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chantaal 's review for:
Branded by Fire
by Nalini Singh
What a huge improvement for me from the last book (still mad and grossed out by Dorian.), and a nice change of pace from the past couple of dominant male/submissive female pairings. Hmm...Judd and Brenna have been my favorite couple so far, and are now joined by Riley and Mercy. Not surprising, since the dominant changeling/submissive woman pairings don't work as well for me.
The romance was great here, pitting Mercy's uncompromising dominant personality against Riley's dominant personality. There was a lot of headbutting, a lot of passion (like WHEW, these two), and a lot of struggling with how their pairing would work in terms of their working relationship as pack liaisons and with their own incredibly important roles in their own packs. The way it was worked out in the end was great, and other than a few hiccups here and there, I think this was nicely handled on both sides. There was the typical dominant male crap that's the bread and butter of the romances in this series, but Mercy held her own and wasn't a pushover.
As for the larger world plot...HELL YES. The macro story continues to grow, and Nalini Singh truly shines in the constant growth and expansion of this Psy-Changeling world. The alternating chapters that included various POVs from other characters in the larger plot were great. The constant machinations of all the Council members continues to delight, and I'm so obsessed with The Ghost. Who is he? Why would him breaking Silence?? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS. Oh and Lucas and Sascha
As for Hawke and
On to book 7...I'm blowing through these on audio like they're candy.
The romance was great here, pitting Mercy's uncompromising dominant personality against Riley's dominant personality. There was a lot of headbutting, a lot of passion (like WHEW, these two), and a lot of struggling with how their pairing would work in terms of their working relationship as pack liaisons and with their own incredibly important roles in their own packs. The way it was worked out in the end was great, and other than a few hiccups here and there, I think this was nicely handled on both sides. There was the typical dominant male crap that's the bread and butter of the romances in this series, but Mercy held her own and wasn't a pushover.
As for the larger world plot...HELL YES. The macro story continues to grow, and Nalini Singh truly shines in the constant growth and expansion of this Psy-Changeling world. The alternating chapters that included various POVs from other characters in the larger plot were great. The constant machinations of all the Council members continues to delight, and I'm so obsessed with The Ghost. Who is he? Why would him breaking Silence
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break the entire PsyNetSpoiler
are pregnant!As for Hawke and
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Sienna...so, SO glad that the tension that was being seeded in the last few books is directly touched on here. She's too young for Hawke right now and that's explicitly stated, which I'm so glad to see. Sienna going off with Kit at the end of this one is going to prove to make for one intense book when I finally get to their story. I also LOVE that Sienna is getting some interesting story with her possibly(?) being an X-Psy...so much to mine there in terms of world building. Very exciting.On to book 7...I'm blowing through these on audio like they're candy.