A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Best Book of April from Time, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, Fortune, Business Insider, Marie Claire, PopSugar, PureWow, Tor.com, Huffington Post, BookRiot, Literary Hub, Buzzfeed, Amazon’s Editors’ Pick, Apple Books, IndieNext, LibraryReadsThe masterful first novel for adults from the mega-selling author of the Divergent franchise. “A stunning … the Divergent franchise.
“A stunning thriller/fantasy/sci-fi chimera like nothing I’ve read before.” –Blake Crouch
“A hugely imagined, twisty, turning tale that leads through the labyrinths of magic and war to the center of the heart.” –Diana Gabaldon
Fifteen years ago, five ordinary teenagers were singled out by a prophecy to take down an impossibly powerful entity wreaking havoc across North America. He was known as the Dark One, and his weapon of choice—catastrophic events known as Drains—leveled cities and claimed thousands of lives. Chosen Ones, as the teens were known, gave everything they had to defeat him.
After the Dark One fell, the world went back to normal . . . for everyone but them. After all, what do you do when you’re the most famous people on Earth, your only education was in magical destruction, and your purpose in life is now fulfilled?
Of the five, Sloane has had the hardest time adjusting. Everyone else blames the PTSD—and her huge attitude problem—but really, she’s hiding secrets from them . . . secrets that keep her tied to the past and alienate her from the only four people in the world who understand her.
On the tenth anniversary of the Dark One’s defeat, something unthinkable happens: one of the Chosen Ones dies. When the others gather for the funeral, they discover the Dark One’s ultimate goal was much bigger than they, the government, or even prophecy could have foretold—bigger than the world itself.
And this time, fighting back might take more than Sloane has to give.
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This young adult novel by Veronica Roth was a great read. It started out a little slow but later on in the book it gets more intense. The main character Sloan and her group are the Chosen Ones who band together to defeat the Dark One. I really enjoyed reading this young adult novel.
This very famous and popular author steps away slightly from YA dystopian to give readers a more adult story. What if there was a Voldemort type character setting off cataclysmic events in the world ? The Dark One as he’s known has done just that but humanity found five children foretold by prophecy to be able to band together and defeat his twisted magic. Fast forward ten years and these apparent saviours of the world might be heroes to many but they each bare their own invisible scars , struggle with day to day living and then the unthinkable happens and one cannot cope anymore leaving the other four attending his funeral . This is where the true story really begins as we learn of alternative dimensions which need these troubled souls to yet again face evil.
This had a jerky start for this reader and I struggled to really just get pulled in initially. I did like the way the author explores how these children have grown up totally unprepared for how they feel about what they have endured and there’s almost a sense of ptsd. They were seen as little more than a weapon and as the story continues it all starts to happen again which could make the strongest amongst us unravel and struggle to cope. I didn’t like all the characters but then again I don’t think I was meant to. It is easy to empathise for them however and I’m pretty sure many readers will be clamouring for more.
This voluntary take is of a copy I requested from Netgalley and my thoughts and comments are honest and I believe fair
Chosen Ones is the first novel written for a more adult audience by Veronica Roth.
Ten years as passed sinced five teenagers have defeated the Dark One who brought only destruction and death on his path. They were named the Chosen Ones.
The world have move foward but Sloane, one of the Chosen, is still haunted by the Dark One. On the eve of the ten yeas celebration, one of the Chosen Ones is found death. And at the funeral, they found out that the Dark One reign was far from being over and they must defeated him once again.
I have really like it.
Fantastic