“Our laws might seem harsh but we’re not inhuman. We treasure every unique individual. We make room for difference.”
Slave to Sensation, Nalini Singh
Further to my earlier review of Nalini Singh’s Guild Hunter series, we’ll take a brief look at her equally captivating Psy-Changing series. These books would certainly classify as Paranormal Romance and each one tells the story of a different couple. This couple generally consists of a mix of changeling (wolves, leopards, etc.) and psy (a group of emotionally -repressed humans with a range of psy gifts such as telepathy, telekinesis and foresight).
The changelings are typically passionate, pack-oriented individuals who we are strongly encouraged to identify with, whereas the psy exist under ‘Silence’, wherein they are cut off form their emotions, cold to each other and the outside world in order to contain their powers. You can see the opportunity for conflict here, as well as other things 😉 There are over a dozen books in this series now and whilst they certainly do follow a familiar formula, they are each different and engaging enough to absorb the reader.
The heroes and heroines are unique enough from each other to stand out, for the most part, and the certainty of the HEA is what, I imagine, attracts many to the series. Including me. My personal favorites were the first and tenth books in the series (Slave to Sensation and Kiss of Snow, respectively) which tell the stories of the changeling Alpha’s and their psy partners. Particularly interesting is the ongoing psy/changeling war that brews in the background and builds throughout the series, with some stories focusing more or less on the wider world the characters inhabit.
Nalini is one of my favourite writers of Paranormal Romance and I think her work outdoes most of the rest of the field (that I have read, at least) by a clear mile. If this is your kind of thing, don’t miss out on many hours of easy, enjoyable reading.
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