Psy/Changling

Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh

Psy/Changling Series
Book 2

Summary

“Used to cold silence, Faith NightStar is suddenly being tormented by dark visions of blood and murder. A bad sign for anyone, but worse for Faith, an F-Psy with the highly sought after ability to predict the future. Then the visions show her something even more dangerous—aching need…exquisite pleasure. But so powerful is her sight, so fragile the state of her mind, that the very emotions she yearns to embrace could be the end of her.

Changeling Vaughn D’Angelo can take either man or jaguar form, but it is his animal side that is overwhelmingly drawn to Faith. The jaguar’s instinct is to claim this woman it finds so utterly fascinating and the man has no argument. But while Vaughn craves sensation and hungers to pleasure Faith in every way, desire is a danger that could snap the last threads of her sanity. And there are Psy who need Faith’s sight for their own purposes. They must keep her silenced—and keep her from Vaughn…”

-From Amazon.com

Review

Ugh. I don’t even know how to begin. These books are just so good and I can’t stop raving about them all. I should just not bother to write anything and just tell you to get it, but, I must tell you why it’s so good.

Let’s see…what haven’t I said before?

I mean the books have so much going on and there are SO many characters. Each book in the Psy/Changling series are about different characters but you have to read them in order due to the characters overlapping in their little, well not so little, groups. Romance is an underlying thing in these books, but there is so much more going on.

As I’ve said before, the women are NOT weak in these books and don’t just submit to the guy. They fight for their beliefs, their feelings, their views, and their men. As I’ve made it clear in the past, I hate when the woman just gives up without a fight and bends to the will or their partner. In these, that never happens. They fight until their last breath, protecting those who should be protecting them.

I will say that I sometimes get a little confused with the characters. Not the main ones, but those in the Psy Net sometimes get a little confusing and I start to blend them all together. The alliances can also get a little confusing as well as you’re never really sure who is sided with who and who is two timing who.

Overall, I mean this is just fantastic. I have read the first 6 books so far (reviews are coming) and am working on reading this ENTIRE series. I do suggest using THIS list as it has all the characters and groups laid out quite clearly and it does help.

The sex can be sometimes graphic, but not in a crude way, so once again I suggest these books for 18 and older.

But overall, happy reading! They are great summer time books as you can devour them in a short period of time.

Beach read, for the win!

Psy/Changling Series
Book 1

Summary

“Dive into a world torn apart by a powerful race with phenomenal powers of the mind—and none of the heart…

In a world that denies emotions, where the ruling Psy punish any sign of desire, Sascha Duncan must conceal the feelings that brand her as flawed. To reveal them would be to sentence herself to the horror of “rehabilitation”— the complete psychic erasure of everything she ever was….

Both human and animal, Lucas Hunter is a Changeling hungry for the very sensations the Psy disdain. After centuries of uneasy co-existence, these two races are now on the verge of war over the brutal murders of several Changeling women. Lucas is determined to find the Psy killer who butchered his packmate, and Sascha is his ticket into their closely guarded society. But he soon discovers that this ice-cold Psy is very capable of passion—and that the animal in him is fascinated by her. Caught between their conflicting worlds, Lucas and Sascha must remain bound to their identities—or sacrifice everything for a taste of darkest temptation…”

-From NaliniSingh.com

Review

Oh my god. So I’ve read all the Guild Hunter series books so now it’s time to start her other series, the Psy/Changling series. And OH MY GOD I’M SO IN LOVE.

Like, I have so many more books to read and I’m so excited and I can’t wait! Like wowowowowowowowowowowwow! So many characters (as seen here), so many packs, so much going on. This book didn’t have any sexual content until later on. Sure there was the intent and the idea there from sometime earlier in the book, but it wasn’t the main theme. There was SO much more going on.

I mean, this series is so creative with the NetMind and like this entire network of minds that work together in a kind of database. Think like the cloud or something like that, but this is ALL IN YOUR MIND! I mean how cool and scary is that? You don’t really get to keep your thoughts to yourself at all, and I really wouldn’t want to be part of this world, but I mean, it still is pretty darn cool, right? The idea behind it.

Then you have the changelings. They are, essentially, shapeshifters. In the first book you are introduced to cats and wolves which are the two types of shapeshifters in the book, as far as I know. They are just, overall, extremely badass. I mean, they kick butt, they have a feral side to them, they’re protective, especially the males, they’re adorable (the children). I mean, it’s great.

And you get introduced into the world in an interesting way.

I mean overall, there is just so much going on. I mean, the character development in this is fanatastic. There is SO much of it. Yes, sometimes it is kind of fast, but since each book in this series concentrates on a different character (as there are so many), the books do have to move along. You can’t really read each book as a stand alone because there are ties to things that happened in the other books, so you should read it in order.

I have the first 6 books at home at the moment and am working through them, but this is her larger series, so it will take time for me to read.

But, so far, I’m absolutely in love! Definitely do check it out.

The sex in the book isn’t terribly graphic, but there are moments where it’s definitely inappropriate for younger readers. So, like all Nalini Singh books, it is for older readers, 18 and up.

But, happy reading!