Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh

Blaze of Memory (Psy/Changeling, #7)

by Nalini Singh

Nalini Singh returns to the Psy/Changeling world and its “breathtaking blend of passion, adventure, and the paranormal”* as a woman without a past becomes the pawn of a man who controls her future…

Dev Santos discovers her unconscious and battered, with no memory of who she is. All she knows is that she’s dangerous. Charged with protecting his people’s most vulnerable secrets, Dev is duty-bound to eliminate all threats. It’s a task he’s never hesitated to complete…until he finds himself drawn to a woman who might yet prove the enemy’s most insidious weapon.

Stripped of her memories by a shadowy oppressor, and programmed to carry out cold-blooded murder, Katya Haas is fighting desperately for her sanity itself. Her only hope is Dev. But how can she expect to gain the trust of a man who could very well be her next target? For in this game, one must die…

Reviewed by Berls on

4 of 5 stars

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I can fully understand why Nalini Singh and this series are so popular. Here we are, 7 books in, and I'm continuing to enjoy the books. I know this one isn't a favorite for a lot of readers because we don't get as much of the Changlings, but I personally really enjoyed it still. I buddy read it with Anne again and she is also giving it 4 stars.

I think what I liked about Blaze of Memory the most was the deeper understanding of the Psy and also the Forgotten. I've come to a few new predictions (and one not new but more entrenched one) thanks to this book. So for me, it was very exciting and has me eager to see what will be happening moving forward in the series.

The romance was okay. I think probably because we don't have a Changling in the couple it had a different kind of connection and intensity. Personally I don't read for the romance near as much as the plot progression, so that absence didn't bother me. And there were some things about this romance that were sweet/moving in their own, different way. I will say, this was the first book that I started to think we might not get our HEA... but of course we did. And, in typical Nalini Singh fashion, in a very fast, slightly-unexplained fashion with lots of questions left hanging. I've come to expect that a bit and will wait to see if the next book and/or short stories answer those questions. I think they will.

And, as always with this series, I listened to the book with the fantastic narration from Angela Dawe. She continues to deliver a performance that lets me get lost in the story and characters, even at 2x speed.

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