Mine to Possess - Nalini Singh
Mine to Possess
Nalini Singh
Berkley Sensation
Paranormal Romance
Note: This is the fourth volume in this series, following SLAVE TO SENSATION, VISIONS OF HEAT, and CARESSED BY ICE. This review contains no spoilers, really, but in this particular case I think readers would be much better off starting at the beginning of series.
Clay Bennett has been a member of the DarkRiver pack for many years. Although he wasn’t born to the pack, and is, in fact, half human, no one questions his loyalty. But everyone has noticed that he’s a loner; clearly tormented by darkness in his past. That darkness involves Talin (Tally) McKade. When Clay was 14 and Tally was 8, Clay killed her foster father in order to protect her. Because of the extenuating circumstances, he was sent to juvenile detention for several years. As a changeling, he suffered more than most from being confined. When he was released, he was told that Tally had died in a car crash. He’s never gotten over her.
Tally, too, lives with the horror of that night. In a vain attempt to alleviate her fears as a child, Tally agreed to let Clay believe that she died. She lives with that guilt daily. Now she’s an adult, living in San Francisco and working with needy children. Lately, children like this have been disappearing. Some have turned up dead. The authorities treat them as runaways, but Tally knows different. There’s only one person she can trust to help her with this, and to contact him means facing her fears.
Nalini Singh is a master at world building. The world of 2080 presented here is at once familiar and different; complex, but always consistent. This time around, readers see characters that don’t quite fit into the three races of Psy, Changeling, or Human. There are hybrids, and the Psy view them both as a problem and an opportunity. The politics of this world are complex, and very believable. Likewise the relationship between Clay and Tally. It evolves quite naturally as the story progresses. This may be the best, most tightly plotted installment to date, and that’s saying quite a bit. If you’re new to paranormals or this series, start with the first book and settle yourself in for an amazing ride.
Rating: 8
February 2008ISBN# 978-0-425-22016-0 (paperback)
Nalini Singh
Berkley Sensation
Paranormal Romance
Note: This is the fourth volume in this series, following SLAVE TO SENSATION, VISIONS OF HEAT, and CARESSED BY ICE. This review contains no spoilers, really, but in this particular case I think readers would be much better off starting at the beginning of series.
Clay Bennett has been a member of the DarkRiver pack for many years. Although he wasn’t born to the pack, and is, in fact, half human, no one questions his loyalty. But everyone has noticed that he’s a loner; clearly tormented by darkness in his past. That darkness involves Talin (Tally) McKade. When Clay was 14 and Tally was 8, Clay killed her foster father in order to protect her. Because of the extenuating circumstances, he was sent to juvenile detention for several years. As a changeling, he suffered more than most from being confined. When he was released, he was told that Tally had died in a car crash. He’s never gotten over her.
Tally, too, lives with the horror of that night. In a vain attempt to alleviate her fears as a child, Tally agreed to let Clay believe that she died. She lives with that guilt daily. Now she’s an adult, living in San Francisco and working with needy children. Lately, children like this have been disappearing. Some have turned up dead. The authorities treat them as runaways, but Tally knows different. There’s only one person she can trust to help her with this, and to contact him means facing her fears.
Nalini Singh is a master at world building. The world of 2080 presented here is at once familiar and different; complex, but always consistent. This time around, readers see characters that don’t quite fit into the three races of Psy, Changeling, or Human. There are hybrids, and the Psy view them both as a problem and an opportunity. The politics of this world are complex, and very believable. Likewise the relationship between Clay and Tally. It evolves quite naturally as the story progresses. This may be the best, most tightly plotted installment to date, and that’s saying quite a bit. If you’re new to paranormals or this series, start with the first book and settle yourself in for an amazing ride.
Rating: 8
February 2008ISBN# 978-0-425-22016-0 (paperback)
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