Series: Psy-Changeling Trinity, Book 9
Publisher: Berkley
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: July 15, 2025
Source: Publisher
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Justice-Psy Eleri Dias knows the end is near for her, her mind one step away from fatal psychic exposure. In the short time that remains, she is determined to atone for an act of omission that has haunted her for a long, cruel decade. But that decision not only means facing a powerful changeling wing leader, but also putting herself in the path of a serial killer.It’s a race against time to both catch a killer and save a protagonist in Atonement Sky. It’s almost the end of the line for J-Psy Eleri Dias. After multiple reconditionings, she’s almost at the point of Exposure. Before she goes, she wants to atone for an action she didn’t take when she was just an intern. An action that let a killer go free and broke the heart of the one man who was meant to be hers.
Falcon wing leader Adam Garrett is fiercely protective of his family and his clan. After losing his parents as a teenager in a shocking act of malice, Adam has no forgiveness in him for the J-Psy who betrayed him, betrayed them, at the most painful moment of his life. But the evil that stalks his territory will allow him no respite, forcing him once more into contact with the J he has never been able to forget.
Everything that could’ve been between Eleri and Adam was lost years ago, a shimmering promise crushed. As they work to uncover a monster, the moment of reckoning looms ever closer. Soon, there may be no more time left for either atonement...or love…
Eleri is both strong and fragile, her shields almost gone and no hope for her. Her personality is muted which makes the start of the story a bit slow. Adam Garrett, Wing Leader of WindHaven, is a falcon who is strong of heart. He’s bruised by what he sees as a betrayal from years ago, but he comes around and is a wonderfully protective hero. He and Eleri have a connection neither can deny, but – for lack of a better way to explain it – it didn’t feel as earned as other Nalini Singh couples’ bonds have. I enjoyed their love story, but it was missing some of the depth I’m used to in Singh’s stories.
There are two plotlines that work with the romance but are more prominent: the hunt for a serial killer and the inevitable degradation of shields Eleri and many other Js face. Eleri comes to Raintree to track down the killer and the hunt was entertaining. What was more of a mystery, however, was how Singh would manage to create a happily ever after when one half of the couple is running out of time. The twists and turns the story took were intriguing and the solution a satisfying one that I didn’t expect. The ramifications are sure to be felt as the series goes on and of course, familiar faces join in with the newer ones to solve the problem.
I went back and forth on how to rate this story a bit because I wanted more from Adam and Eleri’s romance, but overall I did thoroughly enjoy Atonement Sky. Singh is a wonderful writer who continues to draw me in and the world she has created is vast, fascinating, and full of unique personalities. While I could happily spend forever with DarkRiver and SnowDancer characters, the WindHaven characters absolutely drew me in and I hope to see more of them in future Psy-Changeling Trinity books.
FTC Disclosure: I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
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