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My Review:Title: Lauren's Barbarian (Icehome, #1)
Author: Ruby Dixon
Series: Icehome #1
Published by: Indie
Release Date: October 20, 2017
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 282
Genres: Science Fiction, Action and Adventure, Romance
Reading Challenges: CC's Goodreads Reading Challenge
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My rating:
Blurb:A lush, tropical island on an icy planet makes no sense.
Then again, not much makes sense anymore after waking up and finding myself not in bed but on a strange world populated by aliens. Since that moment, I’ve learned that nothing is normal anymore and I’ve got to roll with the punches. I can handle this, though. I’m strong and capable.
So… washed up on a tropical island? Got it handled.
Separated from the others in my group? Handled.
Stranded alone with a brutal but delicious alien man that can’t speak English but has great… ahem… body language? Yup, handled.
Add in the fact that my cootie – a symbiont I need to survive – has chosen my big, hulking alien friend as my fated mate? Let’s just say that the situation isn’t the only thing that’s going to be handled.
But it isn’t long before I learn that the tropical island paradise is a death trap and we’re all in grave danger, aliens and humans alike. To survive this, I'll need my tempting guy to give me a hand with the situation… good thing he's got four of them.
This romance features all of the adventure, humor and community you’ve come to expect in the Ice Planet Barbarians series, but it stands on its own. You do not need to read the other series (or be caught up) in order to read LAUREN'S BARBARIAN.
The best thing about this story was not the romance but the world building and the interaction between tribes/species. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the romance, it was tactile and erotic and the chemistry was oh so yummy!
But the island they lived on was so fascinating. How primative the tribes were was different and refreshing to read. The interaction between the tribes on the island was cool and I would have loved to have known them before the volcano erupted the first time. The world building was first rate. From the description of the birds and the way each tribe lived and their customs, I really got a complete feel for them as a species.
Now the romance, if you can call it that as it was pretty much physical to start, was pretty great too. They had immediate and steamy chemistry. I loved the whole simbiotic paraites that had to be implanted in order to survive. Oh, and bonus, they resonated when they found their true mates. Funny and genious. Their relationship evolved as it does in a book like this; into love and friendship. All in all it was a good story and I will read more from this author.
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