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Guardians of the Pattern #4.0
Wildfire Psi
Things are finally going well for Luka Valdari. He’s found a home and family at the Institute for Psionic Research, and he has a job he loves. When a training mission takes him back to the streets of downside Riga, he’s got plenty of reason to be uneasy, and when a psionic cry for help leads him to a nightmare from his past, Luka’s ready to bolt.
Things are not going so well for Damon Korsov. He’s got voices in his head, a hole in his memory, and strange dreams that may or may not be glimpses of his past. The one man who might hold the key to Damon’s past is the one man he can never ask. Because somehow, Luka knows Damon, and it’s clear to Damon that Luka hates him.
Unwilling to expose anyone else to the danger Damon represents, Luka volunteers to train him. He wants to hate Damon, but instead finds himself fascinated. Before they get a chance to sort things out between them, the two men are thrown into the middle of a terrifying plot that puts every human life in the galaxy at risk. Can Luka and Damon confront both of their pasts and work together to prevent disaster? Or will all the human worlds burn in the flames of wildfire psi?
Things are not going so well for Damon Korsov. He’s got voices in his head, a hole in his memory, and strange dreams that may or may not be glimpses of his past. The one man who might hold the key to Damon’s past is the one man he can never ask. Because somehow, Luka knows Damon, and it’s clear to Damon that Luka hates him.
Unwilling to expose anyone else to the danger Damon represents, Luka volunteers to train him. He wants to hate Damon, but instead finds himself fascinated. Before they get a chance to sort things out between them, the two men are thrown into the middle of a terrifying plot that puts every human life in the galaxy at risk. Can Luka and Damon confront both of their pasts and work together to prevent disaster? Or will all the human worlds burn in the flames of wildfire psi?
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Jaye McKenna
24 books132 followersJaye McKenna was born a Brit and was dragged, kicking and screaming, across the Pond at an age when such vehement protest was doomed to be misinterpreted as a “paddy”. She grew up near a sumac forest in Minnesota and spent most of her teen years torturing her parents with her electric guitar and her dark poetry. She was punk before it was cool and a grown-up long before she was ready. Jaye writes fantasy and science fiction stories about hot guys who have the hots for each other. She enjoys making them work darn hard for their happy endings, which might explain why she never gets invited to their parties.
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March 11, 2018
This book’s main couple is a doozy. I totally did not see this one coming. At all. We first met both Luka and Damon in book one, Psi Hunter, where Luka was a central character, but not a romantic lead. And Damon… well, Damon was someone else. I won’t say who as you should read it to find out.
Excellent enemies-to-lovers story! This isn’t your typical version of that trope. NO generic enemies where the guys are on the opposite sides of something but after getting to know each other as individuals, they overlook that and become loving adversaries. NO personality conflict that’s offset by intense physical attraction and results in lots of hate sex that gradually leads to the real thing. And thankfully, NO simple misunderstanding that could easily be cleared up by talking (those kinds often make the characters seem sort of clueless for me). Nope. None of those. This is the real deal. Two guys with a legitimate “I hate you because of what you did to me” reason to be enemies. No easy fix kind of hate here! And I loved that.
Since I knew these guy’s background from prior books, I just couldn’t imagine how the author would manage to move those two to a place where they could trust and love one another. Heck, I couldn’t even foresee how she’d make me like one of the characters given what I knew of his past. But she did both. Believably and well.
A unique and exceptionally well done take on the enemies to lovers trope.
Excellent enemies-to-lovers story! This isn’t your typical version of that trope. NO generic enemies where the guys are on the opposite sides of something but after getting to know each other as individuals, they overlook that and become loving adversaries. NO personality conflict that’s offset by intense physical attraction and results in lots of hate sex that gradually leads to the real thing. And thankfully, NO simple misunderstanding that could easily be cleared up by talking (those kinds often make the characters seem sort of clueless for me). Nope. None of those. This is the real deal. Two guys with a legitimate “I hate you because of what you did to me” reason to be enemies. No easy fix kind of hate here! And I loved that.
Since I knew these guy’s background from prior books, I just couldn’t imagine how the author would manage to move those two to a place where they could trust and love one another. Heck, I couldn’t even foresee how she’d make me like one of the characters given what I knew of his past. But she did both. Believably and well.
A unique and exceptionally well done take on the enemies to lovers trope.
February 2, 2016
I quite loved this one. I've been waiting for it since I finished the last Psi book. I love the world, the characters, and how invested I've become in what happens. In this one at first I was super irritated with the back and forth between Luka and Miko's stories - I didn't like it. In fact I kept wondering why the author didn't just release it as two stories. But about 65% of the way in I realized I was being ramped up on both stories and I was biting my nails about both too. Drat this author.
I think Damon and Luka's story is particularly compelling because it encapsulates so much about the world. There is a very dog eat dog gritty, scary, and horrible world that many inhabit. To come from that to something else is quite challenging. Overcoming adversity - and how to keep overcoming it when it gets placed in your way endlessly.
A great addition to the series. Love that this series is as much about the world as the characters - and they are often all around. I cannot wait for Draven's book. Seriously. Cannot.Wait.
I think Damon and Luka's story is particularly compelling because it encapsulates so much about the world. There is a very dog eat dog gritty, scary, and horrible world that many inhabit. To come from that to something else is quite challenging. Overcoming adversity - and how to keep overcoming it when it gets placed in your way endlessly.
A great addition to the series. Love that this series is as much about the world as the characters - and they are often all around. I cannot wait for Draven's book. Seriously. Cannot.Wait.
April 8, 2016
Unfortunately this was my least favorite of all books by Jaye McKenna and I have some real struggles to keep interested in reading it at all.
I had two big problems. One is the pairing itself. There is no way to ever redeem Damon/Shiv in my eyes when the romantic interest is Luka. There is just waaay too much shit between them to me ever liking the pairing. Just nope.
The other was that there was absolutely nothing happening in the first 50 to almost 60% of the book. It was all relationship drama between Luka and Damon and I just don't do relationship drama books any more. They are boring pretty much always. The only saving grace was the couple of chapters about Miko, those I loved.
After we got over the relationship drama and things started to happen, I did like the book. The over all plot arch got much futher and there was nice action going on. Really waiting for the next book, despite this being a little disappointing.
I had two big problems. One is the pairing itself. There is no way to ever redeem Damon/Shiv in my eyes when the romantic interest is Luka. There is just waaay too much shit between them to me ever liking the pairing. Just nope.
The other was that there was absolutely nothing happening in the first 50 to almost 60% of the book. It was all relationship drama between Luka and Damon and I just don't do relationship drama books any more. They are boring pretty much always. The only saving grace was the couple of chapters about Miko, those I loved.
After we got over the relationship drama and things started to happen, I did like the book. The over all plot arch got much futher and there was nice action going on. Really waiting for the next book, despite this being a little disappointing.
February 4, 2016
** 4.5 Stars **
What can I say, I love this series! I'm eagerly waiting for the next installment ... will it be about Draven, I wonder?
May 15, 2022
4.5 stars
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June 18, 2019
Read as part of Guardians Compilation: Volume #2, Books #4-6.
I had some issues with this one, but overall it was still good.
I was really distracted about the lack of info on Damon's Grandfather until the very end. I found it strange he didn't ask, and that no one thought to find out. I also struggled with the lack of background on his dad and mom etc... Enough so I was thrown out of the book multiple times especially every time his last memory (mom's death) was brought up.
I am sure some will struggle with buying into the relationship between Luka and Damon. In the context of this story and its world of patterns I was able to invest and root for them.
I had some issues with this one, but overall it was still good.
I was really distracted about the lack of info on Damon's Grandfather until the very end. I found it strange he didn't ask, and that no one thought to find out. I also struggled with the lack of background on his dad and mom etc... Enough so I was thrown out of the book multiple times especially every time his last memory (mom's death) was brought up.
I am sure some will struggle with buying into the relationship between Luka and Damon. In the context of this story and its world of patterns I was able to invest and root for them.
March 10, 2018
4.5
I love the world building in this series. And the characters :)
I love the world building in this series. And the characters :)
January 31, 2016
Perfection! I love this series.
Did Not Finish
January 9, 2019DNF 27% No rating
Last update: "I feel like I’m trudging through a muddy swamp and definitely not enjoying myself."
Last update: "I feel like I’m trudging through a muddy swamp and definitely not enjoying myself."
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