#psy changeling

[aaronwarner]

Ivy’s sweater slipped off her left shoulder when she leaned forward, baring skin of golden cream to the morning sunlight. “Okay, I get that.” She didn’t notice when he nudged the sweater back in place with [telekinesis], the temperature too cold for her to be so exposed. [...] “How did they know your subdesignation so fast?” Her sweater slipped again and he nudged it back. “It usually takes time to be certain, even with genetic markers.” [...] Vasic glanced at her shoulder, nudged the sweater back up. This time, she noticed, color on her cheeks as her hand went up to the spot. “How many times?” “Five.” He got to his feet before he could make it six. “I need to rest.”

SHIELD OF WINTER by Nalini Singh

#psychangelingedit #reading-valkyrie #adultlitedit #achilleius #litedit #psy changeling #shield of winter #vasic zen #ivy jane #my gifs #ps edits #* #MY CHILDREN #this will get like 2 notes but whatever #this scene is so good #LISTEN THEY'RE SO ANGSTY FOR 80% OF THIS BOOK #IT'S TORTURE OF THE BEST KIND #that's why this scene is so precious #also damn i started so confidently with ivy's edit but you can tell i faltered and lost that a bit with vasic's lol #anyways i love this book i wish i could do 1000 edits of all the best scenes bc they're GOLD #this series deserves much more credit than it has

[whimsicalmeerkat]

Writing Patterns

Rules: list the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern!

I was tagged by @thotpuppy and @definitively-different-drivel. I can't keep track of who was already tagged, so if you see this and want to do it, consider yourself tagge!

I did this not long ago, but thanks to @februaryficletchallenge I've posted a lot of new works since then. This time I'm mixing it up and including WIPs. I skipped the 3 Sentence Ficathon collections, though. Reverse chronological order. Here goes!

Daromir walks through the Duchess of Tavorai's gardens, looking for Vana. sundial, Perilous Courts by Tavia Lark, Daromir Azri/Vana Dire, 389 words, T

Stiles stares at the ruins of the Hale house and reflects that he perhaps should have taken Deaton more seriously when he told him starting to practice magic would change how he saw the world. with lightning in his hands, Teen Wolf, Derek Hale/Peter Hale/Stiles Stilinski, wip with 9k posted, E

"Peter fucking Hale!" Stiles yells, pushing his way into Peter's apartment. pocket watch, Teen Wolf, Peter Hale/Stiles Stilinski, 596 words, T

“You know what we haven’t done in a while?” Stiles says when they’re sprawled out on the bed, sheets a hopeless tangle. we don’t talk about that, Teen Wolf, Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, 100 words, T

Kaleb Krychek stands in front of his mirror and considers the fact that all of his previous assumptions about what he would do if it turned out he had a soulmate seem to have been washed away by the reality. a decision deferred, Psy-Changeling, Kaleb Krychek/Judd Lauren, 504 words, T

Derek stares at the wizened fairy in front of him—seriously, he had no idea they even aged—certain he'd misheard. You may now kiss the bride. Or the other groom. Teen Wolf, Allison Argent/Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, 651 words, T

Stiles would like to say he first realized his best friend had been turned into a werewolf because of his keen powers of observation and knowledge of both Scott and the supernatural world. devil don't take a break, Teen Wolf, Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, wip with 16k posted, E

Judd stands on the slope of the mountain that rises high above SnowDancer's caves and watches the light change as the sun rises. the creeping light of dawn, Psy-Changeling, Judd Lauren/Walker Lauren, 200 words, G

Arthur watched Shae while he waited for Georgia to finish observing her Riverswords training. Shae's Earrings, Radiance Series by Tavia Lark, Arthur Davorin/Shaesarenna Nightven, 259 words, T

"Stiles. Stiles, wake up!" long after midnight, Teen Wolf, Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, 606 words, T

Patterns: Looks like I tend to either go for dialogue or what someone is doing. So much standing and staring.

#tag game #first lines #fanfic #teen wolf #psy changeling #perilous courts #radiance series

[azrielsbxtch]

I truly cannot wait to start Nalini Singhs Psy Changeling Series

Like you don’t understand I am absolutely obsessed with the Guild Hunter series!!!! It’s right up there with ACOTAR for me and as a plus the fandom isn’t toxic!!

So the fact that she has another series I haven’t read yet…and it’s like 30 books!!!!

Don’t threaten me with a good time!!!

November cannot come fast enough my TBR is creaking under its weight.

#nalini singh #psy changeling #guild hunter series

[net-mind]

Series Reference Page for Psy-Changeling created by @ruthlessreaders

Includes:

• title lists in series order for the main series, Psy-Changeling Trinity, and the novellas/collections, with notes on chronology

• links to the free short stories and deleted scenes on Nalini Singh’s website

• a comprehensive character list sorted alphabetically by first name or first initial, and including notes on appearance, age, and character family members when available

• a comprehensive Changeling Pack list in alphabetical order with details on leaders, healers, location, and type of Changeling when available

• a comprehensive list of other canon groups/organizations in alphabetical order with details of leaders, composition, and agendas when available

• a comprehensive list of known/mentioned canon Psy Designations with descriptions of those abilities

#psy changeling #psy changeling trinity #🕸️ #💻 #📖 #🗄️

[reading-valkyrie]

↳ Book Aesthetics — Kiss of Snow

“'Except I never had a prayer when it came to you. You're in my every breath and every thought, intertwined so deep inside me that love's not a strong enough word—you have my devotion, your name branded on my soul, my wolf yours to command. A hundred years? It'll never be enough. I want eternity.'”

#psy changeling #psychangelingedit #kiss of snow #aaronwarner #hawke snow #sienna lauren #mine #book aesthetic #mybookaesthetics

[dmitrigivesgoodblood]

#nalini singh #psy changeling #book event

[fredicia]

#re-reading this series after a decade #i'm loving the world-building #psy changeling #psy-changeling #nalini singh #quote

[darkangelofmists]

“Because he, more than anyone, knew that sometimes, love wasn’t enough. Sometimes, people changed so deeply that the change broke love itself.”

― Nalini Singh, Silver Silence

#Nalini Singh #Silver Silence #Psy-Changeling Trinity #psy changeling #quotes #Psy-Changeling

[blog-sliverofjade]

Sahara: I will now torture you.

Kaleb: *raises an eyebrow, smirking* Kinky

Sahara: *smiles* I think you are sweet and beautiful.

Kaleb: *tensing up* Wait-

Sahara: *moving toward him* You deserve to be cared for.

Kaleb: *backing away* No

Sahara: *leaning forward, trapping him against a wall* Your feelings and needs are valid and deserve to be heard.

Kaleb: *holds up his hands*

Kaleb: I- I need a safeword

#Incorrect Quotes #psy changeling trinity #Nalini Singh #kaleb krychek #sahara kyriakus #psy changeling

[i-swear-to-god-im-an-artist]

Hawke and Sienna from the Psy Changeling series by Nalini Singh.

#art #digital art #digital drawing #drawing #fan art #psy changeling #nalini singh #author nalini Singh #hawke snow #sienna Lauren #love

[nzbookwyrm]

I always know the beginning and ending of a story arc. So for example, with the Psy-Changeling series, the beginning was Silence – a world where the Psy live lives devoid of emotion under the Protocol. The ending I foresaw [spoiler!] was the fall of Silence.

Knowing the beginning and the ending is what I need to keep me on track. I don’t usually write it down, but I must know it. Before I wrote Silver Silence, I spent a long, long time considering the next story arc.

I knew we needed a second arc, because the events at the end of the first arc brought up all kinds of questions – but I wasn’t about to write that second arc until I knew exactly where I was taking my readers. Because for me, the fun of a journey like in this series, is that there is a payoff. All the pieces of the jigsaw fit in the end, so that if you go back and reread, you’ll see the path laid out from book 1.

So I guess the short answer is that I plot out where we’re going, but how we get to that point? It’s organic. The breadcrumbs get laid organically. But because I know where we’re heading, I don’t tend to head off on tangents. Like a road that has lots of side roads, but I don’t turn off, because those don’t lead to my destination. That doesn’t mean those side roads are forgotten – rather, I explore them in novellas, short stories etc.

#nalini singh #psy changeling #guild hunter #new zealand authors

[aaronwarner]

“I know you want to protect me,” she whispered, long, slender fingers spreading over his heart. “I can feel your need in every pulse of your blood.” “I can’t promise that I won’t check up on you every so often during your shifts,” Hawke admitted, because it would’ve been a lie of monumental proportions to do otherwise, “but every part of me understands who you are.” Not simply his mate, but a dangerous, beautiful woman with her own dreams and desires. It would’ve been easier if she’d been someone else, a woman who followed his every dictate and who never put herself in harm’s way. But he didn’t want easier, didn’t want anyone else. He wanted Sienna. Only Sienna.

TANGLE OF NEED by Nalini Singh

#adultlitedit #litedit #psy changeling #psychangelingedit #tangle of need #reading-valkyrie #achilleius #kiss of snow #i need to do a scene from their book bc this is not even from theirs #but it's such a good quote that i needed it #ps edits #* #we all need more hawke&sienna in this website

[whimsicalmeerkat]

3 Sentence Ficathon

2.2.2024

Series on AO3

Teen Wolf

Prompt: any, any, moonlight is sculpture, sunlight is painting, Derek/Peter

Derek always looks good in the sunlight—so handsome he doesn’t quite look real, like a photograph won’t do him justice, like he needs the hands of a painter to show how beautiful he is. In the moonlight, though…Peter has always thought Derek looks like a sculpture under the full moon with his carved muscles being made luminous by the light caressing his skin. He prefers those nights when they can run wild and collapse together in a tangle of limbs—the benefit of a sculpture over a painting is being able to touch.

Prompt: teen wolf, stiles/jackson, they're absolutely definitely for sure 100% not on a date

“I can’t believe Lydia told us to have a nice date, like she thinks just because we were both in love with her and both turned out to be queer and hated each other in high school we can’t have met again later in life and gotten close and—huh.”

“Shut up and order, Stilinski—I’m buying but I’m not waiting for you if you don’t pick something soon.”

“If you’re waiting for me to protest with some heteronormative bullshit about how I’m not the girl, you’re going to be just as disappointed as you were about the wine at that place last Fri—oh my god, we’re totally dating!”

Psy-Changeling

Prompt: Any, any, canon divergence that makes things worse

Kaleb Krychek looks down at the broken body of Sahara Kyriakus and feels his Silence shatter and emotions flood from the core in a wave he know will cascade through the PsyNet. “There must be one person who you do not want to die ,” Judd Lauren had said to him, telling him to consider them when he made a decision—after finding her dead, Kaleb’s only concern is whether the graves of his entire race will be enough to stand as a memorial to her. He flexes his power and begins destroying the Net that provides life to the Psy.

#microfiction #microfic #3 sentence fic #3 sentence ficathon #deter #stackson #teen wolf #kaleb krychek #psy changeling #author:whimsicalmeerkat

[christinaroseandrews]

To save her son, Psy scientist Ashaya makes a deal with the changelings to rescue two Forgotten children stolen by the Psy council. The rescue succeeds but now Ashaya herself is a target. With time running out, she concocts a daring plan to Extricate herself and her son... but to do that she must rely on the sniper who almost killed her, Dorian. Dorian Has a good reason to hate the Psy. After all, his sister was killed by a serial killer member of the Psy council. Still he can’t stop himself from being attracted to this scientist who would risk so much to save her son. But the council isn’t the only danger. Ashaya has a secret. A secret to die, or kill, for.

If the last book was pretty darn terrible, this book more than makes up for it. Oh my goodness. Is it good. I loved it. I loved the characters. And well. everything.

But before I get into why this book is so good, I need to give a whole heap ton of trigger warnings. This book includes the following: child endangerment, Mentions of child abuse, medical abuse, body trauma, reproductive trauma, lots of violence, and discussion of rape. Please make sure you’re in a good place before reading this book.

Now on to the main review!

A lot of the over arcing plot really ramps up in this book, and I would consider this book very much a Wham! episode. Or a Wham!Book, if you will. It is the kind of book that you can’t really miss in a series. Which is good that it was done so well. And for that I’m grateful. Dorian has long been a favorite of mine. In part, because he is one of the few changelings who is disabled or at least disabled in changeling terms. I like that he’s portrayed accurately when it comes to somebody who is disabled and desperately wants not to be. And would give anything to be cured. I also like that his arc is about accepting and coming to terms with several things that of happened throughout the series. As well as coming to terms with his disability.

I liked Ashaya when she was introduced in the previous book. Honestly she was the best part of the previous book. Her character intrigued me. And I really loved how immensely competent she was (competency porn is a thing of line. I love it), and I liked how she had her own story arc that was actually separate from the hero. Her backstory was quite frankly fascinating, and I do want to see more of her in the future books. She feels important enough not to relegate to the background unlike some other characters I could name... *cough*Talin*cough*.

The book does follow one of Singh’s main plots and character archetypes. Specifically this is another Assissination attempt plot (Where the protector falls for the protectee) and she’s got her Special Psychic is Special trope in play as well as her Pushy Boy/Damaged Girl pairing type. It’s a thing with her, I’ve even got a spreadsheet documenting this.

There were a couple of twists that were well telegraphed and honestly really added to my enjoyment of this book. One thing that I found that is amusing is that the author has a very specific kink That once you notice it you can’t unnotice it. In particular, characters like to nip at the lower lip or bite at their partners lips while kissing. It has shown up in every single book regardless of species or characterization. And it’s a bit of a trademark and I find it funny. It’s not something I personally like in kissing, but your kink is not my kink and that’s okay, and all.

There is one thing I do need to warn about for this book that’s a bit of a spoiler. Basically, a disability gets cured... but it is done in a logical way. Like many people with a disability, if I could get my disability cured, I would. While my allergies, migraines, arthritis, Hashimoto’s disease, severe myopia, etc. are a part of my life and I have accepted them. It doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t dump them if given the chance. And that’s a realistic portrayal of a disability and a person with one. That said, it can be a problem when all of the disabled characters get cured. It’s a fine line that worked for this book... sorta. but it does need a warning. 

So I did like this book, a lot. And because I liked it so much despite the minor niggles I’m going to give this: Five stars

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#romance review #paranormal romance #shifter romance #psychic romance #nailini singh #psy changeling #disabled character #single parent romance #thriller #series #five stars #rose and lark review books

[net-mind]

“That Ming LeBon, a man used to power, would lose it all before he died, that had struck him as ice-cold justice.”

—Ethan Night, Alpha Night

#psy changeling #psy changeling trinity #ethan night #alpha night #✍🏽 #⚖️

[thereadingcafe]

#Nalini Singh #Storm Echo #Psy-Changeling Trinity #Paranormal #Fantasy #Romance #Psy Changeling #Review