Review: 4.5 stars. Great world building, great action
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 22, 2011
4.5 stars.I really enjoyed this book, especially the world building. It was very interesting to discover what was behind Cyke's attempts at breaking Sentinel Tech's security and to literally learn how he worked. The realization of his work comes to the reader almost at the same time as Bear learns about it. I was glas I didn't read the blurb because it tells a bit too much, in my opinion. The story catches the reader in a whirlwind of events and the transition between a chapter and the next was literally like the blinking in and out of functioning of a machine.I think though that in this action plot, the characters and their personality gets out of focus a little bit, so I couldn't really connect with them, even if I cared for them. I have to say that I would have preferred the sex to happen behind closed doors (gasp!), and see the intimacy spill into their time on the page, I think it would have given me a better sense of the relationship developing between them.Bear, the medi-geek, is strong and reliable. I liked the way he was both attracted to Cyke as a guy and to his technical gear and equipment and I know this sounds dirty, but it isn't, I promise, not entirely dirty. Cyke was so complicated inside and out that he stole the spotlight. It was really fascinating too see the little details of how he worked, both as a human being in flesh and as a sophisticated machine.I would love to see more adventures of Cyke and Bear but also of other couples in the same universe. It's clear that the authors really enjoyed crafting this world, so I do hope they have something more in store for us.My usually complaint with Samhain's books (and not the authors' fault of course): the last 15% of the e-book is made of excerpts from other books, plus the blurb for Break and Enter, which should be put at the beginning of the book, I think. It's a bit annoying because you build your expectations on what's happening based on what remains to be read and then you're disappointed.