A Seventeen Best YA Book of 2020 So Far A Hypable Most Anticipated YA Fantasy Sequel of 2020 “Will get Buffy fans up in their feels.” –Entertainment Weekly on Slayer Nina continues to learn how to use her slayer powers against enemies old and new in this second novel in the New York Times bestselling series from Kiersten White, set in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Now that Nina has … Kiersten White, set in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Now that Nina has turned the Watcher’s Castle into a utopia for hurt and lonely demons, she’s still waiting for the utopia part to kick in. With her sister Artemis gone and only a few people remaining at the castle–including her still-distant mother–Nina has her hands full. Plus, though she gained back her Slayer powers from Leo, they’re not feeling quite right after being held by the seriously evil succubus Eve, a.k.a. fake Watcher’s Council member and Leo’s mom.
And while Nina is dealing with the darkness inside, there’s also a new threat on the outside, portended by an odd triangle symbol that seems to be popping up everywhere, in connection with Sean’s demon drug ring as well as someone a bit closer to home. Because one near-apocalypse just isn’t enough, right?
The darkness always finds you. And once again, it’s coming for the Slayer.
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I wanted to like this series. I have loved White’s other books but I disliked this book even more than Slayer. I understand what the author was trying to with Artemis’s character but she took her so far to the other side that there was just no redeeming her for me. The only thing that really kept me picking it back up was Doug. He was a great character and I was so happy he got his Coldplay tickets. I did Iike the conversation between Faith and Nina about 80% in. Admittedly, I never watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer so maybe that is why this series was so ridiculous to me.
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chosen picks up brief time after slayer the first book ended nina is still working with everyone else to make sanctuary safe place for the ones that need it slayers and others nina is also still coming to terms with all that happened while also adjusting to having the slayer powers put back into her by the one she loves leo though her power is different this time and she will have to work to accept it and not let it get the best of her this book shows things from ninas perspective as well as artemis and even little persepectives from imogen who we dont realize it though i had suspected it before in the first book it turns out imogen was the one who was behind recent events and putting nina up against artemis to try and fufill the last prophecy that was made before magic was cut off from the world overall i thouroghly loved this book and devoured my way through it nina has lot to adjust to and work to get control of as well as lot to figure out but over this book she begins to heal things that needed it and she continues to grow and get better bit by bit and with unexpected help from faith in the slayer dream world begins to accept fully the darkness that comes with being the slayer kiersten white you done it again and overall things wrapped up well in this book and are looking up for nina artemis leo and everyone else and while im not sure if there will be third one or more after im glad things went the way they did in this book and with the ending overall and looking forward to hopefully more slayer stories
When I was diving into Slayer, I’ll admit to being filled with mixed emotions of excitement and concern over my expectations. This is the Buffyverse. It’s special, it’s sacred. Thankfully Slayer ended up being a big giant ball of awesome.
Chosen is no different in that aspect. While it is a more serious story, and there isn’t nearly as much teen angst as the first, it was the perfect conclusion to the story.
This duology is definitely required reading for every fan of Buffy. White does an outstanding job at keeping to the tone of the world we have all known and loved for decades. These books that she’s written really do feel like a proper extension of the series.
As a side note: if you’ve read Slayer but don’t remember the details, I would recommend a reread as there isn’t a whole lot of a “recap”. Plus it just means you get to reread an awesome story.
It was so easy to jump right back into this series with page one of the book. I also adored all the little cameos of characters from the original BTVS tv series, Clem, Oz, Harmony, just to name a few. The author does a great job with hitting just the right sense of humor and snark with the characters in a way that reminds me of the original tv series. For instance, when they misheard a name, and called him Ian Von Assface. But I also loved the newer pop culture additions, like Harry Potter references, fist pump for all my fellow Hufflepuffs, like Nina. Then there were twists and turns, where I just knew something was going to happen, but what did happen in the end was totally not what I’d been expecting. There were the betrayals of those I thought you could trust, as well as ones I suspected throughout. I loved that the author even brought in the Tales of the Slayer stories in a way, when she referenced the history of slayers, and of course loved Buffy always being referred back to. Because even though this is a new series with new characters, Buffy will always be “THAT” slayer. Probably more well known than even the First Slayer, to all current slayers. I loved it so much. I just hope that the author can continue to write more in this world and that I will have a third book to look forward to next year!