Barbarian Alien (Ice Planet Barbarians, #2)

by Ruby Dixon

Mason Lloyd (Narrator) and Hollie Jackson (Narrator)

• ISBN13: 9798200446469
• Publish Date: 20 March 2018 (first published 24 July 2015)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Imprint: Tantor Audio
• Format: Audiobook (MP3)
• Duration: 6 hours and 27 minutes
• Language: English

Reviews

[Angie]

Proceed With Caution:

This book contains mentions of abduction and rape.

The Basics:

Barbarian Alien starts near the ending of Ice Planet Barbarians, overlapping a bit with the rescue portion. This time it's narrated by Liz and Raahosh.

My Thoughts:

While Georgie was much more accepting of her alien mate, Liz is simply not having it at the start of Barbarian Alien. She hates this planet. She hates being cold. And she hates Raahosh for resonating with her and stealing her away to his private cave. Clearly, this is a hate-to-love, fated mates, alien breeder romance. However, much like Vektal, Raahosh is not in the habit of forcing women into anything, especially his mate. Except for the whole inserting a khui into her against her will in order to save her life. He just wants his mate to survive, love him, and start a family!

Barbarian Alien reminded me a bit of Beauty and the Beast in the beginning. Raahosh is holding Liz hostage, she's repulsed by him, she runs away and is attacked by local wildlife, Raahosh storms in to save her, and boom, sexy times! Except that Liz is pretty mean to Raahosh and the poor guy understands most of it without her even realizing it. He's the biggest, fiercest warrior in the clan, but he's so sensitive! I wanted to hug him and tell him she doesn't meant it. She's just lashing out!

I really enjoyed Barbarian Alien. It took a much different twist than I expected, even though I had already read book #1.5 which actually took place after this one. I just didn't know how they got to that point and how it was getting resolved. Liz was a super fun character and wasn't going to go down without a fight! It's a very different type of happy ending, but it was still happy for the couple.

[thebookdisciple]

Barbarian Alien is book 2 in the Ice Planet Barbarians series and I forgot how unique and funny not-Hoth and the sa-kui could be! Raahosh is a lonely hunter and virgin who is terrified his mate will hate him forever. Because, lets be honest, she is a raging bitch. Liz is so hateful! I get it-you were kidnapped by aliens, stranded on a strange planet, and you have had shit all for luck, but man she is a terror! She says so many mean, hateful things. You can hate your circumstances without putting others down. It really took me a while to warm up to her (and even then, it was lukewarm).

These two have a rough road to mated bliss. Raahosh is adorable and trying to navigate understanding Liz's constant chatter makes for some great laughs! They are destined to be mated, even though Liz is fighting it, so there are lots of sexy times even before there is actual sex. I liked that their story was different from Georgie and Vektal's. Liz and Raahosh are both different from the rest of their kind so it seems fitting that they end up together.

If you are looking for hot alien sexy times, funny misunderstandings of the English language, and strong independent women, check out Barbarian Alien.

The audiobook is narrated by Mason Lloyd and Hollie Jackson. I have heard Mason Lloyd numerous times and enjoyed his voice. He totally outdoes himself in this book!!! He created an accent for these aliens and it was brilliant! Its unique and smooth. I worried it would detract from the story, but its perfect! It actually made me feel like I was listening to an alien! Hollie Jackson did a wonderful job with Liz as well, but Mason Lloyd really stole the show here.

 

• POV: dual 1st


• Tears: no


• Trope: fated mates, kidnapping


• Triggers: none


• Series/Standalone: series


• Cliffhanger: (show spoiler)[no] (hide spoiler)


• HEA: (show spoiler)[yes] (hide spoiler)

Other super sexy, supernatural, insta-love reads by authors like Alexa Riley, Celia Kyle, Anna Hacket, Eve Langlais...then you will probably like Barbarian Alien!

 

Barbarian Alien

 

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[leelu92]

I enjoyed this one almost as much as the first. Georgie and Vectal are hard to beat and let's face it, Liz can be quite a handful. Still, a really enjoyable series and I'll definitely keep reading.