Book Review High Plains Cyborg (Cyborgs on Mars Book 0) by Honey Phillips
SYNOPSIS
One big cyborg cowboy. One tiny human female. One impossible attraction.
When Jo's partner abandons her as soon as they arrive on Mars, it's yet another reminder of what she has always known: the only person she can count on is herself. But she is determined not to let his absence prevent her from claiming the one thing she has always wanted - a permanent home. Earth Government is offering land to anyone who can work a claim for five years and she isn't going to let loneliness, global dust storms, or a mysterious, attractive cyborg stop her.
C-487 no longer feels human emotions. They have been left behind in the pain of his transformation and the long, lonely years working to make Mars suitable for human settlement. The majority of that work completed, there is little left for him now except making sure that these foolish humans don't kill themselves or each other. Until he sees her - a tiny, determined female who makes his long-forgotten heart beat faster.
Can a woman who is afraid to trust and a cyborg who has forgotten how to love find their dreams together?
High Plains Cyborg is the prequel to the Cyborgs on Mars series and can be read as a standalone romance. This sweet and steamy romance is intended for mature readers.
MY REVIEW
Break Down of the book and my ratings
The Plot ::: 3/5
The Main Characters ::: 5/5
The Supporting cast :::: 2/5
The Feels :::: 5/5
The Angst :::: 0/5
How hot it is :::: 5/5
Writing Style :::: 2/5
World Building :::: 3/5
Originality :::: 2/5
Ending :::: 2/5
Book Cover :::: FABULOUS
Series :::: Cyborgs on Mars
Format :::: Kindle eBook & Paperback
Would I read more from the author? :::: Yes
Would I recommend this book? :::: Yes
First the bad, When will authors stop using the worst word in the entire English language to describe a female body part, C U NEXT TUESDAY is disgusting and not needed, and most definitely not in a alien romance, I am sure that if there is life out there somewhere they have a much netter vocabulary than we do. I think the word is offensive and should be BANNED from all books unless you are writing PORNOGRAPHY. Yet for some reason it is used over and over again, and I find it is used more by American authors than any one else, so the word might not be offensive to them but over here in the UK its one of the worst swear words there is, as a child you got caught saying this word your butt was smacked HARD, and in some cases made to wash your mouth out with soap. So to see it liberally used is shocking.
I love me some cyborg romance, there is just something about part man part machine that floats my boat, like Arnie in the Terminator almost, terrifying but damn sexy as well. The story it self started out actually very well and I was quite excited for it, I do love a good Cyborg romance, but this quickly lost it's sparkle, it was far too sweet, any sweeter we would have been able to spoon it, The tale concentrates on Jo who has gone to Mars to start over, get a plot of land and grow from it, the condition been she has to stick it out for 5 years, initially she arrives with someone else, who is a dud, but along comes C-487 his real name is CLINT !! really the writer couldn't think of a better manly name for a cyborg than Clint. It was a quick enjoyable read, but not one I will remember nor will want to follow the series. It had the potential to be so much more but fizzled out. Apologies for such a downer review but getting a bit fed up with seeing 5 star reviews on books that do not deserve it. Its wasting my money
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