Book Review: Chosen- PC & Kristen Cast
Nov. 8th, 2024 07:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
niori_1709It’s been awhile since I’ve brought you back to The House of Night (both the series and the main setting inside said series). It’s been awhile since I went with the teen version of vampires, so I thought it might just be the time to come back to both. That’s why I’m continuing with the series. With all that in mind, I present you with a review of Chosen, book three in PC and Kristen Cast’s The House of Night series.
When we last left the series, Zoey (super almost-vampire extraordinaire) had just found out that the high priestess Neferet is bringing back dead fledglings and making them into monsters for unknown reasons. This included Stevie Ray, Zoey’s best friend. The book deals with Zoey trying to find a way to stop Stevie Ray and the others like her from losing themselves. Since she can’t let anyone else know about it, it mean keeping secrets from everyone, even as it chips away at the trust everyone has in her. Of course, it all explodes in spectacular fashion by the end.
I’ll be honest- I didn’t really like this book. It rates as an ‘okay’ 2/5 stars for me, but since I still want to review the rest of the series, I had to cover this one. It’s just a book that could also be titled ‘Zoey Makes the Worst Decision Every Time’ and that’s frustrating. It’s painful to read, because it’s hard to see the main character acting so stupidly. This is not a book with good characters (most of them are nothing but a cliché), but it’s a fairly solid one when it comes to plot (minus to ridiculous romance plotlines(s)). It gets the overall story going, setting up the Neferet vs. Zoey storyline nicely, and gives us a glimpse of just what’s at stake on a big picture level. That is important for any ongoing series. It might not be the best in the series, but it’s still a series worth reading.
When we last left the series, Zoey (super almost-vampire extraordinaire) had just found out that the high priestess Neferet is bringing back dead fledglings and making them into monsters for unknown reasons. This included Stevie Ray, Zoey’s best friend. The book deals with Zoey trying to find a way to stop Stevie Ray and the others like her from losing themselves. Since she can’t let anyone else know about it, it mean keeping secrets from everyone, even as it chips away at the trust everyone has in her. Of course, it all explodes in spectacular fashion by the end.
I’ll be honest- I didn’t really like this book. It rates as an ‘okay’ 2/5 stars for me, but since I still want to review the rest of the series, I had to cover this one. It’s just a book that could also be titled ‘Zoey Makes the Worst Decision Every Time’ and that’s frustrating. It’s painful to read, because it’s hard to see the main character acting so stupidly. This is not a book with good characters (most of them are nothing but a cliché), but it’s a fairly solid one when it comes to plot (minus to ridiculous romance plotlines(s)). It gets the overall story going, setting up the Neferet vs. Zoey storyline nicely, and gives us a glimpse of just what’s at stake on a big picture level. That is important for any ongoing series. It might not be the best in the series, but it’s still a series worth reading.
