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anabelsbrother's review against another edition
5.0
idk why I decided to read this collection of novellas when I'm still at book 4 (which is a fucking pain in the butthole, btw) but ANYWAY:
1/ Tamsyn and Nate's book is THE BOMB. I know Nate was old but I didn't realize he was 10 years older than Tammy????? my age-gap-trope loving self is Thriving. So much angst, mainly because Nate's being an idiot but anyway I love this power couple.
2/ Annie and Zach are so cute together????????? I hate being single SOMEBODY COME COURT ME DAMN IT-
3/ Another courtship story with childhood trauma in the background but anyway dominant/submissive takes a bit of a turn here-
4/ Walker!!!!!! MATING!!!!! I LOVE HIM AND LARA AND THEIR LITTLE PACK UWU
This collection is flawless why is Hawke's book so far away I have 6 more books to finish?????
1/ Tamsyn and Nate's book is THE BOMB. I know Nate was old but I didn't realize he was 10 years older than Tammy????? my age-gap-trope loving self is Thriving. So much angst, mainly because Nate's being an idiot but anyway I love this power couple.
2/ Annie and Zach are so cute together????????? I hate being single SOMEBODY COME COURT ME DAMN IT-
3/ Another courtship story with childhood trauma in the background but anyway dominant/submissive takes a bit of a turn here-
4/ Walker!!!!!! MATING!!!!! I LOVE HIM AND LARA AND THEIR LITTLE PACK UWU
This collection is flawless why is Hawke's book so far away I have 6 more books to finish?????
loverofromance's review against another edition
4.0
This review was originally posted on Addicted To Romance
This was such a wonderful group of novella's of the Psy Changelings and I was thrilled to pick it up!! Nalini Singh is definitely quite talented, when she can make novella's have depth and fabulous love stories you just want more of.
In Beat of Temptation We have Nathan and Tamsyn's story. Ever since I read the first book in the series, I have been aching to read their story. When Nathan and Tamsyn connect as mates, Tammy is only sixteen and the pack's healer has recently been killed and she has had to take over. Nathan knew that she was too young to take as his mate. Now its been three years later, and Tammy has returned home, and is ready to claim Nathan as her mate. But there is one problem...he won't accept it. In fact he keeps resisting her efforts, which doesn't exactly boost her self confidence. While Nathan thinks he is doing what is best, he is hurting her. But Tammy is one strong female and doesn't take anything lying down. What I found most remarkable about this story was seeing the sexual tension build between these two. We already have the friendship, since they have known each other for a long time. But we have a mating dance where the alpha male is reluctant and the female is the pursuer. Quite different from Singh's normal set up of her stories, and I grew to love seeing these two come together.
in Stroke Of Enticement- we have a story of a human and a leopard changeling. Our heroine is a teacher and well respected among the community and the changeling packs even. She is kind and open and honest. So I loved her from the first page. One of her kids that she teaches, punched another boy but won't explain why. When his uncle appears....attraction sizzles. Zack is drawn to Kimberly, and means to chase after her even though she is human....his cat sees her as his mate. But Zack is so patient with Kimberly, and slowly wins her over. I loved how engaging this story was. And we get to see more of the leopards and their interactions with each other and how accepting they are of Kimberly. And more fun from the twin cubs of Nathan and Tammy. (boy they are a riot aren't they? like seriously...I can never get enough of their antics). But this romance was sweet and fun loving.
In Declaration Of Courtship This is by far my favorite of Singh's novella's and even is up with my favorites of the series too!! Even though its a novella, its such a unique and orginal story. I have read it three times now. Yeah I am hooked on these two. I love the SnowDancer Pack. But In this story, we see something unique in the set up of the romance. What is most original about it is having a submissive changeling and a dominant changeling go through the mating dance. Now from what I recall from all of her books in this series, this is something she has never written before until recently. Which is one of the main reasons I loved it so. Its the type of set up I have been waiting for and the moment I heard about this I bought it, I just couldn't resist. And it was so fun to re read it again and get in touch with these two. Singh handles this story in such a beautiful yet delicate way too. She really balances out the story, and we see the problems that can occur from this type of mating. But we also see the yummy rewards too and I hope that she does another story like this one in the future. I love seeing these couples in the series, because they are so different from the others. My Full review HERE
In Texture of Intimacy we get more of Lara and Walker. Now this story is more of seeing this couple after they have mated and the problems that crop up with a psy and changeling mix. I loved seeing them handle certain issues and dealing with the kids Toby and Marlee together. We also see the complications that can happen with Lara and Walker with their differences. I liked this one but didn't necessarily love it. It was quite fun to see these two once again and to be the focus of the story. There is wit and mystery and some drama too. We see how communication is key in any relationship and loved seeing them work things out---sometimes in the hardest way possible.
Overall I had quite a fun time with this anthology and can't wait to read more of this author. She has really outdone herself with this series, and I can never get enough!!! So if you love were shifter romances and haven't yet picked this author up....you are MISSING out!!!
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This was such a wonderful group of novella's of the Psy Changelings and I was thrilled to pick it up!! Nalini Singh is definitely quite talented, when she can make novella's have depth and fabulous love stories you just want more of.
In Beat of Temptation We have Nathan and Tamsyn's story. Ever since I read the first book in the series, I have been aching to read their story. When Nathan and Tamsyn connect as mates, Tammy is only sixteen and the pack's healer has recently been killed and she has had to take over. Nathan knew that she was too young to take as his mate. Now its been three years later, and Tammy has returned home, and is ready to claim Nathan as her mate. But there is one problem...he won't accept it. In fact he keeps resisting her efforts, which doesn't exactly boost her self confidence. While Nathan thinks he is doing what is best, he is hurting her. But Tammy is one strong female and doesn't take anything lying down. What I found most remarkable about this story was seeing the sexual tension build between these two. We already have the friendship, since they have known each other for a long time. But we have a mating dance where the alpha male is reluctant and the female is the pursuer. Quite different from Singh's normal set up of her stories, and I grew to love seeing these two come together.
in Stroke Of Enticement- we have a story of a human and a leopard changeling. Our heroine is a teacher and well respected among the community and the changeling packs even. She is kind and open and honest. So I loved her from the first page. One of her kids that she teaches, punched another boy but won't explain why. When his uncle appears....attraction sizzles. Zack is drawn to Kimberly, and means to chase after her even though she is human....his cat sees her as his mate. But Zack is so patient with Kimberly, and slowly wins her over. I loved how engaging this story was. And we get to see more of the leopards and their interactions with each other and how accepting they are of Kimberly. And more fun from the twin cubs of Nathan and Tammy. (boy they are a riot aren't they? like seriously...I can never get enough of their antics). But this romance was sweet and fun loving.
In Declaration Of Courtship This is by far my favorite of Singh's novella's and even is up with my favorites of the series too!! Even though its a novella, its such a unique and orginal story. I have read it three times now. Yeah I am hooked on these two. I love the SnowDancer Pack. But In this story, we see something unique in the set up of the romance. What is most original about it is having a submissive changeling and a dominant changeling go through the mating dance. Now from what I recall from all of her books in this series, this is something she has never written before until recently. Which is one of the main reasons I loved it so. Its the type of set up I have been waiting for and the moment I heard about this I bought it, I just couldn't resist. And it was so fun to re read it again and get in touch with these two. Singh handles this story in such a beautiful yet delicate way too. She really balances out the story, and we see the problems that can occur from this type of mating. But we also see the yummy rewards too and I hope that she does another story like this one in the future. I love seeing these couples in the series, because they are so different from the others. My Full review HERE
In Texture of Intimacy we get more of Lara and Walker. Now this story is more of seeing this couple after they have mated and the problems that crop up with a psy and changeling mix. I loved seeing them handle certain issues and dealing with the kids Toby and Marlee together. We also see the complications that can happen with Lara and Walker with their differences. I liked this one but didn't necessarily love it. It was quite fun to see these two once again and to be the focus of the story. There is wit and mystery and some drama too. We see how communication is key in any relationship and loved seeing them work things out---sometimes in the hardest way possible.
Overall I had quite a fun time with this anthology and can't wait to read more of this author. She has really outdone herself with this series, and I can never get enough!!! So if you love were shifter romances and haven't yet picked this author up....you are MISSING out!!!
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melodicfate's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars.
I don't often read novellas in series, but I got convinced to read Declaration of Courtship. So, I took the plunge and read all 4 of these novellas. It's been a while since I've read anything in this world, and the anthology reminded me of just how much I love it. I loved that we saw wolves, leopards, a human/wolf pair, and a Psy/wolf pair. There was humor, romance, and just a touch of angst throughout these. My favorites were the stories of Cooper and grace, and Zach and Annie. Love me some alphas!
I don't often read novellas in series, but I got convinced to read Declaration of Courtship. So, I took the plunge and read all 4 of these novellas. It's been a while since I've read anything in this world, and the anthology reminded me of just how much I love it. I loved that we saw wolves, leopards, a human/wolf pair, and a Psy/wolf pair. There was humor, romance, and just a touch of angst throughout these. My favorites were the stories of Cooper and grace, and Zach and Annie. Love me some alphas!
amyiw's review against another edition
4.0
4.5
I had read Zach & Annie's story before but decided to read it a second time. I love both of the characters and you get a little snap shot of Dark River.
Cooper & Grace's story was new for me. I actually liked it better than the Lara & Walker story. I kept thinking back to Drew and Indigo and how the dominance issues worked there so much different but yet, issues with who is on top and how much more dominate one was.
The Lara & Walker story was good but... I just felt it was an insight into Snow Dancers, not so much about the romance between them. It starts from the Kiss of Snow period of time. In kiss of snow, you get their romance and how they get together. This just solidifies it a little more as a family. That and you get to see some of the others and how they are doing. It was more like deleted scenes from Kiss of Snow because the book would be too long and would make the center of that book even more skewed from the main relationship. It wasn't a story but an addition.
I read Nate & Tammy's story recently so I didn't read it here. It is very good also.
All the novellas are worth reading if you are a Psy-changeling fan and you will like some better than others.
I had read Zach & Annie's story before but decided to read it a second time. I love both of the characters and you get a little snap shot of Dark River.
Cooper & Grace's story was new for me. I actually liked it better than the Lara & Walker story. I kept thinking back to Drew and Indigo and how the dominance issues worked there so much different but yet, issues with who is on top and how much more dominate one was.
The Lara & Walker story was good but... I just felt it was an insight into Snow Dancers, not so much about the romance between them. It starts from the Kiss of Snow period of time. In kiss of snow, you get their romance and how they get together. This just solidifies it a little more as a family. That and you get to see some of the others and how they are doing. It was more like deleted scenes from Kiss of Snow because the book would be too long and would make the center of that book even more skewed from the main relationship. It wasn't a story but an addition.
I read Nate & Tammy's story recently so I didn't read it here. It is very good also.
All the novellas are worth reading if you are a Psy-changeling fan and you will like some better than others.
audiobookmel's review against another edition
4.0
Listening to audiobook.
I really enjoyed these short stories. In this anthology, we get to visit two couples from the series that we are very familiar with (Nate & Tammy along with Walker & Lara). There are also two new couples that we haven't met in previous books. One from Dark River and one from Snow Dancer. I loved all the stories, but I think it was Walker and Lara's that was my favorite. I just love the Laurens. I'm not usually a big fan of the Psy, but this family is great.
I look at this book as a "tide me over" until we get the Ghost's story. I can't wait. :)
I really enjoyed these short stories. In this anthology, we get to visit two couples from the series that we are very familiar with (Nate & Tammy along with Walker & Lara). There are also two new couples that we haven't met in previous books. One from Dark River and one from Snow Dancer. I loved all the stories, but I think it was Walker and Lara's that was my favorite. I just love the Laurens. I'm not usually a big fan of the Psy, but this family is great.
I look at this book as a "tide me over" until we get the Ghost's story. I can't wait. :)
bookfessional's review against another edition
3.0
The Beat of Temptation, Psy-Changeling 0.5
3 stars
Tamsyn and Nate short. I liked it but it was painful. Painful in that it-will-all-work-out-in-the-end-but-the-journey's-a-bitch kind of way. There was a side-plot that felt like it was being set up as a snatch and rescue, but turned out to be just an illustration of Psy hubris. So that was anti-climactic. Overall it felt like a not very subtle set-up (insight) for future books masquerading as a mini para-romance.
Stroke of Enticement, Psy-Changeling 3.5
3.5 stars
This novella introduces two new characters, Annie, an elementary school teacher, and Zach, a soldier of Lucas's pack and park ranger extraordinaire. It was a cute story, but the ending felt rushed--it's understandable when a character has life-long intimacy/commitment, etc. issues interfering with a relationship and BOOM they have an epiphany moment and live happily ever after. In a book it's understandable. You've had lots of time for things to accumulate (for both you and the character) so that it's not such a leap. In a novella . . . not so much. And that's what happened. "I'll never ever ever get married, it's not worth the risk, just kidding, I love you, let's get married."
The End.
But like I said, it was cute.
Declaration of Courtship, Psy-Changeling 9.5
So this was the inside story to the Cooper (wolf lieutenant) and his mating dance with Grace that was referenced in Play of Passion. Cooper is super dominant. Grace is super submissive. Havoc ensues. I liked it :)
3 stars
Tamsyn and Nate short. I liked it but it was painful. Painful in that it-will-all-work-out-in-the-end-but-the-journey's-a-bitch kind of way. There was a side-plot that felt like it was being set up as a snatch and rescue, but turned out to be just an illustration of Psy hubris. So that was anti-climactic. Overall it felt like a not very subtle set-up (insight) for future books masquerading as a mini para-romance.
Stroke of Enticement, Psy-Changeling 3.5
3.5 stars
This novella introduces two new characters, Annie, an elementary school teacher, and Zach, a soldier of Lucas's pack and park ranger extraordinaire. It was a cute story, but the ending felt rushed--it's understandable when a character has life-long intimacy/commitment, etc. issues interfering with a relationship and BOOM they have an epiphany moment and live happily ever after. In a book it's understandable. You've had lots of time for things to accumulate (for both you and the character) so that it's not such a leap. In a novella . . . not so much. And that's what happened. "I'll never ever ever get married, it's not worth the risk, just kidding, I love you, let's get married."
The End.
But like I said, it was cute.
Declaration of Courtship, Psy-Changeling 9.5
So this was the inside story to the Cooper (wolf lieutenant) and his mating dance with Grace that was referenced in Play of Passion. Cooper is super dominant. Grace is super submissive. Havoc ensues. I liked it :)
nyxshadow's review against another edition
3.0
http://www.nyx-shadow.com/2015/07/psy-changeling-t05-35-95-105-wild.html
nelsonseye's review against another edition
4.0
A nice collection. Have to say that Tammy and Nathan's story is my favourite.
kobfroggie's review against another edition
3.0
rounded up to 3 stars. I wish I'd read this when I was still crazy about this series.