Bonds Of Justice is the eighth installment in Psy-Changeling series. Even so, the author never ceases to amaze me with the world she has created. In this book, we will meet Detective Max Shannon, a human cop who was born with a natural mental shield that protects him from Psy mental interference, and Sophia Russo, J-Psy who has almost reached her 'retirement' age and her telepathic shield are beginning to fail.Max and Sophia were chosen to work together to solve the special case. Both of them were intensely attracted to each other. I loved this couple, they were brave enough to take a risk and open their hearts to love without restraint, no secrets, no holding back, just trust and love. It was wonderful seeing how these two imperfect persons create one perfect relationship and make each other whole. He could almost feel the vibrating tension in her, every tendon held taut. I know who you are, he said, holding her gaze. Im not going to be scared away because of your imperfections.A sheen of wet in her eyes, turning the midnight iridescent.We fit, you and I, he whispered looking into that haunting gaze. Two broken pieces making a whole. It wasnt the most romantic of statements, but it was torn from his soul. I am not losing you.But their time together was almost up. Sophia came close to losing an ability to get her thin, fragile mental shield under control. Still, Max never gave up and he would do anything to save her.All in all, this was my thrilling read, full of emotion, passion, fast-paced suspense, and drama. This series just keeps getting better and better! Nalini Singh is definitely one of my auto-buy authors.

"Max?" "Yes?""Will you remember me?"His heart broke into a thousand pieces. "Always. ______________________________________2nd read - 11 March to 13 March 20133rd read - 3 May to 5 May 20144th read - 15 to 21 April 2015______________________________________I'm going to start this review by saying that I absolutely adore Sophia and as a result there may be some gushing about her in this review.As with 'Blaze of Memory' this book has a different feel to it compared to the rest in the series. Here we get to see the development of a relationship between a Human and a Psy who is all but broken. We first met Enforcement officer Max Shannon in 'Mine to Possess' after he'd traveled to San Francisco in order to help Tally with the disappearance of children linked to The Shine Foundation. We learned then that Max had incredibly strong natural mental shields that prevented Psy from messing with his mind (Human's lack of natural shields being something that the Psy have taken advantage of regularly). On account of these shields and his moral code Max is a rarity in Enforcement, he is incorruptible. Sophia, a J-Psy, a Psy designation that allows her to enter someones mind and take their memories, then share it with others, is introduced to us as she sits across from a human serial killer, she is about to attempt to enter his mind in order to find the burial sites of his victims. Max has dedicated himself to capturing the truly evil Gerard Bonner and bringing his victims home. Bonner is a twisted individual and the insight we get into his mind is really very unpleasant. Sophia is incredible, she faces down an absolute loop the loop, enters his mind and sees the nightmares that he has gotten off on. But this is her job, she has done it countless times, she has done it so often that her telepathic shields are all but worn away and she knows that soon the world will bombard her and drive her to insanity. Sophia's gift is such that it is unlikely that she was ever really Silent which makes the fact that she is still sane even more incredible. Her life is quite simply a living nightmare. Add to that a heart breaking past and a crushing sense of loneliness and it becomes almost too much to bare. Sophia knows her time is almost up, and when she gets recruited by Councillor Nikita Duncan to pursue a traitor within Nikita's ranks she realizes that her time is hurtling ever faster to an end, when she discovers that Max has also been brought into work with Nikita she decides to try and live before it all ends, by doing so she allows Max to give her something beyond compare. Max and Sophia are both broken in some way but as Max points out together they make a whole. They both fit together and Max accepts everything that is Sophia and he does not see her as flawed and scarred, what he sees when he looks at her is everything he wants. I liked Max before, but the way he treats Sophia is so sweet and tender that it's hard to do anything but love him in the end. WARNING, PRETENTIOUS WAFFLE TO FOLLOW AND MAY CAUSE FLASHBACKS TO LITERARY THEME EXAM QUESTIONSNow I'm not one for pulling different themes out of books (there is always a but!!) BUT this story seemed somehow darker than any of the others to me, I think maybe it was the human element involved here. This series is fantasy but with the addition of a human serial killer a certain amount of reality manages to make its way on to the page. Gerard Bonner is not a fictional character in a fictional world he is very real but he has many different faces and many different names, humans are capable of great cruelty and evil. But, on the other hand as humans we are also capable of great kindness, dignity and compassion, the ability to stand up for what is right and fight for what we believe in such as the way Max does. Bonner definitely stayed with me a lot longer than the other villains in this series and I think that the reason for that was his humanity or lack of. PRETENTIOUS WAFFLE ENDSAnyhoots, I really liked this, Max and Sophia are great together and I loved their story, again there is not much of the Changeling's in this but we see snippets. We get to see how amazingly, totally, fabulously, incredibly in love the oh so perfect Sascha and Lucas are. This is not getting old at all. Seriously though, they are becoming nauseating!!!Also from what we learn in this book, Nakita and Kaleb don't appear to be what they seem. Most intriguing!!

Going straight to the point: I loved the continuing development of the overall story arc and can't wait to see what will happen next, but Max and Sophia's romance was kind of bland. I also thought that the ending was "strange": it wasn't as unsatisfying as a HFN would be, but it wasn't a fulfilling HEA either - at least, not to me.