Rescued by the Cyborg by Cara Bristol
Series: Cy-Ops Sci-fi Romance #5.5
Published by Self-Published
Published on: March 12, 2018
Genres: Science Fiction
Pages: 80
Format: eARC
Source: Author
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A cyborg with haunted past, a woman with a clouded future…
Battered and broken, hostage and sole survivor Solia waits for death at the hands of vicious predatory aliens when Cy-Ops agent Guy Roarke disobeys orders, charges in, and rescues her. A former medic, he initiates emergency medical procedures before rushing her to Cybermed, in hopes of saving her wing so she can fly again. He’s taken with the delicate, brave Faria, but his best intentions result in unfortunate consequences that place her in greater jeopardy. Can he overcome the guilt of past mistakes in time to save her life?Publisher's note: Rescued by the Cyborg was originally published in the anthology Embrace the Romance: Pets in Space 2. It has been re-released as a single title novella. Rescued by the Cyborg is Cy-Ops Sci-fi Romance 5.5 and fits between book 5 (Claimed by the Cyborg) and Book 6 (Hunted by the Cyborg). However, all the series books are standalones with an HEA and no cliffhanger. You can read them in any order.
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I read my first Cara Bristol last year with Alien Mate. I really enjoyed this science fiction romance story. When I was offered to try another book by this author, I’m jumped on the chance. Now, most of you know that I rarely jump into a series in the middle. I’m usually a person who starts off with book one and only book one. However, I thought that since this was #5.5, I figured that most novellas can be read out of order. It just seems to be the nature of most novellas. That seemed to work here. I don’t know if it will work with the rest of the series.
So I went into this book pretty blind (as I tend to do with most books). I knew it was a sci-fi romance, but I didn’t really know much beside that. I didn’t even read the blurb (sorry authors, I know a lot of time is spent on the blurbs, but I prefer not to know what is going to happen at all. I’m the same with movies and avoid trailers as much as possible).
When I opened this book and started reading Chapter 1, I thought to myself “what did I get myself into?”. This story starts off with the heroine on an alien planet. She’s in a cage and these alien creatures, Ka-Tê, which were pretty terrifying, had been killing off and torturing everyone that came in with her. She has a conversation with another prisoner, another woman in the cage next to her. I knew nothing about this planet, the creatures which can rivel my worst nightmares or anything else. Would I have known more about these things if I started with book one? Well, it wasn’t long before things started to fall into place.
Solia is the woman who was in the cage. She is a Farian, which is a creature with wings. So things are pretty dire for her, as one of her wings is badly broken. She will not have an easy time getting away without her wings. That is until cyborg, Guy, shows up to rescue her. He has to rely on everything his cybernetics will give him to survive the Ka-Tê. He then takes her to Cybermed to see if they can save her wing, which is torn almost completely off.
I also need to add that Solia studies languages. She has an implant that helps her to understand all these different languages. She is the first person to survive the Ka-Tê and she understood their language, even if she doesn’t have the ability to speak it because her throat just isn’t set up to make those sounds.
This is a really sweet story. Both characters have a run of bad luck, but coming together brings some light. It does take them a while to figure each other out. Guy is convinced that no one can love a cyborg who leaves for months for missions. Plus, Farian mate for life, she Solia isn’t going to give him a chance. Solia has feelings but doesn’t think Guy is interested because he’s so cold to her.
There is also a very cute cat named Mittzi because she has four white feet with a gray body. She helped to soften the story.
This was a cute story. I now want to go back and read the early books in this series. This one is a bit dark at the beginning, but we get past that pretty quickly, so don’t let that part at the beginning scare you off. If you like sci-fi romance, this is fun story.
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I’m Melanie and I live in Ohio. I have two horses and a dog. I’m an animal lover, avid book reader and audiobook listener. I like to live vicariously through fictional characters. I enjoy reading and listening to mostly fictional books in the paranormal genre, including Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance and Horror. My favorite paranormal creatures are shifters, doesn’t matter the flavor.
Definitely sounds interesting and I don’t think I’ve read too many stories that center around a cyborg other than the Lunar Chronicles. Glad you enjoyed it and now want to read the rest of them!
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Eve Langlais has a cyborg series that I really enjoyed. So made it easy to jump into this one.
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I’ve read a few of her books and have been really enjoying them. This sounds like another really good one.
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I really enjoyed this one. I want to read more in this series.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Ivan by Kit Rocha (@mlsimmons, @kitrocha, @mostlybree, @totallydonna)
I love this series and am so glad you tried it Melanie. I actually started with book two and then kept going and then only this year went back for book one. The stories are standalone, but its the series world building that gets revealed more and more with each new book, if that helps. 🙂
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You are one of the ones to turn me on to this author.
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With some I jump in, I just have to 😉
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Agreed. Sometimes you just have to jump in. It isn’t something I like to do, but sometimes you just have to do.
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I don’t see lots of sci-fi romance but I like it. I haven’t read lots. I’ll totally have to do some reading in that genre. Anne – Books of My Heart
I do like a good Sci-Fi romance. I’ve read a few, but not many.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Ivan by Kit Rocha (@mlsimmons, @kitrocha, @mostlybree, @totallydonna)
This sounds like a nice short read. I might read a blurb when I am deciding if I want to read a book but I never seem to remember anything the blurb said by the time I actually start reading. Sometimes those blurbs give too much away! I am like you and like to go in blindly. Glad this one worked for you!
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I have a tendency to forget too. I might read a review and add a book to my list and then completely forget why. It does help make you more surprised by the story.
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Haha! I typically read the blurb for a book when I add it to my tbr or when I first purchase it but I always go in blind when I start it, so I laughed that you basically do the same. I’m glad it worked out for you to jump in at 5.5, Melanie. I like the sound of the world and this story in particular. Ooh, and the cat! 😉 I might have to check out this series sometime but I do think I’ll start at #1. 😉
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I will probably go back and get the earlier books for this series. I’ve been surprised at how many people like to go in blind, like I do.
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Thank you for nice review. I’m glad you enjoyed Rescued by the Cyborg. Yes, all the Cy-Ops Sci-fi Romance cyborg books can be read as standalone. I purposely wrote them that way. Book one, Stranded by the Cyborg is currently permafree. Readers should grab it while they can, because in May, it will go off permafree.
I’m really impressed by your blog traffic and how many comments you get. Awesome.
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You know, I think I have it on my Kindle. I will have to double check to be sure. I know I will want to read all of these stories at some point.
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I don’t have much in my shelves when it comes to Scifi romance but I think that’s the only way I could fully enjoy reading Sci-fi. Lol. This has an unfortunate cover, but it’s the inside that counts, right?
Glad you enjoyed it, Melanie.
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It isn’t a great cover, but I enjoyed the story.
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