Jan's Reviews > Primal Mirror

This one started off fine, although I wouldn't suggest reading it as the first book in this series, or you might feel a bit lost. Although I've by no means read them all, I've read enough of them to understand the background, and I knew some of the secondary characters from earlier books. So that was helpful.

All was going along OK till about halfway through the book, when (view spoiler)[it was revealed that Auden's baby was actually not her dna, but her mother's, so the baby she carried was her half-sister not her child. This just felt too creepy for me, along with all of the other yucky stuff about brain lesions, and bits of brain possibly being transferred etc. Eek. (hide spoiler)]. For me, the book went a bit downhill from that point, and I started to skim, reading chapters here and there, skipping over some sections.

Years ago, I used to really love Ms Singh's original series about the psy-changelings, that started with Slave to Sensation, which IMO was one of the best ones. But my reading tastes have changed since those days, and the later, related series seem to have become a bit too much for me. I don't really enjoy the direction they went in, with more emphasis on the Arrows and the Psy society. I have to admit I find the whole thing about the net-mind and the way it operates a bit hard to swallow.

I do like a good fantasy or sci-fi read, and it doesn't always have to be completely believable. But somehow I struggle a bit in completely buying into the world imagined by Ms Singh. I'm sure the books are still very popular, and new ones eagerly awaited by the many fans. Sadly I just don't enjoy them as much as I used to. Never mind. My problem I guess. But if you haven't read any of these and want to try them, I wouldn't start here. Go back to the start of the books, so it all makes sense as you read on into the series. And if you get hooked, there's a lot of reading enjoyment awaiting you :)