A review by twowheelsaway
Chosen by Benedict Jacka

5.0

Well, this one got… dark. Really dark. And a little more violent than I honestly prefer. It was excellent, though, and asked a question violent fantasy novels almost never do: is the life of the hero really worth the lives of the people they kill to stay alive? So often a fantasy protagonist carves a swathe through an evil army, or takes down palace guards between them and their goal, or otherwise racks up a body count, and while a decent number of novels explore their guilt, there’s an underlying assumption that they had no choice but to kill.

Chosen makes no such assumption. I won’t say too much more, other than I continue to adore this series, and it’s worth looking at for Harry Dresden fans especially.