Tracy’s review of Whispers in the Dark (KGI Series #4) by Maya Banks
She came to him when he needed her the most
She came to him at his lowest point. The voice of an angel, a whisper in the dark. She’s the only thing that gets Nathan Kelly through his captivity, the endless days of torture and the fear that he’ll never return to his family. With her help, he’s able to escape. But he isn’t truly free, because now she’s disappeared and he’s left with an all-consuming emptiness as he struggles to pick up the pieces of his life. Did he imagine his angel? Or is she out there, needing his help as he’d once needed hers?
Now he rushes to save her before it’s too late
Shea has been on the run from people who will stop at nothing to exploit her unique abilities. She never wanted to drag Nathan, who’d already suffered so much, into danger, but she doesn’t have a choice so she reaches out to him for help. Finally face-to-face after having already formed a soul-deep bond in hell, their emotional connection is even more powerful than their telepathic one. Nathan refuses to consider ever letting her go again, but she worries they can never have a life free of the dangers that dog her every step. He’ll protect her with his every breath, but can he convince her that they are meant to face these threats together
Nathan is on a mission in Afghanistan when he is captured. He is tortured along with his teammates and is about to give up on life when he hears a voice in his head. Not only does he hear the voice but he feels his pain being taken away. He thinks he’s finally gone nuts but talks back to the voice. When the voice, a female who identifies herself as Shea, asks him for particulars so that she can attempt to email his brothers for a rescue attempt he thinks he’s giving information to his own cracked psyche. I mean, how can there be a voice in his head?
The woman is actually Shea Peterson and she’s a psychic who can take people’s pain away when she touches them only with Nathan she seems to be able to do that without even being in the same country. Shea manages to help Nathan get back home but then she leaves his mind trying to give him time to heal. The problem is that Nathan feels lost without the person he came to depend on and can’t seem to get back into the groove of things. When Shea telepathically contacts Nathan again with an SOS signal he leaves everything behind and goes to help her out. Eventually Nathan’s brothers are called in to help Shea get away from those people who would use her gift against her and treat her like a lab experiment.
I was a tad concerned when I first started this book and realized that there was a psychic or paranormal type element involved in the story. I like paranormal elements in a book but usually not when the story has been strictly non-paranormal up to that point. I decided to hang around after the first chapter and find out what was up. I’m really glad I did as the psychic element in this story seemed to work out and didn’t seem quite as unlikely as I thought it would be to start.
The story very much focused on the bond that Nathan and Shea had created with each other while Nathan was in captivity. It seemed to really seal them into a bond that neither could, nor wanted to break. The storyline was such that it told of Shea basically being a lab experiment of those who had shown true psychic ability so it just seemed more plausible in the end.
I like seeing Nathan and Shea work together to try to solve their outside issues but what I liked most is that there wasn’t really any angst between the two of them. It was nice to read a book where the hero and heroine just got along! (Nathan did get a bit on the sappy side from time to time which I could have done without but it all worked in the end.) Not the outside forces were against them completely but they worked through those as well. Though not all of the problems were taken care of it gave it enough of a flavor or completion that I thought they had a good chance for an HEA.
I can’t wait to see what happens next in the series.
Rating: 4 out of 5
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This book is available from Berkley. You can buy it here or here in e-format.
I am reading this right now. I have loved this series.
Ugh. I HATED this one! How can you turn a series paranormal halfway through?! And it was so cheesy with all those family get-together-love sessions.
Where is that DNF review we were promised?
Cheryl – I’ve really been liking it too.
Anonymous – I didn’t have an issue with the psychic aspect of the story because I don’t see being psychic as a being a paranormal aspect. I have had the contemporary to paranormal issue in the past with other books but this one worked for me.
You’ll have to wait for Casee’s review for the DNF, sorry.