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Ice Planet Barbarians #19.5
Barbarian's Treat
The brutal season is underway and the sa-khui tribe needs a break. What better way to shake things up than to celebrate another one of those strange human holidays?
Claire suggests that Croatoan’s people enjoy Halloween, and the fun begins as everyone joins in. There are costumes! Vegetable carvings! An ice maze! And a surprise for a beloved couple.
This novella features fluff, fluff and more fluff. It’s just some happy holiday fun and involves no dramatic plot lines.
Claire suggests that Croatoan’s people enjoy Halloween, and the fun begins as everyone joins in. There are costumes! Vegetable carvings! An ice maze! And a surprise for a beloved couple.
This novella features fluff, fluff and more fluff. It’s just some happy holiday fun and involves no dramatic plot lines.
84 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 25, 2024
About the author
Ruby Dixon
171 books20.6k followersRuby Dixon is an author of Science Fiction Romance. She likes fated mates, baby-filled epilogues, and cinnamon roll heroes. She also likes to write biographies of herself in the third person, because it feels more important that way.
Ruby also loves coffee and dirty books and will probably be a cat lady at some point. :)
Ruby also loves coffee and dirty books and will probably be a cat lady at some point. :)
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October 30, 2024
Ok this was cute and just pure fluff! I miss my IPB OGs and this gave me a little slice of “Treat Day” with a lot of them. This is a cutie little Halloween novella with our favorites on Not-Hoth!
Getting a little check in with the sa-khui tribe always makes me happy! Claire is missing holidays and thinking of Halloween so she decides to propose another fun holiday for the tribe. We get costumes, an ice maze, vegetable carvings, and Halloween-inspired fun on Not-Hoth! We get POV moments from so many: Claire, Georgie, Asha, Tiffany, Stacy, Joden, Josie, Maddie, Haeden, Vektal. Super cute, super fluffy novella on KU.
Getting a little check in with the sa-khui tribe always makes me happy! Claire is missing holidays and thinking of Halloween so she decides to propose another fun holiday for the tribe. We get costumes, an ice maze, vegetable carvings, and Halloween-inspired fun on Not-Hoth! We get POV moments from so many: Claire, Georgie, Asha, Tiffany, Stacy, Joden, Josie, Maddie, Haeden, Vektal. Super cute, super fluffy novella on KU.
October 23, 2024
I loved revisiting the original crew
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October 31, 2025Thank you for the gift, Tropical Jingle Miraclewrap!!
October 28, 2024
I haven’t read ALL of this universe but I had to read this when I saw the extremely cute cover art. Like come on all the kids dressed up? Gimmie!
This was sooo cute and full of fluff. Def a lot of “spoilers” if you haven’t read more than the first couple books but so worth it.
I could legit read a million of these fluffy novellas they’re like a little slice of life sitcom episode - I’m obsessed.
the crossover hint at the end - also GIMMIE
This was sooo cute and full of fluff. Def a lot of “spoilers” if you haven’t read more than the first couple books but so worth it.
I could legit read a million of these fluffy novellas they’re like a little slice of life sitcom episode - I’m obsessed.
the crossover hint at the end - also GIMMIE
November 2, 2024
This was a cute little Novella that made it nice to return to the OG crew of the IPB world
October 30, 2025
Cute, fluffy Halloween themed fun with the blue aliens on the ice planet.
Perfect little novella
Perfect little novella
October 29, 2024
****THE KITS ARE GROWN UPS****
Omg! Thanks, Ruby, for giving us this treat (pun intended) haha I loved the kits and the men. Their still clueless lol and the kits are adorable and growing up so fast.
Omg! Thanks, Ruby, for giving us this treat (pun intended) haha I loved the kits and the men. Their still clueless lol and the kits are adorable and growing up so fast.
November 27, 2024
Perfect Fluff!
The Croatoan village has grown so much while the Risdaverse has been at the beach, and they're diving head first into a new holiday to beat the brutal season- Halloween! It's up to the human women to figure out how to combine Halloween costumes (where there isn't exactly a Spirit or Party City down the road) and manage to make tons of sweet treats from seeds and berries, and cakes from more seeds and berries (it's an ice planet). Jack o lanterns are now not-potatoes, and caramel apples are replaced with seedy sweet goo that is near the real thing. Even the kids are on it, giving their moms their perfect idea for a costume to go along with the 'scary' traditions!
So grab your half human, half sa-khui, round them up for a costume contest that will impress any DiYer, and head into the snow maze to work off that energy!!
It's time for Treat Day on Not-Hoth!
I loved every page of this, but I am partially biased- anything to do with Halloween, and I'm yours.
I absolutely loved that there wasn't a single moment that wasn't solved by the next chapter or two (if only in life!). The kids had fun, the parents had fun, and everyone went to bed happy, healthy, and full of sweet treats and memories. I especially loved how much of a voice each of the kids got (they used to be babies! They have opinions now! Aww!!), and the unique way each human parent went about figuring costumes (I wish I could see some of them in real life. SO cute)
I do even like the minor tension one couple deals with (solved by the end! So relaxing!), which gave the novella depth.
In these trying times, I beg of Ruby to give us more! More!!!
The Croatoan village has grown so much while the Risdaverse has been at the beach, and they're diving head first into a new holiday to beat the brutal season- Halloween! It's up to the human women to figure out how to combine Halloween costumes (where there isn't exactly a Spirit or Party City down the road) and manage to make tons of sweet treats from seeds and berries, and cakes from more seeds and berries (it's an ice planet). Jack o lanterns are now not-potatoes, and caramel apples are replaced with seedy sweet goo that is near the real thing. Even the kids are on it, giving their moms their perfect idea for a costume to go along with the 'scary' traditions!
So grab your half human, half sa-khui, round them up for a costume contest that will impress any DiYer, and head into the snow maze to work off that energy!!
It's time for Treat Day on Not-Hoth!
I loved every page of this, but I am partially biased- anything to do with Halloween, and I'm yours.
I absolutely loved that there wasn't a single moment that wasn't solved by the next chapter or two (if only in life!). The kids had fun, the parents had fun, and everyone went to bed happy, healthy, and full of sweet treats and memories. I especially loved how much of a voice each of the kids got (they used to be babies! They have opinions now! Aww!!), and the unique way each human parent went about figuring costumes (I wish I could see some of them in real life. SO cute)
I do even like the minor tension one couple deals with (solved by the end! So relaxing!), which gave the novella depth.
In these trying times, I beg of Ruby to give us more! More!!!
October 27, 2024
What does Halloween look like in this Ice Planet? Different but just as fun. It was so nice to visit with the OG crew and see all the grown up kits. I wish Rahoosh and Liz were present. I would have loved Rahoosh to have the craziest girl dad costume. This was super fun and cute. A lovely read for fans of the series.
December 3, 2024
Awe! So cute!!! I love these novellas! I love getting to see a glimpse in the life of the OG crew and each POV of a person makes me miss them! I love that we got to see the kids and how much they grown. So cute!!! The Halloween theme is cute and how it brought the whole community together a big family.
October 30, 2024
THE COVER? SO CUTE.
Fluffy, Halloween Barbarian fun on Not-Hoth. I loved revisiting my fav characters from IPB and seeing what they're up to, ten years later. This was a nice little surprise to stumble on in KindleUnlimited.
Fluffy, Halloween Barbarian fun on Not-Hoth. I loved revisiting my fav characters from IPB and seeing what they're up to, ten years later. This was a nice little surprise to stumble on in KindleUnlimited.
October 29, 2024
Such a cute fluffy novella!!! I'm so happy we got to see a lot more of the kids! ❤️
November 2, 2024
aw that's so cute and non-spicy. love it.
November 13, 2024
Another fluffy little story between stories. Per usual I loved it, even if I'm getting to the point where I can't remember who everyone is.
November 29, 2024
Nice to catch up with the OG IPB crew!
November 4, 2025
this was a really cute little short story! i loved getting to draw out the halloween vibes a bit longer, and it was nice to be able to see some of the OG characters & their adorable kiddos!
November 13, 2024
Loved revisiting the og crew
November 20, 2024
Cute little Halloween book. I love anything IPB/IceHome/Clones so I had to order it. I got really busy and missed reading it for Halloween but still cute for fall.
October 25, 2024
Cute Halloween short story. We get to visit nearly everyone from IPB. There is mention of folks at Icehome. You get usual flirtations and romance, but no steam from Ruby in this one.
April 3, 2025
Poor Vektal developing social anxiety symptoms. I relate.
November 11, 2024
Cute Halloween themed visit with our Croatan friends.
September 29, 2025
Ate it up!
November 24, 2024
This Novella really was a treat!
It was so lovely to return to Croatoan, and catch up with the OGs!
There were cute misunderstandings (as there always are with the blue boys), some adorable moments with the kits, a hint maybe?) of a next gen spin off, some swoony romance and a new (second) resonance! All of which had me kicking my feet with glee!
Just what I needed to pull me out of my reading slump!
It was so lovely to return to Croatoan, and catch up with the OGs!
There were cute misunderstandings (as there always are with the blue boys), some adorable moments with the kits, a hint maybe?) of a next gen spin off, some swoony romance and a new (second) resonance! All of which had me kicking my feet with glee!
Just what I needed to pull me out of my reading slump!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 2, 2026
These alien kids are so stinking cute I just want to squish them. We have some adult POVs between Georgie, Vektal, Claire, Haeden, Tiffany, and Kate. Then we get a POV for sweet baby Joden!! A kid POV for the first time!! It was so cute I loved it. Loved the Halloween energy. Loved it all, cute stuff. Plus we get another resonance! I like seeing where the OG ice planet crew is at these days so that part is always nice! Spice was mild, short story so like 🌶️🌶️
November 22, 2025
4 stars
I love this world.
I love this world.
May 12, 2025
Ha sido como volver a casa, me encanta este universo, estos personajes y está ambientación. Estaría feliz leyendo 20 libros de IPB al año, esta autora es mi lugar seguro.
November 9, 2024
Took me way longer than it should have to read. I have just been in an odd reading mood this whole year.
This was one of the better slice of life novellas, it was told from many POVs, some we haven’t seen in a long time. It was great to revisit some of these characters and see their kids. I do wish the children were more involved in the universe as a whole, but this novella did a great job of showing us who they are.
I found a few things odd, like ask Vektal permission to celebrate a human holiday, that many if the humans did seem to have a clue about Halloween, one character even comments on how nothing matters if it’s correct or not as nobody there knows what Halloween is. But nearly half of the adult population is human, western humans who oiled be aware of the significance of the holiday.
I would have like to have seen the IceHome crew invited. I can see them becoming their on society since there is very little mingling between the two groups. They’re becoming two separate tribes.
This was one of the better slice of life novellas, it was told from many POVs, some we haven’t seen in a long time. It was great to revisit some of these characters and see their kids. I do wish the children were more involved in the universe as a whole, but this novella did a great job of showing us who they are.
I found a few things odd, like ask Vektal permission to celebrate a human holiday, that many if the humans did seem to have a clue about Halloween, one character even comments on how nothing matters if it’s correct or not as nobody there knows what Halloween is. But nearly half of the adult population is human, western humans who oiled be aware of the significance of the holiday.
I would have like to have seen the IceHome crew invited. I can see them becoming their on society since there is very little mingling between the two groups. They’re becoming two separate tribes.
April 22, 2026
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | 5 stars
I don’t even know how to review this because Barbarian’s Treat wasn’t really trying to be some high-stakes dramatic installment… it was just pure comfort. Pure fluff. Pure love letter to this series and honestly? It was perfect.
After all the chaos, survival, resonance drama, kidnappings, pregnancies, and everything these characters have been through, getting a final novella that simply lets us be with them again felt so rewarding.
And I loved every second of it.
This felt less like reading a story and more like coming home.
Seeing all the couples again — couples I’ve spent so many books with — was so nostalgic. Watching them as established families, with children running around and relationships fully settled, made me so emotional. It felt like checking in on old friends.
And the Halloween element? I ate that up.
Bringing a human holiday to the sa-khui and watching the barbarians interpret costumes, treats, and spooky traditions was adorable and hilarious. It was such a clever, cozy concept for a closing novella and it fit the found-family heart of this series so well.
The kits running around.
The costumes.
The holiday chaos.
The domestic softness.
The little glimpses of everyone’s lives now.
I was smiling the whole time.
And I loved that this didn’t try to force conflict where none was needed. It didn’t need danger. It didn’t need angst. It didn’t need some dramatic final battle.
It just let everyone be happy.
And sometimes that is exactly what you want.
It felt like an epilogue for an entire world. That’s why this worked so well for me.
It was sweet, funny, nostalgic, comforting — and honestly the perfect palate cleanser after a long-running series.
Was it plot-heavy? No.
Was it basically Ruby Dixon handing readers a warm fuzzy blanket and saying “here, spend one more day with them”? Absolutely.
And I loved her for it.
Also… seeing how far everyone has come hit me unexpectedly hard.
These women started this series abducted, terrified and trying to survive on an ice planet.
Now they’re celebrating Halloween with their alien mates and children.
That’s kind of beautiful when you think about it.
This really felt like Ruby saying goodbye to the original tribe in the softest way possible.
And what a lovely goodbye it was.
Perfect closing novella. Perfect final treat. Literally living up to the title.
And yes, I’m giving it 5 stars because it gave me exactly what it promised and made me ridiculously happy doing it.
I don’t even know how to review this because Barbarian’s Treat wasn’t really trying to be some high-stakes dramatic installment… it was just pure comfort. Pure fluff. Pure love letter to this series and honestly? It was perfect.
After all the chaos, survival, resonance drama, kidnappings, pregnancies, and everything these characters have been through, getting a final novella that simply lets us be with them again felt so rewarding.
And I loved every second of it.
This felt less like reading a story and more like coming home.
Seeing all the couples again — couples I’ve spent so many books with — was so nostalgic. Watching them as established families, with children running around and relationships fully settled, made me so emotional. It felt like checking in on old friends.
And the Halloween element? I ate that up.
Bringing a human holiday to the sa-khui and watching the barbarians interpret costumes, treats, and spooky traditions was adorable and hilarious. It was such a clever, cozy concept for a closing novella and it fit the found-family heart of this series so well.
The kits running around.
The costumes.
The holiday chaos.
The domestic softness.
The little glimpses of everyone’s lives now.
I was smiling the whole time.
And I loved that this didn’t try to force conflict where none was needed. It didn’t need danger. It didn’t need angst. It didn’t need some dramatic final battle.
It just let everyone be happy.
And sometimes that is exactly what you want.
It felt like an epilogue for an entire world. That’s why this worked so well for me.
It was sweet, funny, nostalgic, comforting — and honestly the perfect palate cleanser after a long-running series.
Was it plot-heavy? No.
Was it basically Ruby Dixon handing readers a warm fuzzy blanket and saying “here, spend one more day with them”? Absolutely.
And I loved her for it.
Also… seeing how far everyone has come hit me unexpectedly hard.
These women started this series abducted, terrified and trying to survive on an ice planet.
Now they’re celebrating Halloween with their alien mates and children.
That’s kind of beautiful when you think about it.
This really felt like Ruby saying goodbye to the original tribe in the softest way possible.
And what a lovely goodbye it was.
Perfect closing novella. Perfect final treat. Literally living up to the title.
And yes, I’m giving it 5 stars because it gave me exactly what it promised and made me ridiculously happy doing it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 27, 2024
✧𝀈❀
❀ Rating: 5✯
❀ Num. Pages: 84
❀ Date Read: October 4th - 23rd (?) 2024
❀ Format: E-book
❀ Status: Read.
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✧𝀈❀Overall thoughts:
THIS WAS SO CUTE I CAN'T!!!! I'm so happy I randomly checked Ruby's Facebook one day to see the exact date Bull's Moon Rising was coming out and I saw this serial that was going on!! I can't even fathom how much I love IPB and this whole Universe of characters and books and how happy I am that there is more content for me to devour because life is so bland without Ruby's stories. Seriously. I love these characters so, so much it hurts.
Even if I don't really like Halloween or any holidays in general, I loved this so much and I had such a good time reading it. I forgot the names of everyone's offspring, but it was so cute to watch all my favourite couples being happy and in love and living peacefully.
It was so sweet how they all organised Halloween on Not Hoth and their kids had so much fun and HAEDEN the man that you are!!!! I felt butterflies, seriously<3
And that last chapter with Georgie and Vektal???? So sweet.
I adored that this serial focused on many couples and characters and not just on two. It seriously felt like home.
I seriously loved everything about this and I love Ruby so much for bringing me so much joy<3
(I seriously think about rereading the whole IPB universe, but I feel like that will take me a year or so, and there are so many books I want to read first but ughhhh1! I miss these books so much! I seriously can't)
5 stars!!!
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❀ Rating: 5✯
❀ Num. Pages: 84
❀ Date Read: October 4th - 23rd (?) 2024
❀ Format: E-book
❀ Status: Read.
𝀈✵🎕✵𝀈
✧𝀈❀Overall thoughts:
THIS WAS SO CUTE I CAN'T!!!! I'm so happy I randomly checked Ruby's Facebook one day to see the exact date Bull's Moon Rising was coming out and I saw this serial that was going on!! I can't even fathom how much I love IPB and this whole Universe of characters and books and how happy I am that there is more content for me to devour because life is so bland without Ruby's stories. Seriously. I love these characters so, so much it hurts.
Even if I don't really like Halloween or any holidays in general, I loved this so much and I had such a good time reading it. I forgot the names of everyone's offspring, but it was so cute to watch all my favourite couples being happy and in love and living peacefully.
It was so sweet how they all organised Halloween on Not Hoth and their kids had so much fun and HAEDEN the man that you are!!!! I felt butterflies, seriously<3
And that last chapter with Georgie and Vektal???? So sweet.
I adored that this serial focused on many couples and characters and not just on two. It seriously felt like home.
I seriously loved everything about this and I love Ruby so much for bringing me so much joy<3
(I seriously think about rereading the whole IPB universe, but I feel like that will take me a year or so, and there are so many books I want to read first but ughhhh1! I miss these books so much! I seriously can't)
5 stars!!!
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December 11, 2024
2.5 stars
- POVs Included: Multiple POVs (Claire, Georgie, Sessah, Tiffany, Stacy, Joden, Josie, Maddie, Kate, Haeden, Vektal)
- Book Playlist (Ice Planet Barbarians Book Series Playlist)
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SUMMARY: (SPOILER WARNING)
A quick peek into the lives of the Ice Planet Barbarian's original (Croatoan) tribe. Claire gets an idea to incorporate a Halloween type of holiday for the tribe (kind of like No-Poison Day).
So the novella follows many of the characters as they prepare for the holiday. Along the way we get a look at how everyone is doing.
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REVIEW:
Like others have said, it's a cute novella. Like most of the slice of life novellas in this series, there's nothing major going on, just a quick visit.
I liked getting lots of POVs so we could catch up with many of the characters and couples. There is no romance in this one at all. Just wholesome fun. Kind of disappointing as a romance lover, but it was still sweet.
That said, I literally JUST finished this long series a few months ago after working my way through it for like 2 years. So I was kind of "meh" about dropping back in already. I suppose I could've just waited to read this, but I try to stay on top of series' I'm current on, so whatever.
Overall it was an okay read. No romance, just fluff. Cute but nothing that interesting happens.
- POVs Included: Multiple POVs (Claire, Georgie, Sessah, Tiffany, Stacy, Joden, Josie, Maddie, Kate, Haeden, Vektal)
- Book Playlist (Ice Planet Barbarians Book Series Playlist)
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SUMMARY: (SPOILER WARNING)
A quick peek into the lives of the Ice Planet Barbarian's original (Croatoan) tribe. Claire gets an idea to incorporate a Halloween type of holiday for the tribe (kind of like No-Poison Day).
So the novella follows many of the characters as they prepare for the holiday. Along the way we get a look at how everyone is doing.
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REVIEW:
Like others have said, it's a cute novella. Like most of the slice of life novellas in this series, there's nothing major going on, just a quick visit.
I liked getting lots of POVs so we could catch up with many of the characters and couples. There is no romance in this one at all. Just wholesome fun. Kind of disappointing as a romance lover, but it was still sweet.
That said, I literally JUST finished this long series a few months ago after working my way through it for like 2 years. So I was kind of "meh" about dropping back in already. I suppose I could've just waited to read this, but I try to stay on top of series' I'm current on, so whatever.
Overall it was an okay read. No romance, just fluff. Cute but nothing that interesting happens.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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