Visions of Heat (Psy-changeling #2) – Nalini Singh
Hachette Gollancz, 2010
224 pages
RRP: AU$22.99
ISBN: 978-057-509568-7

Reviewed by Kate Smith

Visions of Heat was in equal parts enjoyable and frustrating.  It is a soap opera, but not quite; a tale with possible messages on several fronts, but not quite, hence the frustration.  My fears of a repetition of the story in Slave to Sensation were, sadly, borne out for the most part, and the messages that could have so easily been emphasised were not followed through on, leaving the reader wondering if they were supposed to be there at all.

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Archangel’s Kiss (Guild Hunter #2) – Nalini Singh
Hachette Gollancz, 2010
326 pages
RRP: AU$22.99
ISBN: 978-057-509574-8

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

A sequel to Angels’ Blood, Archangel’s Kiss continues the story of Elena Deveraux, a Guild Hunter who falls in love with Raphael, Archangel of New York City. Now that she has become involved in the affairs of the angels and archangels, she finds it difficult to entangle herself.

(Warning: the following review contains mild spoilers for the first novel)

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The Opposite of Life – Narelle M. Harris
Pulp Fiction Press, 2007
RRP: AU$21.95
ISBN: 9780975112922

Reviewed by Kate Smith

The Opposite of Life is the story of a young woman with a lot of tragedy in her past, past sorrows that she is trying to forget and current sorrows that she has learned not to feel.  Set in current day Melbourne, Lissa Wilson is trying to find a job as a librarian and trying to find a boyfriend who isn’t a complete self-serving leech.

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Changeless (Parasol Protectorate #2) – Gail Carriger
Hachette Grand Central, 2010
374 pages
RRP: $14.99
ISBN: 978-031-607414-8

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

Like the first instalment in The Parasol Protectorate, Changeless is a lot of fun from cover to cover. It follows the inimitable Alexia Tarabotti as she sashays through this steampunk Victorian society inhabited by vampires and werewolves.

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