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Allegiance of Honor (Nalini Singh)

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Allegiance of Honor is the 15th Psy-Changeling novel by Nalini Singh. It concludes the first “season” of the series, with the second season known as the Psy-Changeling-Trinity-Series.
Finished on: 17.2.2017
[Here are my reviews of the other books in the series.]

Plot:
The Trinity Accord between Psy, Changeling and Humans is supposed to be a stabilizing factor that brings the world together after Silence has fallen. But not everybody is happy with that solution. The symbol for the new world order is Naya, the daughter of Lucas Hunter – leopard changeling and leader of DarkRiver, one of the biggest changeling groups – and Sascha – cardinal empath psy and the first to publically defect from Silence. So the Consortium – Trinity’s biggest opponent – want to kidnap her. But Naya is not the only (proposed) victim. Many changelings have already gone missing, especially the loose-knit water changelings. When a new clue to the disappearance of one of them appears, water changeling alpha Miane asks the other changeling DarkRiver and SnowDancer for help.

Allegiance of Honor deviates a little from the usual Psy-Changeling formula (and it is a formula) as it is an ensemble book. And I have to say, I greatly enjoyed the look back at many of the characters that haven’t featured so prominently since their own books.

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Night Shift (Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, Lisa Shearin, Milla Vane)

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Night Shift is a paranormal novella anthology with works by Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, Lisa Shearin and Milla Vane [aka Meljean Brook].
Finished on: 17.10.2016

As an avid reader of Singh’s Psy-Changeling series, I had to grab this anthology, of course, even though I’m not familiar with the other series that were featured with novellas here. The resulting collection and my reading experiences were pretty mixed. It’s a quick read in any case.

After the jump I’ll talk about the four novellas separately.

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Shards of Hope (Nalini Singh)

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Shards of Hope is the 14th (if I’m not mistaken) Psy-Changeling novel by Nalini Singh.
Finished on: 14.1.2016
[Here are my reviews of the other books in the series.]

Plot:
Aden and Zaira wake in a cell together, both wounded and without any idea where they actually are. Fortunately for them – and unfortunately for their captors – they are both highly trained Arrows, elite soldiers. As they fight their way back home, they must lean on each other. But they can’t do so too much – not only because being an Arrow requires making hard decisions and not only when they are being hunted by an unknown enemy, but also because Zaira desperately needs to remain Silent, emotionless, or else risk falling apart.

Shards of Hope is a nice entry into the Psy-Changeling Series, especially because it opened up the world we got to see so far and included other packs and people we hadn’t really known before and because it nicely pushed the overarching plot along, while at the same time having two likeable leads on the micro level.

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Shield of Winter (Nalini Singh)

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Shield of Winter is the latest novel in Nalini Singh‘s Psy-Changeling Series. [Here are my other reviews.]
Finished on: 25.01.2015

Plot:
Vasic is an Arrow and has been for a very long time. As a true telepath, he was and is an important tool for the Arrows and one that has seen quite some misuse and abuse in his time. Now he is about to break and his best friend and leader of the Arrows Aden gives him a new assignement: to guard Ivy, one of the few empaths they are trying to build up again in the hope that it will halt the decay in the PsyNet. Because that decay is taking over and threatens their entire race.

Shield of Winter was the usual Psy-Changeling fare by Singh. I enjoyed reading it and I especially enjoyed the background development of the world, though I also liked Vasic and Ivy, even though I did think that Singh chose the wrong pairing with this one.

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Heart of Obsidian (Nalini Singh)

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Heart of Obsidian is the latest novel in Nalini Singh‘s Psy-Changeling Series. [Here are my other reviews.]

Plot:
Kaleb Krychek is one of the psy council. Or he was when that still existed. He is definitely one of the most dangerous people in the world. He’s been looking for Sahara for years. She has been missing, kidnapped because of her abiliteis. Now he finally found her, though he is not sure how much of her mind is actually still there. If it turns out that she was destroyed, Kaleb knows he’ll make the world pay for that.

Heart of Obsidian had a couple of things I didn’t like so much but most of it was awesome. I flew through the book and would have no trouble reading and enjoying it again.

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Wild Invitation (Nalini Singh)

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Wild Invitation is a collection of Psy-Changeling novellas by Nalini Singh. Two of them have been published before (I reviewed them here and here) and two are new.

Plot:
In Beat of Temptation, Tammy and Nate both know that they are meant to mate since Tammy’s fifteenth birthday. Now, she’s nineteen and Nate – afraid that he’ll make Tammy feel locked in and rid her of her youth – still keeps his distance. Which drives Tammy absolutely insane.
In Stroke of Enticement, Annie is a (human) teacher, Zach is the uncle of one of her students and a changeling. When they meet, passion flares. But Annie is determined to only have a fling, while Zach knows that she’s his mate.
In Declaration of Courtship, Grace is one of the most submissive wolves in the den. So when dominant Coop decides to court her, both of them have to be extremely careful with each other.
In Texture of Intimacy, Walker and Lara only recently mated and are now building their lives together. But being mates doesn’t necessarily mean that having a relationship goes without a hitch.

There are a few years between Singh having written Beat of Temptation (the oldest of the stories) and Texture of Intimacy (the newest) and it is rather interesting to see how her world has changed in details, while her writing barely changed at all. But overall the book is exactly what you expect and want for an easy, entertaining read on the beach.

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Tangle of Need (Nalini Singh)

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Tangle of Need is the 11th book in the Psy-Changeling series by Nalini Singh. [Here are my reviews of the other books.] It’s Adria’s and Riaz’ story.

Plot:
Adria and Riaz are both soldiers in the SnowDancer wolf pack, pretty high up in the hierarchy, though both only recently found their place in the local pack structure – Riaz used to be stationed in Europe, while Adria lived in another territory. And both are trying to leave their pasts behind. As the conflict with(in) the Psys continues, Adria and Riaz have their own demons to fight – and their attraction to each other that neither wants to feel.

Tangle of Need drew me in very deep again. Though I might not feel the same excitement about this series that I did in the beginning, the books are still fantastic reads and exactly the right thing for me when I’m in the mood for fluff.

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Kiss of Snow (Nalini Singh)

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Kiss of Snow is the tenth Psy-Changeling novel by Nalini Singh. [Here are my reviews of the other ones.] It’s Hawke’s and Sienna’s book (though it also tells Walker’s and Lara’s story).

Plot:
Ever since the Laurens joined the SnowDancer pack, Sienna Lauren and alpha Hawke have had a special kind of explosive relationship. Now Sienna has come of age and Hawke can’t deny their chemistry together anymore. While they try to figure out the new terms of their relationship, SnowDancer gets continuously attacked by the Psy council, or at least a few renegade parts of it.

Kiss of Snow takes a bit to get started – about 200 pages or so. But once it moves away from Sienna and Hawke angsting around and gets into the conflict with the Psy council, I enjoyed it a lot.

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Archangel’s Consort (Nalini Singh)

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Archangel’s Consort is the third book in the Guild Hunter Series by Nalini Singh. [Here are my reviews of the other books.]

Plot:
Elena and Raphael are back in New York but the events in Asia have left their mark on the world. And now it seems that Caliane, mad, ancient and incredibly powerful archangel and Raphael’s mother is awakening from her millennia long sleep. And nobody knows what to expect, apart from the fact that a whole lot of vampires and angels are negatively affected by it, which is rarely a good thing. So Elena has her hands full.

Yeah, Archangel’s Consort continues the tradition of the Guild Hunter Series so far: I continue to dislike Raphael and Elena, while the secondary characters are pretty engaging. But I think I’ve reached the point where it just isn’t enough that I want to continue reading.

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Play of Passion (Nalini Singh)

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Play of Passion is the ninth Psy-Changeling Novel by Nalini Singh. [My reviews of the other books here.] It’s Indigo’s and Drew’s story.

Plot:
Indigo is a dominant wolf and the highest ranking female in the SnowDancer pack. Which makes it kind of hard for her to relate to the men around her. That is, until Drew – her good friend – suddenly turns on the charm. But will he be able to accept a partner who is more dominant than him?
At the same time, the pack comes under threat of parts of the Psy Council who feel that the changelings are a huge contributing factor in the failing of Silence.

Since the last few books didn’t do that much for me, I had my doubts about this one. But it seems that all I needed to fall back in love with the series, was a little more changeling action. Because Play of Passion was awesome.

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