Barbarian Lover (Ice Planet Barbarians, #3)
Ruby Dixon
The third novel in the Ice Planet Barbarians series, an international publishing phenomenon—now in a special print edition with bonus materials and an exclusive epilogue! Kira plans on remaining single on this alien planet—she doesn’t want a mate anyway. At least, that’s what she tells herself. But when Aehako comes along, everything changes. . . . As one of the 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’s interested in me. It’s hard to push away the sexy, flirtatious Aehako when I long to grab him by his horns and insist he take me to his furs. But I’ve got a terrible secret—a few of them, actually. I’m convinced that Aehako can never love me if he knows the full truth. More worryingly, 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 desire more than anything? And will he even want me if he knows my secrets?
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3 stars
I was excited for Kira's story because she'd been described as more solemn/reserved and I found her intriguing in the first two, and fun to read in this book, she did not disappoint!
Also Aehako was great, I liked that he was patient and understanding.
I also liked that Aehako didn't care about Kira's infertility and literally just shrugged it away. Their growth together and Kira's character development to decide/realize that she was inherently valuable was lovely to read. I clutched my little heart and said 'Awww' when Aehako declared that he loved her and she was his mate, resonance or not.
And then it felt like all that just was tossed right out the window when they resonated anyway and suddenly their union was somewhat more validated because they'd be able to reproduce. Obviously it's sad that Kira wanted kids but couldn't have any, but it felt like this book did a bunch of set up to say 'but even if they couldn't, their love was strong and they chose each other anyway and the tribe valued them whether or not there would be offspring' and then... boom, they resonated anyway and it felt like it negated that work. That she'd been magically healed (organ regeneration?) by the symbiont and so therefore she wouldn't be worthless??
The bad guy aliens coming back was interesting but the resolution/solution Kira used to defeat them way too far-fetched. But provided good action scenes, so that was fun. I was a little surprised that she was able to take them all out--seems like these other species would have been good for future book tension/fodder.
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