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Series: Psy-Changeling #10

--One Sentence Summary--
Psy Sienna Lauren has wanted SnowDancer Alpha, Hawke, ever since her family's defection from the Net but he's always maintained distance -- until now.

--What are the Issues--
Hawke was a young pup when he found his mate and though they were only friends in their innocent youth, he knew they would grow into their love. So he was devastated when she was killed in an accident and he's grown up sure that he would never have a mate. He's used this distance to keep Sienna away because Hawke knows he's too old, jaded, and alpha for a young woman who grew up in a cage. Sienna was taken in by Ming Lebon as a young child when her cardinal power manifested as X-Fire. She's maintained ruthless control over every part of her life but Hawke makes that control shake. Sienna isn't interested in anyone else but she's not sure if she can handle the possessiveness of Hawke's wolf and her own power without something breaking.

--What I Liked and Didn’t Liked--
The Collapse of Silence -- This series has been building up to the fall of Silence and the separation of the Psy Council and this books has some very interesting developments in this story arc. I love how complex this series has gotten as the world has changed and started pushing at the edges of the accepted parameters. Things are really starting to amp up with the Psy and I can't wait to see where this goes. We also got more of the BlackSea changeling "pack" and I'm really excited to have some water changelings! I'm absolutely fascinated by this concept.

The Mating Bond -- Nalini Singh always writes an emotional story and Kiss of Snow is no exception, especially when it comes to Hawke and Sienna's romance. I wasn't sure how things would work out considering Hawke lost his mate as a child. It was obvious how deeply Sienna loves and she knew she couldn't stay away from Hawke even if she would never have all of him. Not only do they have their pasts creating obstacles but they have outside forces like Pure Psy and Ming creating problems. There was a lot of push and pull from Hawke and his possessive behavior is by far the strongest of any changeling Singh has written so far. Because of this, he tweaked my nerves every once in awhile, especially in the beginning before he gives into a relationship, but you can't doubt his devotion to the people he cares about.

Walker and Lara -- We also get a side romance with the Lauren family patriarch, Walker, and SnowDancer's healer, Lara. Walker has been a bit of a mystery man throughout as we've gotten to know the other Lauren family members. So I was really excited to get more info on Walker because he has that still waters run deep thing going on. He made Lara really work to get him to break his barriers but once he does, oh boy, did I love Walker. His secrets from his time in the Net are so sad and poignant and really reveal the true heart of Walker.

--Final Thoughts--
I'm a huge fan of the Psy-Changeling series and they just keep getting better for me. The romance is always deep and emotional, the world building complex, and her character's hope for a better life stirring.


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Kiss of Snow Nalini Singh 9780575100138 Books Reviews

He wants her. There's no use lying to himself about that. Hawke aches to possess her with a single-minded intensity that has his wolf starving for the most intimate of skin privileges. But he's not going to take her. He's a mature wolf changling, alpha of SnowDancer, and significantly older than she is. But damn, he wants her.

PsyNet defector and cardinal X-Psy Sienna Lauren is an adult in the pack, and given her past, she's older than her years. She is the ultimate weapon, one that requires unimaginable discipline, and it makes her crazy that the one man she wants, Hawke, refuses to see her as anything but the child she was never allowed to be.

As attacks by an aggressive faction of Psy known as Pure Psy are leveled against SnowDancer and the winds of a burgeoning war start to blow in their direction, Hawke's focus is torn between his pack and his desire for the one woman he refuses to take. His resolve is legendary, but even he has to see that a woman who can fight for her pack, risk her life for them, is old enough to decide who she lets into her bed.

She has to do something to show the stubborn wolf she is more than the child he sees. Even if it endangers the woman she's become.

~*~

I can't tell you how many times I've highly anticipated a book in series only to have that book disappoint in some way or another. You'd think I'd know better than to ever let myself feel that anticipation, but it's a lesson I seem to need to keep learning. Or maybe it's books like this, those rare awesome books that are highly anticipated...and manage to deliver for me on every front...that keep anticipation burning.

Don't know. Don't care, either, at the moment. I'm too busy being thrilled with this book.

Obviously, as I'm still reading this series at the tenth book, both the series and the author are favorites of mine. Some of the books in this series have been more beloved than others, and I do slightly prefer Singh's Guild Hunter series to the Psy/Changling series, but both are two of my favorite ongoing series and I highly recommend both for fans of well-written and imaginative paranormal romance/urban fantasy romance.

I loved everything about this book. The complexity of the plot and the myriad of plot threads that Singh wove together throughout the story were impressive. There's so much that goes on, and so many characters involved in so much of it, with a rock-solid foundation built by every one of the preceding books, that I would definitely not recommend a reader new to the series start here.

It could be done, Singh has a gift for condensing necessary exposition and fitting it in well with current developments, but so much of the emotional impact would be lost that it just shouldn't be.

I adored the relationship arc and character developments for Hawke and Sienna in this book. It wasn't what I would call a traditional romance, really, and that's what I love about Singh. She has such a gift for creating stories that fit perfectly with the characters featured in it. Hawke and Sienna have known each other for a while, have battled and locked horns, have struggled against their attraction for years, so the relationship between them is in a completely different place and needed completely different things than, say, Judd and Brenna did in their book.

The pack, the past, who they are, what they're responsible for, what they can do, the issues each have with how they feel, the threat of the Psy, all of that plays a significant role in each character's definition and development, not to mention on their romance. It was frustrating at times (very frustrating at times). It was enlightening at others. There were moments that made me mad and moments that made me laugh. Sometimes it just flat-out broke my heart. For me, though, all the sublimely well-crafted pieces that factored into their personalities and into every moment of their relationship arc worked...perfectly. I loved every second of it.

I was also very much in love with the secondary romance between pack healer Lara and Walker, Sienna's uncle. Where the relationship between Hawke and Sienna was rocky, fiery, raging with emotion, and practically shouting its passion and angst, hurt and strength, stubbornness and pride, Lara and Walker's relationship balanced that with its quiet implacability, its soft moments and tender touches. The frustrations were more internal, the feelings more subdued. That relationship created such a wonderful counterpoint to Hawke and Sienna's point that I can't imagine what the book would have been like without it.

By no means is this book, or any of the books in this series, focused solely on the romance, though. This one definitely provided some forward progression on the Pure Psy threat and the continuing degeneration of the Council and the PsyNet. There are so many, many balls up in the air in this series that a single book can't really touch on every plot point without being six hundred pages long, but there were certainly a lot covered here. Singh manages to keep me guessing on some things, keep me horrified about others, and still manages to introduce new story elements all the time.

Honestly, I don't know how she does it. I don't know how this series, even at the tenth book, feels just as fresh, just as original, just as intriguing and compelling and a thousand times as complex as it did in the beginning. I open a Psy/Changling book and feel like I'm visiting old, beloved friends who I care about very much...even if I wouldn't want to catch a meal with them. In particular, I want to thank Singh for the gift of seeing Lucas and Sasha's newest development meet the world.

I'm so incredibly invested in this series. To me that's the mark of a series that is a step above, one that has just that little extra that makes it stand out among a huge crowd. This, its tenth installment, is perhaps the best of them for me. It certainly did not disappoint.

QUOTABLES
"Do you really think I'd let you go that easily?"
An implacable glance from eyes that were suddenly decades older than him. "I'm not yours to let go."

"Walker doesn't glare...He just LOOKS at you until you obey."

"You're in my every breath and every thought, intertwined so deep inside me that love's not a strong enough word - you have my devotion, your name branded on my soul, my wolf yours to command. A hundred years? It'll never be enough. I want eternity."
~*~*~*~
Reviewed for One Good Book Deserves Another.
Many reviewers have already given plot summaries so I won't bother. This is solely my opinion of the book, Kiss of Snow.

Nothing is worse than waiting, waiting and waiting for an installment in a series that is supposed to be a game changer only to have it be lackluster and boring. Kiss of Snow is not lackluster and it certainly is not boring there so much happening. This book lived up to the expectations for Hawk and Sienna and we get the bonus of Walker and Lara, Pure Psy and War, this book had it all.

The series just keeps getting better with Singh continually building upon the foundation she set with Slave to Sensation. The world and all the inhabitants are flesh and blood people who an individuals and not the same characters with different names and similar stories. Kiss of Snow like each book before pulls you in and doesn't let go until the end of the book when you close the cover and then race to the computer to find out when the next installment is to be released.

I put off reading this book since it was a little longer, I was very busy at work and already suffer from procrastination that is only exacerbated when I get involved in a book. Once I picked it up and began reading, I couldn't put it down.
Series Psy-Changeling #10

--One Sentence Summary--
Psy Sienna Lauren has wanted SnowDancer Alpha, Hawke, ever since her family's defection from the Net but he's always maintained distance -- until now.

--What are the Issues--
Hawke was a young pup when he found his mate and though they were only friends in their innocent youth, he knew they would grow into their love. So he was devastated when she was killed in an accident and he's grown up sure that he would never have a mate. He's used this distance to keep Sienna away because Hawke knows he's too old, jaded, and alpha for a young woman who grew up in a cage. Sienna was taken in by Ming Lebon as a young child when her cardinal power manifested as X-Fire. She's maintained ruthless control over every part of her life but Hawke makes that control shake. Sienna isn't interested in anyone else but she's not sure if she can handle the possessiveness of Hawke's wolf and her own power without something breaking.

--What I Liked and Didn’t Liked--
The Collapse of Silence -- This series has been building up to the fall of Silence and the separation of the Psy Council and this books has some very interesting developments in this story arc. I love how complex this series has gotten as the world has changed and started pushing at the edges of the accepted parameters. Things are really starting to amp up with the Psy and I can't wait to see where this goes. We also got more of the BlackSea changeling "pack" and I'm really excited to have some water changelings! I'm absolutely fascinated by this concept.

The Mating Bond -- Nalini Singh always writes an emotional story and Kiss of Snow is no exception, especially when it comes to Hawke and Sienna's romance. I wasn't sure how things would work out considering Hawke lost his mate as a child. It was obvious how deeply Sienna loves and she knew she couldn't stay away from Hawke even if she would never have all of him. Not only do they have their pasts creating obstacles but they have outside forces like Pure Psy and Ming creating problems. There was a lot of push and pull from Hawke and his possessive behavior is by far the strongest of any changeling Singh has written so far. Because of this, he tweaked my nerves every once in awhile, especially in the beginning before he gives into a relationship, but you can't doubt his devotion to the people he cares about.

Walker and Lara -- We also get a side romance with the Lauren family patriarch, Walker, and SnowDancer's healer, Lara. Walker has been a bit of a mystery man throughout as we've gotten to know the other Lauren family members. So I was really excited to get more info on Walker because he has that still waters run deep thing going on. He made Lara really work to get him to break his barriers but once he does, oh boy, did I love Walker. His secrets from his time in the Net are so sad and poignant and really reveal the true heart of Walker.

--Final Thoughts--
I'm a huge fan of the Psy-Changeling series and they just keep getting better for me. The romance is always deep and emotional, the world building complex, and her character's hope for a better life stirring.