From Nalini's webpage at http://www.nalinisingh.com

Nalini Singh is the New York Times bestselling author of the Psy/Changeling and Guild Hunter series. She is an Antipodean, born in Fiji and raised in New Zealand. Nalini recently won the Favourite Paranormal Romance, Favourite Fantasy, Sci-Fi or Futuristic Romance, and Favourite Continuing Romance awards at the 2010 Australian Romance Readers Association Awards. In Australia, Nalini’s novels are published through Gollancz.

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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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Angels’ Blood (Guild Hunter #1)- Nalini Singh
Hachette Livre Gollancz, 2010
340 pages
RRP: AU$22.95
ISBN: 978-057-509572-4

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

Angels’ Blood is the first in the Guild Hunter series by Nalini Singh. She already has quite a following for her sexy paranormal Psy-Changeling series (the first title in that series, Slave to Sensation is also reviewed on Ticon4.com) and by the looks of it, Guild Hunter will be snapping at its heels. The Guild Hunter in question here is Elena Devereaux, a vampire tracker and bounty hunter whose new job doesn’t just involve vampires. She is now working for the drop-dead gorgeous Archangel Raphael, ruthless and terrifyingly inhuman, yet caring and overwhelmingly attractive. Working with angels isn’t like you’d imagine — in this world they are immensely powerful and beautiful, yet they are also the Makers of vampires. This first instalment of the series is packed with drama, intrigue and attraction, and provides a nice balance between the action and the… er… action.

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Slave to Sensation (Psy-Changeling #1) – Nalini Singh
Hachette Livre Gollancz, 2010
334 pages
RRP: AU$22.99
ISBN: 978-057-509566-3

Reviewed by Kate Smith

I initially bypassed this novel as not a story that I would be interested in reading, however I am pleased that I took the time to read Slave to Sensation.  This does not mean that the story is a classic, but it is a good example of its genre.  Not having read the two further novels in the psy-changeling series, I am a little apprehensive that there will be repetition of ideas or premises with different names inserted, but hopefully Singh will be able to integrate three different stories smoothly, each supported by the others without being the same.

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