Atonement Sky

Psy-Changeling Trinity, Book #9

By Nalini Singh

ISBN# 9780593819524

Author’s Website: nalinisingh.com

Brought to you by OBS reviewer Heidi

Review

Eleri Dias is a J-Psy (Justice) who is living out her final days.  It was impossible for the Js to be completely silent when they constantly had to wade through the evilest minds in existence.  It always led to multiple reconditionings which was detrimental to the Psy in question.  Eleri’s shields are failing; she is already in a sensitive status barreling quickly towards exposed.  Once she hits exposed, she will die a horrific death, one she hopes to cut off at the pass by self-terminating. 

Eleri is spending the time she has left hunting down and exterminating serial killers.  Her last case is the Sandman.  He has tortured and killed innocent young women and he likes to play with Eleri, always sending her letters.  She feels that he is based out of Raintree and has returned to hunt him down.  However, she will have to face down her past to do it.  The young changeling boy that she betrayed with her silence is now the wing leader of the falcon clan.  And, he very well may kill her on sight.

Adam Garrett was only 18 years old when he met his mate.  He was at the trial for the man who killed his parents.  There was a J-Psy there to pull the memories of the man on trial, but they were all wrong.  The memory had been twisted into a lie.  Adam was devastated when his mate did nothing to correct this wrong.  And, he hated his own mate from then on, and he hoped never to see her again.  So, why is she on his home turf now?

And, when someone goes after Adam’s best friend, Eleri may be the only one who can save him.  Can Adam look past his anger and let her try to help?  What about a serial killer being so close to his clan?  And, how will Adam feel if the mate he has turned his back on actually dies?

The changelings are my favorite species in the psy-changeling world.  Of course, the Psy are the opposite, for me.  Adam is the first falcon to be featured and I enjoyed seeing how different the winged species are.  I did find it a little odd that everyone else in WindHaven had odd names and then there was Adam that was rather plain in comparison.  Even Adam’s sister had an exotic name, so you would expect him to have one too.

This book took forever for me to get into.  I found the build-up to be long and rather boring.  And, when Adam and Eleri finally decided, they may want to get with the whole mate program, it was instant.  I have a hard time believing Adam could switch from hate to love with the snap of his birdy little fingers.  And, then they were in a fight for life that took up the rest of the book.  I felt the way things happened, I didn’t really get a chance to fall in love with this couple.  I think Adam is a great wing leader, always there for his clan and family, but I’m still undecided on his mate material.  He was definitely a better mate by the end of the book, but the jury is still out overall.

I’m so sad that this was a changeling book and I didn’t like it as much as I had hoped.  Do better, Adam!