Talie's Story

Ice Planet Barbarians #16.1

by Ruby Dixon

Talie's Story is a short story takes place after the fifteenth book, Barbarian's Tease, of the Ice Planet Barbarians series. It is part of the Bedtime Stories short story series, which were published on Ruby Dixon's facebook page.
It features Talie, Vekka, and Georgie.

Bedtime Stories

Genres: Science Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction Romance, Short Stories, Aliens, Fantasy, Novella

15 pages, Unknown Binding

Published July 4, 2017

About the author

Ruby 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. :)

Reviews

[Sonia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Soooooo cute

Gahhh. Be still my heart 🥹 Talie is sooo cute and Georgia is such a good mom 😭.

Vektal isn’t home right now because he’s with the hunters trying to figure out what to do with the ship full of new people, and Georgie is putting her girls down for bed when Talie asks her to tell her a story 🥹

And it’s a cute one about princesses and being a leader ❤️

I love these short stories!!

[Sheri Maxwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a good short story! Georgie is telling a story to her two daughters and they are all missing Vektal like crazy. Little Talie is so smart and would make such a good chief one day… but hopefully not for a very very long time.

[Averie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very short novella about Georgie trying to get little Talie to sleep.

It was super cute!:)

[Zero (semi-hiatus) · Rating 3 out of 5]

A short story with Georgie and their daughters missing Vektal while he is away from home.

[Teresa Ruscito · Rating 4 out of 5]

The chief’s girls’ miss him, and they’re all so sweet. I want him to come home to you guys soon too, okay?! Damn

[Fanny · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fue un relato adorable. Me causo mucha ternura, estos pequeños son muy muy dulces.

3 Estrellas!

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating: 4⭐️

Review Summary

This is a cute, short story part of the bedtime on IPB series. Like all the stories, there’s not much to criticize because it’s like 3 pages. However, this one bothered me a bit because I feel like Ruby keeps writing Georgie in to stories, to somehow make her more digestible to the people who don’t like her. Specifically she wants to write about leadership, in a way to justify Georgie’s choices.

Two problems arise in my eyes: Georgie co-leads with Vektal, so she makes decisions which are at time unpopular. She gets shit on but Vektal doesn’t? I call sexism and double standards. Why people are complaining about her being too “bossy” or “mean” is beyond me. Secondly, I felt like this story was a way to reverse the importance of Georgie’s leadership role to placate her haters. Her mentioning that it’s really Vektal’s decision and not hers what happens to the new humans is just weird. So yeah, really cute story but I like my Georgie fierce, brave & leading, this watered down version isn’t my cup of tea.

Tropes
- Sci-fi
- Short story

[Lourdes Belén · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sinceramente, de los niños pequeños que menos visualizo que menos me acuerdo, Talie y Vekka están en primer lugar, por alguna extraña razón. Siempre me encuentro imaginando más a las niñas de Liz, o de Harlow, o Kira, pero no sé, no sé por qué porque intento pensar en todos los niños, sobretodo porque quiero emparejarlos mentalmente entre ellos, pero rara vez vienen a mi mente estas dos chiquititas. Aún así, son increíblemente monas. Y como ya me leí Icehome, pienso en que Jorvek es un niño y como afectará eso a Talie ya que quizás tenga preferencia en ser el líder. Aunque lo dudo mucho. Liz pegaría a todo y a todos si no le permitiesen ser jefa solo por ser mujer.

Una historia muy linda.

[Midniteillusion · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was sweet and cute.
Vektal and Georgie are not my favorite character in this series (or universe), but their girls are very endearing in this short slice of bedtime story.
I enjoyed Talie jumping in to help tell the story, and seeing her character develop even in this very short story.

I think the ages are off though. Rhuk is the oldest if the children but he’s not that much older, only a few months. So I would think since this story is so many books later than his, that Talie would be older now too.
I would love a really good timeline with a breakdown of books and births and big events on the planet.

[CrazyGal609 · Rating 5 out of 5]

WoW, that was… deep!! WoW!! ❤️
Was nice to have a little peek at Georgie, Talie, & Vekka while Vektal is away helping the newbies.
Talie is a very smart cookie 😁

(this one is to be between Barbarian's Tease & The Barbarian Before Christmas)
https://ipb-universe.fandom.com/wiki/...

[lia (forbiddenxfroggie) ❄️ · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS WAS SO DAMN CUTE. I loved the story Gorgie told her daughters. It was so great to see small Talía think like a chief and being smart. I think she takes a lot from her father, which is really amazing.

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5
This was a really cute story. I love how we got to see more of Talie’s personality. With so many kits, it’s hard to really narrow in on a personality with just a few interactions. But I love that Talie is taking after Vektal.

[Rina ♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is my favorite of these "bedtime stories." Talie is so sweet with her way of thinking. You can tell that she cares so much about the tribe and wants what's best for them. She’ll make a great leader some day!

[Alicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this one the six year old hijacks the story with the wisdom of a forty year old. Super unrealistic, and made me think of those memes of people getting caught out saying their kids have these big inspirational moments of profound wisdom. Cute though.

[Samantha George · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another super cute short story in the bedtime stories set.
This one is Georgie telling a story to her two girls Talie and Vekka while Vektal is away.
So sweet and lovely.
Found on the authors Facebook page and well worth a read.

[cher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nem preciso dizer que Vektal e Georgie sempre serão meu casal preferido! E realmente me emocionei com Talie, tão nova e inteligente.

[Jessi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aw, the girls are missing Vektal. This is so bittersweet.

I don't see why little Tallie thinks Georgie should let Vektal win just because he's chief though.

[emily (bookish_addiction_) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really enjoying getting to know all the babies as they grow up.

[Vanessa Montiel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I cried a little at the end😭

[Parminder · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short story of Georgies daughter Talie.

[Burberi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute

[Iran Carlos · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute

[Lex · Rating 2 out of 5]

Usually a gorgie hater but this chapter was cute. Talie is gonna be the future chief

[Mila · Rating 3 out of 5]

No my favorite of the bedtime stories, but cute enough.

[Magpie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the last of the Bedtime Stories and we have Georgie telling a story to her daughters. It was sweet and cute, basically what can be expected of stories starring the Ice Barbarian kits.

[isabella 𐙚 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Soo cute❤️

[Caitlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Damn these alien babies are so cute and funny.

[Manon · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 ⭐️

                                          ★゜・。。・゜゜・。。・☆

"Who do you think won?"
"I think Valie won, because she would be the best chief. Tekka would find fish, but she worked alone. That's not what a chief does. A chief brings everyone together."

☆゜・。。・゜゜・。。・゜★

Mated Pair: Vektal and Georgie

MY AFTERWORD
This book is getting a low rating purely out of spite. Not for Ruby Dixon but for Georgie or, as I otherwise like to call her, Shor-shit. I hate her. I will not explain why here because I have already done it in this couple's main book, which is the book that started it all, the iconic Ice Planet Barbarians. I have even commented on why I hate her, AGAIN, in other books in the series where she is either one of the main narrators/chapter characters OR in books where she is being the typical pain-in-the-ass she is. I have a feeling I won't particularly like either of her daughters but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Can't blame the kids for the parent they didn't choose.

QUOTE

"Valie should make Tekka chief hunter, because she would be so good at bringing food back and she can hunt alone as much as she wants. That way they both do what they're good at."

[Toni · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's an adorable story about Talie, Vekka, and Georgie while Vektal is away, leading the Icehome tribe. I love the bedtime story about the two sisters. Plus we can see the soon-to-be leader. I love how clever Talie is and we can see Vektal in him. It's so cute to get a glimpse of their lives ❤