Reviews

Caressed by Ice by Nalini Singh

michaela0115's review against another edition

4.25

Brenna & Judd
This one has been my favorite of the series so far! Loved the mains so much, and I’m always here for a kickass FMC and her brooding dark MMC! 
This one was also a bit heavier with the backstory of SA and mental abuse, but I found myself more invested in the story bc of it. 
(Audiobook)

siannah's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

alisonhori's review against another edition

3.0

This series is definitely becoming a guilty pleasure of mine though paranormal romance is really not my thing. In fact, I really dislike the romance and especially the smutty parts of this book and I wish they would go away. I find the social structure of the Psy and Changling worlds really interesting and I love reading the social politics of this book and the romance stuff is OK but OMGosh, the writing for the smut parts is horrendous and repetitive but oh well, I am really curious how the whole society is going to develop and change so I absolutely intend to continue...one purring cat oozing masculinity letting his claws out at a time-LMAO.

kiiiaarraa_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I'm crazy obsessed with Judd Lauren. 

There was so much I loved about this book especially Judd finally being able to love Brenna freely. Him being in pain every time be got closed to her hurt my heart so it was freeing seeing him free. And also Brenna finally being able to shift again. My heart was whole at the end of the book. 

Unfortunately, it is a 4 star read for me. There was something very childish about Brenna a lot of parts in the book that made it a little difficult to get through. I also feel like something was missing from the book as a whole. Maybe I expected more considering the book was so long but yeah 4 stars from me.

megan_elise's review against another edition

3.0

3.75

katyanaish's review against another edition

4.0

It was interesting getting some detail on the inner workings of the Psy world, through Judd. The political machinations of the Psy Council were fascinating. I like that I am still not quite sure where any of them stand. And on that topic,

Spoiler

I can't help feeling like the attack on the Changelings was a sloppy mess because Nikita didn't want it to succeed. We were told that she argued against attacking the packs, but that the council voted against her, and since it was in her backyard, she was tapped to oversee the project. Numerous characters commented about the sloppiness of it - Judd commented that the psychic programming on the hyenas was a sloppy hack-job, and several others mentioned that the entire plan itself seemed messy and unfocused. NOTHING about Nikita projects sloppy and unfocused to me. If it was a mess, it was because she wanted it to be a mess. Which makes me wonder what her game is.

And also, Kaleb...

Spoiler

he's either a serial killer in training (which would frankly be tiresome... we've had a serial killer at the heart of each book so far), or he's the Ghost. I am leaning towards the Ghost.

*fingers crossed*

That said, the story was as engaging as always. Judd and Brenna were fun - I liked them more than I thought I would, as I honestly had no interest in either from their brief mentions in the other books. Judd had a very satisfying arc in this book. Also, the fact that

Spoiler

the first thing he did when he broke his conditioning was have a 5-day sex marathon... *laugh* Such a guy.

But I wish we got more of an update on where things are going with the NetMind - I hope that plot thread isn't disappearing into the ether. And I'd like more Sascha and Lucas... I still find them to be the most compelling pair of the series (is it weird that I am only lukewarm about Faith? I think her "oh, but do I really want to give up my pampered life to be just a regular old Joe-Schmoe?" dilemma was a big turn-off for me).

Still really looking forward to Dorian's story...

suzysuzy34's review against another edition

5.0

Fantastic read, book three in the psy/Changeling series. Loved Judd and Brenna, very addictive series, straight onto book four. I would Just like to add don’t judge a book by its cover, goodreads have not updated their covers to the amazon ones, and they are a bit out dated now, prefer the amazon covers which are more modern.

anns_storybound_sanctuary's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

musicalmuppet's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

simrooon's review against another edition

5.0

Gotta think twice before calling Judd cold, cause boi did he amp up that temp lol !