Slave to Sensation

Psy-Changeling Series, Book 1

By: Nalini Singh

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

Nalini Singh dives into a world torn apart by a powerful race with phenomenal powers of the mind - and none of the heart. Born a Psy, Sascha Duncan must hide the emotions that mark her as flawed. But a passionate Changeling will tempt her to reveal everything - and risk her very soul.

Mind over matter: listen to more in the Psy-Changeling series.

©2006 Nalini Singh (P)2011 Tantor

Critic reviews

"This book is a must even for those uninitiated in the paranormal genre." ( Romantic Times)

Favorite Series

Any additional comments?

Great series!!!! This is my favorite series. Each book builds on the overall world while keeping you interested in the individual romances. A few of the book were about secondary characters that I didn’t care about at the beginning and absolutely loved by the end. This review applies to the first 9 books in the series.

Good read

I couldn’t stop listening! Great book. Narration was very good. Story was captivating to me.

Great series

This series is so much fun. It’s like an ongoing sci-fantasy series with hot sex. The narrator is incredible. Across nearly 20 books, the voices of all the main characters are consistent and recognizable!

Definitely worth listening to. Best kind of audible escape!

I Tried

I really tried to get into this book, but half way through I had to stop. I think maybe it was too sexual and needed more content. I just couldn't get into it.

Homerun with the first book in the series

In my experience, it's been rare to find the first book in the series an immediate hit out of the park. Usually the author of a series spends the first book getting her feet under her, explaining the world and consequently doesn't do as good a job with the storyline and the main characters.

Nalini Singh does an amazing job of everything in this book. She provides a good understanding of the world, enough background so you know what's going on, but don't know everything -- so you keep coming back and learning new things each time and the chemistry and story between the two characters is heartbreakingly amazing. I literally laughed and cried in several places throughout this book. In addition to the stunning emotional romance, she also managed very well written sex scenes that were explicit enough to be exciting but not so over the top that they seemed unreal or caused problems with suspension of reality.

I immediately purchased and have listened to the next 2 books. After getting through book 2, I purchased and downloaded books 4 and 5 as well. I'm looking forward to continuing to learn more about this amazing group of characters and Nalini's interesting and strange world.

An aside regarding narration... it's good. It's not a distraction for me. But it doesn't enhance and bring the story to life more like narration of other series I've listened to. It's enough to not be a distraction though given how well written this story is.

Love love love

I can never get enough of Nalini Singh's books. The narrator did a beautiful job with the characters and listening to this story just made my day 😄

Great Listen

This is my second listen-to since purchased the whole series. They are all good storie

Sex & a great story - prepare to listen right thru

What did you love best about Slave to Sensation?

The loyalty and protection of the Changlings... if you're family, they would willing to give their lives for you, even if you really didn't like them. Not to mention that love really does conquer all. The Psy (Nikita) disown anything that perfect, but in that guise, is a measure of protection.

What did you like best about this story?

learning to live and love

Which scene was your favorite?

ummmmmmm..............???????????????????????//

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

all of it...

Any additional comments?

I couldn't wait to buy the next book and the next, etc. For once, you have a decent reader.

Something new and wonderful

I came to this looking for a fantasy romance series, and got exactly what I expected and so much more. I love fantasy and I love romance but never imagined that they would be able to be combined in such a way. Every other fantasy series I have read has focused on one couple throughout the story, and the romances tend to follow the pattern of resolving the couple's story in the end of one book only to open up the conflict between them once again in the following. This, however, has the classic romance series style of bring two people together in one romance story and ending their story before moving on to the next in the next book, all set within one wonderful futuristic, urban fantasy setting with psychics and shapeshifters. I'm so firmly hooked.

This Book Hooked Me

I didn't really want to start a series, especially one that is over a dozen books long. However, in reading a brief description of each book, I realized they don't all include Sascha and Lucas. Therefore, there must be a break in the story of their lives. The story is very well written and kept my attention from beginning to end. Loved the characters and storyline. The narrator did an excellent job with the characters and their personalities. Looking forward to the next in this series.