Rogue Protocol and Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries #3 and #4) by Martha Wells

 The Murderbot Diaries
All Systems Red
Artificial Condition 

Rogue Protocol is the third novella in the Murderbot Diaries.  In this installation, Murderbot finds herself heading to investigate a group called GrayCris who was responsible for some of the mayhem in the first novella.  Murderbot finds itself once again hanging out with a team of humans and a human-form robot assistant posing as an augmented human security consultant and hilarity, back-stabbing, and battles ensue.

Look, this book has almost exactly the same plot as Artificial Condition.  I don't care. I'd read about Murderbot's exploits doing just about anything, as long as it's giving me snippy one-liners about how annoying humans are.  I'm not ashamed.  Murderbot is hilarious, the side characters are charming, and the world is interesting enough to keep me engaged.  

I immediately read the next one, Exit Strategy, because I ordered both of them from the library at the same time because I'm a rock star like that. In Exit Strategy, Murderbot goes to save the people from the first book because it looks like Murderbot has put them in a bad spot.  Watching Murderbot go from honestly not really caring about humans to risking its life to save these same humans is just a wonder. Watching Murderbot do this while remaining snarky and witty is glorious. 

This is the last of the Muderbot novellas, but there is one more full-length novel and another full-length novel will be released in April of this year, so don't fret! They'll be more Murderot to come.