Slave to Sensation (Psy/Changeling, #1)

by Nalini Singh

[Angie]

Now I know why this is such a popular and well-loved series! Slave to Sensation was great! I was a bit confused in the beginning, because the author has created a very interesting and detailed future. In addition to humans, there are the changelings (shapeshifters of various animals) and the Psy (para-humans, I guess). It was the Psy that took me awhile to understand. They're mostly human, but have strong psychic abilities and they're all linked. Sascha is a Psy whose powers don't seem to have developed so her people are trying to find a use for her. She's now a laison on a housing project for the changelings, but there's more to her assignment than just development plans.

Slave to Sensation has a really strong plot which surprised me! It's not all about the romance, which was great too, but the plot really kept me engaged. Sascha and Lucas are working close together on the housing project he's designed, but both have ulterior motives for their species. Sascha is suppose to be collecting information on the changelings for the Psy to use for whatever purpose. Meanwhile, Lucas is trying to gain information from her, since a Psy has been kidnapping, torturing, and murdering changeling women. Needless to say, there's not a lot of trust there at first, but Sascha doesn't fit in with the Psy and realizes she's being lied to, so she helps uncover who this serial killer is since she has access to the Psy's mind net.

I loved the romance in Slave to Sensation! The Psy don't feel emotions at all. They don't find pleasure in anything, only think logically, even food is just for nutrition. But Sascha is different, she does feel, and she's afraid that she'll get sent away to get "rehabilitated." A fate worse than death for Psy. Of course, she starts feeling arousal around Lucas and dreams about them touching and kissing, things Psy just don't do. Being part panther, Lucas can sense her arousal, but there's more to it than that, since obviously they wind up together. But things get super heated between them when he finally makes her fantasies reality!

In the end, I really, really enjoyed Slave to Sensation. I loved that it used a different kind of species that I've never come across in Paranormal Romance before. The Psy are a really interesting race, and their society is hiding a ton of secrets that I can't wait to find out more about!

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