INSTINCT is book six of the Chronicle of Nick series, which picks up where the last one left off. Nick and his ever growing circle of friends continue to fight off the demons that want to destroy Nick and control his Malachi powers. Nick has all of his Malachi powers but can not control them. Anytime he taps into that power, he loses a little piece of himself to the darkness.

Nick wakes up in a fabulous mood, he should have saw that as a sign. His day was going great until Caleb gets sick, and demons don't get sick, ever. What is worse, Caleb has no powers. And then the weather occurrences start. Raining blood, giant bugs, and the high school's shapeshifter's can't seem to hold on to their human forms. Oh and don't forget the creepy entities floating around everyone.

A powerful demon has taken a swipe at Nick's mother in order to control his Malachi side. But no one know who or what it is.

When Menyara shows up to check on Nick and his mother, she isn't pleased to learn that Nick's powers have been unlocked. She is also not pleased Xev has been released. It seems that Menyara isn't really who she has been claiming to be. Turns out that the Gods had used Nick's mother to weaken Adarian by creating the perfect woman for him. There is a reason that despite the hardships Cherise has had to endure to raise Nick, she has always been a pure person.

A majority of Nick's Generals, which he inherited from the previous Malachi have declared that he is unfit to lead them and demand that Chronus and Tiamat judge him. He is to pick two of his generals, one to stay behind and guard his mother, the other to accompany him into the nether realm. Even though he has not known either very long, Nick chooses Xev to guard his mother and chooses Livia to accompany him to the nether realm Nemed. He is to pick the largest berries from the tree in Agonia.

Once in the nether realm, Livia immediately proves to be worthless as she outs him as the Malachi and the forest attacks him. Nick is losing and Livia refused to help, when Aeron shows up to help. Nick allows Aeron to use his body in order to defeat his attackers as long as he keeps his word and returns Nick's body back to him, which he does. To Nick, Aeron has earned his trust. Aeron offers to lead Nick to the tree to collect the berries. Before they go through the portal, Livia betrays Nick by slicing his throat and leaving him for dead.

Before Nick succumbs to his injuries, He releases Nashira, the entity in his grimoire. By doing so, Nashira and Aeron, save his life. And now two more are added to Nick's growing number of friends. For now they are safe, but for how long...no one knows.

Nick seems to be drawn to those who has been wrongly accused in their lives and judged unfairly, just has he has always been. Nick may be the Malachi, but never have there been a Malachi like him. He will do whatever it takes to not turn into the monster he has seen in his visions.

I love Sherrilyn Kenyon's writing style through her other series, but this series, she leaves more questions than answers. Sherrilyn Kenyon's Series are complex in imagination but extremely strong in character development and plot. She is one of my go to authors and her books are never disappointing. I do recommend reading this series in order, because there is so much in each that carries into the next in the series.