Barbarian's Redemption

Ice Planet Barbarians Series, Book 12

De: Ruby Dixon

Narrado por: Hollie Jackson, Mason Lloyd

For seasons, I have waited for her - my perfect mate.

In a tribe full of happy couples, I am alone. But I am not content to remain this way. There are no eligible unmated females left, so I will do whatever it takes to bring females back to our tribe, even if it means doing something wrong. Even if it means I must purchase my mate on the intergalactic black market. I will do anything to possess her, to claim her as my own.

But will my ruthless move turn my female against me before we ever meet? Can she ever forgive a male that bought her freedom?

Contains mature themes.

©2017 Ruby Dixon (P)2019 Tantor

Wonderful!

Wonderful as always! Bek and Elly are always my favorite couple! It's nice to hear them brought to life!

A new side of the bad boy, Bek!

Okay, to start, I love these books. It's clear how different they each are, and Ruby Dixon has done an incredible job of coming up with new personalities, new storylines, and new character arcs for her characters. One of the arcs I've enjoyed are the enemies to lovers lines, such as that with Liz, Josie, Kate, and now with Ellie and Bek. (forgive my spelling, I listen to the audiobooks, so I never see the names written down)

I enjoyed this book because it was the first of those with the new Humans, so it was refreshing to have new stories to tell, versus retellings of the same few years in the first handful of books. Ellie is super interesting in that she has been a slave since she was 13 and has experienced more of the galaxy than the other women who are freshly plucked from Earth. I would love a stand alone book about Ellie's experiences as a slave or at least any adventures she experienced in locations other than Not-Hoth. I thought she was interesting in how she was practically feral as a defense mechanism, and I liked that she wasn't made out to be anything other than stinky and gross for a good portion of the book. Of course Bek doesn't care about this, but I feel like the hygiene of the characters had to be mentioned at some point. I think sponge baths in caves can only do so much to clean your body, and without razors, tooth brushes, and deodorant, I'm giving the Qui (sp?) a lot of credit for the lack of halitosis, cavities, b/o, and armpit hair. Anyways.

I enjoyed the characters, I enjoyed the sex scenes, I only have one complaint: I did feel like Ellie got past her fear of Bek far too quickly. I understand the Qui has a lot to do with the breaking down of the walls the human women have initially against some of the Sok, but there wasn't a lot of interaction before she decided Bek was safe and gave him her trust. Dixon did an incredible job of writing Ellie's character and her silence and really driving the point that Ellie does not trust, and that she is in worse shape than the other women. After all that writing and hearing about Ellie's stubbornness and silence, and independence, I was a bit surprised that she suddenly decided Bek was safe like a flip of a switch.

Also I think everyone was a bit harsh on Bek for buying the women. I know slavery = bad, but I feel like buying people out of slavery to free them, or at least give them a life that is better in comparison to the alternative, is not a bad thing. Perhaps he should've been in trouble for going behind the backs of others, but in the end, he did help the women out of their far worse situation. I'd say this was out of the fire and into the frying pan, at worst. Maybe its not back in their beds on Earth, but better than cages! I like Bek's character, I love a classic bad boy archetype who is a dick to everyone but the woman he cares about, I love the strong male stereotypical facade with a teddy bear heart and all that jazz. I am into Bek!

Anyways, I liked the book for what it's worth. I enjoyed their story, just as much as I've enjoyed the others. I would definitely recommend reading it. If you've made it to book 12, then you'll like book 13 :)

Oh Bek…

Bek was someone I didn’t think i could like based on his portrayal in previous books, BUT I was pleasantly surprised by just how much I like him once his mate was able to make him understand what he had done that was so wrong. This story again shed light on the naivety of a group of aliens who had the inability to even conceive of a world beyond theirs, let alone the horrific things these women (the humans) could have endured before their time with them. Lovely story of building trust from the ground up & truly loving someone more than yourself.

Love the Series

Love the Ice Planet Barbarians Series but this one has probably been my least favorite. The audio book Narrators did amazing as always though. Still continuing on and recommend this Series to other.

Love Bek!

I love this very entertaining story. The characters are interesting and well developed.

Bek lives on an ice planet in a tribe mostly made up of couples, He wants a mate and a family of his own, but there aren't any unmated adult females. Bek decides that he will do whatever it takes to have a mate. Even if it means he has to buy females from the intergalactic black market. Bek will do anything to make her his.

This story had me so torn. Part of me wanted to yell at the humans that Bek did a good thing by having them brought to the ice planet (better than what 2 of the women had already had to endure) and it's not like he had them kidnapped from Earth to be mates. The other part of me was sad but also happy that Ellie was able to teach Bek about how slavery is wrong. I really loved how Ellie started to come out of her shell. Bek needed a great story and a great mate and this was exactly that! I recommend reading this book or listening to it. I own a copy of this book as both an ebook and an audible book.