Her Cyborg Warriors by Grace Goodwin

4 Stars

This novel was well written and edited, with few if any typos that I found in the ARC version of this manuscript. The world building of the Colony and the uninhabited alien world that the heroine discovered the Hive machinery on that was destroying the world's ecosystem was quite good. The universe of the Coalition has been well established in the previous books in this sprawling series, but almost every novel sheds more light on a different corner of the Coalition. The characterization of both the heroine and the two heroes was pretty good, with all involved being vibrant characters. That is especially hard to do when the author is writing a menage or reverse harem romance novel, so kudos to the author for that. The development of the romantic relationship in this novel happened organically when I was reading it, but the fact that the whole novel except for the epilogue took place over a single day made the HEA a little hard to buy into, when I thought about it logically. I think I would have preferred it if the novel had taken place over a longer period of time. The plot and pacing of this novel were both exciting, and I was rapidly turning the pages wanting to know what was going to happen next! I read this novel in one sitting, so the pacing was excellent. There was little angst in this novel and very high stakes, which tends to be one of my preferred narrative structures for a romance novel. This novel used the sci-fi romance trope of Perfect Matches arranged by a high-tech computer system, which is a variation on the Mail Order Bride trope. The plot and pacing of this novel rated five stars, the world building and development of the romantic relationship rated three stars, and the characterization rated four stars, for a combined score of four stars. This novel ends on a Happy Ever After ending, just like all the previous novels in this series. That is a big plus for this author's work, because as far as I am aware, none of her novels end on cliffhangers. I recommend this novel to readers who enjoy alien sci-fi romances with the Mail Order Bride trope and fans of the previous novels in this series. I already pre-ordered myself a keeper copy of this novel, so I really enjoyed it.

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