Me rating a Ruby Dixon book below 4 stars? Not likely.
Unless, of course, the book surrounds one of the most ridiculous female characters I’ve ever reMe rating a Ruby Dixon book below 4 stars? Not likely.
Unless, of course, the book surrounds one of the most ridiculous female characters I’ve ever read. Vivi, a human clone, ends up quickly matched with Skarr, who is an alien clone, but more specifically a splice, meaning he’s a hybrid of various aliens. If you’ve read Dixon’s other works, you would’ve seen this in Gren.
From the very beginning of the book, Vivi is going through an identity crisis. Since finding out she’s a clone, she struggles with figuring out who she is, and it doesn’t help that her name is given to her by Flor.
To that point, Vivi struggles heavily with speaking up for herself. She is so uncomfortable with airing her grievances that when Flor names her Vivi, she internally gripes about it but says nothing to Flor, so as to not come across as problematic. This behavior, paired with her identity crisis, make for the most ridiculous of FMCs.
Somehow, she ends up paired with Skarr, who is a very boisterous, obnoxiously proud male. I must be in the minority here, but I actually really liked Skarr. Maybe it because he had a personality and, idk, didn’t complain too much about his circumstances? Whatever the reason, I felt so bad that he had to end up with Vivi. She treated him horribly, always thinking of herself and who “she” is. At no point does she give any real thought to Skarr, without thinking about herself at the same time. She was so brash to him and constantly worried about what other people thought of them, which is funny given she later tells Skarr that “if I dont like something I’m going to tell you. I’m not a suffer in silence kind of girl” …. So who was the Vivi we spent 80% of the book reading about?
This brings me to my last point — this book is too long for nothing to happen. There were so many ways we could have seen more plot develop, and instead we had to read about a FMC who wants to become friends before lovers. Sure, that’s reasonable, but how is it that they can spend weeks without fulfilling resonance and be fine, yet in previous books Josie and Haeden were near death? This is the fundamental aspect of the khui, there should at least be some consistency here. There’s also a time where she considers turning off both her AND Skarr’s khui, yet doesn’t ask Skarr what his thoughts are on the matter. Again, this is consistent in her thinking only of herself.
Ruby is one of my favorite authors, but man did this book fall flat. 2 stars because we got to see the other characters from Ice Home, and we got to see Ashtar. ...more
Don’t be fooled, there are absolutely no zombies in this book. I’m not leaving a low rating for that necessarily, but I would have enjoyed to read a sDon’t be fooled, there are absolutely no zombies in this book. I’m not leaving a low rating for that necessarily, but I would have enjoyed to read a story with more depth to it....more
4 stars. I love the Naga Brides series but the repetitive nature of the FMC’s is beginning to get on my nerves. It’s the same woman in every book:
1. 4 stars. I love the Naga Brides series but the repetitive nature of the FMC’s is beginning to get on my nerves. It’s the same woman in every book:
1. Desperate to go home 2. Naive as hell 3. Believes she knows best 4. Upset that the men do not understand human customs (ie: mating contracts versus having sex for pleasure)
I want to read a book with a FMC who is THRILLED to be with a Naga man! I don’t care much of the women who spent 97% of the book trying to get back to space, only to realize that everything they wanted could be found on earth. Give me a girl who’s obsessed with the naga, so much so that’s he’s like “wtf did I do to deserve such a female”...more
So cute!! Tabitha is, rightfully, on edge after being a human slave. A chance encounter with Jrrru, her praxiian neighbor’s brother, leads to a surpriSo cute!! Tabitha is, rightfully, on edge after being a human slave. A chance encounter with Jrrru, her praxiian neighbor’s brother, leads to a surprising romance.
The character development is so well done and I couldn’t help but root for both throughout this read....more
Contrary to most of my books, I *can* believe this took me so long to read. Simply put- it’s lackluster. The FMC is downright boring, one-dimensional Contrary to most of my books, I *can* believe this took me so long to read. Simply put- it’s lackluster. The FMC is downright boring, one-dimensional and repetitive. I enjoyed R’jaal, as I normally tend to enjoy the men more when the females let me down, but I wouldn’t rave about him.
IPB is my comfort series and this is clearly what I’ll dub “first book syndrome”. The main couple is secondary to the purpose of the book, which is to open up the series. In this case, our main characters were sacrificed for the sake of starting a new series.
So good!! The only reason I’m not giving it 5 stars was because it took SO LONG (final chapters) for them to actually become intimate. I would have liSo good!! The only reason I’m not giving it 5 stars was because it took SO LONG (final chapters) for them to actually become intimate. I would have liked to see it happen earlier on, that way we get to see a more possessive side of Zaku. ...more
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