Centurion by Anna Hackett [Review]

Centurion (Galactic Gladiators: House of Rone #3) by Anna Hackett
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited

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Date read: October 26, 2019

Galactic Gladiators
(Find all the books in this amazing series on the 1st book review)
1. Gladiator

Galactic Gladiators: House of Rone
1. Sentinel
2. Defender
3. Centurion - Kindle
4. Paladin
5. Guard
6. Weapons Master

Anna Hackett
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Rescued from her alien captors, the only person who makes her feel safe is a cold, emotionless cyborg.

Abducted from her exploration ship, paramedic Sage McAlister has spent months locked in cells and labs belonging to the Edull. Rescued by the cool, powerful cyborgs of the House of Rone, she finds herself among fellow human survivors on the desert world of Carthago. But despite being free, Sage feels cold inside and is struggling to cope. The only person she feels safe with—who she doesn’t feel the need to pretend with—is a deadly cyborg who feels nothing.

Forced into a military cyborg program as a teen, all Acton Vonn remembers of his past are violent missions and the cybernetic enhancements forced on him before he broke free. His emotions have been dampened to nothing for decades and he’s fine with that. It makes him an efficient member of the House of Rone. Yet the more time he spends with the copper-haired woman he helped rescue from the Edull, the more unfamiliar, strange, and perplexing things he starts to feel.

When a tip reveals that more humans are being held captive at a mysterious desert lake, Sage will stop at nothing to help rescue her crewmates. As she is drawn closer to Acton, she worries about risking her heart. Being with Sage breaks down barriers inside Acton and he struggles with the emotions he doesn’t want to feel. But deep in Carthago’s dangerous deserts, with the Edull hunting them, Sage and Acton will have to risk it all: their lives, their hearts, their souls.

Thoughts on Centurion: One of my favorite literary situations is when a seemingly emotionless individual gets all uptightly mushy about the person who ends up being their special someone. In this case, Acton is a cyborg with locked-down emotions and a logical way of looking at the world. Sage throws his life into glorious disarray and he kind of doesn't know what to do about it.

On her end, Sage puts on a brave face, but her time as a captive of the Edull has left its mark on her. The only time she feels safe is with the cyborg who keeps insisting he doesn't have the capacity for emotion, but who shows her kindness time and time again. Guess what, guys? Acton has plenty of emotion, he just doesn't want to admit it.

At least he doesn't want to admit it until he ABSOLUTELY does.

It turns out cyborgs have lots of stamina both on and off the battlefield. *finger guns*

More humans are rescued, the cyborgs are hard at work on figuring out where others might be hidden, and the Edull are creating some really monstrous horrors. Despite all that, there's still time for love and sexy times on Carthago.