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A review by jscarpa14
Invision by Sherrilyn Kenyon
3.0
I consider the above rating generous and I only gave it because I've enjoyed Nick so much throughout the rest of the series. In all honesty it really should be ranked lower because this book doesn't even come close to the standard of Kenyon's work. Not only that there's no real forward moving plot. To have a book you're supposed to have a plot, not just a couple of forward moving scenes for the series and lots of pages filled with flashbacks into characters that don't appear to have anything to with any sort of plot arc for the book or the series. I've got background info on some characters now, stuff that would have probably been better used in ebook shorts or tantalizing blog posts, not as the bulk of what it supposed to be a book. It's almost like Kenyon didn't even write it, it's that far below her usual level of work. If that's all she can come up with for forward movement of the series then it's time to put the series to bed before it becomes that limping animal that everyone knows they should put down, but can't bring themselves to because of sentimental reasons.
The scenes between Xev, Caleb and Jaden were so sappy and just cheese they were ridiculous and unbelievable. No real communication occurs between them but they bury the hatchet on previously festering wounds and are now one big happy family. There was no real explanations given, nobody told their version of events and asked to be believe. It was like some crappy sitcom "family values" moment.
Pretty much all the major battles occur "off screen" so there's none of that to save the story. Simi pretty much tells Nick who her Akri is and he doesn't blink as if he's known all along. There's this twist at the beginning where Nick and Xev are talking about being related that they never bothered to explain in any book. It's like when you're talking to someone and they think they told you something so they're talking to you like you know all about it, but in reality they only meant to tell you and hadn't actually got around to the doing of it yet.
And then there's the new big bad, who is supposed to be Nick's son from the future come back in time to destroy him. Do we even need to begin on how absolutely stupid that idea is? Killing your parental units before you've been created is tantamount to committing suicide and gives new meaning to the term idiot.
There were a couple of decent scenes here and there, but the book served to do nothing but lower my opinion of the series. It's mostly a combination of boring and irritating all served into one book that you have to read because each book in the series builds from the last but don't actually enjoy reading. I put it aside multiple times just because I was bored out of my mind.
On another note, listening to the audio version, Simi's new voice in this one, which is not the same as the one used in the previous titles, sounds like nails being dragged over a chalkboard so while her presence normally makes me smile in these books, in this one I was just wishing she'd stop talking to so I didn't have to hear that grating tone anymore from the narrator.
Definitely not Kenyon's best title, hopefully the next book in this series is better, if not I'll probably leave the following of Nick's journeys to other more patient readers than myself.
The scenes between Xev, Caleb and Jaden were so sappy and just cheese they were ridiculous and unbelievable. No real communication occurs between them but they bury the hatchet on previously festering wounds and are now one big happy family. There was no real explanations given, nobody told their version of events and asked to be believe. It was like some crappy sitcom "family values" moment.
Pretty much all the major battles occur "off screen" so there's none of that to save the story. Simi pretty much tells Nick who her Akri is and he doesn't blink as if he's known all along. There's this twist at the beginning where Nick and Xev are talking about being related that they never bothered to explain in any book. It's like when you're talking to someone and they think they told you something so they're talking to you like you know all about it, but in reality they only meant to tell you and hadn't actually got around to the doing of it yet.
And then there's the new big bad, who is supposed to be Nick's son from the future come back in time to destroy him. Do we even need to begin on how absolutely stupid that idea is? Killing your parental units before you've been created is tantamount to committing suicide and gives new meaning to the term idiot.
There were a couple of decent scenes here and there, but the book served to do nothing but lower my opinion of the series. It's mostly a combination of boring and irritating all served into one book that you have to read because each book in the series builds from the last but don't actually enjoy reading. I put it aside multiple times just because I was bored out of my mind.
On another note, listening to the audio version, Simi's new voice in this one, which is not the same as the one used in the previous titles, sounds like nails being dragged over a chalkboard so while her presence normally makes me smile in these books, in this one I was just wishing she'd stop talking to so I didn't have to hear that grating tone anymore from the narrator.
Definitely not Kenyon's best title, hopefully the next book in this series is better, if not I'll probably leave the following of Nick's journeys to other more patient readers than myself.