Week 17 Review: Resonance Surge

From Goodreads:

Where are the broken? A propulsive question that unleashes a world of secrets in New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s Resonance Surge . . .

StoneWater bears Pavel and Yakov Stepyrev have been a unit since birth, but now Pavel's life is veering in a new direction, his heart held in the hands of Arwen Mercant, a Psy empath—and the only man who has ever brought Pavel to his knees.

This is it. A point of irrevocable change. For Pavel . . . for Arwen . . . for Yakov . . . and for another pair of twins whose bond has a far darker history.

A low-gradient Psy, Theodora Marshall is considered worthless by everyone but her violently powerful twin, Pax. She is the sole person he trusts in their venomous family to investigate a hidden and terrible part of their family history—an unregistered rehabilitation center established by their grandfather.

Places of unimaginable pain designed to psychically wipe minds, leaving the victims shells of their former selves, the Centers are an ugly vestige of the Psy race's Silent past. But this Center was worse. Far, far worse. And now Theo must uncover the awful truth—in the company of a scowling bear named Yakov who isn't about to take a Marshall at face value . . . especially a Marshall who has turned his dreams into chilling nightmares.

Because Yakov is the great-grandson of a foreseer . . . and he has seen Theo die in an unstoppable surge of blood. Night after night after night . . .

My Review:
I absolutely loved reading this book! This series is so great, and I loved this latest couple (and that we got his brother's happy ending at the same time was really great!) and I couldn't get enough! All 4 of these characters were so great! 

One thing that I loved about this book in particular, was the letters between his great-grandfather and his family. He left the Psy network to be with his bear mate, and the voting for Silence was a particular issue with his sister in particular, with her husband and child. It was so heartbreaking to read, especially given what we know about Silence after all these books. 

We mainly have the story of Yakov, a bear shifter with a bit of Psy blood, which is why he's seeing these nightmares of Theo. And we have Theo, who was tortured by her grandfather, and has a heartbreaking story. We also had Pavel and Arwen, who have been a couple for a few books now, but they hadn't mated yet, so I loved getting their story as well! 

The rehabilitation center plot, yeah, it's horrid what the Psy did to the members of society that they deemed broken in some way. That Theo didn't have a clue that she was connected to them until she went there? The pages couldn't turn fast enough! 

We don't have a lot of updates in the overarching plot with the Scarabs and such yet, but we do have Pax, who is Patient Zero, and now that we've gotten some of his history because it's also Theo's history, I'm really hoping for a happy ending there!

This was a really fantastic read, and I can't wait for the next in the series! 

Author: Nalini Singh
Series: Psy-Changeling Trinity #7, Psy-Changeling #22
Read: April 22nd, 2023
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 203 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Berkley 
Expected Publication: July 25th 2023

5/5 Hearts

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5/5 Stars