Pretty Human by Ruby Dixion | #bookreview #romancereader

My thoughts/ review:

So I’m starting down a long rabbit hole of reading all of Ruby Dixion’s books, and I have to say I’m enjoying myself. This my second book read by her and I liked the world the author has created. 

This Varrik and Milly’s story how how they met. Milly was kidnapped from earth and forced to be a slave to blue horned alliens. She is given as gift to leader and ruler Varrik. Varrik seems to treat her differently than the other alliens. He is showing that he cares for Milly.

In the story Varrik keeps Milly by his side and eventually tells her how he feels about her. Although being on a strange planet and speaking a different language for Milly she is trying to make the best of it. She ends of falling for Varrik as well.

In the end they have their HEA and get married and move to another planet where they start a new life.

I really enjoyed this in my mind I was rooting for both Milly and Varrik to be together without consequences especially since Varrik is the ruler of his planet and has so many laws to abide by.

After reading this novella I plan to continue on in the ice planet series.

Rating: 4.5 ⭐

Let me know if you read any of Ruby Dixion’s Books? Synopsis for PRETTY HUMAN

Xoxo Nikki🤎

The City Born Great By N.K. Jemisin | Book Review

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Synopsis:

 In this standalone short story by N. K. Jemisin, author of The Fifth Season, the winner of this year’s Hugo Award for Best Novel, New York City is about to go through a few changes.

Like all great metropolises before it, when a city gets big enough, old enough, it must be born; but there are ancient enemies who cannot tolerate new life. Thus New York will live or die by the efforts of a reluctant midwife…and how well he can learn to sing the city’s mighty song.

The City Born Great is a Tor.com Original.



Book Review:


The City Born GreatThe City Born Great by N.K. Jemisin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I think this was a great start to N.K. Jemisin’s new series. My perspective from this short story is there is so much going on within a big city and to keep it thriving and moving you have to keep the city moving..always. So for New York, which is a big city things are always happening 24/7. It’s (I’m guessing these people called avatars /midwives jobs to maintain the city and look after it)

The author also like in today’s society  display that racism is still a factor so she made sure to showcase it in her story which I have no problem with.

I did like that the story did get fast paced towards the middle and towards the end and became very political based. So I’m hoping once I get to reading The City We Became I’ll understand the full story better. But so far I enjoyed NK’s writing and the fact that she went for something that not a lot of people wouldn’t normally write about. 4🌟