Tangle of Need

- 3 Tangle of Need Stars -

Tangle of Need is book eleven in Nalini Singh Psy-Changeling series. I really do enjoy this series with it’s fantastically interesting characters, factions and magnificent world building. That being said Tangle of Need feel below par for me in that it felt more like a filler book then about the actual couple Adria and Riaz. I still enjoyed and devoured the book, but was not wowed.

I loved a lot about this book, but most of it felt like it was filler material and that we where learning more about other couples then the actual couple for this book Adria and Riaz. I had a hard time getting into Adria and Riaz. There relationship starts off rocky (which I have no problem with), but they never really did it for me. I did enjoy and think it was sweet how Riaz gave gift’s to attempt to get Adria to stay.

I have to say I love seeing past mated couples and learning what is happening with them. We find out that someone is pregnant. Oh that was fun to learn. I loved seeing into Hawke and Sienna’s relationship. Seeing this couple together and growing stronger, plus talking about the future was so heartwarming. I also loved learning about Patient A aka Alice. I can’t wait to see what happens to our little scientist that has been in a coma for a very long time.

Ms. Singh does such a wonderful job bring new things to life and keeping the plot of this series going. The new plot development in the Psy net is very interesting. Things are changing in the net mind and new and darker forces are coming into play. We also see more alliances forming and a civil war amongst the Psy.

Tangle of Need was a good read. I love reading about the SnowDancer’s and past characters. I'm intrigued to see what will happen in the next book.

Audio: I've been listening to the audio for the Psy-Changeling series. I skipped Tangle of Need. It's my least favorite in the series and one I felt didn't need to be, so I didn't do the audio. I will say the audio for the series has been spectacular so far. One of my favorite series to re-read.

Audio Update 2021: This time around I didn't skip this audio. I still don't care for the couple and I did fast forward during some of their scenes. I did enjoy all the other stuff. I think I understand this book more and why we visit with so many previous couples and characters. The Psy Net is changing as is the world and a war is coming.

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This book was very exciting in a variety of ways, one the relationship between Riaz and Adira, next the growth of Sienna and Hawke as the Alpha couple and third the Psy war on each other. This book definitely leads up to the inevitable war of the Psy breaking Silence, as Henry and the other Pure Psy people rage war on their own people, and the changelings and humans as well.

In this book Riaz a lone wolf decides to come back home to his pack, his den. Lonely and willful as he determines he is destined to be alone his entire life because his "mate" was already married and in love with her husband. Adria, a recently divorced/unmated wolf, is trying hard to maintain her strength as she suffers from the hurt of her failed marriage. Together these two strong but very hurt wolves make a deal to become lover's with no strings attached, but as time passes and with each encounter both of these wolves come to adore each other. To the point that no matter what crosses them they can't live without each other.

Meanwhile, Henry the ex-councilor lays burned and destroyed from the cold fire Sienna gave to the pure psy that attacke Snowdancer. His first in command Valesquez takes initiative with Henry's permission to continue what they've started to make a point that pure psy and silence is the way of the psy. And they do this by attacking Anchor's people who maintain the balance in the psynet. Some of the psy ex councilors contract the wolves and cats help with protecting these people. They make a start on countering the war attacks, but they all know the biggest part of it is still to come. ( )

This one is a changeling romance with the two parties certain they will never have a bond. Riaz, a lone wolf who did find his mate but she is married and in love with someone else and he will not break up the relationship and Adria a dominate woman licking her wounds after a failed relationship. They are attracted to one another but both of them refuse to have a serious relationship. Of course the road to true love will have some bumps but it does happen in the end. The war plot moves along but nothing huge. Still entertained by it so will keep reading. ( )

Listened to audio narrated well by Angela Dawe. We learn Riaz and Adria's story and we get to revisit old friends and their continued relationships and struggles with the Pure Psy threat.

Their relationship doesn't start out well, in fact Riaz comes across as a huge jerk. He's all snarly because his mate is already in love and married to another man. He returned to the pack to separate himself from her and still remain true to her. He sees his hunger for Adria as a betrayal to his mate and lashes out at Adria. Adria left an ugly relationship and has no plans to start another, no matter how strong the attraction is to Riaz. Their touch hunger has them both on edge, add in their attraction to each other and they end up exploding in desire. Riaz's guilt and self disgust spews out ugliness and thank god Adria tells him straight out she deserves more than his crap. Riaz and Adria end up giving in to their hunger for each other and find a way to be friends as well.

The story is about so much more than their relationship, it also highlights Sienna and Hawk's mating ceremony, Psy's continued determination to be a threat and negotiations with the BlackSea changelings, changes within the Arrows, Sienna's integration as Hawke's mate and how that affects her status in the pack, waking Alice and so much more.

This book isn't just Riaz and Adria's story, it's about the pack, the Arrows and other key characters in the series. The author often deviates to other characters lives and it left me feeling like we were meandering around and wondering what to focus on. Knowing this author I know these side trips will be important but it was also very distracting.

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Honestly, I didn't think I'd care about Riaz' story, and I didn't care one way or the other about Adria. Took me a minute to even remember who she was in relation to Indigo's story. I was wrong. ( )