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Barbarian's Touch by Ruby Dixon
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Hmm. I thought this was going to be maybe 4 stars because Rokan is so sweet, but Lila had to pull out her annoying card for a good part of the book.

The story is Lila and Maddie are sisters and are new pod people found and released. Hassan decides to kidnap her to force her to resonate and be his mate. Not cool. Lila understands nothing that is going on because she's deaf and Hassan doesn't speak ASL. No one does but Maddie and Lila has been taken from the group. Rokan finds and rescues Lila from her captivity and they start "dating" for most of the book.

Lila is a pretty good character. I liked that she stuck it out with Hassan and wasn't spineless. Her crush on Rokan was cute and they're adorable together. She began to annoy me when she decided to get bratty about the cootie and question life. It felt like she was being ungrateful and spoiled when the Not-Hoth people saved her from death and we're doing anything possible to help her and make her happy. She threw it all back in Rokan's face and still he was teddy bear sweet to her, even when she was bitchy.

Rokan is adorable and sweet. He does everything he can to make Lila happy and puts no pressure on her for anything. He doesn't try any of the usual sa-khui courting tactics his fellow tribesmen have, like Vektal's hellos. He's the perfect gentleman and friend. He even starts to learn ASL for her as he's desperate to talk to her, even cuter.

I liked the part with the metlaks and I'm hoping that and the cave are expanded upon in the next books. Those two things could be quite interesting further discoveries for Not-Hoth.

Hate Maddie. She's jealous, bratty, bitchy, ungrateful, unhelpful, just an all around stick in the mud. They should've left her in her pod. Not looking forward to her being the next book. Farli seems way too young to be book 9. Isn't she like 15?

I still like this series, but I think it needs to go way different again like it did for Harlow and Ruhk's book.

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Really not feeling this cover. Guy looks like he's wearing a jester's hat.
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Reading Progress

April 8, 2016 – Shelved
April 8, 2016 – Shelved as: to-read
August 5, 2016 – Started Reading
August 5, 2016 – Shelved as: machalo-august-2016-challenge
August 5, 2016 – Shelved as: aliens
August 5, 2016 – Shelved as: 2016
August 5, 2016 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by Alp (new) - rated it 3 stars

Alp Hahaha How come I didn't notice that?!


Monty Cupcake ☠ Queen of Bloodshed ☠ They're horrific and look like they'd get in the way of every activity.


☆★Tinja★✮ A Court of Pizza and Laziness Gross cover :D:D Let's hope the stuff inside makes up for it !


Monty Cupcake ☠ Queen of Bloodshed ☠ You know this looks the same.



Layla ✷ Praise the sun ✷ Looool :D It does indeed look quite silly.


message 7: by Ceeri (new) - added it

Ceeri Jay seriously??? the cover...? Didn't anyone tell you NOT to judge a book by its cover


Monty Cupcake ☠ Queen of Bloodshed ☠ @Cieeri. You see it's on my TBR list, meaning I will read it. I'm not judging the book as a whole, I made fun of the cover, not the story. Pretty sure the story is the important part of a book. If your adage is the absolute truth, then why is there anything on the cover but the title? Obviously the cover's picture is meant to do something.


hIpnoticraQs Since they had an ice planet Christmas, maybe he's a jester for ice planet Halloween.


message 11: by Alp (new) - rated it 3 stars

Alp Same here! IMO, Lila and Maddie ruined the book. I will not read Maddie's story!


Monty Cupcake ☠ Queen of Bloodshed ☠ Especially not interested in Madfie knowing who she'll be paired up with. Lila wasn't too bad until that "I hate resonance" part.


message 13: by Alp (new) - rated it 3 stars

Alp That's right!


Noura Great review!

Agree with you....the not-hoth guy looks a bit weird with the droopy horns. Lila's ok until she went bratty and Maddie's so despicable in this one.


Monty Cupcake ☠ Queen of Bloodshed ☠ I never imagined the horns protruding out that far. I thought they'd be closer to their head. I'm not sure I'll be able to deal with Maddie's book, she's that annoying.


Elizabeth I agree with everything you said! These two sisters annoyed me from the start. Especially Maddie. Why does being a rude asshole make you a “badass”? Gimme a break. And Lila being helpless and a princess because she’s deaf and always needed rescuing? How insulting to the deaf community. Ugh. I’m getting mad all over again LOL


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