Review: Intensity by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Intensity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you so much to Nemesis Publications for providing me a copy, I truly loved this. Sherrilyn Kenyon is one of my favorite authors, so ths was truly an honor to review.  Nick is one of my favorite characters from this universe, and I love this YA spinoff series.  Simi might actually be my favorite.

I think it was a great ending to the high school Nick saga, and I like where this is heading. We always knew Nick was going to end up as an adult in the Dark-Hunter universe, but I was never quite sure how that was going to tie back into the regular adult series given that the Chronicles of Nick is a fairly clean YA series. Sherri has always kept the adult stuff in her adult books, an has kept Nick to be a good kid with a fairly good head on his shoulders, atleast in the hormone department. I'll be honest I was frustrated with the last book for not moving the plot along much and really confusing me, however I think this one did a nice job moving the story line along and ending it in a decent place. We got some good explanations on what is actually happening with Nick's timeline in this book, and where it is headed. There are still some vague plot points, but they appear to be vague with a purpose. I'm starting to see how the Nick/Cyprian/Ambrose timeline stuff might actually tie back to the underlying plot of the Dark Hunter story line one day.

This story follows Nick and the gang through another zany adventure in the time continuum. Nick is still trying to fix the timeline that Ambrose broke, or did he? We find out that Cyprian, Nick's future son is manipulating Nick's timeline. We still don't know how Cyprian came to be, it is inferred that Nick learned how Cyprian was created and I think we will learn more about that in a future installment. We learned a bit more about Nick's family tree, and it cemented that Kody and Cherise are his two anchors from going full Malachi and destroying the world. Cyprian on the other hand is determined to destroy Nick, but like Nick, there may be hope for him yet. If you know anything about the Dark Hunter world, love always wins. I'm excited to see what the future holds for our lovable gang of demons.

This series has a ton of characters and places and words that are specific to the Dark Hunter and Chronicles of Nick universe. You almost need a Cliff Notes guide to keep you from getting confused, especially since the books come out so far apart. I feel like now that this part of the series is over, I need to go back and reread all 8 books and take notes so I'm prepared for the next stage of Nick's story.

I'll be purchasing a hardback to complete my collection.  I believe they are available now on Amazon, BN.com, and through Sherri's website store now.