Item: Allegiance of Honor
Rating: 5.00
Author: berls

by Nalini Singh

The “unparalleled romantic adventure”* of Nalini Singh’s New York Times bestselling series continues as a new dawn begins for the Psy-Changeling world…

A staggering transformation has put the Psy, humans, and changelings at a crossroads. The Trinity Accord promises a new era of cooperation between disparate races and groups. It is a beacon of hope held together by many hands: old enemies, new allies, wary loners.

But a century of distrust and suspicion can’t be so easily forgotten, and it threatens to shatter Trinity from within at any moment. As rival members vie for dominance, chaos and evil gather in the shadows and a kidnapped woman’s cry for help washes up in San Francisco, while the Consortium turns its murderous gaze toward a child who is the embodiment of change, of love, of piercing hope: a child who is both Psy…and changeling.

To find the lost and protect the vulnerable—and to save Trinity—no one can stand alone. This is a time of loyalty across divisions, of bonds woven into the heart and the soul, of heroes known and unknown standing back to back and holding the line. But is an allegiance of honor even possible with traitors lurking in their midst?

*Publishers Weekly on Shards of Hope

I have gone back and forth between 4.5 and 5 stars for this final book. I think I'm landing on 5 stars because I really loved the shit out of this book. I buddy read it with Anne and I know she's giving it 5 stars as well.

So this book has been described as a love letter to the fans and I can see why. We revisited pretty much everyone from all the books, including Stephan from an early novella who I've been wanting to see ever since. And it's just so incredibly heartwarming - the last 4-6 chapters my eyes were pretty much perpetually leaking. I feel like I can't say more without running the risk of ruining those moments for a first time reader. Just be ready, it's really truly great.

So why was I considering 4.5 stars? See, I went into this book wanting 1 thing to be resolved VERY BADLY. I've been wanting it resolved for the last several books. And it was not resolved. In fact, this book really didn't resolve any of the problems that have popped up in the last couple books. I get there is another series and I guess these will be problems for those series. But not only did we keep those problems, but we added a couple more. AND 1 of the problems - the one I wanted solved - has been with us for the majority of the series. So I was a little let down that it remains.

That being said, I landed on 5 stars because I laughed and wept too much of this book to give it anything but 5 stars. I've listened to the entire series, narrated by Angela Dawe. She's done a great job and I wonder if she continues with the next series. I have so many questions about the next series, really, but they will be answered soon enough because I'll be reading it before the end of 2022 for sure!

This book qualifies for COYER Fall Scavenger Hunt item #8 because it's part of the Psy-Changeling Readalong.

Allegiance of Honor (Psy/Changeling, #15)

by Nalini Singh

Reviewed by Berls on Nov 19, 2021

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