Psi Hunter Guardians Of The Pattern Book 1 edition by Jaye McKenna Romance eBooks
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Pat Cottrell has no problem working with the man who broke his heart. Ordered to team up with his ex-lover to hunt down a psi criminal strong enough to kill with a thought, Pat intends to keep his personal feelings in check. Business as usual.
Kyn Valdari never meant to break his best friend’s heart, but he never meant to fall in love with him, either. When he’s called in to assist Pat in a dangerous murder investigation, he finds himself fighting feelings he thought he’d buried years ago.
Luka Andreyev is slowly losing his mind to the dark power growing inside him. Caught in a turf war between two rival gangs, Luka’s choices are limited and his future looks bleak.
When he’s rescued by Kyn and Pat, Luka thinks his troubles are over, but it doesn’t take him long to realize nothing has changed. The game now spans the galaxy, the stakes are infinitely higher, but Luka is still just a pawn. And whoever controls Luka controls his deadly power.
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Psi Hunter Guardians Of The Pattern Book 1 edition by Jaye McKenna Romance eBooks
First book in a series but can be read as a stand alone - no cliff hangers and nice resolution. Excellent writing, story and character development. The blurb is accurate but it doesn't convey how book this book is. Sex only as necessary to advance the story.I want more!
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Psi Hunter Guardians Of The Pattern Book 1 edition by Jaye McKenna Romance eBooks Reviews
My first experience with Jaye McKenna was a very well-done short story Facing the Mirror. I sometimes think writing a short story is almost as much science as art - you've got to wield your words with real precision to get a tale that feels full and complete in such a short space - and I was impressed. I wouldn't have called it perfect, but even reading it with my (sometimes overly-)critical eye, I thought it was very good.
So when this novel-sized book written in the same universe was released, I bought it right away. And then forgot all about it. (If you could see my to-read stack, you'd understand.) But when an online book club I belong to - not even a sci fi one, funnily enough - chose this story for its reading list, my excitement was rekindled.
A little background first
The universe is a futuristic, galactic, highly technical one where some folks have developed "psi powers" of one kind or another; some people have some facility with telepathy, some are empathic, that kind of thing. Despite a pretty pervasive fear among the general public of having their minds read, etc., an institute was created to train psions - people with psi powers - to use them for the good of society. Separate but related to the institute is a government division devoted to hunting those rogue psions who use their powers in criminal ways.
Pat is a psi hunter. When the book begins, his regular partner has been sidelined just when reports of a psionic crime at an unusually powerful level surface, so Pat's paired up with an old flame who now rescues and trains psions, Kyn. Oh, and yes Pat and Kyn are men. Men who are hot for each other. If The Gays bother you, you should probably move on - this book doesn't treat it as unusual, doesn't report on it as something shameful or negative, and has an awfully high percentage of gay characters to straight ones. And there are dirty bits. I don't want to hear anyone saying they weren't warned.
I'll start with one thing I thought was less than perfect the characters. They're well-written, they're nuanced, they're believable, and...they can be totally maddening. They make bad decisions. They're melodramatic. Two of the three mains have martyr complexes. The characters are developed, but they developed in a direction that makes them difficult to like at times. Actually, that might not be fair. I did like the characters overall, I just periodically wanted to shake them. (I'm not kidding when I say they're believable, either; that sort of impulse isn't exactly uncommon in real life.)
****[POSSIBLE SPOILERS IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH...BUT I'LL TRY TO BE VAGUE]****
Another thing that had me rolling my eyes a bit, and this ties in with the general character complaint, was the romance between Pat and Kyn. It, too, is exceptionally dramatic, and even though it has years of tortured history, all of that happens "off-screen." So even though I ultimately liked Pat, and I ultimately liked Kyn, I wasn't invested in the monolithic Pat-And-Kyn relationship, which, frankly, seemed like more trouble than it was worth. Had there been a few books' worth of love and devotion and gooey hotness between Pat and Kyn leading up to the inevitable stresses that keep a story interesting, I would have been distraught at the idea of one of them fleeing the relationship. We didn't, though. They were not-together for years (which we mostly just heard about), they were together for a second or two, and then they were on the outs again. The idea of them not being together again simply wasn't that distressing to me, and the relationship that I was supposed to root for just didn't seem worth all the insecurity and bad behavior and drama.
****[I'M DONE SPOILING]****
I know, this all sounds like an awful lot of complaining for a book I keep protesting that I really did like. There were lots of other aspects that I can't think of anything to complain about, though...and if you knew me, you'd realize just how amazing that is. The setting is outstanding, if rather gritty. The psionic stuff is great. McKenna has a real gift for making us feel the tortures she's putting her characters through. And the story itself was fast paced and deft.
I'm calling this one a solid four stars, and there's no doubt that I'll be watching for the next books in the series. Her characters may have exasperated me at times, but I'm not quite ready to let them go yet.
Reviewed at World of Diversity Fiction
Title Psi Hunter (Guardians of the Pattern, #1)
Author Jaye Mckenna
Cover Artist Chinchbug
Publisher Self-Published
Reviewer Sean
Genre Fantasy & Sci-Fi
Type Romance
Pairing Gay
Length Long Novel
Heat Rating ♨♨♨
Book Rating ★★★★★
This book was purchased by the reviewer
Blurb
In a future where humanity has spread out among the stars, those few possessing psychic abilities are looked upon with suspicion at best and murderous intent at worst.
On Aurora, one of the more tolerant worlds of the Federation, Pat Cottrell works for Federation Security as a psi hunter, tracking down and neutralizing dangerous psi-criminals.
Kyn Valdari works for the Institute for Psionic Research, running search-and-rescue operations, in which psions in distress are offered the chance to learn how to control psychic abilities that can threaten sanity and ruin lives.
Kyn and Pat used to be best friends, closer than brothers. Three years ago, one passionate night that never should have happened left both of them shocked, confused, and desperately wanting more.
They haven't spoken since.
Now, the silence between them must be broken. Kyn and Pat have been ordered to investigate a string of murders that may have been committed by a psion powerful enough to kill with a thought. In order to succeed, they will have to work together to save an abused, traumatized young psion from being taken advantage of by the very organization that is supposed to save him.
Review
The book was awesome! I loved all characters in the book. The author did amazing job describing the important characters that gave me a chance to connect to most of the characters. Luka was one of my favorite characters. He'd had a tough life. It was hard to see him suffer over and over again. But in the end, it'd worth of suffers.
The world building wasn't too complicated and wasn't heavily described. It was enough to give me a better understanding what type of the world the author had guided me into. I loved everything about it. I totally wanted to visit the Aurora.
The pairings all made sense and nothing were totally opposite. Especially Kyn and Pat. They were wonderful for each other even though Kyn was a pain in the butt! I was hoping Luka would find someone and I already have one in my mind and I hope I was right but I'll have to read the next book to see if Luka paired up with someone.
Miko was another character I really wanted to know more. He was unique. There wasn't enough background of Miko yet, but I knew I would learn more about him in the next book. He even knew the sign language, which was awesome.
The plots overall was done extremely well. It was balanced with action, drama, romance, and several issues the characters need to deal with. In a long novel, it was balance perfectly well for my taste.
I definitely highly recommended you to check this one out. It was an amazing read!
First book in a series but can be read as a stand alone - no cliff hangers and nice resolution. Excellent writing, story and character development. The blurb is accurate but it doesn't convey how book this book is. Sex only as necessary to advance the story.
I want more!
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