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Slave to Sensation (Psy-Changeling, #1)

Nalini Singh

Start date: January 1, 2012

Finish date: January 31, 2012

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Why we're reading this: Part of our group series re-read in prep for the 2012 release of "Tangle of Need". See "Re-read the Psy-C…more
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Jan 25, 2015 Daffodil rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Multiple rereads and I still love this book!

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Sep 04, 2012 Chelsea rated it really liked it

Shelves: uf-pnr, suggested-series-firsts, weres, smexy

This review was originally posted at Vampire Book Club.

Can someone please tell me why I didn’t start this series sooner? As a fan of the sexy/dangerous mixture of Nalini Singh’s Guild Hunter series, I should have known she’d offer a one, two punch in a straightforward paranormal romance.

Slave to Sensation has a mental game of cat and mouse, shifters who are all about “skin privileges” and completely enthralling sex scenes. Really, Slave to Sensation in one word is enthralling.

The romance is head This review was originally posted at Vampire Book Club.

Can someone please tell me why I didn’t start this series sooner? As a fan of the sexy/dangerous mixture of Nalini Singh’s Guild Hunter series, I should have known she’d offer a one, two punch in a straightforward paranormal romance.

Slave to Sensation has a mental game of cat and mouse, shifters who are all about “skin privileges” and completely enthralling sex scenes. Really, Slave to Sensation in one word is enthralling.

The romance is heady. Lucas and Sascha fall into the enemies to lovers trope, but it’s more than that. They agree to work together on a business deal, both with ulterior motives. Sascha is a Psy. Her emotions are supposed to not exist. She is supposed to be clinical, detached and logical. (Kind of like Vulcans.) This makes her kind the opposite of everything the changelings value. Changelings, or shifters, are about nature and emotion. The best example of the difference is not that Psys avoid touch, but that they’d prefer to use science to make children instead of doing things the—ahem—old-fashioned way.

Here’s the thing, though. Sascha isn’t a normal Psy. She feels and it takes constant effort to keep up mental walls, to make sure no one knows. The consequences for feeling in her world are worse than death. Only Lucas makes her feel. He makes her question what she knows about her own kind. He makes her want something more, even if it only lasts a few days.

Singh was smart in the way she brought these two together. Sascha is so cerebral and so scared of anyone finding out the truth, she starts to open to Lucas in shared dreams. Dirty dreams where she tests the waters, imagines what it would be like to touch someone, to be touched back. It’s these baby steps that make her reactions to her first real kiss with Lucas feel genuine. We get pulled through their love story with growing tension that makes putting the book down near impossible.

While I clearly devoured this book, I wasn’t immune to some of the obvious points in the plot. Maybe I read too many angst-filled novels, but I felt like the big conflicts toward the end of the novel could have been harder on them both. I expected things to fall apart and have to be repaired, and it didn’t ever get that bad. That said, the characters were engaging and the writing super sexy.

I may have immediately downloaded Visions of Heat (Psy/Changeling #2) after finishing Slave to Sensation. The romance will keep me coming back to Psy/Changling again and again.

Sexual content: Graphic sex ...more

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Feb 15, 2011 Christine rated it it was amazing

I really liked this book, it was very fun to read.

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May 02, 2011 Tania Rock rated it really liked it

Shelves: recommended, part-of-series, itunes

I was really looking forward to this series after reading such great reviews. The book focuses on an interesting premise; there are 2 interesting types of characters, the "Psy" - who are taught from an early age to suppress their emotions. The Psy do not feel rage, nor are they violent. They are in absolute control of their emotions and are known to have enhanced mental capabilities such as telepathy, foresight, telekinesis, and psychometry. The second types are "changelings", able to shift from ...more

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Sep 09, 2012 Nichole ~~The Grey Lady~~ rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorites, read-2012

I had been hearing a lot about this series. I read the description and my first reaction was that the premise sounded kind of dumb. Especially since I am more of an urban fantasy fan as opposed to the paranormal romance. So I didn't read it. But I still kept hearing people talk about it and finally I decided to pick it up.

That's when I realized I had forgotten the cardinal rule of reading, which is that a good storyteller can make anything good. When I started reading, I was immediately hooked ...more

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Mar 12, 2018 Melissa Davis rated it really liked it

Shelves: r16-bsb-pick

This one has been on my TBR for such a long time ... I have no idea what I was waiting for! I thought that the world was really interesting and I am excited to see what the repercussions are from the big finish. I guessed who the bad guy was early on which was kind of a bummer but overall, I was impressed. The dynamics between the different groups seem so volatile; I will definitely be picking up book 2 to see how things progress.

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Jul 31, 2011 Anna rated it liked it

Shelves: paranormal-romance

I think it was a good book, and a good beginning to the series but it still had a few moments that werent that excellent. Looking forward to continuing on in the series though.

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