Surviving Skarr by Ruby Dixon [Review]

Surviving Skarr (Ice Planet Clones #2) by Ruby Dixon
Format: paperback
Source: purchased
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Date read: November 1, 2023

Ice Planet Clones
1. R'jaal's Resonance
2. Surviving Skarr - Paperback | Kindle
3. Romancing Rem'eb

Related Series:
(find all the books in the series on the 1st book review)
Ice Planet Barbarians
1. Ice Planet Barbarians

Icehome
1. Lauren's Barbarian

Ruby Dixon
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Overnight, my life has changed to one of sheer survival.

I wake up on a strange alien world covered in ice. I have no memories of myself, not even my name.

And I've resonated to the biggest braggart on the planet. Skarr is a chest-beating alpha male gladiator with lizard genetics and an intense case of self-love. He tells everyone within hearing distance how amazing he is. Bleh.

I want nothing to do with him, but according to the khui, we're soulmates. This means we're bound to have babies and live our lives out together...forever...

Not if I have anything to say about it.

To survive, I'm going to have to figure out who I am, what I am...and what to do about the man who won't shut up about how incredible and perfect I am.

It has to be an act... doesn't it?

Thoughts on Surviving Skarr: The next of the newly dropped clones are up and...they're an interesting couple. Skarr is very much a product of his upbringing/cloned memories. He's loud and he isn't afraid to tell everyone how incredible he is. He's a showman because that's what kept him alive as a gladiator. Vivi, on the other hand, is intensely shy and would prefer to not have the spotlight on her. She thinks all Skarr's over the top declarations are just him being a braggart and she's not thrilled to have to deal with him.

Plus PLUS the poor lady has very few memories to draw on. She doesn't know her own name and she gets glimpses of another life, but not enough to piece together who she was before. It takes time and the wise words of the ladies of Icehome before she starts to settle into her own skin and see how Skarr is in a similar predicament as she is. He might have memories, but he has the mindset of a gladiator on a planet where being a gladiator doesn't amount to much.

Let's just say it takes time and patience before Vivi is comfortable starting to get physical with Skarr. And Skarr has to adjust his thinking and figure out how to wow his crowd of one if he plans on winning her heart.

Missing memories, an anatomical difference (or two!), a surprisingly sweet gladiator once he got over his need to ham it up, and a lady who has some hidden skills when it comes to surviving in unforgiving terrain. I LOVE spending time with the Icehome crew (and all the barbarians!) and watching them finding their place on this world.