Cyberevolution III: Abiogenesis

Cyberevolution #3

by Kaitlyn O'Connor

Reuel CO469 is tall, dark, and infinitely dangerous. His is the face that launched a million flyers. He is the first of his kind, the first cyborg to go rogue, the leader of all who'd come after him, and the only rogue nobody has ever come close to catching. From the moment Dalia first sets eyes on him, she knows she is lost. She can no more resist his dark allure than she can cease to breathe.

This is the story of a woman's love for two very different men.

Rating: Graphic violence, graphic sex, explicit language, profanity, menage a trois, bondage, self sex, and exhibitionism.

Genres: Science Fiction, Erotica, Romance, Menage, Futuristic, Aliens, Science Fiction Romance

216 pages, Paperback

First published March 31, 2004

About the author

Stats:
■Kaitlyn has written and completed nearly 140 intellectual properties under several pen names in different genres.
■She has written over 8,000,000 (yes, more than 8 million!) words in published works.
■She has nearly 50 partials in various genres in various stages of completion. :0
■In 2004 she wrote 27 different stories which, together, amounted to nearly a million ‘printed’ words.
■However her most productive year was 2009 when she completed 17 projects totaling well over a million words.
■Second runner up was 2007 when she completed 14 projects at just over a million.
■The year 2008 was a close tie to 2004 in number of words written.
■Her least productive year was 2011. Sorry!
■At 500 to 750 words per hour, the 8+ million written words constitute 10,666 to 16,000 hours, or 20 to 34 hours per week, devoted to Kaitlyn fans over the past 9 years!
■One title had over half a million copies pirated. She decided not to count anymore.

Kaitlyn O’Connor’s Bibliography

Liar’s Poker—romantic suspense; 1993; 93k

Lord of Chaos—historical suspense; 1993; pen name Goldie McBride; 98k

Moonlight Surrender—historical; 1993; 100k

Bond Unbroken—romantic suspense; 1993; 98k

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Bride of Atlantis—paranormal; published NCP March 2003; pen name Marie Morin; 47k (overall light/humorous)

Sexphiles: Haunting Melody—paranormal/erotica; published NCP Jan-Mar 2003; pen name Kimberly Zant; novella (overall light/humorous)

Four Play—erotica; published NCP Apr-June 2003;pen name Kimberly Zant; 9k

The Lion’s Woman—science fiction; published NCP Apr-June 2003; pen name Kaitlyn O’Connor; 58k (drama)

Thief of Hearts— erotica; published NCP April 2003;pen name Kimberly Zant; 6k

Thief of Hearts: The Return— erotica; published NCP May 2003;pen name Kimberly Zant; 6k

The Claiming—science fiction; published NCP Apr-June 2003; pen name Kaitlyn O’Connor; (drama)

The Assassin’s Blade—science fiction; published NCP July-Sept 2003;pen name Lyssa Hart (drama)

Blood Moon—paranormal/fantasy; published NCP July-Sept 2003;pen name Sylvia Kincaid; 59k(drama)

Doctor, Lawyer … Police Chief—erotica; published NCP July-Sept 2003; pen name Kimberly Zant; 9k

Neptune’s Daughter—paranormal; published NCP July-Sept 2003; pen name Marie Morin; 35k (overall light/humorous)

SexPhiles: The Howling—paranormal/erotica; published NCP July-Sept 2003; pen name (overall light/some humor)

Yar & the Orgasmizer9000—Science Fiction; published NCP July-Sept 2003; pen name Marie Morin; 23k (overall light/humorous)

Below—science fiction; published NCP Oct-Dec 2003; pen name Kaitlyn O’Connor; novel(drama)50k

fantasy; published NCP Oct-Dec 2003; co-authored ; (overall light/humorous)

The Prey—erotic suspense; published NCP Oct-Dec 2003; pen name Kimberly Zant; 33k(dark)

science fiction; published NCP Oct-Dec 2003; co-authored 41k (overall light/humorous)

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The Djinn—paranormal; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Marie Morin; 29k(overall light/humorous)

The Fairy Ring—fantasy; published NCP Mar 2004; pen name Catherine Paige; 42k (overall light/humorous)

urban fantasy; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; co-authored ; 29k(drama)

Goldilocks—erotica; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Kimberly Zant; 8k (overall light/humorous)

Guardian of the Storm—science fiction; published NCP Jan 2004; pen name Kaitlyn O’Connor; 61k (overall light/humorous)

The Invitation—erotic romance; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Kimberly Zant; 9k(drama)

Maiden of Atlantis—paranormal; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Marie Morin; 40k(drama)

Noccio—science fiction; published NCP Feb 2004; pen name Veronica Chase; 9k (overall light/humorous)

science fiction; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; co-authored 51k(drama)

The Shaman—erotic suspense; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Kimberly Zant; 32k(drama)

Thief of Hearts: Stolen—erotica; published NCP Jan-Mar 200

Reviews

[Sophia Triad · Rating 4 out of 5]

“You are my Eve, Dalia, my curse and my salvation.”

Finally, the book about the most interesting cyborg so far: Reuel. His story will be unique like him and it is the story of the first cyborg pregnancy. Yes, apparently cyborgs have evolved enough and now they can breed.

Reuel besides being a great male specimen, he is also a dreamer. He is thirsty for a new safe world for cyborgs. And he wants to save as many as posssible from the heartless human who created them.

Dalia will be Reuel's anchor. But she does not realise it. She is a cyborg hunter and she will be thrown in this situation without realising it. She will be confused and lonely at first and in denial.

When she needs a friend the most, Pierce will appear again in her life. Can Reuel, Dalia and Pierce learn how to communicate and form a family unit? This will be the distinct second part of the book.

I loved the "memories manipulation" concept that I have seen in several sci-fi films and this is definitely a concept that it can be exploited further in the next books.

Lastly, although I missed the humorous parts of the previous two books, this book has touched him at an emotional level.

“You couldn't love me and hurt me like that. You couldn't love me and not forgive me.”
“How do you know?” he asked quietly, following her step for step.
“Because ... I just do. I know that when you love someone you don't expect them to be perfect and you love them in spite of their mistakes.”
He shrugged. “I don't know. I never had loved before. I never felt love before. You'll have to teach me.”

[Sammy Loves Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

****4 Cyborg Panty Melting Stars****

Reuel, Panty Melting Machine, Rouge Cyborg Badass, & Leader of all Cyborgs



“I am not a machine. This flesh feels. This body desires. This mind wants. So, unless you want to discover what it is like to spread your legs for a cyborg, I would advise you to stop rubbing your very tantalizing little body against mine. I might decide to fuck you until no human man will ever do for you again.”


I fell in love with Reuel in The Awakening and couldn't wait to read his love story. As I predicted, it was Sexxy Hot and very intense. Reuel's the leader of the rouge cyborgs and he is ALWAYS a step ahead of the rest. He is a genius at war strategy and is breathtakingly beautiful. Reuel is trying to find a peaceful home for his people and doesn't need the complication of a woman. The problem is, Reuel has fallen hard. He doesn't just crave Dalia's body…he is head over heels in love.



“Emotion is not a gift. It is a curse, a weakness we would have been better without.







“You are my Eve, Dalia, my curse and my salvation.”



Dalia




Dalia was once a Rouge Hunter, but now she is on the run from the government. Rouge cyborgs are to be terminated on site and she is determined to survive. She decides to use Reuel, and is willing to barter her body to escape. Dalia just doesn't understand the insane attraction she feels for Reuel. She can't seam to keep her hands off of him.







There's a major unexpected twist in the plot that I didn't see coming. As more rouge cyborgs are rescued, an old, very attractive friend, by the name of Pierce is among them.


Pierce, Rouge Hunter, Cyborg Perfection





Pierce was in Dalia's training class and was not only her best friend. He was madly in love with her. Rouge hunters were never allowed to date but now that they are free, Pierce is determined to make Dalia his!!



“I’ve been crazy in love with you, Dally, since the first time I saw you…"



Pierce is beautiful and women can't get enough. But he has only ever loved Dalia. So what if Reuel wants her too. Pierce is willing to fight for her.






Surprise!! There are two love stories in this book and they both revolve around Dalia. I was NOT expecting this, but I should have suspected it after reading book 1 of this series, The Awakening. This series apparently focuses on menages and multiple partner relationships.

I was so wrapped up in Reuel and Dalia, that I was completed thrown off kilter when Pierce showed up. I enjoy menage romances, so it wasn't a deal breaker for me…and it was pretty Freakin Kinky when they all explored one another. There was absolutely NO m/m. Dalia was the focus of pleasure and I was a tad bit envious.


My Cyberevolution reviews:

The Awakening
Total Recal
Abiogenesis
Cyborg
Illumination
Cyborg Nation

[ValerieC · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was first published around 2005, and I first read it about that time. I think this is the third time I've read it. I wasn't aware of Goodreads at that time (if it was around then), so keeping up with stuff isn't an exact science with me.

This time I am reading the series in the 'new series order' and all at once, not as they were being published.

This book is more serious than the first two. There isn't much ditzy ruminating by the h. There isn't much POV from the two Hs trying to figure out what in the hell is going on. There isn't the funny arguing between the guys and only minimal scuffles. Basically, there are two guys, but they aren't a cohesive unit. In short, most of my favorite attributes of a Kaitlyn O'Connor book are absent here. It's not humorous, but that's not saying the story isn't pretty good. The part about the baby care is pretty funny, though.

There are several inconsistencies between this book and Book 2, 'Total Recall', and even between this and Book 1, 'The Awakening'. Obviously, this book takes place a few years after 'Total Recall', and none of the previous characters in those books appear in this one.

I thought the most glaring problem was the set up of Reuel's life. In the beginning of the book, he's spacing around the universe, doing all sorts of things such as rescuing/capturing cyborgs, getting his DNA surreptitiously implanted into Dalia, setting up ambushes, and so forth. Still military as in the previous books. Then he gets back to the homeworld, and that all goes away and he's a planter. Huh... yet they are just now coming up with the Contract stuff?

It seemed to me that there was something about the number designations in their names that didn't jive with the military designations in their names in the earlier books. There's no mention of how most of the earlier cyborgs were mostly soldiers.

I can understand some of this because these books weren't originally written in the same series order that the author's website now says is the correct order, and at times they seem a little out of sync, but sometimes also better in sync, if that makes sense. I guess I just think that a writer who says a group of books are a series should storyboard the whole thing (or outline it, or whatever) like they do with movies so that it's consistent across the books. That way nitpickers like me don't bring up the fact that things are inconsistent. There were a couple of other niggly things I noticed, too, but I primarily read on a Kindle Voyage (easier on the eyes), so unless I highlight something or make a note on paper, it's a pain in the butt to go back to find something... that's the only good thing about print vs e, imho. The original series order still seems to be the one Fictfact is using, and I think that is how I originally read them. It causes problems, though, between the book about kidnapping the lady doctor and this book where they have no OB expertise yet at their clinic. In several aspects I see that the original publication order isn't the most intuitive order.

Anyhooooo, I'll likely read this again in a few years, but I reduced my rating by 1 star this time around.

05/21/2019 Read Again.
Boosted the rating 1 star.

[Carolyn F. · Rating 5 out of 5]

2nd reading. Love this book. The cover makes you think this book is about a kick-ass heroine in the jungle. Actually, it's about betrayal and misunderstandings and learning and finding love. Fantastic read even the 2nd time around. *****

Previous review 06/24/11 Terrible cover - fantastic book. I am more and more impressed by this author with every book I read. This one has Dahlia, a cyborg hunter, waking from a medical eval with a med tech about to give her a shot. She can tell he's nervous and when she grabs the needle and gives it to him, she knows they were trying to kill her. She's now on the run and going to the people she once killed for help. This one was funny with a lot of melancholy. I would recommend this author.

[Holli Cathcart · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really wanted to like this book, as it was recommended to me, but I just couldn't quite bring myself to enjoy it. The premise was interesting, although I wouldn't necessarily say original - it felt very much like an X-rated version of Blade Runner, with much poorer characterization and dialogue. Where the book really lost me though was in its almost tacit condonement of rape. While there was never a textbook definition of rape in the terms of unwelcome sexual conduct, it seems a thin veneer to hide behind when you basically have a female character purposefully impregnated without her consent by the 'hero', who then proceeds to capitalize on her burgeoning Stockholm Syndrome and eventually treat her as little better than a literal baby-making machine.

I wanted to like the characters, especially after the opening sequence where Dalia came across as such a strong, kickass woman...and then Reuel entered the picture and she wilted like the awful flower she was named after. At no point did Reuel ever prove to me that he was a sympathetic hero I should become invested in, for the most part he treats Dalia horribly and admits he doesn't even understand the basics of love or forgiveness. I did like Pierce a great deal, and would have much rather read about him as the 'primary' hero, but alas he was introduced far to late for us to enjoy his company long. And Dalia interacting with Pierce just angered me - he was a convenient tool for her purposes, and she seemed to have no qualms about first ignoring him and then unabashedly manipulating him.

At points I also felt as if the author was insulting her own character's intelligence - did it really take them until Dalia pointed it out for the other cyborgs to figure out that all the women were named for flowers, and all the men president's?

Overall...I really thought that the basic germ the author started with was a good idea, and I liked the setup of the struggle between the cyborgs and the humans for autonomy. The sex scenes were well written and enjoyable, although the bar for threesomes for me shall forever be set by Laurell K Hamilton. (before she went off the deep end...her scenes with Anita, Jean Clause and Asher....HOOO!) I just couldn't stomach what felt like misogynistic overtones to the whole book, and I think the characters needed about 100 pages more of fleshing out.

[Julie (jjmachshev) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I do love this series, see my reviews for Cyborg and Cyborg Nation for the back story.
This is actually the first story of this series (I read it backwards and still loved it!) -- the story of Reuel and Dalia. The Cyborgs are trying to create their own civilization and Dalia is now pregnant with the first Cyborg offspring. The Cyborgs were bred with no feelings, and the Hunters were cyborgs given artificial memories to make them believe they were human. When Dalia finds out she's really not human and has been killing her own kind, she's devastated. Then she's scared of what may be gestating within her. What if she can't learn maternal feelings? What kind of offspring is it? Nobody knows as it's never been done! How can she choose between Reuel, the father (DNA donor) of her offspring, and Pierce, her buddy and friend from her earlier life? And with the uneven male/female ratio of the Cyborg Nation, will she have to choose?

I really do love this series. The scenes of labor and delivery are hysterical and are alone worth the cost of the book!! And how Dalia contrives to share offspring duties and lovemaking duties is a treat of Solomonic proportions. Don't miss this fascinating series...you may even want to read them in order! I plan to go back in a couple of months and do so...

[Zeek · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is futuristic sci fi/erotica, but it surprised me how entertaining I found it. I say surprised me because yes the sex and language is graphic but the author did some world building! Lots of internalized narrative from the characters as well which actually sorta brought the book down for me- made the heroine feel wishy-washy.

But all in all a fun read!

[Brutally Honest · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting. Lacking depth, I think. But it's also been a while since I've read the other books in this series. I would've liked to see more consistent character development. Dalia goes from being very cyborg-y to all of a sudden revealing she had a close friend, Pierce, then back to being extremely cyborg-y, which honestly made no sense. Reuel, who in my opinion was quite different in the previous book, became exactly like all the other easily-angered, grudge-holding cyborgs. Pierce was a joy to read about, though. His character didn't really develop very much, but it was consistent, and had more depth. Sadly that depth wasn't explored much, but it was at least alluded to.

The beginning of the book was fantastic, the descriptions of the flight and the ensuing revelations of the treachery and subplots were really great. But somehow the book went flat after that, and the only thing holding it up was the romantic drama. Still - in my opinion - it was just the right amount of drama, not too much and not too little. ;) The ending, however.... they've been together for more than a year and still cannot deal with sharing? This relationship is dooooomed.

Edit: A plus-point for this book is the lack of archaic fake language use. You know, the "gods-damn" and "aye" nonsense from the other books. Completely gone here. I have the feeling that Kaitlyn decided to have the older cyborg models talk like that, and have the hunter types talk like normal people. Since Dalia and Pierce are the hunter type, they talk like human beings. Why Reuel is different, who knows!

Also, for once this book doesn't end too early. It actually ends too late. Too much vague information about what happens after the kid is born. It's lacking an HEA because it feels like either the book should have ended right after the birth, or should continue until they work out their issues.

[Jacqueline J · Rating 4 out of 5]

3-1/2 stars. A nice story from KO'C. This one explained a lot of the background of the cyborg world. It was not one of her funny ones. I felt it could have benefited from more explanation and more scenes to lead the reader to believe more strongly in the developing feeling between the 3 protagonists. It seemed like the scenes were there but they should have been longer and more developed. For example in the hold on the way to the cyborg planet there is a woman who everyone knows is crazy and the heroine, Dahlia, is certain that the woman hates her and will attack her. As Dahlia is pregnant she knows she will not be able to defend herself. Poofta! she sees an old flame whom she hopes will protect her. They've been in this hold for weeks and she only notices him now? And then after all this build up, the cyborgs take the bad girl away before she can attack Dahlia. That just seems a weak plotting choice after all the build up. Anyway it was pretty good all around and I liked how the two cyborgs were jealous of each other in the marriage. The book seemed fairly telly instead of showy especially at the end. But all in all I liked it.

Thanks Carolyn F. for the loan.

[Laura (Kyahgirl) · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5/5; 3 stars; B-

The cover is horrible and has nothing to do with the story. Why do they do that?

Otherwise, this story was not noteworthy in any way.The writing was ok and the author was more consistent than in Awakening, which made me scratch my head. It reminded me very much of Laurann Dohner's Cyborg series but I liked Dohner's books more. Meh.

[Chappy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good as a start to the series. Cyborgs are damn hot. Loved Reuel and Pierce and Dahlia was very kick-ass. The premise was interesting and drew a sad portrayal of a futuristic earth. It seemed, though, that as soon as we got to the MFM part of the story, it was over. I needed more details...but I do plan to continue reading.

[Auntee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just not my favorite genre but a hot, well-written book. 3 1/2 stars.

[Lyndi W. · Rating 2 out of 5]

I forgot that the reason I kept avoiding this was because it was a menage. Bleh. Anyway... I had some real problems with this one. Mostly continuity issues. I was constantly thinking "No, that's not right - it directly contradicts something said in the previous chapter." And that really draws me out of the story to leave me confused and annoyed.

The story itself is slow. You're treated to a lot of Dalia, who lacks even the tiniest bit of personality, trying to figure things out in her own head. None of what she ruminates over is important - she never figures things out and nobody ever mentions them again. Honestly, the first half of the book felt like an entirely different story from the second half. They could be completely unrelated stories just cobbled together with a space-travel scene in the middle to explain how characters from Story A got into Story B.

Really, I can't figure out how to review this because I can't figure out what I just read.

Kaitlyn O'Connor consistently gets 2-3 stars or DNFs from me. I'm just not sure I should even bother giving her other works a chance.

[Lula Pantoofle · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story of kick ass hunter Dalia who goes on the run and gets kidnapped by top cyborg Reuel and then bumps into old academy friend Pierce. They all form a family unit and have babies.

This was an ok story, a little heavy on the baby stuff which is not really my thing. I like babies, I have my own, but I tend to avoid them in a romance novel.

I also feel a bit sad sometimes when a kick ass female warrior seemingly gives up being kickass to raise babies. Hey, there’s nothing wrong with that, that’s life. But it feels a bit wrong that they never get to throw a knife again or kick cyborg butt.

It all just got very domesticated. Kind of killed my buzz. You know, cyborg 8172 warms the milk whilst cyborg 6376 gets it on with the female.

And it’s a case of half-hearted menages. The guys aren’t that happy about it which made it uncomfortable. It was more a one in one out kind of vibe. I’ve read better menages.

But I do like this author and this series.

[Merve Özcan Özkan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Aslında "OK" bile değil ya neyse. Bu tür cyborg hikayelerini seviyorum, ancak bunu pek tatminkâr bulamadım. İlk başta kickass bir kadının hayatta kalma mücadelesi, sonrasında ise erkekle mücadelesi falan anlatılıyor. Hiç olmadık yerde bit gibi biten 2. erkeğin ortaya çıkması ise sıçtı batırdı hani. Bir de neymiş ona da aşıkmış. Ay haspam benim. Kitabın başındaki karakterle sonundaki karakter, tüm hepsi için geçerli, son derece alakasız. Kurgu zaten güzelden vasata doğru her kelime de seyir etti. Hani sinir oldum. Başka cyborglara takılacağım artık.

Tutarsız karakterlerden nefret ediyorum. En azından kickass başlıyorsan öyle devam et.

[Coyora Dokusho · Rating 3 out of 5]

5.22.2014

The science is... nonexistent, so SUSPEND YOUR DISBELIEF. Logic is oftimes absent as well, again, suspend, suspend, suspend. Still liked it. The inherent logic bombs would have destroyed a *real* AI's mind though... XD

But, really, with school done for now, I'm enjoying my round of mindless reading about cyborgs and aliens coming to mutilate our cattle and steal our women... Wait!!! there haven't any cattle mutilations... YET

10.12.14

Yep, I dun like this one as much as the first one, even though it's supposed to be the first one, it's not in the continuity and YE GODS the continuity errors. Also sleep deprived TMINUS 4 MORE HOURS TILL SLEEP... OR SO...

[Spuffed · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short review because I read a week ago and don't really recall much about it (I read too much). I do recall that the ending was quite abrupt, more so than usual as one would find from this author. Liked the characters a lot and their struggles with understanding pregnancy and babies.

[Rachel Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!!! Course, I'm kind of biased as Kaitlyn O'Connor is one of my favorite authors. Sci-fi, sexy, and very erotic with characters I genuinely enjoy.

[Ladymcbeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't finish it. I've lost all interest in the story when I learn the woman Dalia was a cyborg too :(

[Maurissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ignore bad reviews

I put off buying this book due to the bad reviews. I am so glad I just went ahead and finally bought it. Unless all the bad reviews were of a different edition, those people must not really read their books. Three was no more badass heroine scenes needed in the book after the first chapter, so I was disappointed about that. But she couldn't really fight pregnant anyway. Her personality didn't change, the public exposure scene excited her, the sex while her arms were cuffed was with her hearty consent. And the addition of a second male was written extremely well. All characters were well written and the only typos were the model numbers of the cyborgs and virtual humans. I don't know what the other low star reviews were talking about, but it wasn't the book I read.
Buy it, if you like the sample or the other books you'll want to read Abiogenesis!

[Cheri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed this one more than the last book since this was Reuel's story. I loved how Dalia didn't irritate the crap out of me like heroines tend to do. Surprisingly Reuel's unforgiving attitude angered me a bit. But it was understandable, since everything was new territory for him and Dalia. I loved when Pierce showed up to be the friend Dalia needed. Their friendship was a breath of fresh air and made me smile. I missed the comedy from the two previous books, but this story felt more complete with its epilogue.

[MyzanM · Rating 1 out of 5]

Gahhh, I just fell into one of the numerous plotholes!

I’m basically just reading to get it off of my tablet.... and my ever growing TBR....
I really liked the first book (I think) and hope that one of the sequels will match. Not much hope of that, but I will soldier on in my quest!

[CJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story.

[Rita · Rating 5 out of 5]

love it

[Nessa]

I FELT FUCKING CHEATED WHEN I FINISHED THIS. IT'S AN MFM BOOK WHICH I DIDNT SIGN UP FOR, I JUST WISH THE BLURB HELD A BIT OF HINT. I ENJOYED IT AT FIRST BUT WHEN PIERCE CAME INTO THE PICTURE, IT JUST FEELS WRONG.

OUR HERO is the first of his cyborg batch and the father of our heroine's baby. He may be incorrigible and terribly arrogant and stubborn but oh so alluring in all his cyborg sexiness. While he has plenty of flaws, because he is all too machine to comprehend softer emotions, it's nice to see him try to learn instead of cowering in fear like our heroine. I thought him rather honourable and I don't know why the fuck the author would introduce a second male when the relationship was going well except for a few road bumps. Pierce came in too abruptly at the end...I just couldn't accept him. And him sleeping with our heroine is nothing short of cheating.

OUR HEROINE is not so endearing to me...not after I finished the story. In the beginning she came off as fierce and strong but later...I think she is just over ruled by emotions. I reached my pinnacle when she said she love Pierce and Reule too when I feel that we have seen her and Reule up to 70% of the book and comes another man. WTF? She claims to love both men...ughh woman don't be so fucking greedy.

OVERALL I cannot rate this because for obvious reasons I feel my opinion is already tainted...so if you like an MFM book, then you would undoubtedly enjoy this.

[Laine Aerith Yue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful Introduction for a futuristic world, I was so amazed by the characterization of Dalia, her strength, independence and her principles. The love between Reuel and Dalia was sizzling, though Pierce was quickly introduced or inserted to quickly into the mix, I loved his humor and part in the story.

The concept of the Cyber Evoluition Series is so original, its one of kind plot, especially the rule about a female taking-uh two or four men at least for a family unit. WOW! That got me fanning the heat off my whole system or maybe debating on whether douse myself in a cold shower outside the Alpine Mountains or maybe in a tub full of ice cubes in Antartica...

I definitely recommend it as a must read for the concept of finding humanity, a purpose of existence and true awareness of being. It gives you something to ponder on like the Artificial Intelligence movie about the kid that wanted to impress his mom, the romance is a super great bonus!

[Luu · Rating 3 out of 5]

No estaba pensando leerlo.. hasta que lo vi y tenía que hacerlo. No se, es raro, porque son como los primeros pasos de un mundo nuevo y eso algo que no había leído antes. Un bebé que apareció por arte de la ciencia, Rauel al principio me dio mucha bronca por como trataba a Daria, aunque ella le decía que no entendía muchas cosas... o sea ella creyó toda su existencia ser humana, un día resulta que es un cyborg y él quiere que ella ya caiga feliz. Tiene un momento qué digerir, cyborg+bebé extraño que nadie sabe cómo va a salir= ataque de pánico. Después esta Perce, es un amor, aunque me hubiera gustado más escenas, ya que con Rauel hubo muchas. Saber más de su nuevo mundo, más personajes, y que los antagonistas no quedaran tan al fondo, como solo un ruido ¿no que la Compañia era casi omnipotente? al final no hubo mucha acción salvo algunas partes. Y después la trama se hizo predecible... empezó bien pero decayó a pique.
No sabía que era una tercera parte...

[Sparkyhedgehog · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. It was a little confusing at first but the world was a complicated world to build and I think the author did a great job at it. I love how she was able to merge the two relationships into a very realistic/workable threesome. I normally avoid books that hint at threesomes or menage because I dislike reading about anal sex and also because I feel too jealous on behalf of the characters that are being forced to share. It was great to have the characters feeling jealous instead of myself. This took me by complete surprise since I equally like and accept both men in the story and I absolutely love how it worked out... I'm quite happy to find a book that has a threesome in that I am completely happy with and love. I don't feel as prejudiced and vanilla as I used to feel. :D

[Jessica Gomez · Rating 3 out of 5]

You can never go wrong with the science fiction futuristic space romance. Although there really isn't that much romancing here. I liked that Ruel got his own story. This Yoda like character was like a child in his own way. A lot of internal scars that were the result of battles and what humans themselves. I liked his development. I liked that life somehow found a way to evolve further. Even though they are areas that needed to be lets say eimprove on. I looked the establishment of a governing system on the planet. I loved Dalia's character. The surprises in store for her were good. But a little more development in her acceptance on his and more bluntness in the way she addresses Ruel and the others was better needed. Granted some humans aren't that way but considering she was still a soldier. Let's say I think that they are more forward.

[Starry]

Reuel CO469 is tall, dark, and infinitely dangerous. His is the face that launched a million flyers. He is the first of his kind, the first cyborg to go rogue, the leader of all who'd come after him, and the only rogue nobody has ever come close to catching. From the moment Dalia first sets eyes on him, she knows she is lost. She can no more resist his dark allure than she can cease to breathe



She's on the run. Their out to kill her, the people she worked and fought for, but not anymore...She's a rogue hunter with life inside of her(pregnant), and is on the run...then meets the man of them all, Reuel.

She offers the use of her body in trade for safety. He is intruiged by her, and he keeps saying he's a robot/cyborg, so he has no feelings to give out.