1st read: December 2020
2nd read: December 2022

I've read a few sci-fi romance books that involve prisons and possible escapes, and this is one of the better ones. I really like how Ruby Dixon builds up the relationship over such a short book. It's still instalove, but it's much more palatable than some of the other books I've read. ( )

"Prison Planet Barbarian" was your generic sci-fi erotica romance tale that's great for any reader that is looking for a short sexy you can read pretty much anywhere. I'm quite surprised I liked this and with this short novel being the first book I've read from the author, I'm quite impressed. I will definitely consider checking out the other installments of the series in the near future.

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2.5 stars
It was meh for me. The H and h were fine, but the story lacked the humour and sexiness I enjoy so much from Ruby Dixon. ( )

An extra story based on a prison planet with a thread of our blue barbarians. ( )

This book takes place in the same 'verse as the Ice Planet Barbarians, and they are roughly related since Jutari and our IPB are the same basic species, but that's mostly the only connection between the two.

Chloe was kidnapped from her college dorm. She woke up in a slaver's ship and was sold to an alien ambassador. When she found out that the ambassador's species did EVERY.THING in trios, she wasn't going to go along, so she kicked the ambassador and ended up killing him and 8 others connected to him. For that, she was sent to Haven, a terrible prison, where she is just going to... disappear. Humans are illegal, after all, so no one can know that she killed the ambassador.

Jutari is in the max security wing of this particular prison. He's one of the worst of the worst. He was a merc and a pirate and had killed some beings in prison. When the loathsome guard Noku drags Chloe through the max security wing to show her off, Jutari immediately knows that she's his, and he's going to do anything he can to make sure that she's safe and with him. When the guard throws her into Jutari's cell a few days later so that she can be punished, Jutari grabs her and protects her from everyone else in the cell.

This guy is a real change from our guys on Not-Hoth, mostly because he's from a totally different culture, but even with that being said, he's also like them in that he's very protective of his mate, doesn't want to let anyone touch her, and will go out of his way to make sure that she's safe, protected, and loved. Poor Chloe, she goes through some terrible things to get where she does, but then she finds Jutari, and is better with it.

All in all, a great story, with a very Ruby Dixon feel. ( )