Infinity

So this week is the #Gautierathon meaning I want to read the 5 books in the Chronicles of Nick series that are currently out. Infinity was an interesting start to the series. Nick is a great main character. I love his sarcasm and sassiness they really add to the story. Throughout this book there were quite a few times where I would become confused as to what exactly was going on. I'm not sure if this was because of the writing itself or because of how we as readers are being introduced to the characters and the world.

The book is incredibly fast paced. I think the actual plot/action spans just over a day, but yet so much happens. We have zombies, werewolves, daimons, vampires, goth gods, etc.

I have not read anything in the dark hunters series, but many people say you should if you read the Chronicles of Nick. I may have to get my hands on the Dark Hunters books depending on my thoughts during #Gautierathon.

As a Dark-Hunter fan I loved this book but I think if I were a newbie as I suspect a few teen readers would be who may pick up this book I don't think I would have loved this book that much.

As a fourteen year old Nick Gautier (Go•shay) is just as sarcastic, charming, and smartass as his adult self and just a little jaded. You can't really blame him for a being a little negative though because our Nick's had a rough life. He lives in a one bedroom condo with his single mom who has to work as a Bourbon stripper to support her and her son. The kids at school don't make his situation any better by picking on him for things he can't control and the teachers aren't all that sympathetic let alone nice. Nick's a tough kid though, an AP student on a scholarship who loves his mother. Of course remember Nick is still a smartass and once he mouths off the principal and gets himself suspended things start getting a lot more interesting. Read more

Set in the same world as Kenyon's many other books, I felt too often like I was missing something by not having read any of them. Words which by context appear to carry weight didn't because they were meaningless to me. Outside that issue, it was a fairly entertaining read.

i had so much fun reading this!!! my only complaint is that nick does not act like a 14 year old boy.... not because he is constantly thinking about how hot all the girls are (because that's how a lot of 14 year olds are) but because he runs around town with a giant gun slinging computer hacker and his mom literally doesn't care lol

A-freaking-mazing!!!! I actually listened to the audiobook and loved everything about it!!

“Infinity” is a book that I was excited to read. Ever since I had gotten the chance to read the first chapter of the book, I wanted to read all of it. Now that i have gotten the chance to read all of it, I am sorry to say that I was disappointed in it.

One of the first reasons why this book grabbed me was the main character, Nick. He seemed to be a main character that I could get into, and for the first few chapters, he was. He was able to bear his problems of not having any money with grace and he also wanted to do better for himself and his mother, so I really got into him. I also liked how the portrayed high school. It seemed pretty realistic without getting very campy or too gritty.

Then there was the writing. I liked that it contained the amount and subject of language that made it feel just right for a young adult book. Unlike the Michael Vey series, it wasn't a book for young adults with relatively childish writing. It felt like this book was intended for young adults, if for those who are around thirteen or fourteen years old.

On the other hand, the writing is really the problem in this story. Or, more accurately, the pacing. Once the plot gets moving, it never stops to take a breath and let you get to know the characters or the world. Often, the characters will just give a glare when Nick asks one of them a question and then it will be mysteriously answered, to be fully explained, I'm sure, in a sequel. Also, because the plot moves so fast, none of these characters are memorable. Many of them join Nick and are never given a back story, as though we are supposed to know who they already are and they do not require any kind of character building, much less a character arc.

Another problem comes up with regards to the fast pace and that is the world building. I know that this book contains things like werewolves, vampires, and zombies, but it also hints at Greek Mythology and demons and some type of light-beings as well. Now, I would have no problem with any of this, provided that the tenants of this world were explained. How do these powers work? Where do they come from? Who are the antagonists? How are the demons of this world handled? What are these light-beings that are hinted at in this story? So many questions are asked that eventually I just gave up and went with the flow. But I shouldn't have to do that. I want for there to be better writing than this. Because of this, there are major cop outs at the end of the story that make me feel like anything was possible for Nick, so why should I care?

Also, regarding the romance...it is barley there, so I wont spend much type on it. In the end, we are given hints as to the fact that a relationship with Nick might be problematic for the main love interest, but that is all we get. Again, I'm sure this will be more fleshed out in the next book, but that is what makes it stink. It shouldn't have to be.

If this were a movie (which I hope to GOD it won't be) this would be the action B movie that the studio is banking on to make another sequel, even before the first one is completed. There are so many unanswered questions and the pacing is so fast that all I could do was turn off my brian and enjoy the action. Usually, I can do that, but not here. And just like an actual action movie, the characters were forgettable, and so, the work as a whole was too. If I were younger, I might enjoy this more, say give it a three to four out of five, but here I must give it a two, out of five.