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Chosen

The Immortal Ones, Book 1

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Chosen

By: Shade Owens
Narrated by: Amanda Davidson
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One dose is all it takes to become immortal.

Every year, a lottery is held for the hard-working people of Lutum.

The prize? Eternal life.

And everyone wants it. Well, everyone except for 17-year-old Silverstasia Blackwood. She doesn't think it's fair that the rich get to live luxurious lives while the people of Lutum are enslaved, forced to work hard every day to support the immortals.

When something unexpected happens during this year's annual lottery, Silver makes a bold move that surprises everyone.

Now, everything is about to change.

©2022 Shade Owens (P)2023 Shade Owens Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Fiction
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I thought this would be much more exciting it’s really more of a slow burn or set up for the next novel in the series. It didn’t keep my attention but perhaps book 2 works.

Not for me

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First of all, as a fan of The Hunger Games (and dystopian stories in general), as well as most vampire novels, I really enjoyed the concept of 'Chosen', the first book in The Immortal Ones series by Shade Owens. Even though much of the storyline in this book is quite similar to The Hunger Games (the different divisions, instead of districts, producing a specific item for the benefit of President Crane as opposed to President Snow, and has defenders rather than peacekeepers, along with a teenaged girl chosen by lottery who's ready to take down the system), this story, for the most part, does become its own... and it's good.

That said, Silver drove me to the edge of insanity. I almost gave up listening 3 or 4 times. The overall plot itself is what kept me going. While the narrator did fine, I'm unsure whether her delivery helped make Silver so annoying (because I think it might have emphasized how clueless Silver was... about anything and everything). Silver had to be the dumbest main character in all the many, many books I've read (or listened to) which made her unlikeable. That fact alone would've kept me from going any further with the series, except for the reviews of the second installment of The Immortal Ones, which assures Silver isn't nearly as annoying or clueless in book 2. Therefore, since I'm curious just how Silver and the camp of girls training to take on Olympus (sorry if it's misspelled; I listened rather than read the book) will fare, I'm gonna give it a shot.

So, here's the deal. If you can handle a main character who stupidly questions literally everything... for example (and I may be paraphrasing by a word or two): 'maybe I shouldn't have asked,' or 'maybe I shouldn't have done that,' et al. No duh! How many times were you told not to ask or not to do that?! ... then I would recommend 'Chosen'. However, if you can't abide seriously clueless main characters (even though they are supposedly destined for great things), you might want to give this book a pass.

Plot: Good. Main character: Not so much.

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like it all fast paced and entertaining! loved the characters and twist, great read/listening to

great story

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I love a great story of the beginning of an uprising. Looking forward to the next book.

Resistance

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In my humble opinion this book is a typical dystopian story. It didn’t have a new plot or twist to quite hook me in. I liked it but wasn’t wowed

What you would expect

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Very well written and read, can’t wait to read more. Definitely going to recommend it!!

Amazing

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Amazing book, better then hunger games, very good lead character and very engaging. Story builds up nicely and you love the characters. Totally read it.

Great story telling

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I get it when characters are thrown somewhere and have no knowledge of their surroundings but the amount of questions she asked and said in her head was just too much, it made me want to skip parts of the book. Also nothing comes as a surprise, most if not all “twists” were expected.

Too repetitive

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That's all I'll say. If I can save one person from bad writing and a super stupid story, I'll have done my job. Don't want to devote any more mental energy than that to this awful book.

Stupid beyond belief

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For a character that was supposedly well-read, her ignorance was exhausting. I feel like the story itself had a lot of potential but needs a lot of editing to polish it up a bit.

Disappointed

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