Barbarian Lover by Ruby Dixon

Title: Barbarian Lover (Ice Planet Barbarians #3)

Author: Ruby Dixon

Publisher: Ruby Dixon

Genre: Explicit Scifi Romance

Pages: 191

Rating: 3/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Romanceopoly - Outer Space (Read a sci fi with“mars needs women” trope); COYER

Spice Rating: 6

As one of the few humans stranded on the ice planet, I should be happy that I have a new home. Human women are treasured here, and one alien in particular has made it clear that he wants me. It's hard to push away the sexy, flirtatious Aehako, when all I want to do is grab him by his horns and insist he take me to his furs.But I've got a terrible secret - the aliens who abducted me are back, and thanks to the translator in my ear, they can find me. My presence here endangers everyone...but can I give up my new life and the man I want more than anything?

Pretty meh about this one really. I wanted to love Kira and Aehako, but we didn’t get to spend much time with them. There was a lot more action and a lot less connection and even less sexy time in this one. I sped through this book, but wasn’t super excited about it at all. Oh well. They can’t all be winners.

Ice Planet Barbarians

#1 Ice Planet Barbarians (Georgie/Vektal)
#2 Barbarian Alien (Liz/Raahosh)
#3 Barbarian Lover (Kira/Aehako)
#4 Barbarian Mine (Harlow/Rukh)
#4.5 Ice Planet Holiday (novella)
#5 Barbarian's Prize (Tiffany/Salukh)
#6 Barbarian's Mate (Josie/Haeden)
#6.5 Having the Barbarian's Baby (short story)
#6.75 Ice Ice Babies (short story)
#7 Barbarian's Touch (Lila/Rokan)
#7.5 Calm (short story)
#8 Barbarian's Taming (Maddie/Hassen)
#8.5 Aftershocks (short story)
#9 Barbarian's Heart (Stacy/Pashov)
#10 Barbarian's Hope (Asha/Hemalo)
#11 Barbarian's Choice (Farli/Mardok)
#12 Barbarian's Redemption (Elly/Bek)
#13 Barbarian's Lady (Kate/Harrec)
#14 Barbarian's Rescue (Summer/Warrek)
#15 Barbarian's Tease (Brooke/Taushen)
#15.5 The Barbarian Before Christmas (novella)
#16 Barbarian's Beloved (Ariana/Zolaya)
#16.5 Barbarian's Valentine (novella)
#17 Barbarian's Seduction (Marlene/Zennek)

Next up on the TBR pile:

Barbarian Alien by Ruby Dixon

Title: Barbarian Alien (Ice Planet Barbarians #2)

Author: Ruby Dixon

Publisher: Ruby Dixon 2015

Genre: Explicit Scifi Romance

Pages: 248

Rating: 4/5 stars

Reading Challenges:

Twelve humans are left stranded on a wintry alien planet. I’m one of them. Yay, me.

In order to survive, we have to take on a symbiont that wants to rewire our bodies to live in this brutal place. I like to call it a cootie. And my cootie’s a jerk, because it also thinks I’m the mate to the biggest, surliest alien of the group.

Another novella of a very sexy story. This time we get a very insular story featuring Liz and Raahosh. Overall, I enjoyed the story, but felt that it was a lot more serious than I thought it was going to be. The story touches on ownership, participation in groups/clans/families, and consent. I didn’t love Liz’s brand of angry sex, but ultimately the two are made for each other.

Ice Planet Barbarians

#1 Ice Planet Barbarians (Georgie/Vektal)
#2 Barbarian Alien (Liz/Raahosh)
#3 Barbarian Lover (Kira/Aehako)
#4 Barbarian Mine (Harlow/Rukh)
#4.5 Ice Planet Holiday (novella)
#5 Barbarian's Prize (Tiffany/Salukh)
#6 Barbarian's Mate (Josie/Haeden)
#6.5 Having the Barbarian's Baby (short story)
#6.75 Ice Ice Babies (short story)
#7 Barbarian's Touch (Lila/Rokan)
#7.5 Calm(short story)
#8 Barbarian's Taming (Maddie/Hassen)
#8.5 Aftershocks (short story)
#9 Barbarian's Heart (Stacy/Pashov)
#10 Barbarian's Hope (Asha/Hemalo)
#11 Barbarian's Choice (Farli/Mardok)
#12 Barbarian's Redemption (Elly/Bek)
#13 Barbarian's Lady (Kate/Harrec)
#14 Barbarian's Rescue (Summer/Warrek)
#15 Barbarian's Tease (Brooke/Taushen)
#15.5 The Barbarian Before Christmas (novella)
#16 Barbarian's Beloved (Ariana/Zolaya)
#16.5 Barbarian's Valentine (novella)
#17 Barbarian's Seduction (Marlene/Zennek)

Next up on the TBR pile:

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

Title: Ice Planet Barbarians (Ice Planet Barbarians #1)

Author: Ruby Dixon

Publisher: Ruby Dixon 2015

Genre: Explicit Scifi Romance

Pages: 188

Rating: 4/5 stars

Reading Challenges:

You'd think being abducted by aliens would be the worst thing that could happen to me. And you'd be wrong. Because now, the aliens are having ship trouble, and they've left their cargo of human women - including me - on an ice planet.

And the only native inhabitant I've met? He's big, horned, blue, and really, really has a thing for me...

CW: Rape

The hype around this series really blew up in the last few months. One of the book bloggers I follow has read this entire series and loved every minute. And then I saw it mentioned in news articles and other blogs. A friend sent me the links as a bit of a joke and I took up the challenge fo reading the first book. I sped through it (it’s not that long), and really did enjoy it. This definitely a NSFW book. The sex is explicit and often. The book opens with a pretty explicit rape scene. But once you get past the first section, the tone lightens up a bit and we get moving with the main romance. Georgie and Vektal are fun characters and a lot of action and movement is packed into their short story. This was a nice break from my more serious hard science fiction. I might actually keep reading this series.

Ice Planet Barbarians

#1 Ice Planet Barbarians (Georgie/Vektal)
#2 Barbarian Alien (Liz/Raahosh)
#3 Barbarian Lover (Kira/Aehako)
#4 Barbarian Mine (Harlow/Rukh)
#4.5 Ice Planet Holiday (novella)
#5 Barbarian's Prize (Tiffany/Salukh)
#6 Barbarian's Mate (Josie/Haeden)
#6.5 Having the Barbarian's Baby (short story)
#6.75 Ice Ice Babies (short story)
#7 Barbarian's Touch (Lila/Rokan)
#7.5 Calm(short story)
#8 Barbarian's Taming (Maddie/Hassen)
#8.5 Aftershocks (short story)
#9 Barbarian's Heart (Stacy/Pashov)
#10 Barbarian's Hope (Asha/Hemalo)
#11 Barbarian's Choice (Farli/Mardok)
#12 Barbarian's Redemption (Elly/Bek)
#13 Barbarian's Lady (Kate/Harrec)
#14 Barbarian's Rescue (Summer/Warrek)
#15 Barbarian's Tease (Brooke/Taushen)
#15.5 The Barbarian Before Christmas (novella)
#16 Barbarian's Beloved (Ariana/Zolaya)
#16.5 Barbarian's Valentine (novella)
#17 Barbarian's Seduction (Marlene/Zennek)

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