I don't know, I just keep reading these blue aliens and their mates having a lot of sex and having a lot of babies, I don't know what that says about me.

Ruby never disappoints. What I love about her and her books is that each character is so unique and even flawed. However, it never takes away from the bond building between the couples. Asha is not a likable character. She is brash and angry, she has treated everyone in the tribe and especially her mate like crap. However, she has grown and changed especially after the loss of her daughter. We finally get to see the deeper hurts she carries and with help from Claire and her newfound purpose she is able to work on communication with her mate and have a do over at the chance for family and love with her mate.

This was a really great addition to the ice planet barbarian series! I really love the world-building that Ruby has in all her books and they really draw me in and make me want more. Worth the read!!

Barbarian’s Hope is the tenth book in the Ice Planet Barbarian’s series written by Ruby Dixon.

Cover rerelease on April 29, 2025 by Berkley.

*Mating in crisis
*Loss of child
*Fun holiday traditions

Asha and Hemalo lost their daughter right after childbirth leaving them both grieving and pulling apart. Now, years later, they are both lonely and finding themselves wishing they could reconnect again.

Asha was a hard character to like in the other books, but in this story she was so much more vulnerable and likable. She truly was grief stricken and in need of her mate. Hemalo also was grieving and wishing he could help his mate instead of hurting her more.

Their relationship and reconnection was very sweet, I was happy that they got their HEA.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this title.

Format: NetGalley ebook
Genre: Science fiction / Romance
Overall score:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice level:🌶️🌶️🌶️
Characters: Asha (FMC) & Hemalo (MMC)

I would like to start by saying this is not a new book. I got a few chapters in and realized that this is the same book I read a couple of years ago. It is being re-released with an updated cover. This book is a part of the Ice Planet Barbarian Series which has about 28 books in the series including novellas that continue the stories of some of the characters. Asha is one of the few surviving Sa-khui females and this book goes into detail about her and Hemalo relationship. It gives the reason why she is so rude to the human females, why she doesn't really interact with the rest of the tribe, but most of all it gives the back story to her love /hate relationship with Hemalo. The book overall is slow but has a decent story line.

ANOTHER ONE! Ugh. I don’t care how many times I have to reread these suckers but they are so fantastic.