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Psy-Changeling #4
Mine to Possess
A Psy/Changeling novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Shards of Hope, Shield of Winter, and Heart of Obsidian..."the alpha author of paranormal romance" (Booklist). A ghost returns from a leopard changeling's past, making him question everything - even his base animal instincts...Clay Bennett is a powerful DarkRiver sentinel, but he grew up in the slums with his human mother, never knowing his changeling father. As a young boy without the bonds of Pack, he tried to stifle his animal nature. He failed...and committed the most extreme act of violence, killing a man and losing his best friend, Talin, in the bloody aftermath. Everything good in him died the day he was told that she, too, was dead.Talin McKade barely survived a childhood drenched in bloodshed and terror. Now a new nightmare is stalking her life - the street children she works to protect are disappearing and turning up dead. Determined to keep them safe, she unlocks the darkest secret in her heart and returns to ask the help of the strongest man she knows...Clay lost Talin once. He will not let her go again, his hunger to possess her, a clawing need born of the leopard within. As they race to save the innocent, Clay and Talin must face the violent truths of their past...or lose everything that ever mattered.
353 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 5, 2008
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Nalini Singh
214 books26.7k followersI've been writing as long as I can remember and all of my stories always held a thread of romance (even when I was writing about a prince who could shoot lasers out of his eyes). I love creating unique characters, love giving them happy endings and I even love the voices in my head. There's no other job I would rather be doing. In September 2002, when I got the call that Silhouette Desire wanted to buy my first book, Desert Warrior, it was a dream come true. I hope to continue living the dream until I keel over of old age on my keyboard.
I was born in Fiji and raised in New Zealand. I also spent three years living and working in Japan, during which time I took the chance to travel around Asia. I’m back in New Zealand now, but I’m always plotting new trips. If you’d like to see some of my travel snapshots, have a look at the Travel Diary page (updated every month).
So far, I've worked as a lawyer, a librarian, a candy factory general hand, a bank temp and an English teacher and not necessarily in that order. Some might call that inconsistency but I call it grist for the writer's mill.
I was born in Fiji and raised in New Zealand. I also spent three years living and working in Japan, during which time I took the chance to travel around Asia. I’m back in New Zealand now, but I’m always plotting new trips. If you’d like to see some of my travel snapshots, have a look at the Travel Diary page (updated every month).
So far, I've worked as a lawyer, a librarian, a candy factory general hand, a bank temp and an English teacher and not necessarily in that order. Some might call that inconsistency but I call it grist for the writer's mill.
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November 20, 2017
3.5
This book was just slightly better than okay for me. I didn't really care for Clay or Talin. So their relationship was just ok for me. I did enjoy the plot and everything else it was just the couple that was meh.
This book was just slightly better than okay for me. I didn't really care for Clay or Talin. So their relationship was just ok for me. I did enjoy the plot and everything else it was just the couple that was meh.
November 27, 2021
Patterns are my jam. Biological patterns, behavioral patters, whatever it is that helps me organize the data. So the first book in this series is fun, and the second as well, despite feeling like the relationship is an imitation of the first. Through each book, however, Singh is working on the idea of a growing conflict between the 'races' of psionic beings, animal changling and humans, accompanied by a revolution within the ranks of the psy. It's the nicotine that makes a series like this addictive, as our heroes and heroines try to break away from the controlling psionic culture. Add to it a set-up of basically emotionally repressed people (the psy) and the people who are close to 'animal' behavior (apparently, writers think mammals are in their rutting and estrus cycles every single day), and you get a setting that's ripe for paranormal romance.
However, by book four in the series, I'm noticing some things that could be bugs--or features, depending on how you roll. To date, the men have all displayed extremely physically controlling behavior, and it's become rather disturbing how often they have their hands resting on a woman's neck (is this supposed to be an affectionate thing?). Sure, they're also about pleasuring the woman, but they are also portrayed as challenged with controlling themselves while the woman struggles with emotional barriers to intimacy.
This story has the inclusion of two angles that are discussed in an uncomfortable way: Tally making a joke that was interpreted as being interested in women (to which the pack was immediately distancing), and Tally's promiscuous sexual history. Try this line:
“Why?” A stark demand, his hand remaining clasped around the side of her neck. “Why did you give away what you should have protected?”
I thought one of the intriguing things about this world is the possibilities it offered to connect with sexuality, but quite honestly, it feels largely repetitive by this book. Singh is advancing the background world plot, but the "relationships" are all masculine-dominance bummer. We get it: men are powerful, sexual, experienced, and controlling, and women are in need of help getting in touch with their sexuality. I should be clear, however, that at least them getting in touch is very female-pleasure focused.
I mean, that's usually the premise of the shifter romances, but I was hoping something different could happen here. It's also worth noting that it comes with a ton of baggage that takes means it's not only sexually domineering, but socially as well. Combine that with some gross social commentary (in the last book, drug users were weak, in this one, homosexuality is freaky) and its looking less attractive all the time. I'll check out others in the series at some point, because as mentioned earlier, Singh can write, they are also about female pleasure, and I'm often down for a good revolution, but I definitely am ready for my nicotine patch now.
However, by book four in the series, I'm noticing some things that could be bugs--or features, depending on how you roll. To date, the men have all displayed extremely physically controlling behavior, and it's become rather disturbing how often they have their hands resting on a woman's neck (is this supposed to be an affectionate thing?). Sure, they're also about pleasuring the woman, but they are also portrayed as challenged with controlling themselves while the woman struggles with emotional barriers to intimacy.
This story has the inclusion of two angles that are discussed in an uncomfortable way: Tally making a joke that was interpreted as being interested in women (to which the pack was immediately distancing), and Tally's promiscuous sexual history. Try this line:
“Why?” A stark demand, his hand remaining clasped around the side of her neck. “Why did you give away what you should have protected?”
I thought one of the intriguing things about this world is the possibilities it offered to connect with sexuality, but quite honestly, it feels largely repetitive by this book. Singh is advancing the background world plot, but the "relationships" are all masculine-dominance bummer. We get it: men are powerful, sexual, experienced, and controlling, and women are in need of help getting in touch with their sexuality. I should be clear, however, that at least them getting in touch is very female-pleasure focused.
I mean, that's usually the premise of the shifter romances, but I was hoping something different could happen here. It's also worth noting that it comes with a ton of baggage that takes means it's not only sexually domineering, but socially as well. Combine that with some gross social commentary (in the last book, drug users were weak, in this one, homosexuality is freaky) and its looking less attractive all the time. I'll check out others in the series at some point, because as mentioned earlier, Singh can write, they are also about female pleasure, and I'm often down for a good revolution, but I definitely am ready for my nicotine patch now.
June 23, 2018
Clay Bennett (Changeling) and Talin McKade (Human)
“Talin,” he said softly, surrendering completely to the madness.
Her spine stiffened, but at last, she turned.
And the entire world stopped breathing.
After the out-of-this-world Psy and the larger-than-life Changelings, in this book we meet...well...the average, boring, helpless, weak...humans.
Talin the human and Clay the leopard belonged to each other since they were children.
Clay realised that soon. So, when Talin was in trouble, he did not hesitate to kill for her and as a result he was locked away for years.
Talin, on the other hand, did not want to accept that she belonged to Clay. So, when Clay asked for her, he was informed that she died.
Nowadays, Clay is a powerful sentinel in DarkRiver pack. He has never overcome the lose of Talin and for this reason he has been always on the verge of being lost in his animal side.
Talin has grown up and has never stopped thinking of Clay – although she has never tried to find him and explained to him why she pretended that she was dead. But now she is in trouble. She is a social worker and her children disappear and die horribly. Only Clay can help her.
When Clay sees Talin again, he is absolutely sure that he will never let her go again.
Unfortunately a) Talin is sick and b) someone wants her dead.
“You’re mine. Therefore you’re perfect.”
I loved this book, not so much for the love story but mostly for the horrific side story of the missing children. I really wanted the children to survive, I was wondering for the reasons they were abducted and the reasons for the experiments.
I was satisfied with the answers and the solutions, but I think the way Talin's sickness was handled, it was a bit farfetched.
More interesting characters are introduced and basically this book is an introduction to the next book: Hostage to Pleasure.
“Talin,” he said softly, surrendering completely to the madness.
Her spine stiffened, but at last, she turned.
And the entire world stopped breathing.
After the out-of-this-world Psy and the larger-than-life Changelings, in this book we meet...well...the average, boring, helpless, weak...humans.
Talin the human and Clay the leopard belonged to each other since they were children.
Clay realised that soon. So, when Talin was in trouble, he did not hesitate to kill for her and as a result he was locked away for years.
Talin, on the other hand, did not want to accept that she belonged to Clay. So, when Clay asked for her, he was informed that she died.
Nowadays, Clay is a powerful sentinel in DarkRiver pack. He has never overcome the lose of Talin and for this reason he has been always on the verge of being lost in his animal side.
Talin has grown up and has never stopped thinking of Clay – although she has never tried to find him and explained to him why she pretended that she was dead. But now she is in trouble. She is a social worker and her children disappear and die horribly. Only Clay can help her.
When Clay sees Talin again, he is absolutely sure that he will never let her go again.
Unfortunately a) Talin is sick and b) someone wants her dead.
“You’re mine. Therefore you’re perfect.”
I loved this book, not so much for the love story but mostly for the horrific side story of the missing children. I really wanted the children to survive, I was wondering for the reasons they were abducted and the reasons for the experiments.
I was satisfied with the answers and the solutions, but I think the way Talin's sickness was handled, it was a bit farfetched.
More interesting characters are introduced and basically this book is an introduction to the next book: Hostage to Pleasure.
September 12, 2024
Full review finally posted on 11/3/13
5…Fantastic...Stars!!!
I was shocked at how much I LOVED this somewhat heartbreaking, humorous, endearing, and amazingly heartwarming story. This book's focus was about the main couple's complicated and enduring relationship rather than the world-building aspect of the over all story arc.
I won't lie, I struggled at first with the heroine and what seemed to be her weak behavior; however, once I realized why she reacted the way she did, I ended up her biggest cheerleader. I quickly came to realized because of all she'd been through, that Tally, a human, is emotionally the strongest heroine in this series thus far, and I loved her all the more for all she's been through. Her and Clay's tragic yet inspiring love story was simply phenomenal. My only grumble was how cruel and demeaning the hero was toward the heroine at the beginning of the story. Other than that, I loved this book.
It's been over a month since I read this story and I'm still thinking about it. If that doesn't deserve 5 stars, I don't know what does.
5…Fantastic...Stars!!!
I was shocked at how much I LOVED this somewhat heartbreaking, humorous, endearing, and amazingly heartwarming story. This book's focus was about the main couple's complicated and enduring relationship rather than the world-building aspect of the over all story arc.
I won't lie, I struggled at first with the heroine and what seemed to be her weak behavior; however, once I realized why she reacted the way she did, I ended up her biggest cheerleader. I quickly came to realized because of all she'd been through, that Tally, a human, is emotionally the strongest heroine in this series thus far, and I loved her all the more for all she's been through. Her and Clay's tragic yet inspiring love story was simply phenomenal. My only grumble was how cruel and demeaning the hero was toward the heroine at the beginning of the story. Other than that, I loved this book.
It's been over a month since I read this story and I'm still thinking about it. If that doesn't deserve 5 stars, I don't know what does.
January 5, 2021
4 stars
Long story short, I loved Clay. He was such a great guy and perfect for Tally.
She took awhile to grow on me but I went with the “nobody’s perfect” rationale.
I liked that we got the changeling-human pairing although the Psy make the most intriguing characters.
Long story short, I loved Clay. He was such a great guy and perfect for Tally.
She took awhile to grow on me but I went with the “nobody’s perfect” rationale.
I liked that we got the changeling-human pairing although the Psy make the most intriguing characters.
November 18, 2019
August 2016 re-read: Over the years since I've first read this book I've had many feelings about it. Some good, some ... well, not so good. For a long time this was my least favorite book - and I don't think it'll ever be one of my favorites. It's too ... uneasy, and hits an incredibly uncomfortable spot for me. But I have reached a new understanding with this book, and the characters that take the spotlight in it.
My biggest problem was always Talin. She had an incredibly hard childhood, filled with abuse - of many and varied kinds - and then, when she was barely old enough for school, she witnessed the very horrific death of her abuser at the hands of her best friend: Clay. Clay is Changeling, so you can imagine that it was messy and gory, and not at all something that is easily brushed past. I don't blame Clay for that. And Talin doesn't either. But it's still more trauma on top of the trauma she'd already been subjected to day in and day out.
I used to be irritated with Talin. Everything Clay did was for his love of her. His care and need to care for her. Why did she treat him with such callous disregard? Why did she disappear from his life, letting him think she was dead, for so long? Why cause him that pain? Honestly, I hated Talin for a long, long, long time.
Something new happened on this read though - and this is one of the reasons I love re-reading so much - I understand Talin now. She did what she had to do in order to survive. She'd been traumatized, lost, left, and forgotten. She was a child. And Clay, though he was only a few years older than Talin, was already growing into the personality that would one day lead to his being a Sentinel. The power differential between them was so great, and the pain that Talin couldn't forget was a barrier.
Talin needed to heal herself, become a whole person again, before being dragged under someone's strong personality. Clay wouldn't have done it intentionally, wouldn't have wanted to damage her - he loved her - but when someone is broken, it's hard to not subjugate yourself to a much stronger personality. It's hard to not become the person they, however subtly or unintentionally, push you to being.
So Talin took that time. And I get that. I finally understand that. I don't know if it's me growing, or if I just finally read what was always there....I don't know why I understand this now when I never did before, but I do. I also get the blame, and the hurt, the pain and the worry about being abandoned again. How could she feel any differently? I was still, slightly, annoyed by the fact that she basically laid claim to Clay, becoming possessive of him even with his Pack, when she didn't really trust him. But feelings are nuanced. A person can feel many things for one person or situation at a time. Just because there were doubts doesn't mean she didn't already love him.
What really surprised me this time was the anger I felt towards Clay. Talin, like many sexual abuse survivors, took to hurting herself with sex. I understand this in ways that I wish I didn't. When Talin lashed out at Clay that she'd 'been with so many men she couldn't remember all their names or faces' he became angry. Rage-filled anger. Not physically directed at Talin, but emotionally he became distant until she pushed him again to address it. His anger quickly became about the fact that she should have kept herself safe and cherished, but - initially - it was possessive. She was his and no one else should have had her.
Even if she'd never been abused. Even if there was never that trauma. She could have slept with whomever she so desired in her past. Like he did. Like he did. Argh!!
Look, I get it. This is the flip side of the Changeling possessiveness. He always knew she was his. But she didn't, and she was hurt - hurt beyond measure. For him to judge her....it enrages me.
In the end, Clay and Talin work through everything in their past and present to become a strong united couple. I feel confident in them, and their future. And while I don't love everything they did to each other, how much they hurt each other, I finally have a new appreciation for the choices each of them made, and can look at them without the level of irritation I carried before.
Review also posted at The Book Eaters
Original Thoughts
Talin irritates the hell out of me. If she hadn't spent the majority of the book afraid of Clay, I probably wouldn't have such an issue with her. But, as a friend of mine said, she comes off as a snot.
Thanks Anna for sharing this with me, it's perfect for Talin ;)
Their history with each other is fantastic, and full of depth. It really shows how Clay became the person he is. And I loved seeing more about this intensely shut off character.
To be fair, their history shows why Talin became the person she did as well. I could understand her issues with Clay for a good part of the book, but it just went a little too far for me. That's personal and may be different for other people that read.
The reason that Talin seeks Clay out - the "mystery" of the book, was really interesting, too. It moves things along in the overall storyline very nicely.
Overall, I enjoy this book, but it's mostly for Clay and the world implications. Talin just pisses me off.
My biggest problem was always Talin. She had an incredibly hard childhood, filled with abuse - of many and varied kinds - and then, when she was barely old enough for school, she witnessed the very horrific death of her abuser at the hands of her best friend: Clay. Clay is Changeling, so you can imagine that it was messy and gory, and not at all something that is easily brushed past. I don't blame Clay for that. And Talin doesn't either. But it's still more trauma on top of the trauma she'd already been subjected to day in and day out.
I used to be irritated with Talin. Everything Clay did was for his love of her. His care and need to care for her. Why did she treat him with such callous disregard? Why did she disappear from his life, letting him think she was dead, for so long? Why cause him that pain? Honestly, I hated Talin for a long, long, long time.
Something new happened on this read though - and this is one of the reasons I love re-reading so much - I understand Talin now. She did what she had to do in order to survive. She'd been traumatized, lost, left, and forgotten. She was a child. And Clay, though he was only a few years older than Talin, was already growing into the personality that would one day lead to his being a Sentinel. The power differential between them was so great, and the pain that Talin couldn't forget was a barrier.
Talin needed to heal herself, become a whole person again, before being dragged under someone's strong personality. Clay wouldn't have done it intentionally, wouldn't have wanted to damage her - he loved her - but when someone is broken, it's hard to not subjugate yourself to a much stronger personality. It's hard to not become the person they, however subtly or unintentionally, push you to being.
So Talin took that time. And I get that. I finally understand that. I don't know if it's me growing, or if I just finally read what was always there....I don't know why I understand this now when I never did before, but I do. I also get the blame, and the hurt, the pain and the worry about being abandoned again. How could she feel any differently? I was still, slightly, annoyed by the fact that she basically laid claim to Clay, becoming possessive of him even with his Pack, when she didn't really trust him. But feelings are nuanced. A person can feel many things for one person or situation at a time. Just because there were doubts doesn't mean she didn't already love him.
What really surprised me this time was the anger I felt towards Clay. Talin, like many sexual abuse survivors, took to hurting herself with sex. I understand this in ways that I wish I didn't. When Talin lashed out at Clay that she'd 'been with so many men she couldn't remember all their names or faces' he became angry. Rage-filled anger. Not physically directed at Talin, but emotionally he became distant until she pushed him again to address it. His anger quickly became about the fact that she should have kept herself safe and cherished, but - initially - it was possessive. She was his and no one else should have had her.
Even if she'd never been abused. Even if there was never that trauma. She could have slept with whomever she so desired in her past. Like he did. Like he did. Argh!!
Look, I get it. This is the flip side of the Changeling possessiveness. He always knew she was his. But she didn't, and she was hurt - hurt beyond measure. For him to judge her....it enrages me.
In the end, Clay and Talin work through everything in their past and present to become a strong united couple. I feel confident in them, and their future. And while I don't love everything they did to each other, how much they hurt each other, I finally have a new appreciation for the choices each of them made, and can look at them without the level of irritation I carried before.
Review also posted at The Book Eaters
Original Thoughts
Talin irritates the hell out of me. If she hadn't spent the majority of the book afraid of Clay, I probably wouldn't have such an issue with her. But, as a friend of mine said, she comes off as a snot.
Thanks Anna for sharing this with me, it's perfect for Talin ;)
Their history with each other is fantastic, and full of depth. It really shows how Clay became the person he is. And I loved seeing more about this intensely shut off character.
To be fair, their history shows why Talin became the person she did as well. I could understand her issues with Clay for a good part of the book, but it just went a little too far for me. That's personal and may be different for other people that read.
The reason that Talin seeks Clay out - the "mystery" of the book, was really interesting, too. It moves things along in the overall storyline very nicely.
Overall, I enjoy this book, but it's mostly for Clay and the world implications. Talin just pisses me off.
December 17, 2021
So many things went wrong here mainly because the characters and the romance didn't make sense.
I had a lot of understanding for the heroine, Talin, deeply traumatized as a child, who had her reservations against the hero, Clay (who was part of her traumatic experience), after they reconnected. Yet I have no patience for Talin slut shaming herself after revealing how she used sex with multiple men to self-harm when she was younger.
Clay, being a shifter (and those consider touch and sensuality a HUGE part of their lives), had absolutely NO PLACE being a freaking hypocrite about the Talin's past and the fact that she "sold herself so cheaply" (his words). The hell?!
After that Talin insisted on having a purely non-sexual relationship with Clay yet hissed at ANY other female (single or not) who dared breath in his direction. Mmmokay.
Now to the romance.
While the pushy hero made sense in the second book, here it was just WRONG. Because Talin, who still connected sex with trauma, wasn't ready for Clay breaking her trust and pushing for intimacy. The heroine needed therapy more urgently than a sexual relationship.
So yeah, I couldn't really bring myself to care about them being or not being together...
--
Anyway, in the middle of book #5, I already feel like #4 never happened.
The main story continues to fascinate me and I'm looking forward to more.
I had a lot of understanding for the heroine, Talin, deeply traumatized as a child, who had her reservations against the hero, Clay (who was part of her traumatic experience), after they reconnected. Yet I have no patience for Talin slut shaming herself after revealing how she used sex with multiple men to self-harm when she was younger.
Clay, being a shifter (and those consider touch and sensuality a HUGE part of their lives), had absolutely NO PLACE being a freaking hypocrite about the Talin's past and the fact that she "sold herself so cheaply" (his words). The hell?!
After that Talin insisted on having a purely non-sexual relationship with Clay yet hissed at ANY other female (single or not) who dared breath in his direction. Mmmokay.
Now to the romance.
While the pushy hero made sense in the second book, here it was just WRONG. Because Talin, who still connected sex with trauma, wasn't ready for Clay breaking her trust and pushing for intimacy. The heroine needed therapy more urgently than a sexual relationship.
So yeah, I couldn't really bring myself to care about them being or not being together...
--
Anyway, in the middle of book #5, I already feel like #4 never happened.
The main story continues to fascinate me and I'm looking forward to more.
February 6, 2015
I read this book years ago, but after just re-reading it for probably the 10th time I realized I had never reviewed it. This is one of my favorites in a series of favorites. I LOVE Clay and I loved Tally, and their connection is outstanding. I love that they have been connected since childhood and how that plays out into their adulthood. I can't gush enough about this book and series.
July 3, 2016
*** 4 ***
A buddy read with my family at BB&B!
This is the fourth book in the series and I keep enjoying as much as when I started!!! It is a PNR with a new couple finding love in each book. The best part of the series, at least to me, is the amazing world building and the specifics which make up the differences between the three main races - the Psy, the Changelings (or animal shifters), and humans. In all the previous books we got to meet Psy and Changeling characters, letting us into the world of brain dominance and physical prowess, but we only heard of the humans, a bit like a filler for the background...
This time, our Leopard Changeling Clay is faced with a ghost from his past. Tally was the 8 year old human girl for whose safety he committed a murder and spend his youth in juvenile detention.... When he came out, he was told she is dead and he never truly stopped grieving for her... Now she is a woman, beautiful and alive, who has come to him to seek help. She has become a social worker and the kids who have been associated with the foundation she is working for, are disappearing, some of them found soon after disfigured, butchered, and lifeless... She wants to save the last one of them, a kid she cares for deeply... Her need of the over protective Leopard is greater than the shame and guilt she feels over lying to him .... But would Clay be able to put away the pain and hurt in order to help her? And could she hope that he could even forgive her???
Clay, however, is a hard sell, and the nature of his beast is not very forgiving... The enigmatic cat is going to have his pound of flesh!!!
I liked Clay a lot and had some issues with the unnecessary angst Tally liked to wallow in... What I loved were the cameos by the previous couples and seeing them grow into devoted lovers and strong players in the world's powers system. The little Cubs are adorable and I want to adopt them all!!! The Psy Council is still fascinating and the machinations behind the scene are intricate and engaging... After finishing this book I wanted to dive straight into the next one, but I had to remind myself to pace the good stuff and not to gorge on treats, which in my case means fun books:-)
I would recommend this series to lovers of romance and a setting of a world full of Fantasy and magnetic creatures! It is a pure pleasure meeting all the characters NS creates for us!!!
I wish you all Happy Reading and may you always find pleasure in every book!!!
A buddy read with my family at BB&B!
This is the fourth book in the series and I keep enjoying as much as when I started!!! It is a PNR with a new couple finding love in each book. The best part of the series, at least to me, is the amazing world building and the specifics which make up the differences between the three main races - the Psy, the Changelings (or animal shifters), and humans. In all the previous books we got to meet Psy and Changeling characters, letting us into the world of brain dominance and physical prowess, but we only heard of the humans, a bit like a filler for the background...
This time, our Leopard Changeling Clay is faced with a ghost from his past. Tally was the 8 year old human girl for whose safety he committed a murder and spend his youth in juvenile detention.... When he came out, he was told she is dead and he never truly stopped grieving for her... Now she is a woman, beautiful and alive, who has come to him to seek help. She has become a social worker and the kids who have been associated with the foundation she is working for, are disappearing, some of them found soon after disfigured, butchered, and lifeless... She wants to save the last one of them, a kid she cares for deeply... Her need of the over protective Leopard is greater than the shame and guilt she feels over lying to him .... But would Clay be able to put away the pain and hurt in order to help her? And could she hope that he could even forgive her???
Clay, however, is a hard sell, and the nature of his beast is not very forgiving... The enigmatic cat is going to have his pound of flesh!!!
I liked Clay a lot and had some issues with the unnecessary angst Tally liked to wallow in... What I loved were the cameos by the previous couples and seeing them grow into devoted lovers and strong players in the world's powers system. The little Cubs are adorable and I want to adopt them all!!! The Psy Council is still fascinating and the machinations behind the scene are intricate and engaging... After finishing this book I wanted to dive straight into the next one, but I had to remind myself to pace the good stuff and not to gorge on treats, which in my case means fun books:-)
I would recommend this series to lovers of romance and a setting of a world full of Fantasy and magnetic creatures! It is a pure pleasure meeting all the characters NS creates for us!!!
I wish you all Happy Reading and may you always find pleasure in every book!!!
September 30, 2015
On the one hand, I like the world that is building in these books. It is extremely intriguing and different.
On the other hand, I didn't particularly like the female love interest in this book - Tally. She was a victim of childhood abuse, and that was portrayed really well, but she continued to live in that victim mentality with regular woe-is-me pity parties. Considering she got away from her abuser at 8, and she was 28, with a lot of counseling and loving foster parents in the last 20 years, she sure seemed to resist the healing that they offered. And, along with being very self-pitying, she would also be combative with the person who was trying to help her. It didn't make sense, really.
At the beginning of the story, Tally was so afraid of Clay that she was paralyzed by fear. And yet, she then started baiting him. If she was so afraid of him, why would she actively try to get him angry? It just seemed weird. Hadn't she ever heard the saying, "Don't poke the bear?"
and then have a refreshing drink of your own urine...
So, this was my least favorite book because of my dislike of Tally. But, I still love the world and am looking forward to Dorian's story in the next book.
On the other hand, I didn't particularly like the female love interest in this book - Tally. She was a victim of childhood abuse, and that was portrayed really well, but she continued to live in that victim mentality with regular woe-is-me pity parties. Considering she got away from her abuser at 8, and she was 28, with a lot of counseling and loving foster parents in the last 20 years, she sure seemed to resist the healing that they offered. And, along with being very self-pitying, she would also be combative with the person who was trying to help her. It didn't make sense, really.
At the beginning of the story, Tally was so afraid of Clay that she was paralyzed by fear. And yet, she then started baiting him. If she was so afraid of him, why would she actively try to get him angry? It just seemed weird. Hadn't she ever heard the saying, "Don't poke the bear?"
and then have a refreshing drink of your own urine...
So, this was my least favorite book because of my dislike of Tally. But, I still love the world and am looking forward to Dorian's story in the next book.
February 3, 2010
This installment of Singh's Psy-Changeling series was different in that neither of the two leads was a psy. I have to admit, I prefer that. The psy storyline always seems the same to me. We have to go through the whole 'awakening' thing and it always seems to present the same way. So this was a refreshing change and I liked the plot and story better.
However, the writing itself was weaker than the others. Singh reused several phrases to the point were I actually laughed a couple of times. "His leopard stilled" or "he stilled" or "he went leopard still" could have been a drinking game. I got this picture of a guy who would freeze in mid-conversation and it was actually pretty comical when of course it wasn't meant to be.
Then there were the inner arguments for Talin. "I love him but he can't love me but it will kill him if something happens to me but is he only with me for loyalty? No, damnit, he cares!" and on and on and on. Really it felt more like padding.
The mystery and the story itself was very good though. And I really liked the romance (even with the repetitive phrases and inner monologues). At first it seemed a bit squicky because he sees a woman with his childhood friend's scent and appearance, but thinks his friend is dead. The last time he saw her she was eight. But his first thoughts about this mystery woman are sexual. Huh? Doesn't add up for me.
Thankfully we move on from there and it doesn't feel squicky anymore because we forget that little tidbit, but it would have been nice if his first reaction had been a bit more chaste.
Clay and Talin were friends in a low income apartment complex. She was an abused foster child and he was a changeling living with his crazy human mother who demanded he suppress his leopard half. He's older than Talin by about five years. They meet when she's three and helps him after he's gotten hurt outside and nobody bothers to notice. She's not afraid of him and he immediately becomes her best friend and protector. Until he goes too far with the latter and they're cruelly separated just when they need each other the most.
There are several things that make this a really nice setup. One, they pretty much bonded as children without the romantic side to it. Two, they were separated by tragedy and violence that served to not only mark their destinies, but to bring them back together. Three, they haven't seen each other since childhood and so are getting to know one another while continuing to have this base of knowledge (regarding their past traumas) but also a store of good memories to draw from. It's a nice mix.
There's murder and mayhem and bad things happen to kids. Nothing with the kids is too graphic, but you are in no doubt about it's existence. Justice is served and the next book is set up nicely.
So far, all the Psy-Changeling books have gotten four stars from me. I have criticism of all of them, but they're all good solid reads.
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However, the writing itself was weaker than the others. Singh reused several phrases to the point were I actually laughed a couple of times. "His leopard stilled" or "he stilled" or "he went leopard still" could have been a drinking game. I got this picture of a guy who would freeze in mid-conversation and it was actually pretty comical when of course it wasn't meant to be.
Then there were the inner arguments for Talin. "I love him but he can't love me but it will kill him if something happens to me but is he only with me for loyalty? No, damnit, he cares!" and on and on and on. Really it felt more like padding.
The mystery and the story itself was very good though. And I really liked the romance (even with the repetitive phrases and inner monologues). At first it seemed a bit squicky because he sees a woman with his childhood friend's scent and appearance, but thinks his friend is dead. The last time he saw her she was eight. But his first thoughts about this mystery woman are sexual. Huh? Doesn't add up for me.
Thankfully we move on from there and it doesn't feel squicky anymore because we forget that little tidbit, but it would have been nice if his first reaction had been a bit more chaste.
Clay and Talin were friends in a low income apartment complex. She was an abused foster child and he was a changeling living with his crazy human mother who demanded he suppress his leopard half. He's older than Talin by about five years. They meet when she's three and helps him after he's gotten hurt outside and nobody bothers to notice. She's not afraid of him and he immediately becomes her best friend and protector. Until he goes too far with the latter and they're cruelly separated just when they need each other the most.
There are several things that make this a really nice setup. One, they pretty much bonded as children without the romantic side to it. Two, they were separated by tragedy and violence that served to not only mark their destinies, but to bring them back together. Three, they haven't seen each other since childhood and so are getting to know one another while continuing to have this base of knowledge (regarding their past traumas) but also a store of good memories to draw from. It's a nice mix.
There's murder and mayhem and bad things happen to kids. Nothing with the kids is too graphic, but you are in no doubt about it's existence. Justice is served and the next book is set up nicely.
So far, all the Psy-Changeling books have gotten four stars from me. I have criticism of all of them, but they're all good solid reads.
(edited for clarity)
August 21, 2014
When I read the blurb before starting this book I was absolutely ecstatic. I was about to learn everything there is to learn about Clay, the guy that's intrigued me since book one....When I opened it and started reading I couldn't wait to get to the "good stuff"....Then after a few pages, my enthusiasm completely blanked out.
Not because of Clay, of course, he's wonderful (as all changeling men are), though a bit too much on the wild side sometimes, and he could've pulled back on the whole "let's blame the girl for the sins she committed" or cut it a little short instead of wallowing in jealous rage (as he put it) until it's almost too late.
Nah, my enthusiasm died solely and because of the woman Ms. Singh decided to pair Clay with.
After three books with three strong female characters (two Psy and one changeling) and three incredible, drop-dead gorgeous and to-die-for male characters (two changeling and one Psy), we got one incredible, drop-dead gorgeous, to-die-for changeling that's dangerous to boot and a human. Which wouldn't be so bad, I'm human, we're all human, we root for human women to get one of these (see above) guys. Yet why the heck did Clay have to get the most obnoxious and hate-able female out there? After the three previous "gems" he's suddenly saddled with a terrified, spineless, often brainless, defective, self-punishing, emotional cripple of a woman. I never thought I'd say this but I really wished someone would just make her a snack and get a replacement female lead.
This is pure discrimination, people! Why should Psy and changeling women be so wonderful and this human bitch such a...Well, bitch?!
Not even the constant mentioning of her apparently fatal disease couldn't sway me. Hell, I wanted her dead. The continuous "emotional tennis match" in her head gave me the hives.
But something extraordinary happened (around page 200 if I'm not mistaken). She suddenly woke up a completely different person (and here I thought personality transplantations weren't possible), and I ended up quite liking the girl. After she finally decided that "ugly sex" won't ruin her "friendship" with Clay she grew up a spine, went shopping for a sense of humor, and became a completely different woman.
I really didn't get the children-disappearing plot until the finishing revelation, and now I can't shake the nasty feeling the "evil doings" are starting to repeat. I like this series too much to see it get villains and deeds carbon copied from the previous one.
The only good thing this one brought was the introduction to a character that'll play a major role in the next book. I've already read the blurb and I waited with batted breath for the "meeting"...And after it wasn't only Talin that noticed something "strange".
And I truly hope Councilor Kaleb Krychek ends up being a good guy. Or if not necessarily a good guy at least good enough to warrant his own book, because...dressed only in a pair of loose black pants, his body covered with sweat...is totally worth reading about. I wonder what he was doing. ;P
Not because of Clay, of course, he's wonderful (as all changeling men are), though a bit too much on the wild side sometimes, and he could've pulled back on the whole "let's blame the girl for the sins she committed" or cut it a little short instead of wallowing in jealous rage (as he put it) until it's almost too late.
Nah, my enthusiasm died solely and because of the woman Ms. Singh decided to pair Clay with.
After three books with three strong female characters (two Psy and one changeling) and three incredible, drop-dead gorgeous and to-die-for male characters (two changeling and one Psy), we got one incredible, drop-dead gorgeous, to-die-for changeling that's dangerous to boot and a human. Which wouldn't be so bad, I'm human, we're all human, we root for human women to get one of these (see above) guys. Yet why the heck did Clay have to get the most obnoxious and hate-able female out there? After the three previous "gems" he's suddenly saddled with a terrified, spineless, often brainless, defective, self-punishing, emotional cripple of a woman. I never thought I'd say this but I really wished someone would just make her a snack and get a replacement female lead.
This is pure discrimination, people! Why should Psy and changeling women be so wonderful and this human bitch such a...Well, bitch?!
Not even the constant mentioning of her apparently fatal disease couldn't sway me. Hell, I wanted her dead. The continuous "emotional tennis match" in her head gave me the hives.
But something extraordinary happened (around page 200 if I'm not mistaken). She suddenly woke up a completely different person (and here I thought personality transplantations weren't possible), and I ended up quite liking the girl. After she finally decided that "ugly sex" won't ruin her "friendship" with Clay she grew up a spine, went shopping for a sense of humor, and became a completely different woman.
I really didn't get the children-disappearing plot until the finishing revelation, and now I can't shake the nasty feeling the "evil doings" are starting to repeat. I like this series too much to see it get villains and deeds carbon copied from the previous one.
The only good thing this one brought was the introduction to a character that'll play a major role in the next book. I've already read the blurb and I waited with batted breath for the "meeting"...And after it wasn't only Talin that noticed something "strange".
And I truly hope Councilor Kaleb Krychek ends up being a good guy. Or if not necessarily a good guy at least good enough to warrant his own book, because...dressed only in a pair of loose black pants, his body covered with sweat...is totally worth reading about. I wonder what he was doing. ;P
July 23, 2020
I am currently rereading this whole series, but I unfortunately had to DNF this one… and on page 21 no less… I know what you might think, so let me explain… this series as a whole is one of my all time favourites… but even when I read them originally quite a few years ago, I remembered this one as my least favourite and my vast dislike for Talin as the heroine… and I was very vividly reminded about all those feelings when I read the first two chapters (18 pages) so I decided to take a short break from it… cause I was very determined not to skip any book… I figured I can always skim through some parts of certain books if I really don’t like them… but days has been passing me by and I had no urge to pick it back up… not even a little bit… and then my sister started to convince me to just DNF it if it bothers me that much… why should I read a book I so clearly do not enjoy? after I finally picked it back up and read those few additional pages I realized… why indeed? the majority time I read, it’s for pleasure (aside from few exceptions when I want to educate myself) so why the hell would I continue to read a book that makes me mad as fuck? I decided it’s a valid point and promptly decided to DNF it :) so yep, I am giving it 2 stars even though I reread this time only 21 pages, but it’s just… really not my cup of tea… I remember enough details about the main characters and how their romance goes to know that 2 stars are generous and if I would push through and force myself to actually read it, it might be even lower… if you love this book, I’m really happy for you :) but I am moving on to later installments :)
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April 20, 2020
3 Light Stars
I remember loving this when I first read and re-read this years ago, hence why I have the paperback, this time around I enjoyed it but I didn't love it. I may re-read it at some point in the distant future but unlike other books in the series my fingers won't be twitching to pick it up too quickly. The main characters (Clay and Tally) didn't engage me like I had hoped, like I expected them to.
That being said there were moments that charmed me and had me smiling in delight.
I remember loving this when I first read and re-read this years ago, hence why I have the paperback, this time around I enjoyed it but I didn't love it. I may re-read it at some point in the distant future but unlike other books in the series my fingers won't be twitching to pick it up too quickly. The main characters (Clay and Tally) didn't engage me like I had hoped, like I expected them to.
That being said there were moments that charmed me and had me smiling in delight.
April 17, 2012
Napa Valley, California
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★★★★☆ (This is a review of the audiobook.) Sometimes I think listeners of audiobooks have a distinct advantage over readers of hardcopy. If they are well narrated and well directed, as this one is, they can bring to life what the author intended, as tone, inflection, and reaction between characters and how they dialogue is so vital. Such is the case in the fourth installment of Ms. Singh’s Psy-changeling series, which is read by Angela Dawe. She does an awesome job on this one and it is no surprise she is a finalist this year for her narration in another audiobook (The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic) by the Audio Publishers Association’s: the prestigious Audiobook of the Year and Distinguished Achievement in Production Award.
In Mine to Possess Clay and Talin have a quite a past. He killed for her; she vomits at the mere thought of violence. He is violence personified; she faked her death to avoid him. Several readers are not too fond of Talin, the heroine in Mine to Possess, and think she owed Clay a little more groveling time. Be aware, I tend to sympathize with my heroines more than other readers, so I found my heart breaking over Talin’s abusive past. For me, these are two equally tortured individuals who separate and come together again through violence. I like seeing Clay and Talin recalling their former childhood relationship, while warily getting to know each other as adults. That said, I must admit that by more than half way through I was ready to jump into the pages of this one and straighten these two protagonists out. Enough flip-flopping, suspicion, and self-doubt already!
Still, Ms. Singh is an excellent writer. I love the way she can turn a phrase to make me gasp, hold my breath, cringe, laugh, and sigh. She knows her characters and lets us get to know them. Others individuals – from past and future books – are presented seamlessly into the storyline, not just thrown in to appease fans. You want to know what makes her wicked evildoers tick and her ferocious heroes protect. Her world building is convincing, intriguing, and – more important – consistent. Her sensual scenes have a palpable chemistry that is there because she sets up her characters so perfectly. Plus, she is great at creating a sense of foreboding; while each installment in this series gives us a little satisfaction, it dishes out a little more dark mystery that is an integral part of her magical Psy-Changeling World.
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★★★★☆ (This is a review of the audiobook.) Sometimes I think listeners of audiobooks have a distinct advantage over readers of hardcopy. If they are well narrated and well directed, as this one is, they can bring to life what the author intended, as tone, inflection, and reaction between characters and how they dialogue is so vital. Such is the case in the fourth installment of Ms. Singh’s Psy-changeling series, which is read by Angela Dawe. She does an awesome job on this one and it is no surprise she is a finalist this year for her narration in another audiobook (The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic) by the Audio Publishers Association’s: the prestigious Audiobook of the Year and Distinguished Achievement in Production Award.
In Mine to Possess Clay and Talin have a quite a past. He killed for her; she vomits at the mere thought of violence. He is violence personified; she faked her death to avoid him. Several readers are not too fond of Talin, the heroine in Mine to Possess, and think she owed Clay a little more groveling time. Be aware, I tend to sympathize with my heroines more than other readers, so I found my heart breaking over Talin’s abusive past. For me, these are two equally tortured individuals who separate and come together again through violence. I like seeing Clay and Talin recalling their former childhood relationship, while warily getting to know each other as adults. That said, I must admit that by more than half way through I was ready to jump into the pages of this one and straighten these two protagonists out. Enough flip-flopping, suspicion, and self-doubt already!
Still, Ms. Singh is an excellent writer. I love the way she can turn a phrase to make me gasp, hold my breath, cringe, laugh, and sigh. She knows her characters and lets us get to know them. Others individuals – from past and future books – are presented seamlessly into the storyline, not just thrown in to appease fans. You want to know what makes her wicked evildoers tick and her ferocious heroes protect. Her world building is convincing, intriguing, and – more important – consistent. Her sensual scenes have a palpable chemistry that is there because she sets up her characters so perfectly. Plus, she is great at creating a sense of foreboding; while each installment in this series gives us a little satisfaction, it dishes out a little more dark mystery that is an integral part of her magical Psy-Changeling World.
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February 7, 2011
I have no idea why it took me this long to discover this series! I am such an idiot to have not found this sooner! Singh’s Psy-Changeling gets better and better with each book and I am seriously at a loss for words!
First off, Talin is my FAVOURITE HEROINE IN THE SERIES! I absolutely adore her! She’s a human, but she has as much bite as the other Psy girls and Brenna. Her past is a dark one and it has haunted her to this day. I will admit, I did tear up as I read some of the things that happened to her. I loved the fact that Talin and Clay were childhood friends. It shows the depth of their relationship and Clay’s actions to protect her make a great basis for a blooming romance.
I will admit, I didn’t like Clay in Visions of Heat. He was a total asshole to Faith, but we see why in this book. She reminded him of Tally and how they parted on bad terms. Although he is still the brooding kind of guy, I loved his playful side and seriously fell in love with him just as Talin did. Together, Clay and Talin are my favourite couple so far!
The introduction of Max Shannon was great and I’m really looking forward to reading more about his character! Also, I can already tell that something is going to happen with Aleine and Dorian, am I right? I already like her. The fact that she gave up Jon and Noor shows that she’s got a heart. But WHY DO THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO GO FOR THE CHILDREN!? That infuriates me like nothing else!
When I found out that Tally was dying, my heart broke. Hasn’t she endured enough? Yet she was still strong and managed to keep herself together for Jon’s sake. At the end, they found a “cure” and I just kept thinking that no one else deserved to live more than Tally. Her life has been a mess, but with Clay, she has found another chance at life.
Nalini writes beautifully and already I am dying for the next book! Bring it on, Dorian!
Favourite Quote:
She smiled, patted his arm. “Oh, Clay darling, if you had told me you were feeling irritated because your...problems, I wouldn’t have made a fuss.” She knew very well the changelings around her could hear every whispered word.
“Tally,” It was a warning growl.
“I mean it must be embarrassing for you...being that you’re such a big man.” Her tone implied all sorts of things. “Last night was an aberration, I’m sure. And if not, there are always the pills.”
Gasps sounded up and down the corridor.
Clay’s eyes blazed hot. “I’m going to show you aberration, you brat.” He turned and glared at their audience, as if memorizing every single face.
Suddenly, everyone had somewhere else to be. Only when he’d intimidated the corridor clear did he turn back to her. “I bet you think you’re funny.”
She grinned. “Yep.”
“I hope you still think that when I’m proving to you just how big I am.”
Her eyes dropped involuntarily to his pants and she realized she might have pushed him a tad too far.
“Now, Clay...”
Pressing his body against hers, he hugged her to him with one arm and bent to speak with his lips against her ear. “Now, Tally,” he mimicked.
“Bully.”
“Brat.”
First off, Talin is my FAVOURITE HEROINE IN THE SERIES! I absolutely adore her! She’s a human, but she has as much bite as the other Psy girls and Brenna. Her past is a dark one and it has haunted her to this day. I will admit, I did tear up as I read some of the things that happened to her. I loved the fact that Talin and Clay were childhood friends. It shows the depth of their relationship and Clay’s actions to protect her make a great basis for a blooming romance.
I will admit, I didn’t like Clay in Visions of Heat. He was a total asshole to Faith, but we see why in this book. She reminded him of Tally and how they parted on bad terms. Although he is still the brooding kind of guy, I loved his playful side and seriously fell in love with him just as Talin did. Together, Clay and Talin are my favourite couple so far!
The introduction of Max Shannon was great and I’m really looking forward to reading more about his character! Also, I can already tell that something is going to happen with Aleine and Dorian, am I right? I already like her. The fact that she gave up Jon and Noor shows that she’s got a heart. But WHY DO THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO GO FOR THE CHILDREN!? That infuriates me like nothing else!
When I found out that Tally was dying, my heart broke. Hasn’t she endured enough? Yet she was still strong and managed to keep herself together for Jon’s sake. At the end, they found a “cure” and I just kept thinking that no one else deserved to live more than Tally. Her life has been a mess, but with Clay, she has found another chance at life.
Nalini writes beautifully and already I am dying for the next book! Bring it on, Dorian!
Favourite Quote:
She smiled, patted his arm. “Oh, Clay darling, if you had told me you were feeling irritated because your...problems, I wouldn’t have made a fuss.” She knew very well the changelings around her could hear every whispered word.
“Tally,” It was a warning growl.
“I mean it must be embarrassing for you...being that you’re such a big man.” Her tone implied all sorts of things. “Last night was an aberration, I’m sure. And if not, there are always the pills.”
Gasps sounded up and down the corridor.
Clay’s eyes blazed hot. “I’m going to show you aberration, you brat.” He turned and glared at their audience, as if memorizing every single face.
Suddenly, everyone had somewhere else to be. Only when he’d intimidated the corridor clear did he turn back to her. “I bet you think you’re funny.”
She grinned. “Yep.”
“I hope you still think that when I’m proving to you just how big I am.”
Her eyes dropped involuntarily to his pants and she realized she might have pushed him a tad too far.
“Now, Clay...”
Pressing his body against hers, he hugged her to him with one arm and bent to speak with his lips against her ear. “Now, Tally,” he mimicked.
“Bully.”
“Brat.”
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 10, 2018
Este es el cuarto libro de la serie Psy/Changeling y tiene como protagonistas a Clay un cambiantes y Talin una humana, este libro no se me hacía tan interesante para leer pero como no me gusta saltarme ningún libro tuve que hacer el sacrificio, además que venía de un libro que amé.
La historia puede que tuviera potencial pero la protagonista no me gustó nada desde el primer momento que abrió la boca la repudié tal es cosa mía pero no pude con ella era tan contradictoria en un momento se hacía la victima culpando a Clay y teniéndole miedo y en otro ella se sentía culpable por el daño que le hizo, en un momento era tímida y luego era toda una chica valiente la sentí egoísta e inmadura. Tuvo una infancia muy fea su padrastro abusaba de ella siendo una niña pero aun así no pude conectar con ella no sentí su dolor y sufrimiento y fue por todo lo anterior.
La historia de Clay y Talin no me interesó nada es más sus escenas juntos las leí en diagonal, pero la historia de misterio e intriga que los envuelve es la que vale la pena leer este libro y que no te la saltes además que me hizo que entrara unas ganas tremendas por seguir continuando la serie.
La historia puede que tuviera potencial pero la protagonista no me gustó nada desde el primer momento que abrió la boca la repudié tal es cosa mía pero no pude con ella era tan contradictoria en un momento se hacía la victima culpando a Clay y teniéndole miedo y en otro ella se sentía culpable por el daño que le hizo, en un momento era tímida y luego era toda una chica valiente la sentí egoísta e inmadura. Tuvo una infancia muy fea su padrastro abusaba de ella siendo una niña pero aun así no pude conectar con ella no sentí su dolor y sufrimiento y fue por todo lo anterior.
La historia de Clay y Talin no me interesó nada es más sus escenas juntos las leí en diagonal, pero la historia de misterio e intriga que los envuelve es la que vale la pena leer este libro y que no te la saltes además que me hizo que entrara unas ganas tremendas por seguir continuando la serie.
September 16, 2016
Talin works with disadvantaged children – homeless, troubled and in trouble. And several have gone missing and the only thing she can think to do to help them is confront a horror from her past
Clay, the wereleopard and desperate reminder of a terrible past she’d left behind and a moment of terrifying bloodshed that still stains her memories
Clay can’t believe the woman he long thought dead is still alive, but he can hardly reconcile the fact she left him for so long nor can he bring himself to let her go again.
I continue to love the world building of this series – the Psy and the Changelings, the Psy’s society’s desperate struggles as they face conflict and threats on all sides against the council; whose loosening grip increasingly shows the flaws in Silence while at the same time we still see how dependent the Psy are on it. I love how we’re seeing Psy both shape the netmind and be shaped by it
I love the history of Silence and the existence of the Forgotten which is so excellently filled out and developed to create a very real society with so many possible storylines and characters arising out of it.
I really like that we’re beginning to look at humanity as well – after all here we have people with no powers, no strength, clearly the victims of society. They’re even called the “worker bees” and often forgotten. But Talin embraces this label – and we several mentions of how the humans are supposed to be the glue that holds their society together
And now we have emerging hints of what the races are like when they come together
All of this is excellently explored with the ongoing story of the Psy, Talin desperately hunting for missing children with extra bonus insight into Ashaya, another Psy facing the Council while still being Psy – not an outsider like Sasha or Faith. She’s still Psy, she’s still Silent – but she still fights the Council. A Psy doesn’t have to be none-Psy to oppose the Council or what the Psy have become.
One thing that was powerful was Talin’s living with trauma – as someone who suffered abuse as a child. She is vulnerable, fragile and in considerable pain – and often very very afraid. Yet, despite these vulnerabilities, she’s still an active participant in the story. She isn’t shelved, she isn’t dragged along behind the others, she doesn’t cower and not have an opinion or input. She can have fun, she can engage in banter, she can be snarky and she can stand up for herself. Just because she’s vulnerable doesn’t mean she is presented as being an object to be placed in the corner and acted on. The whole plot of this book begins with her facing those fears and working, fighting despite them
But she is hurting, from her fear, her recitation of her childhood (with a foster family that was both loving but not a magic bullet), how she embraced sex as a method of self harm, how she is desperately afraid of Clay, even though he saved her, because of the extreme violence she witnessed as a child.
Alas, though, this is a romance. And, like the previous books in this series, it’s a romance that makes me cringe. Can we not have a romantic lead that makes me think “kill it! Kill it with fire!”
So, our leading lady is Talin, a human woman and she is deeply traumatised by a terrible past, thinks she’s dying and is utterly terrified and fragile and needs Clay (our leading man) to help heal her, strengthen her and have her trust enough to feel love again
Ugh. Look I’m not saying Talin’s trauma is bad, as I’ve already said it isn’t. But this is the fourth book and in every book we have either a) a female Psy who is imploding and being destroyed and needs the love of a good man to heal/save her or b) a traumatised changeling/human woman who has been horrifically abused and needs the love of a good man to heal/save her. Gods preserve me from this litany of delicate, fragile broken women and the magical healing cocks that pull them back from the edge.
The pattern for “healing” is also depressingly similar – involving completely ignoring the woman’s wishes, her agency and her barriers (while smelling how horny she is so it totally makes it ok to ignore her agency, honest) until she cracks and we discover the man was right all along. Talin isn’t a Psy but she is terrified of Clay from the very beginning after seeing him brutally murder her abuser as a child. She also has major issues about sex due to her past and doesn’t want to enter a sexual relationship with Clay. After much prodding she accepts him as a friend and that friend’s touch. And his instant come back? Friends also kiss (yeah? I don’t recall Clay, Dorian, Nathan or Lucas kissing, and they’re very good friends) and he thinks about how he’s going to keep pushing against her boundaries to until she has sex with him. He views any “no”, any resistance on her part as a temporary thing he just has to work at. Which is just like Lucas, just like Vaughn and it’s awful. You do not heal a trauma survive by pushing her boundaries and pushing her into sex. This is not healthy.
On top of this we have a whole lot of sex shaming of Talin because she self-harmed with promiscuous sex. And, as I mentioned, yes it’s not a bad depiction of a traumatised person. But the main reason this is used in this book is so that Clay can be utterly furious that she dared “sell herself cheaply”. Not only is this grossly sex shaming and heaping shame on a victim to boot – but he’s a Changeling! We’ve just spent the last 3 books commenting on the fact that Changeings have a very open culture when it comes to sex! What is this? Why is it here?
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Clay, the wereleopard and desperate reminder of a terrible past she’d left behind and a moment of terrifying bloodshed that still stains her memories
Clay can’t believe the woman he long thought dead is still alive, but he can hardly reconcile the fact she left him for so long nor can he bring himself to let her go again.
I continue to love the world building of this series – the Psy and the Changelings, the Psy’s society’s desperate struggles as they face conflict and threats on all sides against the council; whose loosening grip increasingly shows the flaws in Silence while at the same time we still see how dependent the Psy are on it. I love how we’re seeing Psy both shape the netmind and be shaped by it
I love the history of Silence and the existence of the Forgotten which is so excellently filled out and developed to create a very real society with so many possible storylines and characters arising out of it.
I really like that we’re beginning to look at humanity as well – after all here we have people with no powers, no strength, clearly the victims of society. They’re even called the “worker bees” and often forgotten. But Talin embraces this label – and we several mentions of how the humans are supposed to be the glue that holds their society together
And now we have emerging hints of what the races are like when they come together
All of this is excellently explored with the ongoing story of the Psy, Talin desperately hunting for missing children with extra bonus insight into Ashaya, another Psy facing the Council while still being Psy – not an outsider like Sasha or Faith. She’s still Psy, she’s still Silent – but she still fights the Council. A Psy doesn’t have to be none-Psy to oppose the Council or what the Psy have become.
One thing that was powerful was Talin’s living with trauma – as someone who suffered abuse as a child. She is vulnerable, fragile and in considerable pain – and often very very afraid. Yet, despite these vulnerabilities, she’s still an active participant in the story. She isn’t shelved, she isn’t dragged along behind the others, she doesn’t cower and not have an opinion or input. She can have fun, she can engage in banter, she can be snarky and she can stand up for herself. Just because she’s vulnerable doesn’t mean she is presented as being an object to be placed in the corner and acted on. The whole plot of this book begins with her facing those fears and working, fighting despite them
But she is hurting, from her fear, her recitation of her childhood (with a foster family that was both loving but not a magic bullet), how she embraced sex as a method of self harm, how she is desperately afraid of Clay, even though he saved her, because of the extreme violence she witnessed as a child.
Alas, though, this is a romance. And, like the previous books in this series, it’s a romance that makes me cringe. Can we not have a romantic lead that makes me think “kill it! Kill it with fire!”
So, our leading lady is Talin, a human woman and she is deeply traumatised by a terrible past, thinks she’s dying and is utterly terrified and fragile and needs Clay (our leading man) to help heal her, strengthen her and have her trust enough to feel love again
Ugh. Look I’m not saying Talin’s trauma is bad, as I’ve already said it isn’t. But this is the fourth book and in every book we have either a) a female Psy who is imploding and being destroyed and needs the love of a good man to heal/save her or b) a traumatised changeling/human woman who has been horrifically abused and needs the love of a good man to heal/save her. Gods preserve me from this litany of delicate, fragile broken women and the magical healing cocks that pull them back from the edge.
The pattern for “healing” is also depressingly similar – involving completely ignoring the woman’s wishes, her agency and her barriers (while smelling how horny she is so it totally makes it ok to ignore her agency, honest) until she cracks and we discover the man was right all along. Talin isn’t a Psy but she is terrified of Clay from the very beginning after seeing him brutally murder her abuser as a child. She also has major issues about sex due to her past and doesn’t want to enter a sexual relationship with Clay. After much prodding she accepts him as a friend and that friend’s touch. And his instant come back? Friends also kiss (yeah? I don’t recall Clay, Dorian, Nathan or Lucas kissing, and they’re very good friends) and he thinks about how he’s going to keep pushing against her boundaries to until she has sex with him. He views any “no”, any resistance on her part as a temporary thing he just has to work at. Which is just like Lucas, just like Vaughn and it’s awful. You do not heal a trauma survive by pushing her boundaries and pushing her into sex. This is not healthy.
On top of this we have a whole lot of sex shaming of Talin because she self-harmed with promiscuous sex. And, as I mentioned, yes it’s not a bad depiction of a traumatised person. But the main reason this is used in this book is so that Clay can be utterly furious that she dared “sell herself cheaply”. Not only is this grossly sex shaming and heaping shame on a victim to boot – but he’s a Changeling! We’ve just spent the last 3 books commenting on the fact that Changeings have a very open culture when it comes to sex! What is this? Why is it here?
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May 7, 2021
Re-read time. I'm a little behind in the Books of my Heart read along but I will catch up. I totally didn't remember most of this one. It was okay Tally drove me a little crazy since she has little to no self worth, which make sense for her past but was frustrating. Still once Clay came around I could see how they are good for each other.
3.5 Stars
“Some wounds should be healed, no matter how much time has passed or how much time is left.”
Tally and Clay are both extremely broken by their past. As children they played together and were best friends and fiercely protective of one another. Clay protected Tally from her abusive step-father and ended up in Juvie until he was 18. He thought she was dead, she thought it would be for the best, but they were both wrong. Now maybe they can find a way back to each other while trying to find one of the kids Tally has sworn to protect.
All of the books in the series have had the same or a very similar undercurrent to them between the couples. It is a bit formulaic one of the members of the couple has a sever aversion to intimacy of some sort and the other breaks through the boundaries. While I liked the different take on the abuse storyline and how much it took to break through that you are still pretty sure of the HEA at the end.
“Are you planning to divest me of my virtue? I’ll even ask nice.”
I very much like the background storyline currently happening with the Ghost and the council. I really want to know what is going on in the Psy-net and a few of the characters have become rather intriguing to the overall story arc.
I really enjoy these but I’m hoping for something a little different in some of the upcoming novels.
3.5 Stars
“Some wounds should be healed, no matter how much time has passed or how much time is left.”
Tally and Clay are both extremely broken by their past. As children they played together and were best friends and fiercely protective of one another. Clay protected Tally from her abusive step-father and ended up in Juvie until he was 18. He thought she was dead, she thought it would be for the best, but they were both wrong. Now maybe they can find a way back to each other while trying to find one of the kids Tally has sworn to protect.
All of the books in the series have had the same or a very similar undercurrent to them between the couples. It is a bit formulaic one of the members of the couple has a sever aversion to intimacy of some sort and the other breaks through the boundaries. While I liked the different take on the abuse storyline and how much it took to break through that you are still pretty sure of the HEA at the end.
“Are you planning to divest me of my virtue? I’ll even ask nice.”
I very much like the background storyline currently happening with the Ghost and the council. I really want to know what is going on in the Psy-net and a few of the characters have become rather intriguing to the overall story arc.
I really enjoy these but I’m hoping for something a little different in some of the upcoming novels.
March 25, 2011
The background plot was the only thing that saved this book. I had no patience for the heroine despite the fact that the author attempts to give her a background that will not only explain the character's actions and the way she treats others, but also tries to paint her in a sympathetic light. For me, it failed completely.
Psychologically, I can understand the attempt by the author to choose to make Talin, the heroine, act the way she does because of her past. And by act the way she does, I mean that Talin holds herself at a distance and has a hard time trusting others, which, again, I can understand taking the approach of past childhood abuse. However, the rest of her personality, the manipulative, self-centered, and combative part, makes the reader distance themselves from the character and begin to wonder why they should even care about a happily ever after for dear Talin. Additionally, I found the interaction and dialogue between Talin and Clay to be the weakest of the series, but part of that could be due to my severe disinterest in Talin.
As I said before, the background plot was what kept me going in this book. That and the promise that there were other, better, books to be read in the series once I crawled my way through Talin and her manipulative ways. You could start to feel all the threads being put in place in the previous book by Nalini Singh, but Mine to Possess is where you can start to see them weave together to help create a fuller and more intriguing world. I look forward to seeing what she does with this universe but please, for all that I can beg, please don't make me suffer through more of Talin. I'm not sure I can do it.
Psychologically, I can understand the attempt by the author to choose to make Talin, the heroine, act the way she does because of her past. And by act the way she does, I mean that Talin holds herself at a distance and has a hard time trusting others, which, again, I can understand taking the approach of past childhood abuse. However, the rest of her personality, the manipulative, self-centered, and combative part, makes the reader distance themselves from the character and begin to wonder why they should even care about a happily ever after for dear Talin. Additionally, I found the interaction and dialogue between Talin and Clay to be the weakest of the series, but part of that could be due to my severe disinterest in Talin.
As I said before, the background plot was what kept me going in this book. That and the promise that there were other, better, books to be read in the series once I crawled my way through Talin and her manipulative ways. You could start to feel all the threads being put in place in the previous book by Nalini Singh, but Mine to Possess is where you can start to see them weave together to help create a fuller and more intriguing world. I look forward to seeing what she does with this universe but please, for all that I can beg, please don't make me suffer through more of Talin. I'm not sure I can do it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 20, 2017
5 stars – Paranormal Romance
This is yet another terrific read and a beautiful romance in the intriguing Psy-Changeling universe and my second favorite of the series so far. I wondered if/how Singh could possibly top Caressed by Ice, and while that’s still my favorite, this one isn’t that far behind and the series just keeps getting better and better. The writing is superb, the characters are fascinating, well developed, and rich, the world building is captivating, and the romance is emotional, intense, and passionate.
This time around, the spotlight is on Changeling DarkRiver sentinel leopard Clay Bennett and his former childhood mate, human Talin McKade. An extreme act of violence years ago drove Clay and Tally apart, but now children are disappearing from the shelter where Tally is a social-worker and she’s determined to enlist Clay’s help. Clay and Tally have both experienced more sorrow, violence, bloodshed, and loss than anyone should ever have to endure and it’s scarred them both. Now that fate has finally brought them back together, can they finally heal from the pain of the past and find a way to be mates, forever?
Singh really knows how to write broken, emotionally battered characters that find healing, peace, and love through bonds with the destined mates of their hearts/souls, and Mine to Possess is another winner with that same theme. The romance between Clay and Tally is an emotional rollercoaster full of deep passion and it tugs the heartstrings. It’s another fabulous read in an extraordinary, top-notch paranormal, sci-fi/fantasy romance series. 5 stars!
This is yet another terrific read and a beautiful romance in the intriguing Psy-Changeling universe and my second favorite of the series so far. I wondered if/how Singh could possibly top Caressed by Ice, and while that’s still my favorite, this one isn’t that far behind and the series just keeps getting better and better. The writing is superb, the characters are fascinating, well developed, and rich, the world building is captivating, and the romance is emotional, intense, and passionate.
This time around, the spotlight is on Changeling DarkRiver sentinel leopard Clay Bennett and his former childhood mate, human Talin McKade. An extreme act of violence years ago drove Clay and Tally apart, but now children are disappearing from the shelter where Tally is a social-worker and she’s determined to enlist Clay’s help. Clay and Tally have both experienced more sorrow, violence, bloodshed, and loss than anyone should ever have to endure and it’s scarred them both. Now that fate has finally brought them back together, can they finally heal from the pain of the past and find a way to be mates, forever?
Singh really knows how to write broken, emotionally battered characters that find healing, peace, and love through bonds with the destined mates of their hearts/souls, and Mine to Possess is another winner with that same theme. The romance between Clay and Tally is an emotional rollercoaster full of deep passion and it tugs the heartstrings. It’s another fabulous read in an extraordinary, top-notch paranormal, sci-fi/fantasy romance series. 5 stars!
December 8, 2014
What an amazing book, as usual. I'm not really surprised anymore. This series turned out to be a great surprise for me. Mine to Possess was an awesome book. I wasn't expecting to love Clay's book that much to be honest, but I did, I loved it.
Clay is a complex character and still a mystery when we start reading his book, that's why I wasn't sure about him at first. But reading his story, his past, his feelings, seeing his love and loyalty for his pack and for Talin... it did it for me. Incredible book, with a great, suspenseful plot.
Why the four stars? I loved the heroine, Talin, as well. She's human, strong, smart and perfect for Clay but she annoyed me at times. I could understand her at first, why she was so reluctant to trust Clay again and then just her hiding things from him but enough is enough. I thought it was just too much and I could have done without all the self-pity on her part.
Apart from that, the book was hot-hot-hot and I loved everything about it!
October 23, 2019
Ok, this has become my new favorite in the series so far. Clay and Talin had me from the very beginning and I couldn’t put this down.
At first they are both kind of cruel to each other. Clay lashing out because of how she hurt him, and Talin because of the trauma she suffered as a child. She comes off pretty weak in the beginning, but the more time she spends with Clay, the stronger she gets.
Despite his anger with her, Clay was very protective and possessive. I wanted to shake Talin for not getting past her fear and insecurities sooner. You could just tell Clay would be good to her because of how much he loved her, and he does prove that.
This will be the couple to beat in the upcoming books.
At first they are both kind of cruel to each other. Clay lashing out because of how she hurt him, and Talin because of the trauma she suffered as a child. She comes off pretty weak in the beginning, but the more time she spends with Clay, the stronger she gets.
Despite his anger with her, Clay was very protective and possessive. I wanted to shake Talin for not getting past her fear and insecurities sooner. You could just tell Clay would be good to her because of how much he loved her, and he does prove that.
This will be the couple to beat in the upcoming books.
May 1, 2021
Somewhere between a 3 and 3.5 stars - I do like the back half of this book significantly more than the first part, but I can't help but find the relationship dynamic of this one quite unsatisfying to my personal tastes. Tally is profoundly traumatized, and Clay just seems to focus on how her trauma inconveniences him. It's a credit to Singh that I am as into them as I am by the end, but this is a tough one for me
January 12, 2017
I freaking loved it. Enough said! :D
May 8, 2020
First read - 23/03/2016 - 30/03/2016 4 ★
Reread - 30/06/2018 - 30/06/2018 4★
I’m so late to the party what a sensational read and series. Once again I’m going to fan girl here if you don’t like it then you can move on. And still the second time round my opinion hasn't changed.
3.5 'Brat & Bully' Stars
Talin Tally McKade and Clay Bennett have known one another for a very long time. They met as children and they had a beautiful friendship. I loved the insight to them and their friendship when they were children. Even back then they were destined to be mates.
“Clay, if anyone followed anyone, it was me tagging along after you. I didn’t dare order you around.”
“Load of shit,” he muttered, but she thought she heard a softening in his tone. “You fucking made me attend tea parties.”
She remembered his threat before the first one: “Tell anyone and I’ll eat you and use your bones as toothpicks.”
Then one fateful night everything changed they were ripped apart in the most horrible way. Clay wanted to protect Tally.
Did I want to like Clay? No. Did I like him? Yes.
Clay is a strong moody, broody man, he has the tall, hot and sinister thing going on and all in all deep down he has a heart of gold. He is on the verge of crossing the line and going rogue that is until a certain someone comes back into his life.
Did I want to like Tally? Yes. Did I like her? Sometimes.
Tally is gifted she is also human and since she has been a child she has had Clay and all in all she never really let him go. She was scared and mad, he sacrificed so much for her and she was being a brat about it. All in all she was an okay heroine, Clay really made up for it but he was being a mean bastard and he was cruel but he was hurt.
Tally works for the Shine Foundation they take in gifted children and give them a future, slight problem, children are being kidnapped and found dead. As Tally works for the foundation and one of her kids is missing she goes to Clay for help. He ends up helping her.
They work their differences out and they have a unique bond like no other.
Any resistance she might’ve harbored to this dangerous, inevitable escalation in their relationship dissolved into a big fat pool at her feet. He was being charming. Clay did not do charm, not for anyone. Except, it seemed, her. She pressed a kiss to his jaw. “Stop being so sexy.”
Through their strong need to protect one another they pushed each other away. And when they are open with one another? And trust one another? Then it is beautiful.
Undeniably, irrevocably his. No matter what she thought or how she’s run from him. Talin had always been, and would always be, his. –Clay-
The man he had grown into – well he enchanted her, brooding temper, dark kisses, animal protectiveness, and all. -Talin-
Not cool Faith, not cool. I liked you, well I still do and she did apologize.
This book was like a chess game, played by the most talented chess players out there. All the pieces came together nicely and none of it was predictable.
Protocol I is having problems as is the council. The weakening of the PsyNet and the sociopaths and psychopaths is getting worse as those feelings have been repressed for a long time, everything is about to crumble. Then there are the Forgotten, brilliant!
The Web of Stars was now feed by the thoughts and dreams of all races. Their world was a triumvirate, and for the first time in a hundred years that triumvirate was complete on a psychic level.
Reread - 30/06/2018 - 30/06/2018 4★
I’m so late to the party what a sensational read and series. Once again I’m going to fan girl here if you don’t like it then you can move on. And still the second time round my opinion hasn't changed.
3.5 'Brat & Bully' Stars
Talin Tally McKade and Clay Bennett have known one another for a very long time. They met as children and they had a beautiful friendship. I loved the insight to them and their friendship when they were children. Even back then they were destined to be mates.
“Clay, if anyone followed anyone, it was me tagging along after you. I didn’t dare order you around.”
“Load of shit,” he muttered, but she thought she heard a softening in his tone. “You fucking made me attend tea parties.”
She remembered his threat before the first one: “Tell anyone and I’ll eat you and use your bones as toothpicks.”
Then one fateful night everything changed they were ripped apart in the most horrible way. Clay wanted to protect Tally.
Did I want to like Clay? No. Did I like him? Yes.
Clay is a strong moody, broody man, he has the tall, hot and sinister thing going on and all in all deep down he has a heart of gold. He is on the verge of crossing the line and going rogue that is until a certain someone comes back into his life.
Did I want to like Tally? Yes. Did I like her? Sometimes.
Tally is gifted she is also human and since she has been a child she has had Clay and all in all she never really let him go. She was scared and mad, he sacrificed so much for her and she was being a brat about it. All in all she was an okay heroine, Clay really made up for it but he was being a mean bastard and he was cruel but he was hurt.
Tally works for the Shine Foundation they take in gifted children and give them a future, slight problem, children are being kidnapped and found dead. As Tally works for the foundation and one of her kids is missing she goes to Clay for help. He ends up helping her.
They work their differences out and they have a unique bond like no other.
Any resistance she might’ve harbored to this dangerous, inevitable escalation in their relationship dissolved into a big fat pool at her feet. He was being charming. Clay did not do charm, not for anyone. Except, it seemed, her. She pressed a kiss to his jaw. “Stop being so sexy.”
Through their strong need to protect one another they pushed each other away. And when they are open with one another? And trust one another? Then it is beautiful.
Undeniably, irrevocably his. No matter what she thought or how she’s run from him. Talin had always been, and would always be, his. –Clay-
The man he had grown into – well he enchanted her, brooding temper, dark kisses, animal protectiveness, and all. -Talin-
Not cool Faith, not cool. I liked you, well I still do and she did apologize.
This book was like a chess game, played by the most talented chess players out there. All the pieces came together nicely and none of it was predictable.
Protocol I is having problems as is the council. The weakening of the PsyNet and the sociopaths and psychopaths is getting worse as those feelings have been repressed for a long time, everything is about to crumble. Then there are the Forgotten, brilliant!
The Web of Stars was now feed by the thoughts and dreams of all races. Their world was a triumvirate, and for the first time in a hundred years that triumvirate was complete on a psychic level.
December 2, 2020
I love this story. The fact Talin is human only makes it even more extraordinary. It's easier to make changelings and Psy intriguing.
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There could be spoilers here.
This is one of those books people either hate or love.
Some people seem to hate Talin. They see her as weak. It seems to them that she betrayed Clay because she hid from him, let him think she is dead. Now she needs help and Clay is the one to do it.
I kind of understand the frustration. I see their point. Me, I don't see Talin like that. She was sexually abused when she was only a toddler and it continued till she was eight. The guy was her foster parent and a serial killer. Clay was the one to kill him. The state took her away, placed her with a nice family and she let Clay think she is dead.
I've read quite a few comments saying she betrayed him and each and every one are written as if they are referring to a freaking adult. She was eight years old! The moment Clay realises just how much pain she is in is one of the most heartbreaking moments I've ever read.
So, yes, I do feel sorry for him for being left behind. Everyone seems to forget a very important detail that Talin did not tell the authorities that the abuser begged Clay for his life. That 'tiny' detail would have landed Clay in more trouble. Such as they were, Clay's actions were seen as a defence.
Talin is back and she pretty much annoys a lot of readers with her behaviour. I see it as a coping mechanism. She is the one who is alone now.
I love that finally, this is about a human-changeling relationship. I see Talin as strong even with her flaws. You do not get over the things you have seen and experienced and act as if nothing happened.
January 17, 2019
Very angsty, but I am still enjoying myself immensely with this series.
March 12, 2018
I liked this one, but not as much as the rest of the series so far. I wasn't a huge fan of Clay or Tally, so that probably marred my reaction a bit. But it progressed the main storyline along nicely, so that was entertaining. :)
November 6, 2016
A very good addition to the Psy/Changeling series, Mine to Possess was a great read that just underlined this series as one of the best in my "read" list 
Clay and Tally knew each other since they were kids, and their bond was created through friendship, and later through Clay's act of protectiveness, him killing her foster father and saving her from further abuse and eventually death by the sick idiot.
Tally witnessed the murder and was mentally scarred by it, and eventually became terrified by Clay himself.
After 20 years, Clay thinks Tally's dead, untill one night she appears and asks him a favour.
Their relationship was difficult from the start, Tally was terrified of him, and he was furious because of that. Even though Clay knew they were meant to be together, he still couldn't forgive her for faking her death and making him believe she was dead for so many years. Tally was still affraid of him, but most of all, she couldn't forgive him for leaving her alone after that terrible night (he went to jail) so they were up and down then down and up all the time XDXD
The story was good, like always, love the world the author created, even the bad guys are interesting and I love reading their plots and how it all ends :)
4 stars all in all, it was just that something was missing in their relationship, the constant "does he love me, we can't be together, did she forgive me, did he forgive me, why aren't we mated, I want to be mated, we're mated but she doesn't know it" and stuff like that
The subplot in this one was about Ashaya Aleine
it got me hooked, looks like her book is going to be great
Clay and Tally knew each other since they were kids, and their bond was created through friendship, and later through Clay's act of protectiveness, him killing her foster father and saving her from further abuse and eventually death by the sick idiot.
Tally witnessed the murder and was mentally scarred by it, and eventually became terrified by Clay himself.
After 20 years, Clay thinks Tally's dead, untill one night she appears and asks him a favour.
Their relationship was difficult from the start, Tally was terrified of him, and he was furious because of that. Even though Clay knew they were meant to be together, he still couldn't forgive her for faking her death and making him believe she was dead for so many years. Tally was still affraid of him, but most of all, she couldn't forgive him for leaving her alone after that terrible night (he went to jail) so they were up and down then down and up all the time XDXD
The story was good, like always, love the world the author created, even the bad guys are interesting and I love reading their plots and how it all ends :)
4 stars all in all, it was just that something was missing in their relationship, the constant "does he love me, we can't be together, did she forgive me, did he forgive me, why aren't we mated, I want to be mated, we're mated but she doesn't know it" and stuff like that
The subplot in this one was about Ashaya Aleine
it got me hooked, looks like her book is going to be great
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