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Barbarian's Taming by Ruby Dixon
4.0

Highlights:
Maddie is amazing! I live how confident she is and takes what she wants. She is a glass sibling who suddenly doesn't have that responsibility and feel lonely and lost. Hassen and Maddie's relationship developed really well. I like these stories where the ticking clock of the resonance isn't hovering over their heads and they can just bond. I understand why Lila is not as close to Maddie as before but I feel as though she is still being a bad sister. Like at least try to include her when you can and don't completely only focus on your new man.

Lowlights:
The way Hassan talked about Lila as "weak and weeping" when he is the one who literally kidnapped her is crazy. Like of course she just cried and flinched away from you... You kidnapped her and hid her in a cave. An issue I have with this series is that the other women should completely understand why the new women are completely used to the new planet but also are also holding Maddie's behavior against her. Like sorry she didn't wake up from being abducted by aliens and then her sister being kidnapped with a smile. They also aren't actively teaching her anything yet expecting her to have wilderness skills they didn't have when they arrived.

Horn Level: 4/5