Review ‘Instinct’ by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Sixth in the gripping YA spin-off series of Sherrilyn
Kenyon’s No. 1 New York Times bestselling Dark-Hunter series. ‘Instinct’ is the
compelling, thrilling, unforgettable tale of one boy’s journey towards his
ultimate destiny. 

Zombies, demons, vampires, shapeshifters- another day in
the life of Nick Gautier- and those are just his friends. But now that he’s
accepted the demon that lives inside him, he must learn to control it and
temper the very emotions that threaten the lives of everyone he cares for.
Something that’s hard to do while trying to stay off the menus of those who
want his head on a platter. And no one wants him more than the dark gods who
created his race. Now that they know where he is, they will stop at nothing to
reclaim him. And without knowing it, Nick has just embraced the one person he
should never have trusted. The one person who will hand him over to his enemies
to get back the life they lost.

Nick has finally accepted his fate, now he must learn to defy his destiny, and
the dark, deadly forces that will stop at nothing to destroy everyone he loves
so that they can again return to the world of man and own it.

In the last view months I’ve read two of Sherrilyn
Kenyons’s books. I really enjoyed those books, so when I got the opportunity to
read ‘Instinct’ by Sherrilyn Kenyon I was really excited. This is the sixth
book in the Chronicles of Nick series, and since I haven’t read any of the
previous books before, I was a little scared that I wouldn’t get this book. But
I really wanted to try it, and I heard it could be read as a standalone, so I
started reading.

In ‘Instinct’ Nick Gautier is trying to get used to a
life with a demon inside of him. The demon that lives inside him most be
controlled so Nick won’t endanger the lives of the people he cares about. But
this isn’t very easy to do since there are a lot of people against Nick. Now
Nick doesn’t only have to learn to control a part of himself, but he also needs
to learn who he can trust. And that isn’t easy to do when enemies are all
around you.

Well, I must admit I didn’t really get this book all the
time. I really should have read the first five books before reading this one,
because maybe I would have gotten this book much better. For example all those
different words like Malachai and the Mavromino. I just couldn’t follow what it
was all about because I was just too busy figuring out what was going on, and
who everybody was.

Still, the way Sherrilyn Kenyon writes her books is very
entertaining. Her characters are well developed and there are definitely some
fun and intense parts in this book. 
There is this whole world going on and this book definitely made me
interested in finding out more about this world. I really need to read the
other books, because I don’t recommend this book as a standalone. 

Writing as Sherrilyn Kenyon and Kinley MacGregor, she is
the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of several series: the
Dark-Hunters; the Lords of Avalon; and the League. She lives with her husband
and three sons in Nashville, Tennessee.

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 2004, she had placed
more than 65 novels on the New York Times list in all formats including manga
and graphic novels. Her current series are: Dark-Hunter, Chronicles of Nick and
The League, and her books are available in over 100 countries where eager fans
impatiently wait for the next release. Her Chronicles of Nick and Dark-Hunter
series are soon to be major motion pictures while Dark-Hunter is also being
developed as a television series.

For more information about ‘Instinct’ and Sherrilyn Kenyon please visit her website, Goodreads, Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter.

I received this book in exchange for my honest review from the Little, Brown Book Group.