I loved this book and its characters, but it took awhile for me to get used to the style of this author's writing. I really want to read more about these particular characters. This is one of those books that I just couldn't put down once I got into it. ( )

This is the third book in the Psy/Changling series and I liked it almost as well as the first book (Slave to Sensation). Judd Lauren is a telekinetic and a Psy who has left the PsyNet along with his family to escape having their minds destroyed. They have sought refuge with the Snowdancers, a wolf changling clan, and have been accepted into their pack. Judd's mind is still locked into Silence and any emotion causes him excruciating pain. Brenna Kincaid, a wolf changling and member of Snowdancer, first appeared in another book in the series. She had been kidnapped and tortured by a psychopathic Psy serial killer and her mind was invaded. She has now healed physically but she has been emotionally damaged. I love books with the theme centered on the healing power of love. Brenna and Judd are basically emotionally broken. Judd continually tries to push Brenna away and Brenna can't keep away from him because she knows he's her mate. The gradual progression of their relationship and the sexual tension culminating in some very hot love scenes were phenomenal. This book was a great addition to the series and I look forward to Mine to Possess.
My grade: A- ( )

This is the third in the series, and I realize the plot is getting quite complex and I had forgotten much of the earlier books which lead to some initial confusion. So read these books in order and try to remember them!
I like this world when I'm in it, it's only afterwards that the errors begin to jar. Like Spock, the Psy try to be entirely logical, but still intensely ambitious and often illogical. So this not having any emotions, it's not quite true. Nevertheless, Judd Lauren is a fine eg of a hunk of man, all tied up in his own psyche and still granting and wanting skin priviliges from the pychically raped wolf shifter Brenna (this happened to her in the previous book, which is why you have to read them in order) I read this quickly and easily, and will read the next one, but I'm not longing for it. This is a series I'm happy to dip into but not overtly attached to... ( )

Caressed by Ice - Nalini Singh (10/10)
Paranormal romance; book 3 in the Psy/Changeling series.
This third book in Singh's series is, in my opinion, the best, primarily because of the balance she pulls off between the main needs of a book of this type. A good paranormal romance needs a relationship, an outside plot and worldbuilding. Singh weaves them together beautifully in this book, so that everything ties in to everything else and the romance grows organically with the rest of the story, rather than either taking it over or trying desperately to get out of the background, both of which often happen in books in this genre. Very likeable characters who develop realistically and in a satisfying manner. I also liked that the characters made decisions about what they were going to do next, instead of it just "kind of happening". ( )

Caressed by Ice concerns Judd Lauren, an assassin for the Psy Council who had defected to protect his family from the horror of being "rehabilitated", and Brenna Kincaid, a wolf Changeling who had been tortured by a Psy killer. Amidst the search for a murderer and the machinations of the Psy Council, Brenna and Judd struggle with the fact that there is even a relationship between them. While Brenna wonders why she is attracted to an emotionless man with the capacity for evil, Judd fights developing feelings that could literally kill him...(more)