Review: Resonance Surge by Nalini Singh

Posted June 13, 2025 by Wena in Reviews | 0 Comments

Resonance Surge by Nalini Singh

Series: Psy-Changelings #22, Psy-Changeling Trinity #7
Main Leads: Yakov Stepyrev, Theodora Marshall
Setting: Russia, Moscow
Tags: Changeling Hero, Psy Heroine, Past Trauma, Abuse, Set in Future
Genres: Romance, Paranormal
Published On: July 18, 2023
Publisher: Berkley
Format: e-Book
Source: Purchased
Pages: 384
Purchase It: Amazon | Barnes & Noble

Where are the broken? That is the 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 . . .

This is the seventh book in the Psy-Changeling Trinity series and even during my years long reading slump, this series is one of the only series that I am still reading. Being back in this world is such a comfort to me that I don’t think I’ll ever quit it. I go long months between reading these books but every time I pick up a book, it’s like no time has passed. I also love that every time I pick up a book, I see familiar faces and are introduced to characters that I want to see more of. Nalini Singh is just that author for me and she wrote another winner with this one.

Yakov and Theo were a couple that worked really well together. Them getting together made sense and the thing with Theo being Yakov’s literal dream girl, the girl that he’s been dreaming about since he was a kid made their dynamic even more interesting to me. I loved how Theo was immediately comfortable with Yakov and how she felt safe with him but even more, I loved how Yakov wanted to protect her, even before they really knew each other. Their story was super heavy but it didn’t feel bogged down and I like that while so much is going on storywise, Singh didn’t let the romance between Yakov and Theo suffer.

I also really liked that Singh writes stories for everyone. Like everyone in this world is not cookie-cutter perfect but they’re still worthy of that redemption arc. I love that guys that did shitty things in the past can come back and we’re able to see the chain of events that led to them doing the shitty thing. I also love that in this story, Theo and Pax’s grandfather is absolutely not a good guy but that didn’t mean that they were tied to the bad things that their grandfather did. I loved seeing them work to make things right, even when those around them do not trust them to do the right things. Hell, even when they themselves don’t trust themselves to do the right thing. I loved seeing them be okay with not being accepted and working to prove their intentions anyway. I think that’s why I’m so interested in getting Pax’s story. His story can’t be an easy one to write, considering everything that he’s dealing with right now but please…I need his story.

In this book, I really enjoyed getting to know Theo and Yakov but I also really liked getting to know Yakov’s family and seeing Theo get in good with them too. I loved the dynamic between Theo and Pax, both as kids but also as adults. Their bond was sweet and their intense faith in each other made me love them all the more. There was so much bad in their lives and so much time spent apart but none of that touched the goodness between them and I just really liked that.

There’s a lot of good in this book, the overall story being told about the Psy Net falling any day now (even though it’s been falling for like the entire length of both this series and the Psy-Changelings series), seeing everyone come together to try to fix things, seeing the love blossom between Theo and Yakov but also the love that’s more cemented in Yakov’s brother and his partner. Seeing Theo deal with the broken memories of her past and trying to save Yakov and his loved ones from the weaknesses in herself that makes her a danger to others and seeing Yakov just flat out refuse to let her deal with everything alone, it all just made the reading adventure all the more great. If you’re a fan of this series then I definitely recommend this book. It’s a great addition to the series but also just a damn good read on its own.