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Stranded in the Stars #1
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Allie has been alone for years.
Stranded on an unknown, uninhabitable planet billions of miles away from Earth, being the only survivor of a disastrous crash landing, she has little hope left for rescue. Each day she is consumed with the task of foraging for food, finding shelter, and avoiding predators. But the nights are the worst.. When the planet freezes over and she is left with nothing but her demons. That is until the day she sees a ship fall out of the sky.
Where do Cyborgs go when there is no war? When every being in the galaxy fears you?
When you're a living, breathing computer virus?
Several decades after the galactic humanoid war between the Earthians and the Trentians, Jack has made a name for himself as one of the best bounty hunters in the cosmos. Tasked with pursuing an especially dangerous pirate to a remote location, his ship is caught in a fluke meteor storm. Stranded with ship repairs on a dust rock, also known as Hell-in-Space, he encounters a damaged, beautiful woman. The greatest bounty hunt of his life.
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Themes: science fiction, romance, horror elements
Warning: mature readers only, explicit sex scenes
Standalone, HEA, 63,000 words
Stranded on an unknown, uninhabitable planet billions of miles away from Earth, being the only survivor of a disastrous crash landing, she has little hope left for rescue. Each day she is consumed with the task of foraging for food, finding shelter, and avoiding predators. But the nights are the worst.. When the planet freezes over and she is left with nothing but her demons. That is until the day she sees a ship fall out of the sky.
Where do Cyborgs go when there is no war? When every being in the galaxy fears you?
When you're a living, breathing computer virus?
Several decades after the galactic humanoid war between the Earthians and the Trentians, Jack has made a name for himself as one of the best bounty hunters in the cosmos. Tasked with pursuing an especially dangerous pirate to a remote location, his ship is caught in a fluke meteor storm. Stranded with ship repairs on a dust rock, also known as Hell-in-Space, he encounters a damaged, beautiful woman. The greatest bounty hunt of his life.
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Themes: science fiction, romance, horror elements
Warning: mature readers only, explicit sex scenes
Standalone, HEA, 63,000 words
195 pages, ebook
First published July 27, 2016
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Naomi Lucas
38books1,466followersNaomi Lucas is an indie author. She loves being creative whether it’s with painting, writing, or making little jingles about her dog, Barracuda, or her cat, Daliah, in the car.
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August 15, 2016
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★Book Basics�
Genre : - Sci Fi Romance
Series : - Stand Alone
Love triangle? -
Cheating? -
HEA? -
Would I read more by this author/or in this series? - Yes
Rating - 4 stars
★R𱹾�
I was offered this book as a R2R but as it was free on Amazon at the time (and is still available on KU) I grabbed it from there.
I make no secret of the fact I love a sci fi/alien/cyborg romance.
And this has got to be one of the best I have read in a long time.
It pretty much had only 2 characters, but I adored both the hero and heroine. The heroine is so strong and the hero a cyborg who has to deal with the emotions the heroine brought forth in him. Loved the history and the world building as it was explained to us. Loved their relationship and how it built.
And man was this book scary creepy at times. It was TENSE!
All in it was a great debut and something refreshing in this kind of sci fi genre.
It is a cyborg/sci-fi/horror cross over and I loved every minute of it.
★Book Basics�
Genre : - Sci Fi Romance
Series : - Stand Alone
Love triangle? -
Cheating? -
HEA? -
Would I read more by this author/or in this series? - Yes
Rating - 4 stars
★R𱹾�
I was offered this book as a R2R but as it was free on Amazon at the time (and is still available on KU) I grabbed it from there.
I make no secret of the fact I love a sci fi/alien/cyborg romance.
And this has got to be one of the best I have read in a long time.
It pretty much had only 2 characters, but I adored both the hero and heroine. The heroine is so strong and the hero a cyborg who has to deal with the emotions the heroine brought forth in him. Loved the history and the world building as it was explained to us. Loved their relationship and how it built.
And man was this book scary creepy at times. It was TENSE!
All in it was a great debut and something refreshing in this kind of sci fi genre.
It is a cyborg/sci-fi/horror cross over and I loved every minute of it.
August 26, 2016
This is the authors first book and I spotted it as a freebie on Amazon a few weeks ago. I do enjoy sci fi romance and the synopsis had me interested although frankly I'm not that keen on the cover but it's what's in the pages that counts, right? So I settled in to read and quickly found myself drawn in.
We have two main characters here and they are Allie,a young woman trapped on an inhospitable planet and the cyborg Jack, who discovers her. From the start there's chemistry between them and it is an erotic read but I really liked the pace of their romance. After all Allie has been so lonely and yet she has never just given up so to my mind deserves to experience the joy of living and feeling. Plus yes Jacks a big tough cyborg with a libido that's going crazy but he has a warmth to him that was unexpected.
Speaking of unexpected I'm a little confused by the direction this story takes. The author added a dark paranormal / horror feel to it. The creatures on the planet were surely enough for the couple to cope with without the dark presence that threatened them. A presence that unfortunately isn't quite defined enough for this reader to feel satisfied. I see from the authors closing notes that the next book will expand some of these ideas but I wanted answers now and perhaps closure. However the couple some how survive and I do love a happy ending.
Three and a half from me
We have two main characters here and they are Allie,a young woman trapped on an inhospitable planet and the cyborg Jack, who discovers her. From the start there's chemistry between them and it is an erotic read but I really liked the pace of their romance. After all Allie has been so lonely and yet she has never just given up so to my mind deserves to experience the joy of living and feeling. Plus yes Jacks a big tough cyborg with a libido that's going crazy but he has a warmth to him that was unexpected.
Speaking of unexpected I'm a little confused by the direction this story takes. The author added a dark paranormal / horror feel to it. The creatures on the planet were surely enough for the couple to cope with without the dark presence that threatened them. A presence that unfortunately isn't quite defined enough for this reader to feel satisfied. I see from the authors closing notes that the next book will expand some of these ideas but I wanted answers now and perhaps closure. However the couple some how survive and I do love a happy ending.
Three and a half from me
June 21, 2017
Cyborg Love...
Allie was the sole survivor of a battleship cruiser crash on a horrible planet. There's nothing but sand, heat, and giant "sand wurms" that come out at night. It brought to mind that horrible Sci-Fi movie "Tremors" that my husband makes me watch every time it comes on.
Jack is a cyborg bounty hunter in pursuit of his next target when he has to make an emergency landing.
I liked that it wasn't love at first sight. Despite Allie having been alone for 5+ years, she was still wary, and Jack did his best to lure her without frightening her.
This was an interesting mix of romance, sci-fi, and paranormal with, perhaps, a bit of horror thrown in as well. Though I found some of the sex scenes as awkward as the cover implies they would be, others were a good mix of sweet and hot.
"You need to shatter. You need to break apart into a thousand electrifying pieces...And then you need to be remade."
Allie was the sole survivor of a battleship cruiser crash on a horrible planet. There's nothing but sand, heat, and giant "sand wurms" that come out at night. It brought to mind that horrible Sci-Fi movie "Tremors" that my husband makes me watch every time it comes on.
Jack is a cyborg bounty hunter in pursuit of his next target when he has to make an emergency landing.
I liked that it wasn't love at first sight. Despite Allie having been alone for 5+ years, she was still wary, and Jack did his best to lure her without frightening her.
This was an interesting mix of romance, sci-fi, and paranormal with, perhaps, a bit of horror thrown in as well. Though I found some of the sex scenes as awkward as the cover implies they would be, others were a good mix of sweet and hot.
"You need to shatter. You need to break apart into a thousand electrifying pieces...And then you need to be remade."
November 17, 2024
Tremors!
The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 🩵🖤❤️💜💚
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏🌍
Character development: ☺️😍🥰😁😋
The heroine: Allie - she is the only survivor of a terrible spaceship crash onto an extremely inhospitable planet, a planet she calls “H--貹�. She has survived alone for years and had given up hope of ever being rescued. She regularly deals with terrible sandstorms, staying hidden from giant snake-like monsters that come from under the ground, finding shelter, food and water and much more. The one thing she ever looks forward to are the meteor showers that always seem to follow the sandstorms, so she does her best to dig herself out as soon as the storms abate.
The Hero: Jack - he is a cyborg, the only one in existence who can control his nano cells into a virus if he so chooses. Though it made him feared even among the rest of his kind. He was created specifically to fight in the galactic war between the humans and the Trentians. Though now, decades after the war ended, he spends his time being one of the best bounty hunters in the galaxy.
The Story: Allie had grown up on a Trentian planet on the edges of the galaxy. When she was fourteen, she was tested to see if she could be bred and was lucky enough to be found fertile. The unlucky ones ended up being servants or working in the pleasure domes. Allie was taken to a female-only community until it was time for a Trentian warlord to choose her. When she was seventeen, she was chosen by an awful warlord but was smuggled away with other women in her community before he took her, then the crash occurred.
Jack is tracking a particularly elusive pirate that he is contracted to find. The pirate captain Larik is a half-breed that is wanted by the Earthian Council for trafficking human females to Trent colonies for breeding among other things. Jack is close behind Larik when he ends up stuck in a meteor storm and is forced to land on the nearby planet to repair his damaged ship. He is surprised to find a human female all alone and surviving on the planet.
I liked the fact that Jack and Allie teamed up to trek to her broken ship which was a few days away and the giant worms under the surface of the planet became a bit of a problem. It reminded me of that movie Tremors with Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward. I loved that movie (not so much the sequels). This story also added in a bit of a supernatural villain to the mix.
I loved the fact that Allie had a super strong character, she would have to since she spent years alone on an uninhabitable planet, (kind of like Tom Hanks in Castaway), but she was also small and fragile and needy in certain ways. I also love the way Jack felt so protective of her and took care of her. Overall, this book was exciting, suspenseful, romantic and steamy!
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The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 🩵🖤❤️💜💚
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏🌍
Character development: ☺️😍🥰😁😋
The heroine: Allie - she is the only survivor of a terrible spaceship crash onto an extremely inhospitable planet, a planet she calls “H--貹�. She has survived alone for years and had given up hope of ever being rescued. She regularly deals with terrible sandstorms, staying hidden from giant snake-like monsters that come from under the ground, finding shelter, food and water and much more. The one thing she ever looks forward to are the meteor showers that always seem to follow the sandstorms, so she does her best to dig herself out as soon as the storms abate.
The Hero: Jack - he is a cyborg, the only one in existence who can control his nano cells into a virus if he so chooses. Though it made him feared even among the rest of his kind. He was created specifically to fight in the galactic war between the humans and the Trentians. Though now, decades after the war ended, he spends his time being one of the best bounty hunters in the galaxy.
The Story: Allie had grown up on a Trentian planet on the edges of the galaxy. When she was fourteen, she was tested to see if she could be bred and was lucky enough to be found fertile. The unlucky ones ended up being servants or working in the pleasure domes. Allie was taken to a female-only community until it was time for a Trentian warlord to choose her. When she was seventeen, she was chosen by an awful warlord but was smuggled away with other women in her community before he took her, then the crash occurred.
“Jack knew that Cyborgs like himself were walking, talking Earthian-made abominations. Perfectly designed to resemble intimidating human males and females� closely enough for subterfuge but distinct in their domineering aura and mannerisms. They represented a harmonious union between bio-organics and advanced cybernetic technology. They were new-age Frankenstein monsters.�
“Jack, meanwhile, was designed to be a living computer virus, ever changing, ever evolving, and always one step ahead. He could connect to all manner of machines and take control. He could infect them with his nanobots and then track those bots all over the cosmos. Earthians and Trentians alike had tried to off him on numerous occasions, and even his own brethren were wary of him because he could corrupt their systems.�
Jack is tracking a particularly elusive pirate that he is contracted to find. The pirate captain Larik is a half-breed that is wanted by the Earthian Council for trafficking human females to Trent colonies for breeding among other things. Jack is close behind Larik when he ends up stuck in a meteor storm and is forced to land on the nearby planet to repair his damaged ship. He is surprised to find a human female all alone and surviving on the planet.
I liked the fact that Jack and Allie teamed up to trek to her broken ship which was a few days away and the giant worms under the surface of the planet became a bit of a problem. It reminded me of that movie Tremors with Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward. I loved that movie (not so much the sequels). This story also added in a bit of a supernatural villain to the mix.
I loved the fact that Allie had a super strong character, she would have to since she spent years alone on an uninhabitable planet, (kind of like Tom Hanks in Castaway), but she was also small and fragile and needy in certain ways. I also love the way Jack felt so protective of her and took care of her. Overall, this book was exciting, suspenseful, romantic and steamy!
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December 28, 2021
Amazing! That is the first word that comes to mind as I try to summarize my reaction to this book. I've never read anything quite like this; it's futuristic science fiction and an erotic romance...with strong elements of horror. Yes, horror. It eerily creeped me out to the point that I couldn't read it before going to bed, but it's so well done. Ms. Lucas certainly has a way with words, to say the least. I was immersed from page one, and the experience was like riding a rollercoaster, dreadfully cranking up that first hill and having your stomach drop as you go over. Just wow!
I don't want to give away any key details because the suspense is engrossing, but Jack and Allie are perfectly matched. Allie is so strong and yet broken from her ordeal, I couldn't help but admire her. And Jack, oh man. He's a Cyborg with two disparate sides, human and machine, and his change in behavior can be mercurial based on which is in control. He has to learn how to deal with the feelings Allie evokes, and oh my, does the possessive protector come out. Yay!
The attention to detail in creating this futuristic story is very realistic, too. The nanotechnology and scientific explanations for everything are impressively well thought out without undermining the romance. There are some noticeable editing mistakes, but they weren't too distracting or frequent, especially for a longer novel like this.
As Ms. Lucas's debut, this book promises many more good stories to follow. The epilogue sets up the second book in the series about other characters, and I am eagerly awaiting its release. Your work is amazing, Naomi Lucas. Keep that creativity flowing because I'm hooked!
I don't want to give away any key details because the suspense is engrossing, but Jack and Allie are perfectly matched. Allie is so strong and yet broken from her ordeal, I couldn't help but admire her. And Jack, oh man. He's a Cyborg with two disparate sides, human and machine, and his change in behavior can be mercurial based on which is in control. He has to learn how to deal with the feelings Allie evokes, and oh my, does the possessive protector come out. Yay!
The attention to detail in creating this futuristic story is very realistic, too. The nanotechnology and scientific explanations for everything are impressively well thought out without undermining the romance. There are some noticeable editing mistakes, but they weren't too distracting or frequent, especially for a longer novel like this.
As Ms. Lucas's debut, this book promises many more good stories to follow. The epilogue sets up the second book in the series about other characters, and I am eagerly awaiting its release. Your work is amazing, Naomi Lucas. Keep that creativity flowing because I'm hooked!
March 26, 2017
This book was surprisingly good. The H, a cyborg, was a yummy, possessive alpha. The writing was good, the story interesting and the sex steamy.
However, I can't give it 5 stars due to a sometimes tstl h, a very bizarre paranormal aspect of the story that made no sense and didn't need to be there and a strange epilogue that had nothing to do with the main in characters of the story. Obviously, the author was trying to set it up for book 2 but it was just too weird and made no sense.
Were it not for these things, this would've been a 5 star story.
However, I can't give it 5 stars due to a sometimes tstl h, a very bizarre paranormal aspect of the story that made no sense and didn't need to be there and a strange epilogue that had nothing to do with the main in characters of the story. Obviously, the author was trying to set it up for book 2 but it was just too weird and made no sense.
Were it not for these things, this would've been a 5 star story.
April 6, 2022
This was a great little trip. Sexy, dangerous, and a tad bit spooky. Dirty talking cyborg and a tough human survivor. I'm ready for more.
4 stars
3 on my spice scale.
TW: trauma and a tiny bit of blood play
4 stars
3 on my spice scale.
TW: trauma and a tiny bit of blood play
April 2, 2017
I made it to the end
I had to stop reading this because of the flat writing and terrible editing. But the plot (and the romance) was interesting enough to help me finish. Lots goes unresolved or unexplained but at least they live!
This would be a whole lot easier to read if this was fixed up. Impotent and barren are NOT synonyms! Lots of errors like that and missing punctuation.
Mature content
I had to stop reading this because of the flat writing and terrible editing. But the plot (and the romance) was interesting enough to help me finish. Lots goes unresolved or unexplained but at least they live!
This would be a whole lot easier to read if this was fixed up. Impotent and barren are NOT synonyms! Lots of errors like that and missing punctuation.
Mature content
August 8, 2016
There is an unexpected horror element to this science fiction romance.
The heroine has been surviving on a wasteland of a planet for a long time. The hero is a cyborg bounty hunter.
There are lots of mysteries and plot threads that go unresolved. It would have bee a richer book if these elements would have been fleshed out and we got more time after the I love yous but it wasn't a bad debut.
The heroine has been surviving on a wasteland of a planet for a long time. The hero is a cyborg bounty hunter.
There are lots of mysteries and plot threads that go unresolved. It would have bee a richer book if these elements would have been fleshed out and we got more time after the I love yous but it wasn't a bad debut.
December 29, 2016
3,5 stars
I didn't expect the elements of horror in a sci-if romance, but they made the book stand out among all he others I've read. I will definitely move on to the second book, I need to find out what really happened to Ophelia.
What didn't really work for me was the insta-sex. I'm just not sure a sheltered girl would act so... sexual... after years of zero contact with other sentient beings.
Nice transition into the next book, though.
I didn't expect the elements of horror in a sci-if romance, but they made the book stand out among all he others I've read. I will definitely move on to the second book, I need to find out what really happened to Ophelia.
What didn't really work for me was the insta-sex. I'm just not sure a sheltered girl would act so... sexual... after years of zero contact with other sentient beings.
Nice transition into the next book, though.
September 27, 2016
Ok, so this book started off pretty great. The author even added a creepy element that messed up my sleep (I love horror). Somewhere around the 75% to 80% mark the story just started to drag and got cheezy. Too bad. I really wanted to enjoy this book more than I did. I'm always looking for new favorite Sci Fi authors to add to my list (my list is too short!). Oh well... the search continues.
March 5, 2017
So I finally finished this book. Finally. I got it for free from the author but I believe it's also available on amazon as a freebie.
I don't really know how to rate it. So, first of all, horror is not my thing. Second of all, I'm extremely nit-picky when it comes to scifi. I can't stand unrealistic bullshit. And so this book is really not a good fit for me. Had there been good sex scenes, that would have redeemed it nicely. Instead, the heroine is this doe-eyed wet-behind-the-ears virgin, and the hero is an unfeeling (and rather stupid) alpha cyborg dude. Honestly it feels incredibly lopsided.
As you can see throughout my updates that there were quite a lot of things I did enjoy. I really felt for the heroine, even with all her short comings. Certain descriptions were very well-carried-out, hair-raising in their ability to make me feel what the heroine was feeling. It was very cool.
So all in all I'll compromise with a 3-star rating.
I don't really know how to rate it. So, first of all, horror is not my thing. Second of all, I'm extremely nit-picky when it comes to scifi. I can't stand unrealistic bullshit. And so this book is really not a good fit for me. Had there been good sex scenes, that would have redeemed it nicely. Instead, the heroine is this doe-eyed wet-behind-the-ears virgin, and the hero is an unfeeling (and rather stupid) alpha cyborg dude. Honestly it feels incredibly lopsided.
As you can see throughout my updates that there were quite a lot of things I did enjoy. I really felt for the heroine, even with all her short comings. Certain descriptions were very well-carried-out, hair-raising in their ability to make me feel what the heroine was feeling. It was very cool.
So all in all I'll compromise with a 3-star rating.
December 23, 2022
I figured it was available through KU so why not, right?
Yeah.....that lasted for all of 8%.
While I thought the blurb sounded right up my alley for scifi romance and that the author may be on the right track with her ideas, the writing felt somewhat juvenile and it definitely reads like an indie published first work. Not that that's always a bad thing, it's just not something I could get into.
Moving on.
Yeah.....that lasted for all of 8%.
While I thought the blurb sounded right up my alley for scifi romance and that the author may be on the right track with her ideas, the writing felt somewhat juvenile and it definitely reads like an indie published first work. Not that that's always a bad thing, it's just not something I could get into.
Moving on.
July 4, 2017
Ooooooh this book gave me shivers. First reading of this author.
Sci fi/horror/dark romance...I'm not sure of the specific genre ( or if there even is one to describe this book ) because it was a few wrapped up in a gripping page turner of a book. Beautifully descriptive and dark and light all rolled into one.
Allie has been stranded on a deserted giant worm infested planet for a number of years ( after fleeing a warlord bent on using her as a 'breeder' ) she has been surviving on bugs and roots. Living day to day...that is until jack a cyborg bounty hunter on the trail of his prey is caught in a mention storm and has to land to make repairs.
Intrigued by the ship that has forced to land Allie's inquisitive nature sets her on a path of discovery.
Jack is intense very intense...a cyborg for hire since the war between two planets has ended. He was a strange combination of sweet and scary...like his human and robotic sides.
Really really good read. Quite dark at times ( bogey man/thing/entity gave me proper judders )
Looking forward to reading more by this author. Epilogue to book 2 in this series was quite gripping so off I toddle to hunt that sucker down for reading
Sci fi/horror/dark romance...I'm not sure of the specific genre ( or if there even is one to describe this book ) because it was a few wrapped up in a gripping page turner of a book. Beautifully descriptive and dark and light all rolled into one.
Allie has been stranded on a deserted giant worm infested planet for a number of years ( after fleeing a warlord bent on using her as a 'breeder' ) she has been surviving on bugs and roots. Living day to day...that is until jack a cyborg bounty hunter on the trail of his prey is caught in a mention storm and has to land to make repairs.
Intrigued by the ship that has forced to land Allie's inquisitive nature sets her on a path of discovery.
Jack is intense very intense...a cyborg for hire since the war between two planets has ended. He was a strange combination of sweet and scary...like his human and robotic sides.
Really really good read. Quite dark at times ( bogey man/thing/entity gave me proper judders )
Looking forward to reading more by this author. Epilogue to book 2 in this series was quite gripping so off I toddle to hunt that sucker down for reading
December 27, 2017
I enjoyed the story far more than I had expected which is great. The world building and the flow of the story was good.
What I practically didn’t like and stopped me from giving it a 5 star was the mystery being left unexplained and what is more the creepy darkness that scares the h was solved in a rush. There are lot of things that were left unexplained.
The world building was intriguing and the outlaw Larrick as a character was very interesting that I am looking forward for his story.
What I practically didn’t like and stopped me from giving it a 5 star was the mystery being left unexplained and what is more the creepy darkness that scares the h was solved in a rush. There are lot of things that were left unexplained.
The world building was intriguing and the outlaw Larrick as a character was very interesting that I am looking forward for his story.
Shelved as 'dnf'
October 28, 2023This book was disjointed and often nonsensical. A woman who was stranded by herself for years and severely malnourished wouldn’t have breasts anymore. She also had so much trauma to unpack from her previous life and her interactions with the MMC didn’t make sense given her experiences. DNF 34%
June 19, 2021
**3.5**
This one is hard to rate. It’s not a simple sci-fi romance. It’s kinda horror too.
It took me awhile to warm up to this story and get into the world building. The cover makes you think it’s some steamy sci-fi, and it does have steam, but it’s oddly creepy too.
This one is hard to rate. It’s not a simple sci-fi romance. It’s kinda horror too.
The souls of the girls before her were not the same ones she had grown up with, but a macabre mass of angry, painful emotions that had settled in and rotten in a place from which there was no escape.We’ve got a half cyborg hero, Jack, who is build for war. Allie has lived her short existence knowing she is going to be sold as a “breeder�. She escapes with a few of her female friends and they crash land on a planet. Allie is the lone survivor. She’s been surviving on this desert-like planet for over 5 years, alone, eating worm larva (or something like that). It reminded me of the movie “Tremors� and possibly “Dune� with the sand worms popping up to eat her.
It took me awhile to warm up to this story and get into the world building. The cover makes you think it’s some steamy sci-fi, and it does have steam, but it’s oddly creepy too.
August 18, 2016
Cyborg bounty hunter crash lands on a planet. Heroine crash landed there many years ago.
The romance was basic instant lust. Neither of the main characters has been with anyone in a long time. No real emotional connection. No long chats or getting to know each other.
I didn't understand the "evil" lurking in heroine's crashed ship. We are never told what it was. That annoyed me. Also, the moment heroine and hero go investigate and look for spare parts on her old ship, the wurms attack? Also not explained.
Bottom line: the book had potential, and I'll give other books in the series a try.
The romance was basic instant lust. Neither of the main characters has been with anyone in a long time. No real emotional connection. No long chats or getting to know each other.
I didn't understand the "evil" lurking in heroine's crashed ship. We are never told what it was. That annoyed me. Also, the moment heroine and hero go investigate and look for spare parts on her old ship, the wurms attack? Also not explained.
Bottom line: the book had potential, and I'll give other books in the series a try.
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November 15, 2024A nice surprise/pretty good read. (Novella length with graphic sex scenes.)
November 18, 2018
"Hell-in-Space" A Cyborg and a stranded Virgin Earthling. The only time insta-lust felt so right.
“We’re currently business partners, we’re also partners in crimes against this planet,� he grinned as he injected her. “We’re lovers, we’re two beings who are alone, stranded on a planet billions of miles away from civilization, who got dealt shitty cards.�
I applaud this author on her first book. Great Read.
May 17, 2018
The idea of the story was intriguing and had interesting aspects. So the basis for a great story was there. The execution was more than lacking and apparently the author bit off more than she could chew. If she would have gone deeper into the aspects, at least doubled the books� length and shown more love for the details and developments it could have been a good book.
Two strangers, separately crash landing, stranded on a desolate planet.
Both having totally different backgrounds and still so much in common.
She fled from a “cult like, sex slave, breeding ring�. A bit too much, but let’s roll with it. He is a feared cyborg, surviving on the edge of society, living as a bounty hunter.
Imagine the possibilities.
Sadly, i was left with my imagination. The execution was horribly lame, boring, superficial and unbelievable.
The instant love shebang is one of the most ridiculous ones I have read so far. Let’s just say the author has not really perfected the interpersonal relationship and their aspects between people, cyborgs and what else there is out there in the world. The author had so many angles to play with, to build a connection, to build romance and attraction. But nothing was used. Instead we get told, she gets aroused by simply seeing and observing him. He gets primal and crazy because of her tons and tons of released pheromones. Jap, that doesn’t sound silly at all. And then we have the first sexual act between the two protagonists, while in the background two killer female worms have a sexual rivalry and fight to death about who gets to have the stunningly handsome male worm.
I can’t even stop laughing at that one.
The cyborg aspect was neglected, as he looked like a normal alpha human being, maybe the best genetic version there is. Still, when I think of cyborgs, I expect a machine/human mix, and not a vanilla version, where the author played it safe by making the main male character look like just a “boring� human being. Why make your character a cyborg in the first place, then?
Well anyway, the world building was boring. We have a bleak landscape. Combined with gigantic killer worms. That reminded me of the movie “Tremors� in the 90s, were killer worms roam the planet in their underground tunnels. Laughed so hard and it is not really original now, is it.
Otherwise it was ok, but nothing really unique. The horror aspect with the supernatural force, which is never really explained, reminded me more of the movie “The Ring� only that it appeared to be “Wall-E� in a scary Halloween costume. Maybe it is described in the following books, but I am not interested in that.
All in all, too much thrown into a too small pot. We have a horror element that isn’t explained and exploited properly. We have killer worms who only appear when it is convenient for the story. A naive, virginal and innocent heroine. Although, she survived that long alone on a barren planet. A crash where the ship is wrecked, the whole crew died only she survived with a few scratches. No explanation for this phenomenon whatsoever.
We have a cyborg element that does nothing for the story at all. Inconsistencies in the plot, which never get explained, at least not in this book. The next instalment is about different characters, not interested.
So I think that is no recommendation from my side.
Two strangers, separately crash landing, stranded on a desolate planet.
Both having totally different backgrounds and still so much in common.
She fled from a “cult like, sex slave, breeding ring�. A bit too much, but let’s roll with it. He is a feared cyborg, surviving on the edge of society, living as a bounty hunter.
Imagine the possibilities.
Sadly, i was left with my imagination. The execution was horribly lame, boring, superficial and unbelievable.
The instant love shebang is one of the most ridiculous ones I have read so far. Let’s just say the author has not really perfected the interpersonal relationship and their aspects between people, cyborgs and what else there is out there in the world. The author had so many angles to play with, to build a connection, to build romance and attraction. But nothing was used. Instead we get told, she gets aroused by simply seeing and observing him. He gets primal and crazy because of her tons and tons of released pheromones. Jap, that doesn’t sound silly at all. And then we have the first sexual act between the two protagonists, while in the background two killer female worms have a sexual rivalry and fight to death about who gets to have the stunningly handsome male worm.
I can’t even stop laughing at that one.
The cyborg aspect was neglected, as he looked like a normal alpha human being, maybe the best genetic version there is. Still, when I think of cyborgs, I expect a machine/human mix, and not a vanilla version, where the author played it safe by making the main male character look like just a “boring� human being. Why make your character a cyborg in the first place, then?
Well anyway, the world building was boring. We have a bleak landscape. Combined with gigantic killer worms. That reminded me of the movie “Tremors� in the 90s, were killer worms roam the planet in their underground tunnels. Laughed so hard and it is not really original now, is it.
Otherwise it was ok, but nothing really unique. The horror aspect with the supernatural force, which is never really explained, reminded me more of the movie “The Ring� only that it appeared to be “Wall-E� in a scary Halloween costume. Maybe it is described in the following books, but I am not interested in that.
All in all, too much thrown into a too small pot. We have a horror element that isn’t explained and exploited properly. We have killer worms who only appear when it is convenient for the story. A naive, virginal and innocent heroine. Although, she survived that long alone on a barren planet. A crash where the ship is wrecked, the whole crew died only she survived with a few scratches. No explanation for this phenomenon whatsoever.
We have a cyborg element that does nothing for the story at all. Inconsistencies in the plot, which never get explained, at least not in this book. The next instalment is about different characters, not interested.
So I think that is no recommendation from my side.
November 1, 2018
THIS ONE WAS A MIXTURE OF PRIMITIVE BUT ALSO VERY ALLURING BECAUSE IT INVOLVES A CYBORG, A HALF WILD WOMAN AND A BARREN LAND FILLED WITH ITS OWN MYSTERY, WITH THE ADDED THRILL OF IT BEING SCI-FI. WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE?
OUR HERO is a Cyborg made by humans to fight the war between Humans and Trentians. In their own way, they were considered uncontrollable and perhaps close to being an abomination to each species. Neither human nor machine, Jack follows his own rules and sits by the fence. He's also a bounty hunter chasing after one particular pirate who caused him to crash on an unknown planet when his ship was hit by meteorites. On this wasteland, he meets a lone survivor - a human woman, half wild and also breathtakingly beautiful. I enjoyed how the author wrote about how Jack and Allie perceived each other in their own perspective. It was intriguing for him to meet a wild, stranded human woman who actually isn't afraid of what he is. She rouses his protective instincts and their chemistry, sexual attraction was delish. It flowed smoothly, building until the moment when it finally exploded. Loved it! Jack's not a gentle man but he definitely protects what or who he cares for, and for the first time in a long time, he actually wants to keep someone.
OUR HEROINE is a timid but brave soul who survived a crash land when she and a group of women escaped from their terrible fates. During the timeline/era of this story, females especially humans who were fertile were deemed extremely valuable. Because of the war between humans and Trentians, the Trentian females were suffering barrenness from a chemical reaction caused by man-made bombs. At a young age, Allie was left in a fertility center where they were treated more like chattel and virgins were highly prized as well, the women abused by the warlord. Years after surviving the crash from her escape, she's made her own way in this dry, deserted planet, content to be alone until one day a cyborg crashes into her world and arouses not just her curiosity but her feminine awareness of knowing a man. Like a wild creature, she's cautious but also wanting to know about this cyborg who's extremely hot and makes her feel tingly all over.
OVERALL apart from the sci-fi genre, there were elements of supernatural beings in her akin to reading a horror story AND I LOVED that particular part. I actually felt a bit scared when Allie had to face her past and also the creepiest monster ever that was apparently stalking her. Imagine, all this while you're alone on a deserted planet and this creepy as fuck monster with a creepy smile has been hunting you all along and you had no clue! That makes Jack's appearance in Allie's life all the more valuable because he was a definite source of support and safe haven.
TOTALLY LOVED THIS STORY!
OUR HERO is a Cyborg made by humans to fight the war between Humans and Trentians. In their own way, they were considered uncontrollable and perhaps close to being an abomination to each species. Neither human nor machine, Jack follows his own rules and sits by the fence. He's also a bounty hunter chasing after one particular pirate who caused him to crash on an unknown planet when his ship was hit by meteorites. On this wasteland, he meets a lone survivor - a human woman, half wild and also breathtakingly beautiful. I enjoyed how the author wrote about how Jack and Allie perceived each other in their own perspective. It was intriguing for him to meet a wild, stranded human woman who actually isn't afraid of what he is. She rouses his protective instincts and their chemistry, sexual attraction was delish. It flowed smoothly, building until the moment when it finally exploded. Loved it! Jack's not a gentle man but he definitely protects what or who he cares for, and for the first time in a long time, he actually wants to keep someone.
OUR HEROINE is a timid but brave soul who survived a crash land when she and a group of women escaped from their terrible fates. During the timeline/era of this story, females especially humans who were fertile were deemed extremely valuable. Because of the war between humans and Trentians, the Trentian females were suffering barrenness from a chemical reaction caused by man-made bombs. At a young age, Allie was left in a fertility center where they were treated more like chattel and virgins were highly prized as well, the women abused by the warlord. Years after surviving the crash from her escape, she's made her own way in this dry, deserted planet, content to be alone until one day a cyborg crashes into her world and arouses not just her curiosity but her feminine awareness of knowing a man. Like a wild creature, she's cautious but also wanting to know about this cyborg who's extremely hot and makes her feel tingly all over.
OVERALL apart from the sci-fi genre, there were elements of supernatural beings in her akin to reading a horror story AND I LOVED that particular part. I actually felt a bit scared when Allie had to face her past and also the creepiest monster ever that was apparently stalking her. Imagine, all this while you're alone on a deserted planet and this creepy as fuck monster with a creepy smile has been hunting you all along and you had no clue! That makes Jack's appearance in Allie's life all the more valuable because he was a definite source of support and safe haven.
TOTALLY LOVED THIS STORY!
June 23, 2017
3 what the hell-in-space did I just read stars.
I generally try and rate books based on the type of book, the author, and my expectations going in. In this case I know nothing of the author, nor have I ever read a cyborg romance, so I had no expectations. I have no idea if she is following normal tropes for this genre. But for me it was a journey of the unexpected and I appreciated that.
The writing was unexceptional and occasionally stilted. There were some painfully cheezy lines. There was a fair amount of sex and some of it added nothing to the story. In particular the masturbation scene was just odd. Some stuff was not explained well although it could be that it is meant to be explained in further books. It did end with a possible cliffhanger but not so much that it was annoying. I was annoyed by the misuse of the word impotent when what she was describing was infertile women.
Allie is young woman who is the only survivor of a crash on a very inhospitable planet. She has been there for about 6 years. One day she witnesses another ship landing and when she goes to investigate she sees Jack. Jack is a cyborg created for a war that is now over. He is now working as a bounty hunter. Jack is forced to spend a few days repairing his ship and takes that time to get to know Allie better. Of course things are not idyllic on this near empty planet and we get a wee bit of supernatural horror along with our scifi. Very odd.
I quite liked Jack. Sometimes his motivations were different than I might expect but I always felt they were explained by his cyborg-ness. I never felt he was just a human with robot bits. Her motivation was less clear. I got why she was wary of him at first but could not understand why it took her nearly the entire book to come to the conclusion she should try and get off the hellish planet with him. Nor did I understand why she left his vicinity when she clearly should not have. It was like watching a horror movie where the teen goes outside the cabin and you want to scream at them to not be such an idiot.
I read the blurbs for books 2 and 3 and am not convinced I will read them. Might try some other similar things first so I have something to compare to next time. Still I am glad I tried this one - Thanks Coco :)
I generally try and rate books based on the type of book, the author, and my expectations going in. In this case I know nothing of the author, nor have I ever read a cyborg romance, so I had no expectations. I have no idea if she is following normal tropes for this genre. But for me it was a journey of the unexpected and I appreciated that.
The writing was unexceptional and occasionally stilted. There were some painfully cheezy lines. There was a fair amount of sex and some of it added nothing to the story. In particular the masturbation scene was just odd. Some stuff was not explained well although it could be that it is meant to be explained in further books. It did end with a possible cliffhanger but not so much that it was annoying. I was annoyed by the misuse of the word impotent when what she was describing was infertile women.
Allie is young woman who is the only survivor of a crash on a very inhospitable planet. She has been there for about 6 years. One day she witnesses another ship landing and when she goes to investigate she sees Jack. Jack is a cyborg created for a war that is now over. He is now working as a bounty hunter. Jack is forced to spend a few days repairing his ship and takes that time to get to know Allie better. Of course things are not idyllic on this near empty planet and we get a wee bit of supernatural horror along with our scifi. Very odd.
I quite liked Jack. Sometimes his motivations were different than I might expect but I always felt they were explained by his cyborg-ness. I never felt he was just a human with robot bits. Her motivation was less clear. I got why she was wary of him at first but could not understand why it took her nearly the entire book to come to the conclusion she should try and get off the hellish planet with him. Nor did I understand why she left his vicinity when she clearly should not have. It was like watching a horror movie where the teen goes outside the cabin and you want to scream at them to not be such an idiot.
I read the blurbs for books 2 and 3 and am not convinced I will read them. Might try some other similar things first so I have something to compare to next time. Still I am glad I tried this one - Thanks Coco :)
October 2, 2016
Outstanding first book
This was an outstanding story. The lead female the lead female Allie, is a little naive but that's easily accounted for because of her history. And Jack the cyborg she encounters is pretty awesome. He's strong and sexy with a serious blood bloodlust and a slitghtly sadistic nature. They have good chemistry even from the beginning. The story turned out to be more then I expected, with paranormal elements included in a space cyborg Romance. A highly enjoyable read. I'm very much looking forward to book 2 Ophelia's story.
This was an outstanding story. The lead female the lead female Allie, is a little naive but that's easily accounted for because of her history. And Jack the cyborg she encounters is pretty awesome. He's strong and sexy with a serious blood bloodlust and a slitghtly sadistic nature. They have good chemistry even from the beginning. The story turned out to be more then I expected, with paranormal elements included in a space cyborg Romance. A highly enjoyable read. I'm very much looking forward to book 2 Ophelia's story.
August 4, 2016
Last Call is a contemporary romance mixed with adventure, science fiction and a touch of horror. It kept me up half of the night. I loved the cyborg technology and found the world the author created to be believable. It was a quick read with good pacing. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series!
August 20, 2016
DNF'd
It was too painful to finish- I got to 60%? "Naive innocent heroine" with too much focus on virginity and weird rapey bits with slightly creepy hero with "violent tendencies." Then the plot plot itself is a bit monsensical- crashed ships on barren planets and ghost demons? Who the heroine follows into a creepy cave of doom like a total idiot? Boring. And the sex scenes were weird.
It was too painful to finish- I got to 60%? "Naive innocent heroine" with too much focus on virginity and weird rapey bits with slightly creepy hero with "violent tendencies." Then the plot plot itself is a bit monsensical- crashed ships on barren planets and ghost demons? Who the heroine follows into a creepy cave of doom like a total idiot? Boring. And the sex scenes were weird.
April 9, 2021
Do not like the "Mars needs women" trope at all, I was surprised to see it here. I was also surprised to see that horror really meant sensually described sexual assault. Should've expected it from the cover but the blurb reeled me in lol
Not my cup of tea
Not my cup of tea
August 19, 2016
4.5 stars
Sci-fi - horror - romance. What more can you ask for? :-)
Sci-fi - horror - romance. What more can you ask for? :-)
May 11, 2017
Great idea and good execution.
Not very romantic, but rather raw. But it worked for me: a raw cyborg and a sweet girl. LOL
Not very romantic, but rather raw. But it worked for me: a raw cyborg and a sweet girl. LOL
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