Initial Thoughts: OK, this one did not grab me like the other books in the Psy Changeling series did. I did skip a few books in the series and personaInitial Thoughts: OK, this one did not grab me like the other books in the Psy Changeling series did. I did skip a few books in the series and personally, it didn't make a difference to me. This book took me a long time to read. Parts of it were excruciatingly slow. My personal preference in this series is to see Psy characters with Changelings as Psy/Psy couples seem a little robotic for my tastes. The book did pick up toward the end because Ms. Singh writes very steamy sex scenes.
The Review: This is a hard review for me to write. I love this series and I wanted to love this book, but I just couldn't connect with the main characters. You see, I really don't like the Psy (except for the ones that are off on their own off the Net). They've always seemed so robotic, part Vulcan, so very stoic. When two Psys are put together as love interests, it just seemed to lack that heat and passion that two Changelings or a Psy/Changeling pair would have. Yup, it could just be me.
Our Psy couple is Vasic and Ivy. Vasic is an Arrow, trained to be an enforcer of the Psy. Ivy is an empath. The two are cute together, bumbling through their attraction as Psy don't really do romance. Vasic is protective, Ivy is more human than Psy. I loved how Vasic couldn't control himself and kept teleporting himself and Ivy to all sorts of places. Cute, but not enough to make me root for this couple. Compared to the other Psy/Changeling couples, they were a little bland.
I am also annoyed at the Psy hierarchy and their constant jockeying for power. Instead of looking for a cure to the infection, they allowed many to die, all while continuing their power struggles.
Despite my problems with this book, it remains well written. Ms. Singh is a very talented writer. No one writes love scenes like Ms. Singh. Some of those scenes were sizzling hot. Overall, an OK book for me.
Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group NAL for a review copy of this book....more
Hmmm...I love Nalini Singh's books but this one was not one of my favorites. Perhaps it was the long break I took between books, or maybe I just didn'Hmmm...I love Nalini Singh's books but this one was not one of my favorites. Perhaps it was the long break I took between books, or maybe I just didn't like the hero/heroine combination, I'm really not sure. This book just didn't wow me like some of the other books in this series. No worries, I'll most likely continue reading these because they have been quite addictive up to this point. ...more
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