Infinity

Chronicles of Nick

By: Sherrilyn Kenyon

Narrated by: Holter Graham

Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

At fourteen, Nick Gautier thinks he knows everything about the world around him. Streetwise, tough and savvy, his quick sarcasm is the stuff of legends. Until the night when his best friends try to kill him. Saved by a mysterious warrior who has more fighting skills than Chuck Norris, Nick is sucked into the realm of the Dark-Hunters: immortal vampire slayers who risk everything to save humanity.

Nick quickly learns that the human world is only a veil for a much larger and more dangerous one. A world where the captain of the football team is a werewolf and the girl he has a crush on goes out at night to stake the undead.

But before he can even learn the rules of this new world, his fellow students are turning into flesh eating zombies. And he's next on the menu.

Like starting high school isn't hard enough. Now Nick has to hide his new friends from his mom, his chainsaw from the principal, and keep the zombies and the demon Simi from eating his brains, all without getting grounded or suspended! How in the world is he supposed to do that?

©2010 Sherrilyn Kenyon (P)2010 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

“The imagination of Kenyon is a wonder to behold and an amazing place to visit!” —Romantic Times (Top Pick!)

“I have to admit that at the conclusion of the epilogue, I was already anticipating the next installment of the series...Mr. Graham was able to portray Nick beautifully and catch all of the eccentricities that abound in Infinity.” —TeensReadToo.com

“While action abounds, listeners are never sure who the good guys are and whether they should be rooting for Nick. Holter Graham successfully paces the action to keep things moving and gives voice to a myriad of non-human characters, most often in life-threatening, over-the-top situations, easily switching from the New Orleans lilt of Bubba to the sweet cadences of Nekoda, Nick's would be love interest.” —School Library Journal

Quickly hooked

Any additional comments?

As a new reader to Ms. Kenyon, it was a little confusing at first. Caught on fast though, really enjoyed it. Bought the remaining 4 books available. Was not disappointed.

Nick

I could listen to this narrator read a dictionary. Give him the extraordinary writing of Ms. Kenyon & you cannot lose. My tween & I listened to the series together & I lived it as much as he did. amazing. Best YA series EVER.

Pretty good! Very entertaining!

Good enough for me to buy another book in this series! Kept me entertained on my long drive!

lv. this series.

What did you love best about Infinity?

nick is just a normal guy, trying to get through life when all of a sudden. all this sh** gets thrown at him.i think averall the books are great, and very funny at a lot of parts, when i read them i laghed, but hearing them on audio i laghed my but off the narreter just made them seem so much funneyer. kenyon rocks lv her books.

Forget what you thought you knew

As an independent story from the Dark Hunter series, I am confused by some of the character introductions. I thought they did not occur until later. I would say what character but that would be a spoiler. I want to hit Nick with a broom with his smart mouth but you have to love him. for now.

Epic Story!!!!

Absolutely love this book! One of my absolute favorites, and the narrator did a wonderful job! Will definitely be a reread for me!

Skipped lines and changed words

I’ve read this book years ago and decided to read it again and listen to the audio book with it and I can’t help but notice the name changes like madaugs last name and the missing complete lines.

Childhood favorite

I loved the story growing up and it still holds up now, though the phrasing of some sentences is obviously leaning more towards adolescent readers. With that said, still a good story and easy listen when driving to and from work.

I always wanted to read this series, My favorite character Acheron is in this so I know I'm gonna love em all.

Admittedly nothing great read. I know how these things go gotta get the basics out first then it on

Fantastic Prequel/Sequel to the Dark Hunter Series

This story of Nick's early life and entree into the Dark Hunter world is more than any Dark Hunter fan could have dreamed of. It provides the details of Nick's earliest experiences with Kirian and so much more. It is only to be expected that a book featuring the wise-cracking Nick would be funny, but many times it was outright hilarious and I laughed out loud--so don't listen to this while in a crowd with your iPod unless you don't mind people thinking you're downright crazy. We get introduced to a slew of wacky and lovable, not to mention hysterically funny characters. Bubba and Mark are two standouts because you can't help loving guys who deal guns and computers while hunting zombies on the side and aren't afraid to go after them with a rocket launcher or baseball bat, whichever is closest at hand. There is so much action and so much to laugh about it's almost impossible to stop listenning. Dark Hunter fans should know that this story isn't really a prequel in the strictest sense because... well, the ending explains so I won't.

One drawback, though not enough to lose a star, is that the narrator departs from previous pronunciation of Acheron, saying it like Ackeron, which aggravated me to no end. This may be correct, who knows, but it seems weird that Acheron would have the nickname Ash if the new pronunciation is correct. A huge drawback is that while Nick is definitely a Cajun, the narrator doesn't manage even a hint of an accent. Still, it's better to do no accent than a bad one. Also, he doesn't even hint at a Greek accent for Kirian and gives Ash a deep growly voice that doesn't feel like our Ash. Ah well, nobody's perfect I guess.

Whether you want more Dark Hunters or just a really good story with some really great action and huge laughs, Infinity is well worth the read.