Infinity’s Embrace by Anna Carven

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Rescued from captivity by a group of rather intimidating Kordolians, Noa finds herself recovering at a strange facility in the middle of the desert. SynCorp’s medical experiments have left her with an impossible ability she can’t control, and nobody really seems to know how to help her. She’s fragile and shattered, a mere shadow of her former self, and she has nowhere else to go. 

She doesn’t know what to make of the Kordolians, especially when she can’t stop their thoughts from leaking into her mind. The silver-skinned warriors are both terrifying and protective, and when she encounters a dark, mysterious presence in the most unlikely of places, she realizes that at least one of them might possess abilities similar to her own. 

The question is, does this intimidating being intend to help her, or harm her?

Infinity’s Embrace

The Silent One!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙❤️💚💜
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌍🌎
Character development: 😊😅🤨😔🥰
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Solo Narration

The Hero: Ashrael (a.k.a. The Silent One) – he was an assassin, a ghost, a silent killer. Sent to kill a Kordolian General Tarak Al Acadian, but the General got the best of him and cut off his arm. Then he was kept alive, so the General can try to break his mind bond and find a way to use him. Ashrael had been nothing more than a slave, rendered speechless and bound to follow the implanted plans of his mistress until he died. Now he longed for death but would not die by his own hand. He was one of the rare exceptions of Kordolian that could speak via mind speak and continued to have the compulsion to kill the General from the imprinted command from his mistress.

The heroine: Noa – she was held captive by SynCorp after they conducted painful medical experiments on her. She awoke after having brain surgery and was rescued by the Kordolians who had helped Earth fight the bug-like alien Zargek, though the leaders of Earth saw the Kordolians as another hostile race of alien, especially since they were feared throughout the galaxy. Her life was turned upside down after the medical experiments. She was forever changed and couldn’t take the thoughts of others that constantly leaked into her consciousness. She could see inside the minds of everyone around her.

The Story: Ashrael was stripped of his sight shortly after birth in order to be trained to hone his other senses until they were preternaturally acute. He was able to perceive and see more than those who saw with their eyes. (Think Vin Diesel from Pitch Black, Riddick and The Chronicles of Riddick). He was kept immobilized via temporary paralysis to lessen the effects of his compulsion to kill Acadian, rather than shackled in restraints. He was kept in a clean, quiet cell, and he couldn’t figure out what the general wanted from him.

I really liked the way these two people found each other and were able to help each other put their broken pieces back together. The storyline was good, and I liked how dark and quiet Ashrael was. The characters were likable, and the world building was terrific. I loved how the series was tied together with the General (from the first book) playing a big part in this book.

This audiobook was told in dual points of view via solo narration and was narrated by Jillian Macie. I generally dislike any audiobooks that don’t have dual or duet narration, though I do really like Jillian Macie, she has a great voice and is terrific at showing emotion through her voice. She always does a terrific job and the same was true for this book.

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