Review: Ice is Hot--the best Cyborg in the series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 7, 2011
Oh, this author just gets better and better--this is definitely my favorite Cyborg book!  If you are just starting the series PLEASE start at the beginning with Burning Up Flint.  Touching Ice would work okay as a stand alone, but is MUCH better for having an understanding of Cyborg history.I have a personal category for this...SciFi Smut (the SF version of Paranormal Porn if you catch my drift).  This is explicit, SciFi Romance.  Light on the SciFi with the focus on the Romance.  If this is a genre that sounds appealing to you, then you should most definitely enjoy this book.The basic premise is that in Future Earth History the government once played with the idea of combining humans, DNA manipulation, and technology to create an enhanced 'breed' known as Cyborgs.  Needless to say, it all backfired because the `product' was still human, just enhanced.  In the end the Cyborgs freed themselves and have some bitter attitudes towards the humans.The series (so far) has featured human females that end up falling in with the Cyborgs and how they hook up  (I'd like to see a Cyborg female find herself a human just for fun....).One ugh-factor I have had in this series is the human-as-property theme (which in context is understandable--but Ick) and the `she warns him she means no, but just can't resist and ends up having hot monkey sex and enjoying it anyway'.  Gets a LITTLE too close to the `she said no but meant yes' idea...until I remind myself this is fiction.  Fortunately in Touching Ice this is not a feature which really notched up the quality of the story for me.Minor spoilerish stuff.....This book differs from the previous stories...the human main character never knows that Cyborgs consider humans property.  Human female/cyborg marriages have happened a few times now so a precedent has been set...so Meagan is unaware of that aspect and merely falls for her Cyborg without some of the extra baggage.Also,  refreshingly, THIS character has had the chance to observe the Cyborgs and already has a crush on one.  Sooooo, when she gets the chance , she is ready and willing.  There is none of the "you are mine"  "I own you" "I will show you what you really want" nonsense.  She wants him.  He wants her.  They set about making it work.Despite my occasional `ick' factor with the others,  I still have very much enjoyed the series.  I feel the reward is Ice.  I loved it in the context of the whole series and I'm very happy to read this one...and can't wait for the next one (it's coming right????!!!!).Highly Recommended!!Get the whole series!!JTG