Amaryllis VH600 and her partner is after two cyborgs who have either taken the Hunter, Dalia VH570, or convinced her to join them. The strange thing is that she is also going with more than a dozen other Hunters. If the cyborgs are nothing more than robots whose programming has gone haywire, then what makes The Company think they would set up a base together somewhere? But her ruminations are interrupted by the crash of the transport vehicle. Most of the Hunters live through it, but are immediately captured by the cyborgs. They insist that all the Hunters are cyborgs as well… and Amaryllis can believe that since her partner, Reese, has a twin amongst the cyborgs. However, Amaryllis knows that she isn't a cyborg, just a human with a lot of cybernetic parts to replace her own missing or defective ones. What will happen when they find out?

Cyborg had a lot more going on in the plot than stated above. It was interesting to see the plot expand over almost the entire story, with little bits added as the characters progressed, rather than the plot solely beginning in the first few chapters. I also found myself amazed at how accepting I was of Amaryllis having three partners, rather than one or two. Obviously, having three partners brings new dynamics to a romance, and it's certainly difficult to give all three adequate attention without excluding any of them. So I understand the little bumps I hit while reading weren't so much a lack on story telling ability but as a difficulty navigating the romance. As far as romance went, Reese was the one left out the most. He and Amaryllis had known each other for some time when this story began, and were attracted to each other. I easily believed Amaryllis's feelings for him, but wasn't shown the development of them. Dante had a little more, but between fighting him and lusting for him, I wondered how Amaryllis could come to care for him as much as Reese, or Reese as much as Dante. The best initial romance was, in my opinion, Amaryllis's romance with the third partner (who I won't name just so I don't give away the whole story). The teasing and flirting that went on between them, as well as the support he gave her, gave me more than enough warm feelings to fall for him right along with Amaryllis. The only thing I wondered about was Amaryllis's feelings on how sharing her affected each man, and if she had any real guilt for falling for all three instead of one. But I liked Cyborg and all the difficulties the characters had to overcome or adjust to. It certainly helped that the very hot sex was an element to the story, rather than the focus. It allowed for more character development than I'd have expected with a foursome romance.

Overall rating:
Sensuality rating: Explicit

Reviewer: Tara Black
March 22, 2005