I really enjoyed the concept of this book all around. The idea that the story is being ghost written for one of the characters was interesting, as was the idea that people were machines and they weren't aware of it. Watching the progression of the various realizations that come with such news was interesting and holds much promise for future books in the series. Over anything else, it is this concept that would have me coming back for more. The writing is good and the fighting seemed well written, but I don't know how I feel about some of the character choices.

The change in characters put me off a little, where people seemed to change before your eyes in a way that didn't quite seem true to who they were. You often see characters in books lured away from good with the temptation of power, but I'm not certain that a boy would turn on his friend as easily as one of the characters did in this story, even if one is noble and one is not. I wasn't certain that I understood the idea of why it should be kept that way either, even after reading part of the section written between the ghost writer and character in charge, where it mentions that this is the way it must be.

I enjoyed Metal and Flesh and if I were given the rest of the series in exchange for a review, I would certainly continue with the series, as I am very curious as to where the culture will go.

Note: Though this book was a free gift from the author, the content of my review was in no way influenced by the gifting. The book speaks for itself and my review would have been worded just this way even if I'd gone out and bought it. I also give bonus points for Text To Speech enabling on Kindle format.... but that also wasn't a factor in the above review. ( )

3.5 Stars
Great cover art! This novel has plenty of potential and the communications between the author and ghost writer are witty and very humorous. The book also includes some pretty awesome fight scenes and there are a few parts that tug on the reader's heartstrings. Sometimes the flow of the story is thrown off a bit by the change of pace within a chapter, but overall, if you like Sci-Fi/fantasy, take a leap and dive right in.

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