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Slave to Sensation (Psy-Changeling, #1)

Nalini Singh

Start date: January 1, 2012

Finish date: January 31, 2012

Discussion: Challenges: What's the Rush

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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Dec 11, 2010 AH rated it really liked it

Shelves: alpha-males, shifters, sos-bookshelf-bingo, paranormal, romance, own, first-in-series, zzread-sept-2011

This was a really cool book. What an intriguing world. In this world, people with Psy powers 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, logical. The Psy are known to have enhanced mental capabilities such as telepathy, foresight, telekinesis, and psychometry.

This world also includes changelings. The Darkriver Leopard Pack is led by Lucas Hunter. The other changeling pack in the area This was a really cool book. What an intriguing world. In this world, people with Psy powers 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, logical. The Psy are known to have enhanced mental capabilities such as telepathy, foresight, telekinesis, and psychometry.

This world also includes changelings. The Darkriver Leopard Pack is led by Lucas Hunter. The other changeling pack in the area is the Snow Dancers, wolf changelings.

The Psy do not mix with the changelings but Sascha Duncan is given the opportunity to work with Lucas Hunter on a construction project. She is given this assignment so that she can learn more about the changelings. Sascha is a little bit of an oddball among her kinds. She thinks she is broken and lacks a Psy power.

I must admit that I am kicking myself for not reading this sooner. I was floored by the writing style and I’ve seen that it only gets better. Nalini Singh has an elegant, beautiful writing style. It was so relaxing to kick back and read this book.

There were a few things that stood out for me in this book: The chemistry between Sascha and Lucas. I loved that Lucas’ panther was fascinated by Sascha. I enjoyed the slow buildup to a relationship. The sensation thing was exquisite. It made me want a Lucas of my own….Hot!

“Traveling” the Psy-Net – Cool beyond cool. Sascha was able to use her mind and enter a collective of minds and stored data to glean information. Fascinating.

Changelings accepting Sascha – As changelings and Psy do not normally associate; it was very odd that Sascha would be so readily accepted by the changelings. One of my favorite scenes was the one where the young changeling cubs were playfully chewing on Sascha’s shoes. Priceless.

Of course, there was a great story. Changelings are being kidnapped and killed. I was able to guess who the bad guy was, but it was a fun read nonetheless.

Off to find myself a copy of the next book Visions of Heat.

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May 21, 2010 Francesca the Fierce (Under the Covers Book Blog) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-read-2011, read-audio-books, werewolves-shifters, books-read-2010, genre-paranormal-romance, i-had-to-read-again

2011 Re-Read

There are no words to describe how sexy Lucas Hunter is. But he's not the only thing I loved about this book.

I absolutely loved the world of the changelings, psy and humans. Such an elaborate world, where the psy are not supposed to feel and are genetically modified to achieve this, through a protocol called Silence. Of course psy also have special powers, and are classified accordingly. Changelings on the other hand are shifters. And they are some of the best written shifters out th ...more

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Apr 03, 2010 Lili rated it it was amazing

Excellent start for a series!
I can't wait to read the next book.
It's sexy, funny and the plot is quite interesting. ...more

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May 20, 2010 Wenj rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-2010

Wow. This book was really good. It was the antithesis of 'Brave New World' (one of my favorites) in that it was all about the loss of feeling and emotion, of pleasure and love.

The characters are extremely well written and the plot is fast moving and interesting. The sex is relevant to the story and helps to reveal the development of the characters and the relationship that forms. It is unique and highly enjoyable that it should be such a monumental piece of the story which helps propel the story ...more

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Sep 18, 2010 Wan rated it really liked it

Shelves: dangerous-hero, shape-shifters, psychic

Definitely a solid 4 stars. Love it. A passive ice-cold Psy and a passionate Alpha Panther-shifter, can't they be any different? I always love the opposite attracts story. The possessiveness and the protectiveness Lucus over Sascha jumped of the page. I could totally feel it. And ..ahh..the dreaming rendezvous were---wait for it--- hot. The book’s just become one of my favorite series. I can’t wait to read the next book. ...more

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Dec 12, 2010 Mariya rated it did not like it

Shelves: pnr-romance, shifters

**ON HOLD**
So I am 40% through Slave to Sensation and I want to finish this b/c I hear that it gets better as you read more so I think I will just put it on hold right n ow and hopefully finish it after I read some January releases. It is just really hard for me to read it right now with other books I am craving to read more. Hopefully when I get back to it I will be more in the mood to read it.

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