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Shards of Hope by Nalini Singh

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

💬: "Zaira wove her fingers into his. “It’ll happen. This is your destiny, Aden.” Her kiss was fire and love and primal possessiveness. “Your parents dreamed too small when they wanted you to become the leader of the squad."

Singh, Nalini. Shards of Hope (Psy-Changeling Book 14) (p. 481). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. 

📖Genres: paranormal romance, romance, urban fantasy, adult

📚Page Count: 484

🎧Audiobook Length: 15h 41min

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5 

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Shards of Hope is the 14th book in the Psy/Changeling series by Nalini Singh. Two Psy Arrow soldiers, Aden and Zaira are the main characters of this book. I love the way this starts out, it was so exciting and chilling, and because this started off so powerfully and with action I was definitely invested for the duration of the book (I also went into this without knowing the synopsis because I didn't read the book's synopsis! So, if you want to go in without knowing the synopsis too, skip the rest of this paragraph.) Both Zaira and Aden
wake up in a dark cell, with no memory of how they got there. Neither of them are able to use their psychic abilities and they both know that if they don't fight to get out, it'll cost them their lives.
The story goes on from there.    

This book really reminded me why I kept reading The Psy/Changeling series after I read the first book in the series, Slave to Sensation. When I first read Slave to Sensation, the story gave me literal chills. This is the third book in the series to give me the chills! When I get the chills while reading, it either  means that I'm scared or that I'm really excited and happy with what I'm reading. I don't want to spoil anything other than the synopsis so I'll just talk about the spicy scenes and I'll mention that so many elements from previous Psy/Changeling novels have finally come together to paint a picture that I know Singh has been planning since that first book, Slave to Sensation.  

I enjoyed the spicy scenes. I think Aden and Zaira are so cute together. I'm happy the first scene basically cut to black because
I'm not a fan of scenes where the heroine is a virgin and then she has to go through all that pain and the bleeding. Ugh.
I did like the spicy scenes that game afterward though. I'm giving it three point five chilies 🌶️🌶️🌶️.5 out of five chilies

The 14th book in the Psy/Changeling series was exciting and it kept my attention for the duration of  it's 15 hour + audiobook. It was exciting, surprising, emotional, and just damn good. I'm giving this book 4 stars out of 5. 
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  5/5 Stars

I listened to this for free on the library app [Hoopla Digital]
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adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective slow-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

3.0

I am a huge fan of this series, especially the last few books. And I absolutely love Aden and related to Zaira’s possessiveness, but this to me dragged a little at times. I think the issue is that it was too many people’s story and it was ambitious in taking on themes of the change happening in society across Psy, Changeling, Human and other interests. There was so much world building and social order revising going on, that parts of this were kind of too all-over-the-place and unfocused for my taste. I think someone who loves the intricacies of great world building and context setting will probably enjoy this a lot more than I did. For me, it felt like EVERYONE was getting assassination attempts, everyone was a protagonist, everyone’s story was getting told and sometimes it felt like the essence of Aden and Zaira was lost. This author does a great ensemble cast romance but for me, this one was a little scattered and about too many things and too many people. I lacked an anchor and wasn’t as invested as I have been in recent books. I loved Zaira and Aden, but they often felt a little out of focus in this book. Whenever they were the focus, this book shown- in terms of their relationship, their willingness to be vulnerable and the sheer protective emotion Zaira had for Aden, this was perfection. But because this book was about so many things, the momentum of their relationship was often a little lost in all the voices and perspectives of the storytelling. I know there’s a joint ensemble-focus book coming up and after reading this one, I worry about how I’m going to like that. Still like this series though.
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