Scan barcode
sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
informative
tense
slow-paced
4.0
š¬: āLaughing in the intimate space between them, she rose up against him, kissed him in sweet little sips, her hands on either side of his face. Every muscle in his body tense, Vasic surrendered to the kiss, to the possession that may as well have been steel chains around his body."
Singh, Nalini. Shield of Winter (Psy-Changeling Book 13) (p. 374). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
šGenres: paranormal romance, romance, urban fantasy, adult
šPage Count: 450
š§Audiobook Length: 15h 47min
š©š¾āš«My Rating: āļøāļøāļøāļø 4/5
----
Shield of Winter is the 13th book in the Psy/Changeling series by Nalini Singh. Two Psy, Ivy Jane and Vasic, one of the central members of the Arrow Squad, are the main characters. I really enjoyed their romance story. Vasic is tasked with protecting Ivy afterthe fall of Silence.
There's a lot of action in this novel, but there's also a good amount of romance as well. I really love the balance between the Romance and Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genres, Singh is so good at making the stakes high and interesting while also making sure to naturally make the characters fall in love. I don't want to spoil too much by going into detail about the "threat" in this book, though I will say I was hooked and didn't want to stop reading until I had finished.
The spicy scenes were so good in this. I especially enjoyed howVasic kept teleporting while they were being intimate, I know it was supposed to be dangerous but that made things more exciting. Imaging being intimate with your partner and they teleport you to private island or to a beautiful beach in the tropics? . I'm giving it four chilies š¶ļøš¶ļøš¶ļøš¶ļø out of five chilies
I really enjoyed the 13th main book in the Psy/Changeling series. It had action, romance, good spicy scenes, and a handsome brooding MMC! I'm giving this book 4 stars out of 5.
āļøāļøāļøāļø 4/5 Stars
I listened to this for free on the library app [HooplaDigital.com]
Singh, Nalini. Shield of Winter (Psy-Changeling Book 13) (p. 374). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
šGenres: paranormal romance, romance, urban fantasy, adult
šPage Count: 450
š§Audiobook Length: 15h 47min
š©š¾āš«My Rating: āļøāļøāļøāļø 4/5
----
Shield of Winter is the 13th book in the Psy/Changeling series by Nalini Singh. Two Psy, Ivy Jane and Vasic, one of the central members of the Arrow Squad, are the main characters. I really enjoyed their romance story. Vasic is tasked with protecting Ivy after
There's a lot of action in this novel, but there's also a good amount of romance as well. I really love the balance between the Romance and Paranormal/Urban Fantasy genres, Singh is so good at making the stakes high and interesting while also making sure to naturally make the characters fall in love. I don't want to spoil too much by going into detail about the "threat" in this book, though I will say I was hooked and didn't want to stop reading until I had finished.
The spicy scenes were so good in this. I especially enjoyed how
I really enjoyed the 13th main book in the Psy/Changeling series. It had action, romance, good spicy scenes, and a handsome brooding MMC! I'm giving this book 4 stars out of 5.
āļøāļøāļøāļø 4/5 Stars
I listened to this for free on the library app [HooplaDigital.com]
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
rbradley923's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic
vivivi's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Yay, more Arrows! I love how the entire series is shifting to a second arc, and how it pulls in more characters.
Ivy and Vasic are a cute pairing. Love Rabbit. This book also has some of my favourite tropes, like "secret identity" revealed (not really "secret" unless you're the populace but you know. "Aaah Arrows exist ahhh and wow they're human and helping the Net??" That kinda thing haha).
All in all, a horrible review for anyone who wants to use it to help decide if they should read the series (why would you start on book #13??), but it's a great book. The Empaths are awake, the Arrows are back, and the world is changing beautifully.
Ivy and Vasic are a cute pairing. Love Rabbit. This book also has some of my favourite tropes, like "secret identity" revealed (not really "secret" unless you're the populace but you know. "Aaah Arrows exist ahhh and wow they're human and helping the Net??" That kinda thing haha).
All in all, a horrible review for anyone who wants to use it to help decide if they should read the series (why would you start on book #13??), but it's a great book. The Empaths are awake, the Arrows are back, and the world is changing beautifully.
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Murder
just_one_more_paige's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Iām into the final stretch of this series, book thirteen of fifteen. And I already have the next two checked out from the library (no more waiting in between books!).
The book centers on one character weāve seen quite a bit, but still donāt know too much about: Vasic. Having been introduced to him as an Arrow, a very powerful natural Tk and teleporter, and super Silent and intimidating. But we also know, from a few interactions with Judd and the Arrowās leader, Aden, that his mental state, after everything he was forced to do by Ming, isnāt great; his guilt is overpowering and heās already started to give up on life. On the other hand, we get a completely new character in Ivy Jane. Sheās a suppressed Empath, a powerful one, and one of the first that is approached by Kaleb to help with his E-based experiment to combat the sickness in the PsyNet. When Vasic is assigned to be her personal guardian, the protective instincts he has in general turn into something more for Ivy. For her part, Ivy cannot help but feel for the Arrow whose violent history is threatening to bury him, and decides to protect him, fight for his life/future, as well.
Well, if you made it to this book/review, itās no secret that Silence has fallen in the Psy population. But people area still very unclear what that means. There is dissent from those who liked or depended on Silence, fear from those who want to come out from its oppression but arenāt sure it isnāt a trick or that it will last, and those like Vasic who think that even though they got what they fought for in Silenceās dissolution, itās too late for them personally. This pairing of an (outwardly) cold-blooded assassin and a (newly coming into her own) deeply emotional being is a match made in ātoo convenientā heaven, but honestly that didnāt stop me from being super invested. I honestly thought it would have. However, I am always on board for a good ādarkā hero (for lack of a better way to describe it), so I should have known better. Even if the pairing was convenient, the way the world has been set up over the last 12 books, the way this forced proximity situation fell out does make sense. And I know I mentioned this in my last review, but I was also very excited for the rest of the Arrows to find their deserved peace/happier endings (like Judd), because seriously, they have really suffered so much. Anyways, all that to say, I was actually quite into Vasic and Ivy. They were a great light and dark couple and their parallel but very different forms of extreme protectiveness matched the other well, and the hope they gave each other towards redemption and/or coming into their own was nicely developed. Also, their ādiscovering how to be intimateā together was adorable. And sometimes hilarious ā the spontaneous teleporting was definitely one of the favorite Psy intimacy side effects.
This book also had a ton of forward movement in the overall, Psy storyline, as the Net was breaking down/restabilizing post-Silence. (There was quite a bit of death and violence related to this aspect of the story, so I do recommend I was interested in the various sub-designations for the Empaths that showed up as they started to figure more out about themselves (I identify a lot with their abilities, so I liked reading about the subtle ways they differed to help people). The final discovery, for how everything played out to save the PsyNet, was a really cool take on the importance of emotional connection, its protective factors. I was into that.
The focus here was, naturally, a Psy-Psy relationship and the dire straits of the PsyNet, so there wasnāt as much cameo-ing from other races and previous couples. Obviously, we saw a bit of Kaleb and Sahara, as well as some Sascha and Lucas, due to the major roles they clearly have in saving the Net and related to Empaths. But otherwise, we got a lot of vague statements about how the changelings and humans were helping control violent outbreaks, but not of lot of specifics. I see why, but I am hoping that we get a little more from the others in the final books. This new world situation is going to call for a lot of cooperation and I donāt want those threads to be left hanging, because this series has honestly done a really great job with world-building and interconnectedness of stories (more than I was every expecting) and I know itās a lot to pull together, but I want to it to end strongly.
The long and short of this review is that I liked this one a lot more than I was expecting too. Vasic and Ivyās relationship and character development (together and separate) got me right in the deep feels and I loved that. The single-species-focus plot made sense at this point in the story and is clearly setting up for the āendā that is coming. And you know me, Iāve already started the next one.
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement and Abandonment
now_booking's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
I really enjoyed this latest edition to the Psy-Changeling series featuring Vasic, a Psy Arrow, and Ivy, a high level E-Psy. The premise is that with infection plaguing the PsyNet, there is a hypothesis that the previously proscribed and unacknowledged E-Psy designation might be the solution to healing the PsyNet. However, with certain sections of the Psy being pro-Silence and anti-emotions, the Psy special forces, the Arrows, are brought in to protect the newly-recognized Es who are part of a pilot experiment. When Ivy meets Vasic, itās instant chemistry.
I loved the previous book in this series with Kaleb and Sahara and thought it was my favourite, but Vasic and Ivy, I think, have taken that title. Vasic is the epitome of a strong, silent-type damaged hero whilst Ivy is an absolute delight as a character. Their relationship is believable, their path to healing is a comfort, their discovery of intimacy is realistic and really well handled, the overarching theme of this book of the importance of feeling feelings and emotion and connection are dealt with gorgeously. This book is action-packed and emotional and there are multiple high stakes that make your care and keep you turning the pages. I adored this book and highly recommend. Unfortunately, itās not really standalone (well I suppose you could read it that way but you lose out a lot) and should be read in order at least after Book 12.
I loved the previous book in this series with Kaleb and Sahara and thought it was my favourite, but Vasic and Ivy, I think, have taken that title. Vasic is the epitome of a strong, silent-type damaged hero whilst Ivy is an absolute delight as a character. Their relationship is believable, their path to healing is a comfort, their discovery of intimacy is realistic and really well handled, the overarching theme of this book of the importance of feeling feelings and emotion and connection are dealt with gorgeously. This book is action-packed and emotional and there are multiple high stakes that make your care and keep you turning the pages. I adored this book and highly recommend. Unfortunately, itās not really standalone (well I suppose you could read it that way but you lose out a lot) and should be read in order at least after Book 12.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, and Abandonment
Moderate: Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal cruelty and Mental illness
More...