He refuses to allow them in his apartment, won’t drive a new robocar when he has his sorely lacking old school Gremlin to rely on and has basically been in denial where his hand is concerned by not learning to use to his advantage.ĭes lives on the money he receives from Social Services, but they are now making him jump through some hoops in order to keep the checks coming. Des is not a fan of robotics in any sense. Meatworks is the name used for the non-robotic limbs. While all of that is going on in the world surrounding Desmond, his main focus is trying to cope with the loss of his hand while accepting and gaining control of the robotic arm he now has in its place. For example, they control the temperature of a room based on a person’s body temp, or choose music for them based on likes and dislikes.

It is a futuristic world where people have allowed robotics to basically take over their lives, keeping track of everything they do in the guise of having them choose things based on their readings of any given individual. I’m not generally a lover of anything sci-fi related, but that didn’t even cross my mind reading this. At this point, I don’t even have to read the blurbs on one of Jordan’s books to know I want to read it. The characters are usually on the gritty side, a bit damaged even, but still oh so sexy. There is just always something about them that sets the tone for the story and character they portray that calls to me. But can he survive without the robotic arm strapped to the end of his stump?įrom the very first JCP book, I fell in love with the covers. Taking the guesswork out of menial tasks was intended to create leisure time, but instead robots have made society dependent and passive.ĭesmond loathes robots and goes out of his way to avoid them. Now robots run everything from cars to coffee pots.

Meatworks is set in a bleak near-future where cell phone and personal computer technologies never developed. Unfortunately, Desmond hasn’t quite severed ties with his ex-boyfriend, and Corey isn’t known for his maturity or patience. He expects nothing more than stale cookies, tepid decaf and a bunch of self-pitying sob stories, so he’s blindsided when a fellow amputee catches his eye.Ĭorey Steiner is a hot young rudeboy who works his robotic limb like an extension of his own body, and he’s smitten by Desmond’s crusty punk rock charm from the get-go. Social Services seems determined to try and stop him from wallowing in his own filth, so he’s forced to attend an amputee support group. He spends his time drowning his sorrows in vodka while he deliberately blows off the training that would help him master his new prosthetic. If he was an underachiever before, he’s entirely useless now that he’s lost his right hand. Available at: JCP Books, LLC, Amazon and Barnes & Nobleīlurb: Desmond Poole is damaged in more ways than one.

Meatworks by Jordan Castillo Price