Review: Better and Better!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2011
I was dying to find out how on earth (or on Earth as the case may be) could the author make this character fall for a human!  I really wasn't sure she could pull it off, nor did I think she would be able to top her other Cyborg stories.  But she did!My only complaint would be that I'd want a longer story.  This is actually a two part complaint.  The first is that I enjoyed it and hated for it to end--not really a bad complaint of course.  There is also the slight little bit of me that feels like aspects of the story are a LITTLE rushed...but in the context of the genre (one I have named Sci Fi Smut) that is a little more acceptable.  After all, we do need to get to the action (yes, the adult action).For those looking into the series (and perhaps drawn by that cover picture) the Cyborg series' premise is that in the future Earth scientists were looking for a way to 'enhance' human material with computer components and genetic tinkering.  The goal was to have a strong, disposable, powerful slave-labor force that would excel at hazardous duty and (presumably) in carrying out war.  Naturally, the Cyborgs didn't see things the same way and eventually were able to escape Earth in significant numbers.  There was an accident along the way to one of the two escaping ships which resulted in planets with significant gender inequalities...which led to some interesting social engineering.Also, the Earth government wants a few Cyborgs back for additional torture/experimentation/slavery.  Also naturally, the Cyborgs do their best to remain well away from humans...and many/most have a pretty deep (and justifiable) hatred for humans.Each book has focused on a main Cyborg character and how he ends up falling for an Earth female and how they have hot sex.  Somewhere along the way the backstory has filled in and (gasp!) the plot has gotten more interesting than the sex (which remains interesting of course).  The earlier books had a lot more along the alpha-male-must-dominate-Earth-female with a lot of 'she warned hims' and borderline coercive activity.  Thankfully she has gotten away from that aspect.This book is the story of Zorus.  He, more than most Cyborgs, was brutally treated by humans and has done everything possible to ensure the chattel status of any humans as well as sabotage the couples of the previous books.  In the last book he was jettisoned into space in a lifepod after a ship explosion, and eventually was delivered to Earth.  The other Cyborgs find a way to hire some humans to get him back and of course (this is a novel after all) the human that frees him is a female.We saw him returned in the last book, and now in this one we are shown HOW that happens and carries forward.  Against expectations the female human was able to show him a different side of humanity, and he starts falling for her.  This is where I worried about that ick-factor---would he be able to see past his old beliefs or not????Well, I don't want to type in too many spoilers, but suffice to say that this is a genre that demands a happily-ever-after.  There is one and it is done a little quickly and neatly, appropriate for the type of story it is.As sci-fi smut I now grade the series as a 9 (vs the 8.9 in my review of Stealing Coal), with this one being a 9.4...it is definitely a series getting better over time and one worth sticking with if the first couple books are close to what you like (and please understand scores are based on genre and format/length of story --I have differing standards for different types of reading material).HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for those looking for a light helping of sci fi romance with a side dish of heavy sex, and not looking for epic literature--you know, brain candy!  If you like your romantic activities occurring off screen, then this is NOT the series for you.JTGThe Cyborg Seduction Series:Burning Up FlintKissing SteelMelting IronTouching IceStealing Coal