94th read in 2019
Listened to Audio via Chirp
read by Hollie Jackson & Mason Lloyd
Unabridged audio (5:51)
2015 self published?
188 pgs.
Adult Erotica SciFi
Finished 10/3/2019
Goodreads rating: 3.90 - 11,575 ratings
My rating: 4 Steam 4/4
Setting: An ice planet far, far away....
First line/s: "Up until yesterday, I, Georgie Carruthers, never believed in aliens."
My comments: How can you NOT read a book with a title like this? And OMG, I'm totally embarrassed to say how much I loved it. Science fiction, outer space, aliens, and a whole lot of really steamy x-rated "romance." I couldn't put it down. Incredibly superficial, but who cares? I'm rating it a 4 because it's so embarrassing to rate a book like this a 5!
Goodreads synopsis:
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...
:Liz and Raahosh
111th read in 2019
Unabridged audio (6:27) by the same readers as before
211 pgs.
Published in 2015
Goodreads: 3.96 - 7831 ratings
My comments: I can't really say that I like the protagonist, Liz - she has a really raunchy sense of humor and it's a type of raunchy that I don't really like. Very steamy for most of the book, and I do enjoy this very weird series. This is the first one I've read in the Amazon Romance $6.95 a month deal - which I can't believe I'm trying out! Me, romance! This is a 3-4-5...3 for characters and 5 for steaminess, lol!
Goodreads Synopsis:
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.
BARBARIAN ALIEN is a sequel to ICE PLANET BARBARIANS. You do not have to read both in order to understand the plot, but the story will be richer if you do!
Kira and Aehako
116th read in 2019
Unabridged audio (5:47 with the same two original narrators)
191 pgs.
2015
Goodread ratings: 4.02 - 6469 ratings
My comments: My favorite in the series so far, I like both Kira and Aehako a whole lot, and their adventure together is pretty cool. Same amount of smut as the first two I've read, but enough interesting substance as well. I'm really surprised at how much the author is keeping these characters interesting, and that I'm still enjoying them, this setting, this world, and all the descriptive language surround aroused body parts~
Goodreads synopsis: 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?
Harlow & Rukh
#117th read in 2019
Unabridged audio (5:36)
182 pgs.
2015
Goodreads: 4.10 - 6223 ratings
My comments: Harlow and Rukh live by themselves many miles away from the rest of the tribe, by the sea. Rukh has never lived with the rest of the tribe and thinks of them as "the bad people." This is the book where the babies start being born, and it is Harlow's baby that is born first, tiny and sickly. she is constantly concerned that Rukh will want to return to their solitary lifestyle. Good story, the series is so incredibly addicting. And I'm not even sure why!
Goodreads Synopsis: The ice planet has given me a second lease on life, so I'm thrilled to be here. Sure, there's no cheeseburgers, but I'm healthy and ready to be a productive member of the small tribe.
What I didn't anticipate? That there'd be a savage stranger waiting nearby, watching me. And when he takes me captive, the unthinkable happens... I resonate to him.
Resonance means mating, and children... but I don't know if this guy's ever been around anyone before. He's truly a barbarian in all ways, right down to clubbing me over the head and claiming me as his own.
So why is it that I crave his touch and hunger for more?
Tiffany & Salukh
#126 in 2019
Unabridged audio (6:05)
238 pgs.
2016
GR: 4.02 - 4998 ratings
Finished 12/14/2019
My Comments: Not as good as the rest, perhaps I'm getting tired of them? Or is it that I'm not crazy about the female protagonist? The book does end with the final female finally resonating - that should be the next one, and I bet it will be a good one, because they hate each other at the onset....
Goodreads Synopsis: It’s hard being the most popular girl on the ice planet. The alien men are falling all over themselves to impress me in the hopes that I’ll take them to my furs. But they don’t know my secrets – none of them do. And they don’t realize that behind my smile, I just wish they’d go away.
I don’t want any of them. I want someone else – someone with a gorgeous blue body, big horns, and the most intense gaze ever. He’s the only one that knows the truth. Maybe with him, I can work through my fears of the past…. but I’m pretty sure he wants more than just friendship.
He wants forever, and I’m not sure I can give it
Josie & Haeden
#87 in 2020
Unabridged audio
207 pgs.
2016
GR: 4.06 - 5848 ratings
Finished 5/31/2020
My Comments: It was nice to return to the land of the ice planet. Josie, the female protagonist in this one, was so irritating for the first half of the book... As soon as she finally resonated, she couldn't wait to find her mate, then went hunting high and low to each and every male resident no matter their age or appearance. However, the one she resonated with she absolutely hated. Not sure why. And with all the words and rehashing it was still difficult to understand why. So frustrating. Oh well. Ruby Dixon seems to be an incredibly prolific writer.
Goodreads Synopsis: 'Resonance' is supposed to be a dream - that's when your soulmate is chosen for you. And everyone on the ice planet has hooked up with a big, hunky soulmate of their own... except me. So do I want a mate? Heck yeah. More than anything, all I've ever wanted is to be loved by someone.
Except that the soulmate chosen for me? My least favorite person on the darn ice planet. Haeden's the most cranky, disapproving, unpleasant, overbearing male alien... so why is it that my body sings when he gets close? Why is he working so hard to prove to me that he's not as awful as I think he is?
I hate him... don't I?
READING ORDER:
Note: There seem to be different orders. I'm changing this to align with Goodreads. Those read are in italics.
- Ice Planet Barbarians (Georgie/Vektal)
- Barbarian Alien (Liz/Raahosh)
- Barbarian Lover (Kira/Aehako)
- Barbarian Mine (Harlow/Rukh)
- Barbarian's Prize (Tiffany/Salukh)
- Barbarian's Mate (Josie/Haeden)
- Barbarian's Touch (Lila/Rokan)
- Barbarian's Taming (Maddie/Hassen)
- Barbarian's Heart (Stacy/Pashov)
- Barbarian's Hope (Asha/Hemalo)
- Barbarian's Choice (Farli/Mardok)
- Barbarian's Redemption (Elly/Bek)
- Barbarian's Lady (Kate/Harrec)
- Barbarian's Rescue (Summer/Warrek)
- Barbarian's Tease (Brooke/Taushen)
- Barbarian's Beloved (Ariana/Zolaya)
- Barbarian's Seduction (Marlene/Zennek)
- Barbarian's Treasure
Icehome Series by Ruby Dixon
1. Lauren's Barbarian, 2017
2. Veronica's Dragon, 2018
3. Willa's Beast
4. Gail's Family
5. Angie's Gladiator
6. Hannah's Hero
7. Devi's Distraction
8. Nadine's Champion
9. Callie's Catastrophe
10. Penny's Protector
Twas the Night Before No-Poison Day
11. Mari's Mistake
12. Raven's Return
13. Bridget's Bane
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