Baring Grudge by Cynthia Sax [Review]

Baring Grudge (Rebel Cyborgs #3) by Cynthia Sax
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: November 23, 2021

Rebel Cyborgs
1. Containing Malice
2. Under Strain
3. Baring Grudge - Kindle
4. B Free
4.5. Needing Valor
5. Seizing Power

Related Series:
(Find all the books in the series on the 1st book review)
Cyborg Sizzle
1. Releasing Rage

Cyborg Space Exploration
1. Choosing Chuckles

Cyborg Unity
1. Provoking Odium

Cynthia Sax
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

No one in the universe is more determined than a cyborg warrior tracking his female.
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Grudge, a C Model cyborg, has been assigned a mission – safeguard a Humanoid Alliance space station for his kind. Honor was once all he had, and he is determined to fulfill his duty.

That resolve is tested when a tiny human female enters the space station and sets the prettiest little explosives the warrior has ever seen. She is Grudge’s genetic match, the one being manufactured for him. He wants to touch her, kiss her, claim her in all ways, but first he has to stop her from blasting him into the next galaxy.

Taelyn has a self-appointed mission—to destroy every battle robot the Humanoid Alliance has ever manufactured. A huge gray-skinned, blue-eyed cyborg warrior with mismatched arms won’t prevent her from achieving her goal. She’ll escape him, leaving destruction in her wake.

Before she departs, she’ll experience one toe-curling moment of hatred-edged passion with her handsome foe. She’ll show him how skilled with detonations she truly is. He will have his universe rocked.

Then she’ll disappear.

Her cyborg, however, has no intention of ever letting her go.

Thoughts on Baring Grudge: It's Grudge's turn to find his special someone and Taelyn doesn't make it easy for him. Well, she kind of makes it easy for him, but she's also makes him work for it. So, you know, there's that.

Anywho. Grudge and Taelyn. He's a rough and ready C Model who's pretty much given up on ever finding his match. She's a heart-weary human who's suffered at the hands of the Humanoid Alliance and isn't about to let them take any more lives or tear any more families apart. She's also not willing to admit IN THE SLIGHTEST that she has a soft spot for anyone. Not for the youngling tagging along on her missions or for the cyborg who claims they're meant to be together. She's lost too many people to trust they're not going to be taken from her the moment she starts caring.

In other words, Grudge has his work cut out for him convincing Taelyn he's in it for the long haul. To be fair, though, cyborgs are made to fight so battling for Taelyn's trust and heart is something he's more than happy to do.

I dig these cyborgs and their protective, possessiveness toward their special someone (and those their special someone considers family). *thumbs up*