Challenge Corner discussion

Dive into a world torn apart by a powerful race with phenomenal powers of the mind—and none of the heart . . .

In a world that denies emotions, where the ruling Psy punish any sign of desire, Sascha Duncan must conceal the feelings that brand her as flawed. To reveal them would be to sentence herself to the horror of “rehabilitation”—the complete psychic erasure of everything she ever was . . .

Both human and animal, Lucas Hunter is a Changeling hungry for the very sensations the Psy disdain. After centuries of uneasy co-existence, these two races are now on the verge of war over the brutal murders of several Changeling women. Lucas is determined to find the Psy killer who butchered his packmate, and Sascha is his ticket into their closely guarded society. But he soon discovers that this ice-cold Psy is very capable of passion—and that the animal in him is fascinated by her.

Caught between their conflicting worlds, Lucas and Sascha must remain bound to their identities—or sacrifice everything for a taste of darkest temptation . . .

Started this one

Chapters 1-8 (view spoiler)[The world is interesting. But I really don't love this narrator, so I feel like I'm not going to love this book. (hide spoiler)]

Chapters 9-14 (view spoiler)[I love how she asked him to kill her, but I don't feel like that will happen at all. I really feel them getting closer together. And enjoying this so far. (hide spoiler)]

Chapters 15-21 (view spoiler)[I really like Lucia’s character. I love that he is so protective of her and doesn’t want her to die. (hide spoiler)]

Finished (view spoiler)[I really enjoyed this one. I liked the ending a lot and thought the entire plot/world was very interesting. And I enjoyed the characters. (hide spoiler)]

Starting this now!

Prologue - Chapter 5: (view spoiler)[I am finding the book very interesting so far but I guess I won't be loving the erotic aspect of it. I want to learn more about the Psy and the Changelings and what exactly is causing Sascha's defects. The "Silence" program sounded torrible and her mother Nikita is vicious no doubt. I wonder if her dad was a changeling considering she could sense what kind the designer was. I was confused about whose dream it was towards the end, was she using telepathy or something? Curious to find out. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 6-11: (view spoiler)[This one is getting better with every turn of the page. I am already trying to come up with suspects of who the murderer might be and Enrique's name keeps popping up. The chemistry between Lucas and Sascha is undeniable and I am loving them together. The way Sascha was able to take away Dorian's pain from afar strengthened by suspicion that she might be a Psy-Chageling hybrid. It's sad that she has decided to tell everything to her mom, I hope she changes her mind again (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 12-16: (view spoiler)[Yike so the Psy Council knows there are deviants among them and not every one of those is sent to the rehabilitation centre, seems like it depends on how useful the particular individual is to the Council. But they don't know the identity of the serial killer yet atleast. Sascha believes she is going insane but I feel like the council lies about that, maybe feeling emotions doesn't make them insane but more aware of their surroundings and that's what hitting Sascha atm. My heart broke when she asked Lucas to kill her if she ever gives in to insanity (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 17-21: (view spoiler)[Lucas has has a painful past, I can't believe the torture he and his parents were made to go through for some information. No wonder he matured early. Lucas and Sascha almost being mated made me happy, I love how the whole pack is protective of her now. Her being an empath makes sense with what she was able to do to Dorian and then Lucas and Hawkes. The PsyNet is so fascinating but I don't believe Sascha can't survive without it, it seems like a tactic to prevent Psy from straying too far away from the Council's eyes (hide spoiler)]

Finished: (view spoiler)[I LOVED THIS!! This Psy Changeling world is so marvelous, I have definitely not had enough of this yet. I was correct with presuming that Enrique was the one behind all the killings, my only complain is that the author maade it rather obvious with not providing us with any more suspects. The Lauren family's existence though more than made for it. Sascha linking to Lucas instead of the PsyNet and by extension to his whole pack was the best outcome to this situation and it was all quite cleverly thought out imo. A great read no doubt. (hide spoiler)]