by J.K. Coi
This wasn't a case of the hero (Jasper) arriving in the nick of time, but rather too late. Callie survived a horrific attack that left the broken pieces her body replaced with metal parts. She eventually comes away with it with a new sense of self. I liked that Jasper is supportive of her and lets h...
Grade: DAfter reading a wonderful steampunk novella, I needed another imaginative science fiction fix. “Far From Broken” seemed to have all the right ingredients for a good book - a spy hero, evil villains, life-altering events, and emotional conflict. I even checked out this novella’s ratings. ...
Read and reviewed as part of the A Clockwork Christmas anthology; for the full review please visit The Romanceaholic.In the end, this was by far my favorite story in the entire anthology. While Callie’s transformation was a bit reminiscent of The Bionic Woman, that was easily brushed aside as we wa...
When Jasper's wife Callie is captured at tortured by his enemies she suffers horrific injuries and comes close to death. Jasper is desperate to keep his wife alive and agrees to life altering surgeries to keep her with him. When Callie wakes up to discover her eye, hand and legs have been replaced...
3 1/2 stars. As romance readers, we’re often protected from having to suffer too much vicariously. Usually our heroes and heroines are rescued just in the nick of time. This story is an exception… terrible, terrible things have happened to its heroine, and although not graphic, it’s very dark and pa...