This review may contain spoilers, so fair warning, upon reading the review.

Book Evaluation:
Plot: 🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️
World Building:🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎
Cover:📔📔📔📔📔
Hero: 🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻
Heroine:🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️
Intimacy Level: 🔥🔥🔥
Relationship Building: 💒💒💒💒
Heart & Feels:💞💞💞💞
Witty/Banter/Reaction of Laughter: 😂😂😂😂
Page Turner Level:📖📖📖
Ending:🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧
Overall View: ✨✨✨✨.5


First Impressions
Atonement Sky is the latest release in the Psy Changeling and Trinity world. When I received this ARC in exchange for a honest review from Berkley Publishing, I felt more than honored. In Atonement Sky, Nalini Singh takes us on a journey here into the changeling world and in this story we get to explore the falcon territory of the Wind Haven Changelings. This territory is in Arizona, surrounded by cliffs of red and orange rock with a calming forest nearby. I loved the exploration of another changeling group, and this book was so atmospheric and deeply emotional. I think this is one of the most emotional books of the whole series actually. It had me so deep in my feels, its not even funny and I soaked it up like a sponge.

The Main Protagonists
The Hero: Falcon Wing Leader: Adam Garrett
The Heroine: Justice Psy Eleri Dias

Summary
Justice Psy Eleri Dias knows that due to what she has been forced to do, the psychic exposure to her brain is becoming fatal and she knows that her time is limited. But she is determined to solve the riddle of the serial killer and save who she can before she is gone from the world. But she is faced with a man whom she shared a connected with as a teenager.....Adam Garrett. Adam lost his parents to a killer and he blamed Eleri for it, not understanding the complexities of the situation that she was in. And he is determined to make her pay for her part in it. But as they search together for the serial killer, the bond between them grows, the past comes to light and both find redemption in each other's arms....but this serial killer has set his sights on Eleri and will stop at nothing to destroy her...

What I Loved
The depth of emotion is what made this book work so well for me in this one. Nalini Singh really upped her game with this one, there were so many factors into this story that just worked just perfectly for me. There is something so magical about the way that Nalini Singh writes and this one was no different. But I will say that Atonement Sky had something to the story that just hit on a different level than what I was expecting. I will say that this is probably the most heart wrenching romance she has written in the trinity series. The journey that our couple faces here is a tough one and isn't for the faint of heart. Their intimacy....their growth ....the hurdles they overcome both internally and externally captivates the attention so quickly. Their romance was beyond poignant and the moment you reach about halfway I guarantee that you won't be able to put it down. The story really escalates very quickly from there and it will leave you on the edge of your seat. The atmospheric elements to this story are so vividly picturesque. She does this element very well in her books....but it literally had me breathing the air of the Arizona cliffs. The exploration that we see digging into the falcon clan was captivating and I honestly didn't want to let go of them at all!!! I fell so in love with so many members of this clan and they literally had me laughing or crying all over the place within this story. I really really want Jacques to have a book though, not sure it will happen....we shall see what this author plans in future books.

What I Struggled With
The pacing in the first half is what I struggled with the most. While its not super slow or anything, it definitely didn't grab my attention like the second half actually did. So it definitely could have been a bit more engaging. This can happen in some of her books especially this series, not sure why, maybe its just an aspect in the world building she does. But keep that in mind and being patient with the writing because I promise .....the patience and waiting is definitely worth it.

Overall View
Atonement Sky is an emotionally charged romance that digs deep into the journey of connection, healing and growth that forms so stunningly. A SOARING GEM OF A READ!

Book Details (also in my shelves)
Sub Genre: Paranormal Romance
Character Types: Shape Shifter, Psychic Abilities, Alpha Male
Themes: Danger/Suspense, Mutual Pining, PTSD, Tear Jerker
Tropes: Revenge, Fated Love, Second Chance, Enemies to Lovers

Book Perspective
3rd POV

Relationship Conflict vs Plot Conflict
Both

If you like these authors, I recommend This Book
Christine Feehan
Lora Leigh
Pamela Palmer

Recommendation For Reading Order
Yes

Review: 5 Stars

Thank you for the free book BerkleyRomance!

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I screamed when I saw this email appear in my inbox giving me access to the arc of this book. It was my anticipated read for 2025 and absolutely did not disappoint!

I was looking forward to this one as we finally get to visit a Changeling group we have yet to connect with the Windhaven clan. We met Adam in Mercy and Riley’s book and I was already intrigued by him.

From the get go, the push-pull that was missing in the recent books was very much present here! This one speaks to second chance connection as Adam and Eleri met when they were young but were never meant to be due to circumstances…Fast forward to the present where Eleri arrives in the town where Adam’s clan resides on a personal hunt for a serial killer due to her work …and she and Adam met…the angst, yearning and the feelsssss!! This book took me through an emotional wringer! Due to their past history, Adam struggles with forgiving Eleri and would keep himself at arms’ length but could not help but feel the pull to always seek her out.

|Life was…beautiful..and more painful than death|

I love the characters assembled and the supporting characters here. Eleri is such a strong and determined character. While she lost her ability to “feel”, she very much knows what she is to Adam and wants to make up for the past hurt she caused him. Because of this, she leaves it to Adam to dictate the nature of the relationship and would never lie to him after being forced to do it in the past and destroying the nature of their relationship before it even began. Adam is such a strong “Wingleader” (Alpha). His ability to be there for his clan and his capacity to feel is huge. I was cheering him on when he finally forgives Eleri as the fault was never hers in the first place and could have caused her, her life.

|You’re enough. You’ve always been enough|

I also love that the side story of the hunt for the serial killer combined with the threat of Eleri’s phy shields giving out went hand in hand with the romance making this a dynamic read leaving me guessing who was the serial killer!. I also like the brief respite we got from the overarching story which leads to more character development and a focus on the romance of the main couple with some interesting romance happening with some of the side characters!

There were some cameos from the past characters we know and love as the world Nalini introduced us to has grown so with many intersecting characters in place. This book is definitely a salute to her older series and will probably be one of my top favourites in this series besides Silver Silence.

I am genuinely not sure how much point there is in writing this review - how many people are reading the reviews of the…. 24th book in a series? If you slogged through Ocean Light, you’re in this series to the bitter end. But, Netgalley gave me a copy in exchange for an honest review so here we are!

I think it’s very clear in this series that Singh is getting a little tired of the romance, because this book has followed a trend of increasingly rushed romances while the world is being developed. Having two “matings at first sight” books so close together was a little frustrating. I *miss* the development of a relationship.

I am very glad to see one of the major challenges facing our heroes this whole series has been resolved. I wish, however, that we got to see Eleri learn about who she is after the climax of the book.

See you all in book 25

Nalini Singh knows the perfect recipe to blend thrill, mystery and romance, perfectly. This surprised me in the best way possible but I knew I was going to love it. Eleri is such a complex and unique character that has been through hell. I absolutely adored her. She’s now one of my favorite heroines of Nalini’s. I also loved Adam. He’s wild yet stoic but he worships Eleri. I absolutely adored them together.

I started this book thinking I would only read a little but ended up staying up until three am, hooked by these characters and this story. One of my favorites yet!

Thank you to the publisher for providing access to an early copy of Atonement Sky by Nalini Singh!

This book is a new installment in the Psy-Changeling Trinity series. As a long-time fan of Nalini Singh, I found this story to be one of her stronger recent works. It follows a J-Psy named Eleri Dias, who is on the trail of a serial killer known as Sandman. During her investigation, she reconnects with her first love, Adam Garrett, who is now the Wing Leader for the Windhaven clan. Their past is filled with a lot of pain, and this encounter brings back all the old wounds.

I liked the story's emphasis on the mystery surrounding the serial killer and the search for a cure for J-Psy, whose psychic shields are rapidly deteriorating. I found these elements particularly engaging. However, the resolution of Eleri and Adam's past issues felt rather quick, and I wasn't entirely convinced by their romance. That said, I enjoyed this installment more than some of the more recent publications in the series. I was also fascinated by the Windhaven clan and would love to see a book focused on Bram and Dahlia's story!

All I can say is WOW! Nalini Singh books are always surprising, interesting, emotional and wonderful. But, I think this may be one of her best. Usually once an author gets this far into a series it starts to feel like the same book over and over. That is definitely not the case here. The storyline grows and changes enough to keep it feeling new and different with each book while still maintaining the plot. Eleri and Adam are amazing well written characters that you can't help but love. I can't wait to see where we go from here.

Nalini Singh never misses!!! I absolutely adored this book, the latest installment in the Psy Changeling Trinity series. I always love meeting a new changeling pack, and after seeing Adam and the falcons mentioned in previous books, it was great to really dive in, and see the differences between them and some of the other changeling packs we already know. I also loved getting to know Eleri and some other Justice Psy. It has been a while since a book focused on one of them. The relationship between Eleri and Adam was complicated at first, but once the pair communicated, the love that bloomed between them was beautiful. The challenges they went through made me cry multiple times. This book was definitely a more relationship heavy installment of the series, where not much happened in the wider overarching plot, but some key things did happen.

I was excited to read a book with a protagonist from Windhaven as we've heard about them frequently, but the interaction has always been minimal. That said, for the first bit of reading, I wasn't sure if I was going to like this book at all given Adam's attitude. But I never should have doubted Nalini Singh. She knocks it out of the park as always and moves the Psy and human development forward seemingly without trying.

I love Nalini Singh. Love, love, love her. I can’t say enough good things about her and her books. I recommend her to any and everyone that asks me for book recs. That said, something has changed for me. I don’t know if it’s me as a reader that has changed, or if her writing has changed. It could be a combination of both. It’s not that this wasn’t a good book. It was. It just wasn’t spectacular and that’s what I’ve come to expect since I first read Slave to Sensation all those years ago. So it was disappointing, but I feel like it’s a me problem, not a her problem.

Adam of WindHaven has been around here and there throughout the series. He never really made an impression on me, tbh. He just wasn’t memorable to me. I was excited when I read the synopsis because I knew that Nalini would make him something special. And he was. Adam was a great hero that owned up to his mistakes and was very in tune with his feelings and family.

As for Eleri, I didn’t love her, but I didn’t hate her either. The J designation has been my least favorite in the Psy-Changeling world since it was first introduced. I don’t know what it is. I didn’t love Max & Sophia’s book, though I do love the peek back into their lives and how they are intertwined with Nikita Duncan. There was just something with Eleri that didn’t resonate with me, which made me sad but you can’t win them all. I also feel like the smut factor has very much been reduced in the past few years and I love a good smut story.

So while I didn’t love this book, it was still good and I would say it’s worth the read and purchase.

Rating: 3.75 out of 5.

i am... disappointed. i loveeeee the psy changeling series and have been known to get excited over cover releases and stay up very late to finish the books when they first release. the character development on this one was pretty mid in my opinion - it felt like 1/4 of the book eleri was icy remote psy vibes and adam wasn't having it before WHABAM? there didn't feel like there was nearly enough time between them to really have me believe in their relationship, no moments where i'd be able to go back and pinpoint moments of the blossoming of their togetherness. i can think of sascha's last dream sequence with lucas, or sienna dancing with hawke, or payal going to canto even on the edge of flameout, but nothing here until very far into the plot.

normally i'm more into the romance than the world building, but i found the world buidling to be the most interesting part of this one. the solution at the end and the falcons' home felt so creative.

i will also say, nalini does a great job at incorporating other cultures into her books; this one included bits and bobs of diné culture and language, and i could imagine how the way that navajo nation / the canyon / rocks were really woven into the background of this book.

aside from more eleri/adam moments for connection in the first half of the book, i also found myself having a hard time connecting with eleri's found family. i am a suckerrrr for a good found family cast (aka i am satisfied with crumbs), but there's almost no time with eleri and the quatro , or even eleri with the other members of adam's pack. i looked up some of the page lengths of the trinity books i feel have better connections all around (main couple plus pack/friend time with the main characters) and they all have similar lengths to this one?? so why didn't we get good moments here ;___; we got one cute kiddo/eleri moment one not so cute teen/eleri moment but that's it sigh

An amazing addition to this series!

I'll admit I wasn't excited about a Windhaven book. We met Adams as a younger man and well he wasn't memorable. But this book changed my mind quickly. Adams has matured into an amazing wing leader! He's protective and adorable with the little ones. Love Ollie! He's a little falcon that like to land on arms! So cute.

I'm so glad to meet Adam and get to know his clan. I love the Falcons!

The canyon is amazing and the home they make there so very changeling. Their struggles tore at my heart because this book brings the feels. There are several characters I will need more information about. I'd love to see a couple of characters have their own books.

Then there are characters I know from Darkriver and Snowdancer. I so love seeing them on the page. Sascha brought a new E on the page. His name is Hanz and his heart is so large and tender. I admired his determination. Hope we see him again.

The world that Singh has built over the years is great. It's expanded and grown to meet the characters whose stories we hear about. I have enjoyed every story in it with a few favorites. Atonement Sky is one of those favorites. It brings just a little bit more. Tangled in the story is a serial murderer that Eleri is trying to find before her shields give out. I love the added mystery that the author does such a great job adding. Lots of little puzzles pieces that kept me guessing as the pages turned. Such a fun and enjoyable read!

If you're a Psy-Changeling fan, don't miss this one.

I was fortunate to receive an ARC for this book (thanks Berkley!) and am glad to say I enjoyed it very much! There's still some tightening up that I think they can do before publication, but regardless, I loved FINALLY getting a story about bird shifters and seeing more vigilante Js (totally my jam!) I appreciated the furthering of the overall storyline and loved the two main characters. I even cried as they worked through things as individuals and as a couple. I also really loved the secondary Bram and wished there was more of his story interwoven, but at least he got a HEA!
Final opinion: solid addition to the series and definitely enjoyable reading. Thank you Nalini Singh for helping me escape reality for a little while! I appreciate you!

Justice-Psy Eleri Dias knows the end is near for her, her mind one step away from fatal psychic exposure. In the short time that remains, she is determined to atone for an act of omission that has haunted her for a long, cruel decade. But that decision not only means facing a powerful changeling wing leader, but also putting herself in the path of a serial killer.

Falcon wing leader Adam Garrett is fiercely protective of his family and his clan. After losing his parents as a teenager in a shocking act of malice, Adam has no forgiveness in him for the J-Psy who betrayed him, betrayed them, at the most painful moment of his life. But the evil that stalks his territory will allow him no respite, forcing him once more into contact with the J he has never been able to forget.

Everything that could've been between Eleri and Adam was lost years ago, a shimmering promise crushed. As they work to uncover a monster, the moment of reckoning looms ever closer. Soon, there may be no more time left for either atonement...or love...

This book was so fun. I read it in a day lots of romance a little suspense. Leads with dark tragic pasts. Nalini Singh at her best per usual. I love the psy-changling series and recommend it to anyone who likes romance fantasy or romance science fiction because is a little bit of both.