16
Barbarian's Prize by Ruby Dixon
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I'm a sucker for this type of book, the sex with blue aliens with horns. I adore it, I eat it up every single time. This oooooone was a bit of a miss for me, sadly. I still think it had the aspects that work (the sex, the struggle to adapt, the soulmates trope, and the community), but the main character just didn't do it for me.
Tifanny is just too much of a coward. She has good reasons to feel that way, but I think she's just a little bit too much of a pushover sometimes. She keeps things too close to her chest and doesn't dissuade people from their assumptions, NEVER. Even in the epilogue, in their honeymoon, she still had this issue: she just can't communicate. And seeing the last 50 pages being the same internal conflict was lame.
I just don't think the book was that well developed, and I hated the whole "let's have a competition to go on a date with Tiffany" absolutely horrid. I liked the idea of the book, but the execution of the book was a miss. Still, I think the writing was enjoyable, I liked to see characters from other books and the sex was entertaining enough to make it worthwhile.
... but I can't believe my favorite parts of the book were the set-up for the next one: Jossie, here I come!
Tifanny is just too much of a coward. She has good reasons to feel that way, but I think she's just a little bit too much of a pushover sometimes. She keeps things too close to her chest and doesn't dissuade people from their assumptions, NEVER. Even in the epilogue, in their honeymoon, she still had this issue: she just can't communicate. And seeing the last 50 pages being the same internal conflict was lame.
I just don't think the book was that well developed, and I hated the whole "let's have a competition to go on a date with Tiffany" absolutely horrid. I liked the idea of the book, but the execution of the book was a miss. Still, I think the writing was enjoyable, I liked to see characters from other books and the sex was entertaining enough to make it worthwhile.
... but I can't believe my favorite parts of the book were the set-up for the next one: Jossie, here I come!