It’s a demon-eat-demon world for Nick Gautier. Just when he thinks he’s finally gotten a handle on how not to take over the world and destroy it, Death returns with an all-star cast that is determined to end the Malachai reign and lineage forever. Worse? Death and War have found the one, true enemy Nick can’t find, and even if he did, it’s one he could never bring himself to banish or kill.Now … kill.
Now framed for murders he hasn’t committed, and surrounded by new friends who might be turncoats, Nick is learning fast how his father went down in flames.
The heat in New Orleans is rising fast, and Nick’s threat-level has gone into a whole new level of intensity. He’s learning fast that when War and Death decide to battle, they don’t take prisoners. They don’t negotiate. And they’re both immune to his biting sarcasm and Cajun charm. To win this, he will have to embrace a new set of powers, but one wrong step, and he will belong to the side of Darkness, forever.
Praise for Chronicles of Nick:
“Illusion [is] another great story. The humour [is] spot on… great balance between action and storytelling.” – Total Book Geek on Illusion
“[Chock] full of action, suspense, emotion, Nick’s perfectly timed humour and sarcasm, friends coming together to help one another, danger and peril at every turn, and of course Kenyon’s brilliant world building, character creations, and imagination that make you forget you are reading a work of fiction.” –The Reading Café on Instinct
“Nick never ceases to amaze me. …My words don’t do him justice. You won’t understand until you read the book. So read the book, please? You won’t regret it.”―My Not So Salient Life on Instinct
“The perfect amount of action, snark and intriguing character development.”―Teen Library on Instinct
About the Author:
New York Times and international bestselling author, Sherrilyn Kenyon, is a regular at the #1 spot. With legions of fans known as Menyons (thousands of whom proudly sport tattoos from her series and who travel from all over the world to attend her appearances), her books are always snatched up as soon as they appear on store shelves. Since 2003, she had placed more than 80 novels on the New York Times list in all formats including manga and graphic novels. Current series are: Dark-Hunter®, Chronicles of Nick®, Deadman’s Cross™, Nevermore™, Silent Swans™, Lords of Avalon® and The League®. Her books are available in over 100 countries where eager fans impatiently wait for the next release. The Chronicles of Nick® and Dark-Hunter® series are soon to be major motion pictures while Dark-Hunter®, Lords of Avalon® and The League® are being developed for television. Join her and her Menyons online at SherrilynKenyon.com and www.facebook.com/AuthorSherrilynKenyon
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If you haven’t had a taste of the Nick Gautier’s Cajun sarcasm, you’re missing out. The Chronicles of Nick is one of my favorite series. I suggest you start at Book 1 “Infinity” to get the full impact. I first saw Nick in the Dark-Hunter Series. He stood out then as a squire to Kyrian, one of the dark-hunters. The Chronicles go way back to when Nick was a teenager and how he was first introduced into the Dark-Hunter World. You find out all kinds of world-shattering things about Nick. It is YA at its best.
3.5 stars
Nick is again fighting forces that are trying to ruin his future. When he learns that the things he thought he knew about his future were all misconstrued will he be able to right things in his timeline? This is my least favorite of the Nick Chronicles. I really want to see what is coming next though.
I love all the books in the Chronicles of Nick series. This one was as good as the others filled with the people we have come to love
This entire series wasn’t that great to me anyway, but what the heck happened here? This was short, too short for the ending book of an 8 book series. It was also confusing and made me feel like it was written just to finish the series, with no real interest in the story anymore by the author. Seriously, if I had known it was going to end like this, I wouldn’t have bothered reading this series.
This one was the best of the Nick’s chronicles, can’t wait for more!!
Original review: https://myshelfbooks.wordpress.com/2018/07/04/intensity-sherrilyn-kenyon/
I have already said this over here, but I don’t mind repeating myself about that matter: Sherrilyn Kenyon is one of my favourite authors ever!! I love her crazy universes where anything could happen. Her sense of humor. Her love for redeeming the irredeemable. Her sense of adventure. Kenyon’s books are always a pleasure to read!! The Chronicles of Nick is the saga that I enjoy the most. But Intensity is the book I have enjoyed the least; but it’s not a bad book at all.
It’s hard to say what is the plot of this one. Is there really a plot? It feels like the last chapter of a TV Show where the main character just makes a tour among their people to say goodbye. Everyone must get some minutes for a proper ending. The problem with Kenyon is that she likes her books packed with characters, so this book is 90% talking with other characters without any further development. Yes, Nick has some trouble… but it’s not really the most important part of the book. The story is all about more revelations about the Malachai history and little more.
This is meant to be the last book of The Chronicles of Nick saga, but Kenyon, being true to her nature, couldn’t stop here and she is planning a new set of books with Nick and his son Cyprian: Shadows of Fire. This is really good news because I love the characters. But it has also meant bad news for the ending of The Chronicles of Nick. It has been weak, leaving a lot of holes that I guess will be filled nicely in that new saga. It’s not fair, though. This saga deserved a big ending and not this huge menage of characters with a couple of minutes for each.
The reason I love Kenyon’s crazy universes is the same reason I have been a bit lost reading this book. Granted, I’ve been away for too long from the Hunterverse and my knowledge of the characters isn’t as exhaustive as before. It’s the kind of saga where you need a notepad to make notes about all the cast and facts. Otherwise, you are going to feel overwhelmed sooner or later. I could barely keep up with all the characters in this last book of The Chronicles of Nick. As I’ve said before, it seems that almost every character had something to say to Nick…
When I was almost at the end of the book I had a bad feeling about the ending. There were a lot of plot lines that needed to be closed and the author wasn’t aiming for any of those. What happens at the end has left me speechless and a bit angry. I will have to re-read it, because I’m not sure if I have understood it. The jumps in the timeline are crazier that usual, which doesn’t help at all with my understanding of the final book.
I know this review looks bad, but the book is very enjoyable. Nick is as saracstic as always and that always makes me smile. I LOVE all the characters of this Universe, so I’m glad everyone had a moment to at least say something. Fingers crossed we will see most of them in other books of the Hunterverse.
By the way… what is the deal with the cover?? They have broken the template of the saga with this one. It’s not a bad cover per se, but it is very disappointing. I guess it is as weird as the the book itself, though.
This whole series is Extraordinary and addicting. A true page turner, once you start you definitely can’t stop!!!
I don’t really know how to describe this book. Basically Nick is being jerked around by his future son, and his mother War who is working with Death. The timeline jumps around so much is getting hard to keep track of.
It feels like this book was rushed, and not well thought out. It is confusing as hell, and TOO SHORT! This has been one of my favorite series for the past 5 years or so, and I have always watched for the new release date with anticipation. Frankly I was horribly disappointed with this book.
Not my favorite book from this author, but still worth reading.
While this book did progress the plot line of the series it was not up to par with Ms. Kenyon’s normal page turning standard. Thank goodness it was short because I had to force myself to keep reading and put this book down several times for days at a time (normally I read Ms. Kenyon’s books in just one or two settings). Hopefully the next Chronicles of Nick book will be better!
Another5 star read in SHerrilyn Kenyon’s fantasy world! If you haven’t read this author, start now, you won’t want to put the books down!
Book was a little short; however it was a good read. I had a hard time putting it down everytime I picked it up.