Thursday, February 13

Book Review: Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh



Author: Nalini Singh
Title: Kiss of Snow
Series: Psy-Changeling #10
Genre: PNR, Fantasy, UF
Format: ebook
Pages: 433
Published: May 31, 2011
Where I got It: Borrowed from library

Summary: 
Since the moment of her defection from the PsyNet and into the SnowDancer wolf pack, Sienna Lauren has had one weakness. Hawke. Alpha and dangerous, he compels her to madness.

Hawke is used to walking alone, having lost the woman who would’ve been his mate long ago. But Sienna fascinates the primal heart of him, even as he tells himself she is far too young to handle the wild fury of the wolf.

Then Sienna changes the rules and suddenly, there is no more distance, only the most intimate of battles between two people who were never meant to meet. Yet as they strip away each other’s secrets in a storm of raw emotion, they must also ready themselves for a far more vicious fight . . .

A deadly enemy is out to destroy SnowDancer, striking at everything they hold dear, but it is Sienna’s darkest secret that may yet savage the pack that is her home . . . and the alpha who is its heartbeat . . .


Review:
Slowly getting my way through this series. :D

Sienna left the PsyNet and joined the SnowDancer pack. She can't get Hawke out of her mind and he is driving her insane. Hawke is used to being alone at the top. He loves his pack, but he doesn't want anyone too close to his heart. Sienna fascinates him but she is too naive. At the same time there is a deadly enemy out to destroy SnowDancer once and for all. Sienna has a secret that could be everyone's undoing. 

Is it wrong that I did not like Hawke or Sienna? I didn't hate them, but they drove me insane. Sienna is too wild and rakeless. Hawke is too cold. They do tear down the walls they both have but it took a while and I wanted to shake them. I also wasn't a huge fan of the age difference. She is like 19/20 and he is in 30s. Maybe if she was more mature? She acted her age most of the time so I just didn't vibe at first. By the end I did warm up to them. 

Now....my feelings toward the couple didn't ruin the story fully. I did enjoy watching them change and finally give in to love. I also am loving the background story. PLUS we got to see a lot of past characters and that made me happyyyy!!!

The last big scene??!!! I couldn't go to bed! I stayed up WAY too late finishing the book. I had to know how it was all going to be resolved. 

All-in-all, I had some issues with our main two, but I seem to be in the minority. I did warm up to them by the very end. Even with my issues, I still enjoyed this overall. The background story, the side characters, the big battle at the end? So fun. I'll stamp this with 3 stars. 



- Favorite Character(s): Brenna, Sascha
- Least Favorite Character(s): Sienna and Hawke 



 
Challenge(s):
- Romance Reading Challenge #6 (Non-US author)
- Library Love #4

6 comments:

Jen Twimom said...

A lot of fans weren't happy with this match up. It's been so long now, I can't recall what I thought. I know that Singh usually makes me happy by the end of the book.

Sophia Rose said...

I wasn't a huge Siena fan, but I did like Hawk. My favorites in this series are the low-drama romance ones. Yes, those big climax scenes are unputdownable. :)

Carole Rae said...

Jen, I liked Hawke but I didn't like him as much here. But yes, even though I didn't like this coupling Singh still made me appreciate the book.

Sophia, I love a good low-drama!

Northwoman said...

A lot of people were waiting for this book at the time I guess. At least that came our when we did the Read-along in 2021. I enjoyed this book. But I was waiting for Kaleb Krycheck's book.

Anne - Books of My Heart

Blodeuedd said...

I still have not read all of these, oops. but I have read this one

Carole Rae said...

Anne, I was excited too. But eh.

B, I'm trying to slowly catch up.