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Cyborg Seduction #5
Stealing Coal
Book 5 in the Cyborg Seduction series. Jill has learned the hard way that men can’t be trusted and sex only causes pain. In the lawlessness of space, women are a sexual commodity—to be used and abused. She’s doing a man’s job, with only her father’s brutal reputation and three androids to help keep her alive when she sees a massive, handsome cyborg chained to a freight table. The abusive crew plans to sell him to fight in gruesome death matches. It’s stupid, it’s insane, but Jill can’t leave him to such a horrible fate. Coal has survived being a captive breeding slave and irreversible damage to his cyborg implants, but his honor is still intact. He’s grateful Jill saved him and he’ll repay her the only way he can. He’ll fix her—with his mouth, his hands and his body. He can teach the little human just how much pleasure she’s capable of feeling.
167 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 9, 2011
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About the author
Laurann Dohner
82 books8,722 followersI had a rather short area here telling a little about me but then I had more than a few people ask me to expand it so... here goes. LOL. I'm a full time home 'supervisor' which is a nice word for saying I'm a housewife. I'm married happily, I met my dream guy 20 years ago, and we have 4 children. I live in Southern California and I can't function without iced coffee. I believe in romance, I've always been a daydreamer, and I'm a HUGE fan of books, always have been.
No, I didn't know that I always wanted to write. I inhaled books as a child. I read entire series (Pippi Longstocking, Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys, Trixie Beldon, The Borrowers, etc) in a matter of days at a time. By the time I was nine years old I had an adult library card where I visited often. I moved on to John Saul, Stephen King, Richard Laymon, Agatha Christie, and then found romance. I was hooked. I wrote poetry in my teens and then moved on to short stories. My first book was started after I read a real bomb of a book that ticked me off with really horrible characters and a plot that was shabby at best and I thought... I could do better. LOL.
I wrote my first book which will probably never see the light of day in the early 90's. I wrote a series of a few books from it. I'm a series fan! I kept writing for fun, wrote MANY books and then in 2009 I decided to try to get published. I wrote my first Sci Fi romance and Ral's Woman came to be. I submitted it and with a little tweaking, Ellorascave sent me an acceptance letter. It was kind of a 'Cinderella' experience for me. It's been a terrific ride so far and I'm really happy that I finally had the time to commit to writing full time. It's a dream come true.
No, I didn't know that I always wanted to write. I inhaled books as a child. I read entire series (Pippi Longstocking, Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys, Trixie Beldon, The Borrowers, etc) in a matter of days at a time. By the time I was nine years old I had an adult library card where I visited often. I moved on to John Saul, Stephen King, Richard Laymon, Agatha Christie, and then found romance. I was hooked. I wrote poetry in my teens and then moved on to short stories. My first book was started after I read a real bomb of a book that ticked me off with really horrible characters and a plot that was shabby at best and I thought... I could do better. LOL.
I wrote my first book which will probably never see the light of day in the early 90's. I wrote a series of a few books from it. I'm a series fan! I kept writing for fun, wrote MANY books and then in 2009 I decided to try to get published. I wrote my first Sci Fi romance and Ral's Woman came to be. I submitted it and with a little tweaking, Ellorascave sent me an acceptance letter. It was kind of a 'Cinderella' experience for me. It's been a terrific ride so far and I'm really happy that I finally had the time to commit to writing full time. It's a dream come true.
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September 30, 2016
Well, let's start with the obvious - the heroine in this book shares my name, and I liked her, so this pleases me. She's not perfect - like me. But, she's adorable and funny - like me. (also humble) So, I'll allow it. She also gets the best cyborg so far because he is damaged and sweet. Ladies, can we resist that combination when put with a hot hunk? No way! Us Jills are very sympathetic to the plight of the gorgeous man who has a tortured soul.
You are dying to "make it all better", aren't you? Don't lie!
And, Jill does make it all better for Coal. That's what Jill's do.
You are dying to "make it all better", aren't you? Don't lie!
And, Jill does make it all better for Coal. That's what Jill's do.
July 25, 2014
Coal has survived being a sexual slave, and torture. But will he survive being kidnapped and forced to fight in a fight club?
Jill knows that the fight clubs are illegal, and always suspected that not all contestants had consented to fight. Her suspicions are confirmed as she witnesses Coal, being tortured and prepped for fighting. Jill knows what it's like to be on the receiving end of sexual and physical abuse and she refuses to stand by and watch this beautiful cyborg die.
Coal wants to thank Jill for saving his life so he offers her his skills because he can repair most things.
This book was action packed, and fast paced!! I loved Coal and Jill together. They were both damaged by abusers from their pasts, but they were both strong willed survivors!!! This series keeps getting better!!!
Jill knows that the fight clubs are illegal, and always suspected that not all contestants had consented to fight. Her suspicions are confirmed as she witnesses Coal, being tortured and prepped for fighting. Jill knows what it's like to be on the receiving end of sexual and physical abuse and she refuses to stand by and watch this beautiful cyborg die.
Coal wants to thank Jill for saving his life so he offers her his skills because he can repair most things.
“I’ve decided to repair your ship, your droids, and you.”
She felt gratitude right up until that last word. “Me? I’m not hurt.”
“You’re afraid of males and believe sex is one-sided. That’s a flaw on your part. Your male harmed you.”
"We don’t need to have actual intercourse but I will fix your fear of men touching you and show you that pleasure isn’t one-sided.” His hands shifted their hold on her ankles, lifting her legs higher until her bottom rose from the bed.“I hoped you would welcome the lesson.”
“Stop,” Jill ordered. “I’m not flawed or damaged. Put the pants back on.” Her gaze nearly strayed downward to his groin... “I don’t want fixed.”
This book was action packed, and fast paced!! I loved Coal and Jill together. They were both damaged by abusers from their pasts, but they were both strong willed survivors!!! This series keeps getting better!!!
January 1, 2020
Sealing Coal is book five in the Cyborg Seduction series by Laurann Dohner.
Jill is not perfect, but she’s adorable and funny. She’s on a routine pickup when she over hears the slavers talking about taking the Cyborg to an illegal fight club. She knows what it’s like to be physical and sexual abused and makes a decision that will change her life.
Coal I feel is one of the best cyborg’s so far. I like him. He’s damaged yet sweet. He doesn’t let his defect nor what happened to him stop him from living his life. He promises to help Jill keep her ship running as well as help to fix her.
The story is fast paced and action packed. Trust is something both have to overcome. They both need healing which they find in each other. I liked their romance and felt that it had the perfect amount of heat and love.
Sealing Coal was nice read and I liked it.
Rated: 3.5 Stars
Jill is not perfect, but she’s adorable and funny. She’s on a routine pickup when she over hears the slavers talking about taking the Cyborg to an illegal fight club. She knows what it’s like to be physical and sexual abused and makes a decision that will change her life.
Coal I feel is one of the best cyborg’s so far. I like him. He’s damaged yet sweet. He doesn’t let his defect nor what happened to him stop him from living his life. He promises to help Jill keep her ship running as well as help to fix her.
The story is fast paced and action packed. Trust is something both have to overcome. They both need healing which they find in each other. I liked their romance and felt that it had the perfect amount of heat and love.
Sealing Coal was nice read and I liked it.
Rated: 3.5 Stars
February 6, 2017
Coal & Jill
I am a big fan of tortured heroes. Coal has suffered and has been used a lot by the cruel female Cyborgs. They had tied him down, taken his freedom, destroyed his enhancements, bred him without mercy and consequently he has a large number of children that he will never meet. Now he does not want any more females in his life.
Jill has also suffered a lot. She has lost both of her parents. She is a fugitive from Earth and alone in space doing a man’s job. Moreover, her ex-husband abused her systematically and he made her scared of men. Now she does not want any more males in her life.
Coal has managed to escape the heartless females, but he ended up a prisoner again on his way to a fight club. Jill will save Coal. Together they will overcome their fears. Coal will manage finding his friends again. Jill will never be alone again.
My favorite characters in this book are actually the three androids that she saved from junk yards (Arm, Fray, and Roid). They are keeping her company and she considers them to be her friends, not just machines. But she is not a mechanic. She has only managed to do partial repairs.
Coal will be tender and helpful:
“I’ve decided to repair your ship, your droids, and you.”
Rune, a female android and ex-sex bot, is also a great addition towards the end of the book. I was laughing out loud with her decision making techniques.
Very sweet story, but action packed at the same time. The sex scenes are steamy hot.
Part of the book overlaps with the previous book (Touching Ice) and with the next book (Redeeming Zorus).
I am a big fan of tortured heroes. Coal has suffered and has been used a lot by the cruel female Cyborgs. They had tied him down, taken his freedom, destroyed his enhancements, bred him without mercy and consequently he has a large number of children that he will never meet. Now he does not want any more females in his life.
Jill has also suffered a lot. She has lost both of her parents. She is a fugitive from Earth and alone in space doing a man’s job. Moreover, her ex-husband abused her systematically and he made her scared of men. Now she does not want any more males in her life.
Coal has managed to escape the heartless females, but he ended up a prisoner again on his way to a fight club. Jill will save Coal. Together they will overcome their fears. Coal will manage finding his friends again. Jill will never be alone again.
My favorite characters in this book are actually the three androids that she saved from junk yards (Arm, Fray, and Roid). They are keeping her company and she considers them to be her friends, not just machines. But she is not a mechanic. She has only managed to do partial repairs.
Coal will be tender and helpful:
“I’ve decided to repair your ship, your droids, and you.”
Rune, a female android and ex-sex bot, is also a great addition towards the end of the book. I was laughing out loud with her decision making techniques.
Very sweet story, but action packed at the same time. The sex scenes are steamy hot.
Part of the book overlaps with the previous book (Touching Ice) and with the next book (Redeeming Zorus).
June 25, 2023
Coal’s story!
The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💚🖤💙❤️
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏
Character development: 😠😚😁😍
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Solo Narration
The heroine: Jill - her father died a year ago and was one of the most brutal men in the business. Jill now runs his trading business on her own, staying safe on the basis of her father’s reputation. She knows space isn’t safe for a lone woman. Women are used for one thing in space, so she adds to the cruelty of her fathers reputation whenever she can talk about it.
The Hero: Coal - he was a character in the last two books, we first saw him as a captive of all the cyborg women who were stranded on a desolate planet. He was used as their captive breeder and they made him father multiple children with the women. We next saw him in the last book when he bravely chose to stay behind on a ship that was on fire to give up the pods to our last books main couple. But when Meagan decided to go into a one-person pod with Ice, then Coal decided to do the same with a council member.
The story: While on a trading mission, Jill comes across Coal, a cyborg who was captured and is now chained to a freight table in the ship where she just conducted her business. The crew plans to sell Coal to fight in a gladiator type fight to the death. The men are punching Coal while he is chained up and have a much worse fate for him in mind. Jill wouldn’t want that fate for anyone, so she frees Coal and they escape together.
You have to feel for Coal and all he has suffered. He was held by the cyborg females for quite a long time and kept escaping them for months at a time. Those same women chained him naked to a bed and damaged the processors in his head so bad that the med teams were unable to fix them so now he can’t communicate with any onboard computers or any of his cyborg counterparts through his mind.
This book was told in dual points of view via solo narration and was narrated by Mindy Kennedy. She has been doing a great job on this series and I like her voice and her narration. She doesn’t really have different voices for men and women, but she is still pretty good and there are a few different accents she uses for women.
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The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💚🖤💙❤️
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏
Character development: 😠😚😁😍
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Solo Narration
The heroine: Jill - her father died a year ago and was one of the most brutal men in the business. Jill now runs his trading business on her own, staying safe on the basis of her father’s reputation. She knows space isn’t safe for a lone woman. Women are used for one thing in space, so she adds to the cruelty of her fathers reputation whenever she can talk about it.
The Hero: Coal - he was a character in the last two books, we first saw him as a captive of all the cyborg women who were stranded on a desolate planet. He was used as their captive breeder and they made him father multiple children with the women. We next saw him in the last book when he bravely chose to stay behind on a ship that was on fire to give up the pods to our last books main couple. But when Meagan decided to go into a one-person pod with Ice, then Coal decided to do the same with a council member.
The story: While on a trading mission, Jill comes across Coal, a cyborg who was captured and is now chained to a freight table in the ship where she just conducted her business. The crew plans to sell Coal to fight in a gladiator type fight to the death. The men are punching Coal while he is chained up and have a much worse fate for him in mind. Jill wouldn’t want that fate for anyone, so she frees Coal and they escape together.
You have to feel for Coal and all he has suffered. He was held by the cyborg females for quite a long time and kept escaping them for months at a time. Those same women chained him naked to a bed and damaged the processors in his head so bad that the med teams were unable to fix them so now he can’t communicate with any onboard computers or any of his cyborg counterparts through his mind.
This book was told in dual points of view via solo narration and was narrated by Mindy Kennedy. She has been doing a great job on this series and I like her voice and her narration. She doesn’t really have different voices for men and women, but she is still pretty good and there are a few different accents she uses for women.
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June 16, 2018
5 Stealing Coal Stars
I was already a fan of Coal at the end of Ice’s book. How he protected his own for his mate.
Then at the beginning of this book, I felt so much sorrow for the big guy. He has already been through so much pain no one deserves that.
Then Jill comes into Coal’s life at the exact right time. She turned it upside down in the best way possible. Not only did he need her but she needed him just as much. She too has not had an easy life.
Trust is a huge thing for both of them to have to overcome and trust in each other. I loved how much it took from them both but in the end it was kind of beautiful how much they need and love each other.
Willing to do anything for the others wellbeing. I loved this book so hard!
Again Mindy has out done herself with this narration. Love it as I have loved all the others before it.
*You don't have to like my review but its 100% my opinion, and I am allowed to have it.*
I was already a fan of Coal at the end of Ice’s book. How he protected his own for his mate.
Then at the beginning of this book, I felt so much sorrow for the big guy. He has already been through so much pain no one deserves that.
Then Jill comes into Coal’s life at the exact right time. She turned it upside down in the best way possible. Not only did he need her but she needed him just as much. She too has not had an easy life.
Trust is a huge thing for both of them to have to overcome and trust in each other. I loved how much it took from them both but in the end it was kind of beautiful how much they need and love each other.
Willing to do anything for the others wellbeing. I loved this book so hard!
Again Mindy has out done herself with this narration. Love it as I have loved all the others before it.
*You don't have to like my review but its 100% my opinion, and I am allowed to have it.*
February 6, 2017
Re-read Jan 21-22, 2017
Uhmmm...wow.
This is my favorite cyborg book so far. Laurann has topped herself again.
I really loved Coal, he thinks he is damaged but this makes him even more endearing. He seems more in touch with his emotions and is not always trying to dismiss his feelings for Jill. It's so sweet that when Jill tells him that she loves him, he sheds a few tears.
Jill is so lonely...she finds stray androids and turns them into friends. She saves Coal and can't help opening up to him (and falling for all his sexy goodness). Coal decides to heal her aversion to sex and abusive men....oooooh doggie.
I do wonder why he shaves his hair, but hey, bald men are sexy too.
The androids were hilarious especially Rune. She was originally designed as a sex bot but her advanced programming allows her to make her own decisions. She doesn't like men touching her and soiling her "with their fluids" and to keep her clothes clean, she stripes naked to do chores. I so love her.
Uhmmm...wow.
This is my favorite cyborg book so far. Laurann has topped herself again.
I really loved Coal, he thinks he is damaged but this makes him even more endearing. He seems more in touch with his emotions and is not always trying to dismiss his feelings for Jill. It's so sweet that when Jill tells him that she loves him, he sheds a few tears.
Jill is so lonely...she finds stray androids and turns them into friends. She saves Coal and can't help opening up to him (and falling for all his sexy goodness). Coal decides to heal her aversion to sex and abusive men....oooooh doggie.
I do wonder why he shaves his hair, but hey, bald men are sexy too.
The androids were hilarious especially Rune. She was originally designed as a sex bot but her advanced programming allows her to make her own decisions. She doesn't like men touching her and soiling her "with their fluids" and to keep her clothes clean, she stripes naked to do chores. I so love her.
August 26, 2023
DNF @ 40%.
It was too formulaic, off-putting, problematic. ➖
Predictable/unoriginal and formulaic character descriptions and characterizations. ➖
(S𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍/𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒆 heroine+𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈/𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓/big hero.)
Non-con/dub-con.🙅♀️ ➖
Both the main characters had awful and abusive pasts.
The way the “hero” forcefully “fixed” the heroine fear of sex while she was tied up/down… was totally messed up and off-putting…. she said NO and Stop.
And that scene was totally bizarre and made zero sense with both their backgrounds and was just wrong.
The plot is still rather thin.
Repetitive.
It was too formulaic, off-putting, problematic. ➖
Predictable/unoriginal and formulaic character descriptions and characterizations. ➖
(S𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍/𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒆 heroine+𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈/𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓/big hero.)
Non-con/dub-con.🙅♀️ ➖
Both the main characters had awful and abusive pasts.
The way the “hero” forcefully “fixed” the heroine fear of sex while she was tied up/down… was totally messed up and off-putting…. she said NO and Stop.
And that scene was totally bizarre and made zero sense with both their backgrounds and was just wrong.
The plot is still rather thin.
Repetitive.
October 14, 2013
LOVING THIS DAMAGED CYBORG!
Coal was once a breeder who's forced to breed female cyborgs. Yep, he had been tortured to the point that he's now damaged, not as controlled as "normal" cyborgs but that makes him more emotional. He's different.
In the previous book, a pod which brought Coal and Zorus were missing. They had been captured by illegal traders and sold. Coal was going to be forced to fight in a space fight club. Really, Laurann Dohner has made a totally new world with this series.
Meanwhile, Jill was a trader having inherited her father trading business. She travelled alone, her company were autobots. When she did a trading she saw Coal strapped to a table. He was going to be tortured. Against her better judgement, she decided to save then release him when they reached the next station.
I love the human side of Coal was apparent, his story made my heart break. Abuse is abuse and this big, strong cyborg was the victim. Jill used to be a victim too and each decided to mend the other. Their relationship flow nicely. It's sweet, what's not to love?
One more good thing is the side characters. The autobots were crazy funny, Rune in particular. Would love to see her in the future.
After this, Zorus is next. I can't wait to read about our jackass councilman.
Coal was once a breeder who's forced to breed female cyborgs. Yep, he had been tortured to the point that he's now damaged, not as controlled as "normal" cyborgs but that makes him more emotional. He's different.
In the previous book, a pod which brought Coal and Zorus were missing. They had been captured by illegal traders and sold. Coal was going to be forced to fight in a space fight club. Really, Laurann Dohner has made a totally new world with this series.
Meanwhile, Jill was a trader having inherited her father trading business. She travelled alone, her company were autobots. When she did a trading she saw Coal strapped to a table. He was going to be tortured. Against her better judgement, she decided to save then release him when they reached the next station.
I love the human side of Coal was apparent, his story made my heart break. Abuse is abuse and this big, strong cyborg was the victim. Jill used to be a victim too and each decided to mend the other. Their relationship flow nicely. It's sweet, what's not to love?
One more good thing is the side characters. The autobots were crazy funny, Rune in particular. Would love to see her in the future.
After this, Zorus is next. I can't wait to read about our jackass councilman.
February 23, 2019
Poor Coal. We met him in Steel's book and talk about getting screwed! Coal deserved something good. And Jill was a sweet woman who was trying to survive a pretty shitty life.
Their relationship started a bit odd - to say the least! But I appreciated all that Coal was trying to do for her.
I loved her androids.
Rune was hilarious!
Overall, this was the easiest read since the hero was not a dick and he really kicks ass for her. Plus Jill was sweet and smart and tough.
Safety Gang
Their relationship started a bit odd - to say the least! But I appreciated all that Coal was trying to do for her.
I loved her androids.
Rune was hilarious!
Overall, this was the easiest read since the hero was not a dick and he really kicks ass for her. Plus Jill was sweet and smart and tough.
Safety Gang
February 2, 2023
Disfruté leyendo a esta pareja y su aventura juntos.
•Mi opinión puede contener Spoilers.
•Esta destinada a ser un descargo personal no para que alguien más lea pero si lo haces y te ofende, me disculpo porque sé lo que es que te guste un libro y otros lo critiquen.
Argumento:
Jill ha aprendido por las malas que no se puede confiar en los hombres y que el sexo sólo causa dolor. En la anarquía del espacio, las mujeres son una mercancía sexual, para ser usada y abusada. Ella está haciendo el trabajo de un hombre, con solo la brutal reputación de su padre y tres androides para ayudarla a mantenerse con vida cuando ve a un cyborg masivo y atractivo encadenado a una mesa de carga.
La tripulación abusiva planea venderlo para pelear en espantosos combates a muerte. Es estúpido, es una locura, pero Jill no puede dejarlo en un destino tan horrible.
Coal ha sobrevivido siendo un esclavo criado en cautiverio y el daño irreversible a sus implantes cyborg, pero su honor sigue intacto. Está agradecido de que Jill lo haya salvado y le pagará de la única manera que pueda. Él la arreglará, con su boca, sus manos y su cuerpo. Puede enseñarle a la pequeña humana cuánto placer es capaz de sentir.
Stearling Coal de Laurann Dohner libro 5 serie Seduction Cyborg
Mi humilde opinión:
Jill hace negocios en el espacio, contrabando yo entendí, en la nave que era de su padre Jenny. Viaja con tres androides que rescató del vertedero quienes la ayudan a mantenerse a salvo en el espacio. Los hombres abusan de las mujeres de cualquier forma y ha estado engañando con quiénes hace negocios diciendo que su padre, un hombre temido, esta vivo.
Cuando ve a Coal atado con cadenas a punto de ser vendido para luchas terribles con apuestas no puede dejarlo; su manía de rescatar al inválido es más fuerte. Así que ella lo roba!
Coal está dañado. Abusaron de él las mujeres Cyborg durante mucho tiempo hasta que fue liberado y ahora de nuevo está encadenado!
Jill es una humana que jura dejarlo ir pero duda en creerle. Juntos se darán cuenta que el daño está en los dos y que la manera perfecta es arreglarse el uno al otro, con amor.
Me tiro al agua por COAL! es mi favorito junto con Steel.
Este es un cyborg que no le da pena llorar y demostrar sus sentimientos, ha sido dañado por las mujeres cyborg. Es un personaje con el que simpatice desde el libro anterior por ser sufrido. No merecía tantas cosas malas y por fin la autora le dio su final feliz.
Y qué palabras sexys y dulces tenía para Jill! Soy fan de los Cyborgs dañados si son así, él puede llevarme!
Lo único negativo con estos cyborgs y que lucho lectura tras lectura es su insistencia cuando la mujer dice no. No es no. Coal quiere “arreglar” el miedo a los hombres de Jill lo que en parte es dulce pero por otro su insistencia no me gustó.
Jill es una genia. Viajando por el espacio sola en una nave con todos los peligros que hay para una mujer humana.
Me gustó el detalle de sus amigos androides. Jill tiene un corazón bondadoso y eso me gustó de ella. Que también le diera una oportunidad a Coal sin dar muchas vueltas o dudas. Una mujer de armas tomar en el amor.
Disfruté leyendo a esta pareja y su aventura juntos. Acción, drama, aventura, calor, dentro de todo es un librito entretenido.
Qué pasará con Zorus que supuestamente odia a los humanos y en este libro compra a una humana? No me agrada nada Zorus. Tengo miedo de leer su libro y a la vez siento curiosidad por lo que él hará.
January 9, 2012
I saw all of the positive reviews of this story and thought it would probably be good. I enjoyed Redeeming Zorus and Taunting Krell. Unfortunately, it did not pan out that way.
The premise of this story, was that Jill, the pilot of an old cargo space ship steals a cyborg named Coal that she finds chained up and being tortured by the crew of a ship she is doing business with. Against her better judgment, she saves him and chains him up in her own craft for a while, because she doesn’t trust that he won’t kill her and try and take over. Then she’s forced to release him once they are being attacked and there is no way to escape. Coal saves them but then proceeds to chain Jill to her bed so he can force her to see that sex can be fun and feel good, as Jill was abused both physically and sexually by her ex-husband, and he is the only man she had experience with up until that point. Jill is very resistant and tells him no over and over, but he refuses to listen to her. He goes down on her and suddenly, because she’s turned on by this, that makes everything okay. Then she falls in love with Coal just in time for them to be rescued by his cyborg brethren. Oh yeah, and there’s a kidnapping and some angst thrown in there too.
There wasn’t much about this story that I liked. At certain points I found the romance to be sort of sweet, in that after her initial resistance, Jill quickly embraces Coal as her lover and wants to be with him. There was no novel-length angst of “do I want him or not?” or anything like that, which is always refreshing. However:
The dialogue was almost unbearable. It was stiff, awkward, and repetitive. I swear the same conversation was repeated over and over for pages and pages in one part of the story:
Coal: Let me go.
Jill: I’d love to but I don’t trust you.
Coal: Release me and I won’t kill you
Jill: I wish I could but I don’t want you taking over my ship.
Coal: Set me free.
(continues on and on for ten pages)
This woman needs more content to fill her pages, as well as a better editor, IMO.
Also, I really disliked the scene where Jill is tied to her bed and Coal basically forces himself on her. Given that both he and the heroine have abuse in their pasts, it seemed really insensitive and almost kind of bizarre that Dohner would choose to go that route and have a “forced seduction” kind of scene. I mean, does she want to reinforce ideas like “women don’t know what they really want but men know what’s best for them” or “No means yes” ???
Why do I keep reading Laurann Dohner books? Good question. I’ve found the cyborg seduction series to be kind of lacking in the sexiness department. She certainly doesn’t do kink as well as Lora Leigh does. I’m pretty sure I’m done with the series, and probably with this author all together. She is more “miss” than “hit”, for me.
The premise of this story, was that Jill, the pilot of an old cargo space ship steals a cyborg named Coal that she finds chained up and being tortured by the crew of a ship she is doing business with. Against her better judgment, she saves him and chains him up in her own craft for a while, because she doesn’t trust that he won’t kill her and try and take over. Then she’s forced to release him once they are being attacked and there is no way to escape. Coal saves them but then proceeds to chain Jill to her bed so he can force her to see that sex can be fun and feel good, as Jill was abused both physically and sexually by her ex-husband, and he is the only man she had experience with up until that point. Jill is very resistant and tells him no over and over, but he refuses to listen to her. He goes down on her and suddenly, because she’s turned on by this, that makes everything okay. Then she falls in love with Coal just in time for them to be rescued by his cyborg brethren. Oh yeah, and there’s a kidnapping and some angst thrown in there too.
There wasn’t much about this story that I liked. At certain points I found the romance to be sort of sweet, in that after her initial resistance, Jill quickly embraces Coal as her lover and wants to be with him. There was no novel-length angst of “do I want him or not?” or anything like that, which is always refreshing. However:
The dialogue was almost unbearable. It was stiff, awkward, and repetitive. I swear the same conversation was repeated over and over for pages and pages in one part of the story:
Coal: Let me go.
Jill: I’d love to but I don’t trust you.
Coal: Release me and I won’t kill you
Jill: I wish I could but I don’t want you taking over my ship.
Coal: Set me free.
(continues on and on for ten pages)
This woman needs more content to fill her pages, as well as a better editor, IMO.
Also, I really disliked the scene where Jill is tied to her bed and Coal basically forces himself on her. Given that both he and the heroine have abuse in their pasts, it seemed really insensitive and almost kind of bizarre that Dohner would choose to go that route and have a “forced seduction” kind of scene. I mean, does she want to reinforce ideas like “women don’t know what they really want but men know what’s best for them” or “No means yes” ???
Why do I keep reading Laurann Dohner books? Good question. I’ve found the cyborg seduction series to be kind of lacking in the sexiness department. She certainly doesn’t do kink as well as Lora Leigh does. I’m pretty sure I’m done with the series, and probably with this author all together. She is more “miss” than “hit”, for me.
April 8, 2011
Fun sci-fi romantic escape. A lot of erotic explicit sex.
STORY BRIEF:
Jill’s father was killed, his ship exploded, and she escaped on a small shuttle. Since then she has continued his trading business, telling others that he is alive and giving her orders. If others knew she was alone, she would be attacked and kidnapped. Her father was feared by many, so this pretense keeps her safe. On one of her trades, she sees a cyborg chained to a table, being beaten. They plan to sell him to a buyer who will put him in a cage and require him to fight to the death – for entertainment. Before she leaves the freighter, Jill rescues him with the help of one of her androids. The captain of the freighter is angry and follows them.
Jill fears sex because of her abusive ex husband. Coal (the rescued cyborg) wants to fix her and show her that sex can be pleasant - as a thank you for rescuing him. She doesn’t want it.
Coal had been a prisoner of cyborg women who raped him repeatedly to get pregnant. They purposely damaged some of his computer implants causing problems for him, as well as psychological damage.
REVIEWER’S OPINION WITH A SEMI-SPOILER:
Overall it’s a fun escape. The sex was good. I loved the way Coal took charge and saved the day when the freighter caught up to them. I also enjoyed Jill’s relationships with damaged androids – some interesting side characters. The romance was pleasant.
OTHER BOOKS:
This is part of the Cyborg Seduction series. I have not read them in order. I read #4 and 5 first, and I was fine with that. I gave them both 4 stars. In fact I liked them enough to buy the rest. Reviews to come. Someone else recommended reading them in order, which is.
Burning Up Flint #1
Kissing Steel #2
Melting Iron #3
Touching Ice #4
Stealing Coal #5
DATA:
Ebook story length: about 3 ½ hours. Kindle count story length: 3965 (336 KB). Swearing language: strong. Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: 6. Setting: future time traveling on spaceships. Copyright: 2011. Genre: erotic sci-fi romance.
STORY BRIEF:
Jill’s father was killed, his ship exploded, and she escaped on a small shuttle. Since then she has continued his trading business, telling others that he is alive and giving her orders. If others knew she was alone, she would be attacked and kidnapped. Her father was feared by many, so this pretense keeps her safe. On one of her trades, she sees a cyborg chained to a table, being beaten. They plan to sell him to a buyer who will put him in a cage and require him to fight to the death – for entertainment. Before she leaves the freighter, Jill rescues him with the help of one of her androids. The captain of the freighter is angry and follows them.
Jill fears sex because of her abusive ex husband. Coal (the rescued cyborg) wants to fix her and show her that sex can be pleasant - as a thank you for rescuing him. She doesn’t want it.
Coal had been a prisoner of cyborg women who raped him repeatedly to get pregnant. They purposely damaged some of his computer implants causing problems for him, as well as psychological damage.
REVIEWER’S OPINION WITH A SEMI-SPOILER:
Overall it’s a fun escape. The sex was good. I loved the way Coal took charge and saved the day when the freighter caught up to them. I also enjoyed Jill’s relationships with damaged androids – some interesting side characters. The romance was pleasant.
OTHER BOOKS:
This is part of the Cyborg Seduction series. I have not read them in order. I read #4 and 5 first, and I was fine with that. I gave them both 4 stars. In fact I liked them enough to buy the rest. Reviews to come. Someone else recommended reading them in order, which is.
Burning Up Flint #1
Kissing Steel #2
Melting Iron #3
Touching Ice #4
Stealing Coal #5
DATA:
Ebook story length: about 3 ½ hours. Kindle count story length: 3965 (336 KB). Swearing language: strong. Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: 6. Setting: future time traveling on spaceships. Copyright: 2011. Genre: erotic sci-fi romance.
January 4, 2014
Reread. Just as fun the second time. I wish LD would get back to this series as it is my favorite.
The fifth installment in the Cyborg Seduction series is a winner. This is the story of Coal who had been kept as a breeding slave by a planet full of Cyborg women. When he finally gets free, he sacrifices himself for another cyborg male and his woman. Coal ends up back in the hands of human traders who plan to sell him to a cage fighting planet to fight until he dies. Jill, a human woman who is making a living on the edge of the blackmarket with only a couple of droids for company, rescues him. Jill has an unpleasant history with sex as does Coal but he at least knows that it can be a pleasant experience. She had an abusive ex husband and so wants nothing to do with sex. Coal decides that since she has saved him he will fix up her shuttle for her and also fix up her sexual hangups while he’s at it. Eventually, these two broken people fix each other up and fall in love.
There was good honest emotion here. The heroines of these stories keep getting better and better. They are strong women who have the compassion and openmindedness to fall in love with cyborgs who most humans either despise or fear. The characterization of both the hero and heroine are deep and well developed. Coal is damaged and he knows it. He worries about being a good enough man for Jill. I like that the two of them cleave to each other. They don’t doubt once they have declared their feelings. When Jill is kidnapped, she knows he will come for her and he knows that even if it seems that way, she did not leave him willingly. No silly misunderstandings just a sweet love story.
Good sci fi romance. Looks like the next one will be Councilman Zorus. Boy, he’s been a bad bad cyborg throughout the series. Can’t wait to see how Ms. Dohner turns him around.
The fifth installment in the Cyborg Seduction series is a winner. This is the story of Coal who had been kept as a breeding slave by a planet full of Cyborg women. When he finally gets free, he sacrifices himself for another cyborg male and his woman. Coal ends up back in the hands of human traders who plan to sell him to a cage fighting planet to fight until he dies. Jill, a human woman who is making a living on the edge of the blackmarket with only a couple of droids for company, rescues him. Jill has an unpleasant history with sex as does Coal but he at least knows that it can be a pleasant experience. She had an abusive ex husband and so wants nothing to do with sex. Coal decides that since she has saved him he will fix up her shuttle for her and also fix up her sexual hangups while he’s at it. Eventually, these two broken people fix each other up and fall in love.
There was good honest emotion here. The heroines of these stories keep getting better and better. They are strong women who have the compassion and openmindedness to fall in love with cyborgs who most humans either despise or fear. The characterization of both the hero and heroine are deep and well developed. Coal is damaged and he knows it. He worries about being a good enough man for Jill. I like that the two of them cleave to each other. They don’t doubt once they have declared their feelings. When Jill is kidnapped, she knows he will come for her and he knows that even if it seems that way, she did not leave him willingly. No silly misunderstandings just a sweet love story.
Good sci fi romance. Looks like the next one will be Councilman Zorus. Boy, he’s been a bad bad cyborg throughout the series. Can’t wait to see how Ms. Dohner turns him around.
June 21, 2011
So far, this is my favorite. I loved the tortured hero and Coal was definitely that. He was with the female cyborgs that crashed and the only male with viable sperm, So they forced him time and time again to have sex with them to have babies. But instead of bringing him pleasure to make his penis hard, they used pain and did this for like 25 years. Everytime he escaped they would drag him back. They even took away his cyborg status and made him a slave on top of taking a chip out of his brain so he would not be able to control his body. He met Jill when she rescued him from some bad guys. She's emotionally damaged too and they turn to each other. Very sweet, loving story. My favorite character is Rune, the updated android. Funny scenes with her. *****
July 22, 2016
Inter-galactic action flick. Earth Gov gone bad, so their Cyborg warriors escaped en mass to Garden, a distant planet (see prequels). This plot: Rescue two warriors (first Coal, then Zoros) and reclaim the woman. Too much sex, not enough story. And bummer, cuz I liked the story and wanted more! Still, a lot better than some erotica, and several scenes were solid.
What makes this book stand out for me are the superb secondary characters. I loved the three androids, Arm, Fray, and Roid, and laughed out loud at the naked sexbot, Rune. I wonder if there is a future for her, with the cyborg Sky?
Also, I dig Coal (no pun). He's a solid cyber-hero. Alpha tough but totally tender. He was chained down and forced to be a sex slave for years, so he had some rage. I felt sympathy for him, but he didn't tug hard on my heart strings like Zhadist, in Lover Awakened. I liked Jill, too, an orphaned human with heart. My kind of heroine. Not wimpy or stupid. She also had some issues (fear) about sex, from her abusive ex.
Together, Coal and Jill heal each other. After all, Coal is determined to fix her broken-down ship, her damaged droids, and her. ;)
Ps. I wish the Cyborgs didn't have gray skin. Ugh. But at least it's warm. Hot, actually.
The sequel is Redeeming Zoros. Will check it out.
Content: explicit M-F sex, swearing (F-bombs, etc), no profanity, bloody violent death, ~3 typos.
What makes this book stand out for me are the superb secondary characters. I loved the three androids, Arm, Fray, and Roid, and laughed out loud at the naked sexbot, Rune. I wonder if there is a future for her, with the cyborg Sky?
Also, I dig Coal (no pun). He's a solid cyber-hero. Alpha tough but totally tender. He was chained down and forced to be a sex slave for years, so he had some rage. I felt sympathy for him, but he didn't tug hard on my heart strings like Zhadist, in Lover Awakened. I liked Jill, too, an orphaned human with heart. My kind of heroine. Not wimpy or stupid. She also had some issues (fear) about sex, from her abusive ex.
Together, Coal and Jill heal each other. After all, Coal is determined to fix her broken-down ship, her damaged droids, and her. ;)
Ps. I wish the Cyborgs didn't have gray skin. Ugh. But at least it's warm. Hot, actually.
The sequel is Redeeming Zoros. Will check it out.
Content: explicit M-F sex, swearing (F-bombs, etc), no profanity, bloody violent death, ~3 typos.
February 21, 2015
WTF????? She said NO!!!
I bought this ( trying not to cry) because Coal "seemed" like a "nice guy"
In the lace book with Ice... Poor Coal abused and raped by women and yet
He goes from worrying about being molested by Jill one minute to forcing
Himself on her the next... W T H????? He wants to 'fix" her bad sexual
Experiences by forcing himself on her???? His name should be Clueless
Bastard, she keeps saying No, but it's ok if her ignores her repeated and multiple
NO'S if he's promising to quote "make it good for her.. Tied up and helpless
And saying No! And him ignoring her is rape,I know Laurann's books can and
Are usually violent but it's usually the bad guys doing the rapei ing or the beating
This really really hurts my feelings!!! She said NO!!!! I though Coal was a nice/good
Guy.... I really feel like I wasted $6.00 and like I'm a bit of a masochist for reading her work...
SHE SAID NO!!!!
I bought this ( trying not to cry) because Coal "seemed" like a "nice guy"
In the lace book with Ice... Poor Coal abused and raped by women and yet
He goes from worrying about being molested by Jill one minute to forcing
Himself on her the next... W T H????? He wants to 'fix" her bad sexual
Experiences by forcing himself on her???? His name should be Clueless
Bastard, she keeps saying No, but it's ok if her ignores her repeated and multiple
NO'S if he's promising to quote "make it good for her.. Tied up and helpless
And saying No! And him ignoring her is rape,I know Laurann's books can and
Are usually violent but it's usually the bad guys doing the rapei ing or the beating
This really really hurts my feelings!!! She said NO!!!! I though Coal was a nice/good
Guy.... I really feel like I wasted $6.00 and like I'm a bit of a masochist for reading her work...
SHE SAID NO!!!!
October 24, 2011
Wow!,I am just loving Laurann Dohner's books.I am reading this series totally out of order,but I don't care, it is that good to me.I felt so bad for Coal,the H ,he truly deserved his HEA.As always,the h's that Ms Dohner writes about take no backtalk and gives as good as they get.I just love how Coal wants to "fix" Jill,the h.Some steamy moments there.I have to say,that when a cyborg wants you,he wants you and nothing will stand in his way to keep him from his woman.I just love a totally ALPHA male in my readings.
January 6, 2020
I loved Coal so much! He’s the perfect guy: sweet, gentle, understanding, devoted, loyal, and an amazing lover. I also like Jill, far more than any of the previous heroines in the series. She is smart, kind, loyal, understanding, and utterly devoted to Coal. She wasn’t annoying or foolish like the other heroines. This was the best book of the series so far and Coal and Jill are by far the best hero and heroine.
March 7, 2021
4.5 ❤️
April 9, 2022
Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️.5
Heat Rating: 🔥🔥🔥
Narrator Performance: 🎧🎧🎧🎧
STEALING COAL is another great story by Laurann Dohner! We get to see Coal really coming into his own after everything that he’s been through. He’s definitely not a regular cyborg and it reflected in the way that he responded to Jill. It was nice seeing the different behavior from a cyborg in this series.
We first met Coal in book 3, MELTING IRON, where he was being abused by the numerous female cyborgs that he was with. Now it’s a few months later and this story picks up where we last saw him in book 4, TOUCHING ICE. However you don’t need to be caught up on the series in order to enjoy Stealing Coal. All of the books in the series stand alone pretty well. Although if you read them in order it gives you a better viewpoint of the series that in my opinion enhances the reader's enjoyment.
I very much enjoyed this book. There was action from the moment it started. Plus some good healing. A big part of the plot surrounded the point that the time the characters spent alone together was very therapeutic for them. And that love, trust, empathy and understanding go a long way. Plus good sex can do wonders LOL!
Mindy Kennedy did a great job with the narration of this book. She always gives an enjoyable performance. She’s got a wonderful pace that never fails to draw you into the story. She doesn’t do a lot of acting but she does put emotion in the words. I do wish however that she had more male voices in her repertoire.
Heat Rating: 🔥🔥🔥
Narrator Performance: 🎧🎧🎧🎧
STEALING COAL is another great story by Laurann Dohner! We get to see Coal really coming into his own after everything that he’s been through. He’s definitely not a regular cyborg and it reflected in the way that he responded to Jill. It was nice seeing the different behavior from a cyborg in this series.
We first met Coal in book 3, MELTING IRON, where he was being abused by the numerous female cyborgs that he was with. Now it’s a few months later and this story picks up where we last saw him in book 4, TOUCHING ICE. However you don’t need to be caught up on the series in order to enjoy Stealing Coal. All of the books in the series stand alone pretty well. Although if you read them in order it gives you a better viewpoint of the series that in my opinion enhances the reader's enjoyment.
I very much enjoyed this book. There was action from the moment it started. Plus some good healing. A big part of the plot surrounded the point that the time the characters spent alone together was very therapeutic for them. And that love, trust, empathy and understanding go a long way. Plus good sex can do wonders LOL!
Mindy Kennedy did a great job with the narration of this book. She always gives an enjoyable performance. She’s got a wonderful pace that never fails to draw you into the story. She doesn’t do a lot of acting but she does put emotion in the words. I do wish however that she had more male voices in her repertoire.
November 12, 2012
WELL in the last book you know. Markus model androids attacked the shuttle council and others were on councilman Zorus and Coal had to share a life pod even though they were meant for one person.
Jillian is a trader in space, Her father had a name for killing anyone. He is dead but nobody knows... she took his shuttle from his ship before it blew up a year earlier... when she meets for her trade she makes her deal and sees a cyborg tied to a table being tortured, fixing to be sold to the death fights on another planet. She leaves the ship she made her trade on and goes back to her own ship but has not disengaged connections and cannot leave this poor sould behind.. she takes her defense robot and gas balls back to the other ship and steels Coal.
She gets away with him. Leaves him tied down from fear. Promises to leave him on Hixston station for his brother cyborgs to pick up..
Then the captain she told him from who is in a larger ship than hers comes after her. She cannot out run him... Coal says let me help she releases him he flies right back at the other ship firing and under it and damages all thrusters to the ship so now they are safe.. but Jillian finds herself now tied down!! To her bed... with a mouth on her vagaga lol.
A lot in this story Not just sex... Zorus is to be rescued and the rescue set up by jill, very exciting..
MUST READ.
Jillian is a trader in space, Her father had a name for killing anyone. He is dead but nobody knows... she took his shuttle from his ship before it blew up a year earlier... when she meets for her trade she makes her deal and sees a cyborg tied to a table being tortured, fixing to be sold to the death fights on another planet. She leaves the ship she made her trade on and goes back to her own ship but has not disengaged connections and cannot leave this poor sould behind.. she takes her defense robot and gas balls back to the other ship and steels Coal.
She gets away with him. Leaves him tied down from fear. Promises to leave him on Hixston station for his brother cyborgs to pick up..
Then the captain she told him from who is in a larger ship than hers comes after her. She cannot out run him... Coal says let me help she releases him he flies right back at the other ship firing and under it and damages all thrusters to the ship so now they are safe.. but Jillian finds herself now tied down!! To her bed... with a mouth on her vagaga lol.
A lot in this story Not just sex... Zorus is to be rescued and the rescue set up by jill, very exciting..
MUST READ.
August 30, 2014
**re-read
I loved Coal from the second I first read about him and couldn't wait for his story. Coal has been abused and enslaved not only on earth but by his own people. And worst of all Coal has been damaged not just emotionally but physically and then Coal meets Jill. Jill has been hurt and has had a rough life her mother, father, and aunt were all killed and her ex-husband was cruel and abusive. Because of this when Jill see's Coal being kept against his will she can't leave him and knows that she has no choice but to help him.
Coal can't believe someone would risk so much to help him and decides that to repay Jill he will help repair her ship, her androids, and her. Not realizing that while he try's to heal and help Jill he is healing and helping himself. As Jill and Coal are growing closing coal is found by his Cyborg brothers. Now Jill and Coal will have to say goodbye even if they don't want to, till Jill agrees to help them not realizing that helping them may tear them apart.
I loved this story I have always loved damaged hero's and boy did I love Coal even though he was so hurt he loved Jill and would do anything for her. This was a great book in a great series. What can I say but thank you Mrs. Dohner for yet again writing another fantastic book!
I loved Coal from the second I first read about him and couldn't wait for his story. Coal has been abused and enslaved not only on earth but by his own people. And worst of all Coal has been damaged not just emotionally but physically and then Coal meets Jill. Jill has been hurt and has had a rough life her mother, father, and aunt were all killed and her ex-husband was cruel and abusive. Because of this when Jill see's Coal being kept against his will she can't leave him and knows that she has no choice but to help him.
Coal can't believe someone would risk so much to help him and decides that to repay Jill he will help repair her ship, her androids, and her. Not realizing that while he try's to heal and help Jill he is healing and helping himself. As Jill and Coal are growing closing coal is found by his Cyborg brothers. Now Jill and Coal will have to say goodbye even if they don't want to, till Jill agrees to help them not realizing that helping them may tear them apart.
I loved this story I have always loved damaged hero's and boy did I love Coal even though he was so hurt he loved Jill and would do anything for her. This was a great book in a great series. What can I say but thank you Mrs. Dohner for yet again writing another fantastic book!
April 15, 2013
I'm a fan of this book. In addition to Coal and Jill, there were a few secondary characters that I loved, mainly Arm and Rune. They matter to Jill. Unlike most of the previous heroines, she has maintained a few emotional ties (one-sided? Perhaps...) outside of her budding cyborg romance. This added an extra layer to her character.
Story seemed to flow well. The love story flowed nicely. Of course, the proposition of Coal helping heal her with good sex (while idyllic for paranormal erotica) is a bit far-fetched, but I was willing to struggle (o.O) through the steamy sex scenes...which were very hawt, by the way...
I like that there is no waffling for Coal. He decides something and sticks to it, no angst or hand wringing.
He doesn't trust Jill at first? Sticks to it.
Decides to help J escape bad guy? Sticks to it.
Decides to help J heal from previous sexual experiences? Sticks to it (while getting them both deliciously sweaty and orgasmic).
...and on, and on into "Spoiler" territory that I won't delve into here.
This can be read as a stand-alone novel -- the world is explained enough that new readers don't need much back story on the previous 4 books.
Good read, even better re-read.
Story seemed to flow well. The love story flowed nicely. Of course, the proposition of Coal helping heal her with good sex (while idyllic for paranormal erotica) is a bit far-fetched, but I was willing to struggle (o.O) through the steamy sex scenes...which were very hawt, by the way...
I like that there is no waffling for Coal. He decides something and sticks to it, no angst or hand wringing.
He doesn't trust Jill at first? Sticks to it.
Decides to help J escape bad guy? Sticks to it.
Decides to help J heal from previous sexual experiences? Sticks to it (while getting them both deliciously sweaty and orgasmic).
...and on, and on into "Spoiler" territory that I won't delve into here.
This can be read as a stand-alone novel -- the world is explained enough that new readers don't need much back story on the previous 4 books.
Good read, even better re-read.
July 23, 2011
This is my favorite so far of Dohner's Cyborg Seduction series. I really liked the heroine, who is a down-on-her-luck shuttle captain who's trying to make ends meet. Unlike a lot of the SF heroines out there, Jill isn't about to be sold as s sex slave. And she isn't a space pirate or a hard-wired navigator. She's just trying to get by when she encounters Coal, a badly damaged cyborg who's experienced nothing but torture and abuse.
Watching these two learn to trust each other was a real treat, especially when Coal sets out to show Jill that there's more to sex than she thinks. Of all the books in Dohner's series, this is probably the sweetest one. Don't get me wrong--there's plenty of sex. But the decency and vulnerability of the characters made it a warm and cozy read, as well as a sexy one.
Watching these two learn to trust each other was a real treat, especially when Coal sets out to show Jill that there's more to sex than she thinks. Of all the books in Dohner's series, this is probably the sweetest one. Don't get me wrong--there's plenty of sex. But the decency and vulnerability of the characters made it a warm and cozy read, as well as a sexy one.
December 2, 2012
Jill has had a tough upbringing, her father was dreaded in space and couldn´t afford being in touch as much as he wanted, now through faith and disaster, she´s in charge of his ship, living as a trader in space.
Crossing paths with a chained cyborg, she can´t resist rescuing him, even if it puts herself in danger.
Coal got out of the frying-pan into the fire when he and Zorus escaped in a life pod only to be shanghaied by humans, to be sold to a planet specialized in death matches. Will Jill let him help her the way she needs and will Coal ever see his cyborg brothers again?
Just when i was feed up with the Breeding Pact, Laurann gives us just what we want, a female who kicks ass and the male she needs. Love it!
Crossing paths with a chained cyborg, she can´t resist rescuing him, even if it puts herself in danger.
Coal got out of the frying-pan into the fire when he and Zorus escaped in a life pod only to be shanghaied by humans, to be sold to a planet specialized in death matches. Will Jill let him help her the way she needs and will Coal ever see his cyborg brothers again?
Just when i was feed up with the Breeding Pact, Laurann gives us just what we want, a female who kicks ass and the male she needs. Love it!
August 11, 2014
4 stars
This book was simply amazing! I loved the main characters. Like Sky said, they're utterly lovey dovey with each other. Compared to previous books, I think I liked the romance in this book a lot. It was heart warming and at the same time heart wrenching.
I wish I could say more but I couldn't wait to read the next book because it's Zorus. I hated him from previous books. It was a little mention of him in this and the next thing I know, it's his love story's next. Hope it'll be good.
Another best thing about this book ... no computer-talking or bots or androids being killed this time! I liked Fray, Arm, Roid and Rune.
Grew fondness with robots, huh. I'm weird but I like it.
Read on your own peril.
This book was simply amazing! I loved the main characters. Like Sky said, they're utterly lovey dovey with each other. Compared to previous books, I think I liked the romance in this book a lot. It was heart warming and at the same time heart wrenching.
I wish I could say more but I couldn't wait to read the next book because it's Zorus. I hated him from previous books. It was a little mention of him in this and the next thing I know, it's his love story's next. Hope it'll be good.
Another best thing about this book ... no computer-talking or bots or androids being killed this time! I liked Fray, Arm, Roid and Rune.
Grew fondness with robots, huh. I'm weird but I like it.
Read on your own peril.
April 15, 2012
Great story! Love the series
Jill has learned the hard way that men can’t be trusted and sex only causes pain. In the lawlessness of space, women are a sexual commodity—to be used and abused. She’s doing a man’s job, with only her father’s brutal reputation and three androids to help keep her alive when she sees a massive, handsome cyborg chained to a freight table. The abusive crew plans to sell him to fight in gruesome death matches. It’s stupid, it’s insane, but Jill can’t leave him to such a horrible fate.
Coal has survived being a captive breeding slave and irreversible damage to his cyborg implants, but his honor is still intact.
Jill has learned the hard way that men can’t be trusted and sex only causes pain. In the lawlessness of space, women are a sexual commodity—to be used and abused. She’s doing a man’s job, with only her father’s brutal reputation and three androids to help keep her alive when she sees a massive, handsome cyborg chained to a freight table. The abusive crew plans to sell him to fight in gruesome death matches. It’s stupid, it’s insane, but Jill can’t leave him to such a horrible fate.
Coal has survived being a captive breeding slave and irreversible damage to his cyborg implants, but his honor is still intact.
October 3, 2013
This book is about Coal a damaged Cyborg we met in book 3. He is different than the other Cyborgs and has trouble controlling his emotions. Jill also carries scares and is also damaged. When they get together it was really sweet. I loved the romance, they spoke the truth to each other and I really felt the love. I have enjoyed this series but I think starting with Touching Ice I am really looking forward to more. There just seems to be more interaction between the couples and they seem to be getting to know each other besides having great sex which like all Laurann's books its awesome.
August 23, 2014
Just like with Dohner's other series (New Species) I am definitely obsessed and feel compelled to read each book in this series until I'm done. I just love the evolving story line and each of the characters pull at my heart strings in one way or another. Coal was definitely the saddest of them all, how he was so abused and tried to move past that to be happy. I love him! I'm not sure how I'm going to like the next book, since the main character has been an asshat for the whole series, I'm not sure Dohner's going to be able to get me to like him. But we shall see. Off to the next one!
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