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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.92
EAN num: 9780425215753
ISBN number: 042521575X
Label: Berkley Sensation
Manufacturer: Berkley Sensation
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 352
Printing Date: March 06, 2007
Publishing house: Berkley Sensation
Sale Popularity Level: 13635
Studio: Berkley Sensation
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Hailed as a major new talent in paranormal romance, Nalini Singh takes us deeper into the world of the Psy and the changelings in her latest extraordinary novel, where a gifted woman sees passion in her future-a passion that is absolutely forbidden by her kind... Used to cold silence, Faith NightStar is suddenly being tormented by dark visions of blood and murder. A bad sign for anyone, but worse for Faith, an F-Psy with the highly sought after ability to predict the future. Then the visions show her something even more dangerous-aching need...exquisite pleasure. But so powerful is her sight, so fragile the state of her mind, that the very emotions she yearns to embrace could be the end of her. Changeling Vaughn D'Angelo can take either man or jaguar form, but it is his animal side that is overwhelmingly drawn to Faith. The jaguar's instinct is to claim this woman it finds so utterly fascinating and the man has no argument. But while Vaughn craves sensation and hungers to pleasure Faith in every way, desire is a danger that could snap the last threads of her sanity. And there are Psy who need Faith's sight for their own purposes. They must keep her silenced-and keep her from Vaughn...
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After reading Slave to Sensation several months ago, I was very pleased to be able to sit down with book 2 of the series, Visions of Heat. I love Nalini Singh's writing style and find that her books are a very quick read for me.
All of Nalini's characters are likeable to some degree or other. I really enjoy how she sets up her story arc's and the depth of interaction between Faith and Vaughn and Faith and her Father was very well done.
I really enjoy this series and the new spin it puts on an old idea. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys the supernatural genre.
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This is another wonderful book. I won't go into the plot, as it has already been covered, but this is a must read.
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I know this is the second book in the series, but I actually read it fourth because it wasn't stocked in the stores when I was buying the others. Of the four, it's my least favorite, but my overall enjoyment of this series has not diminished one whit. The story told here in Visions of Heat is still strong, with lots of additional development into the Psy/Changeling world. We learn more about the Psy and their increasingly shaky control of their species. Singh starts to layer in some series-wide suspense, with the addition of Kaleb Krychek as a possible addition to the Council. (And having read the other books in this series, I have to say that Kaleb continues to intrigue me. On the surface, he seems villainous, but I can't help but suspect that he's not so much a villain as an antihero, and I'm enjoying watching Singh explore his moral ambiguity.) The weakness of this book is Faith, but I think that's just an emotional reaction on my part. I had a hard time warming up to her and her Psy coldness. With Sascha it was easier, because Sascha was already tapping into and acknowledging (and even embracing) her emotions. I think Faith's programming was harder to overcome, although Singh did so successfully, little by little over the course of the book. I also thought that Vaughn was possibly just a bit too pushy, although he maintained all along that it was what Faith needed, and ultimately he was right.
As I read through this series, I continue to be impressed by Singh's obvious forethought with respect to her worldbuilding. She definitely seems to be driving this vehicle, rather than letting it drive her, and as someone who has seen too many series unravel due to lack of long-range planning, I really appreciate that. Can't wait for more!
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I really like this series. It is edgy, unique, complicated, and completely sci-fi, paranormal to the extreme. My complaint with this one is that it's very much the same plot as the very first book "slave to sensation". Fortunately for this book, I liked the characters a little better in this one.
Faith is a F-PSY. She is isolated and protected because she can predict the future which has proved very financially lucrative for the Psy race and council.
Vaughn is a changeling. Half jaguar half man, but the jaguar side is stronger. You learn why as the sadness of his childhood is revealed. The romance between Faith and Vaughn is almost secondary to the plot of the story. This is a series that primarily focuses on the two different species..the psy and the changelings, and how they interact with eachother both within and outside their species.
As I said in the previous book's review. This is a complicated world comprised of a psychic, telekinetic world in which the battlefield is comprised mostly of the mind. Both books have killers out there and it is up to both heroines to stop the killing by finding the killer before he strikes again. I really hope that the subsequent book has a different plot line because although I liked this book and it's prequel, I'm ready for something else.
I did appreciate the author's ability to take the time necessary to develop the relationship between Vaughn and Faith. Psy's and changeling's are so fundamentally opposite in their emotional capability and needs as a result of the "silence" protocol that has rendered Psy devoid of emotion, that to think that the highly touch and emotion centered changeling could easily mate with a psy is highly improbable. How Singh collides these two cultures is amazing, believable, and beautiful.
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Visions of Heat is the second installment in Singh's Psy-Changelings series. It is not as good as book 1. There were some similarities between Faith, the heroine of this book, and Sascha, the heroine of book 1, as each struggled with her identity and the idea that she was unique among her race, and maybe a little 'damaged'. However, Faith and Vaughn's story was less compelling and there were a lot of unexplored possibilities with the storyline. The result is that the story fell a bit flat at times, and felt really long at times. I actually found that the best part of this book was the fact that the Sascha and Lucas were featured as strong secondary characters.
That said, the world Singh has created as the backdrop for the series is fascinating and there are a number of intriguing secondary characters, whose stories will I am sure be explored in depth in the books to come. I love the different changeling clans and the Psy Council. I am definitely looking forward to reading more about them. I just hope Singh finds new and interesting storylines for her characters: no more damaged heroines, with white knights (or felines as the case has been) to the rescue.
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