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Chosen Ones
by Veronica Roth
After reading The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness, I felt like I wanted the other side of the story, while that book deals with the people who are just trying to survive in a world with super heroes I wanted what happened after they save the world and after they are supposed to live happily ever after. That is exactly what this book was, it seems fitting for it to be adult as teenages saving the world seems ti be more appropaite towards YA, while dealing with the afteraffects feels more adult.
All of these characters felt real, their struggle against The Dark One felt real, it also still seemed like a struggle after the fact where Sloane and Albie were dealing with a lot of PTSD even ten years after, both still being held within their own darkness was not lost on me.
The story took a different turn than what I was expecting when it went into parallel worlds and world with all the magic. I wasn't expecting that twist of events, but everything else from that point on was not a shock to me. After all for Sloane to be able to move with her life it makes sense she needs to comes face to face with her darkness again.
I loved the depictions of her internal struggle and her grappling with a guilt she has faced for ten years, Sloane's life felt real to me. I do wish we had multiple POVs though so I could see if everyone else was struggling because from the reader's perspective it did not seem like it.
All of these characters felt real, their struggle against The Dark One felt real, it also still seemed like a struggle after the fact where Sloane and Albie were dealing with a lot of PTSD even ten years after, both still being held within their own darkness was not lost on me.
The story took a different turn than what I was expecting when it went into parallel worlds and world with all the magic. I wasn't expecting that twist of events, but everything else from that point on was not a shock to me. After all for Sloane to be able to move with her life it makes sense she needs to comes face to face with her darkness again.
I loved the depictions of her internal struggle and her grappling with a guilt she has faced for ten years, Sloane's life felt real to me. I do wish we had multiple POVs though so I could see if everyone else was struggling because from the reader's perspective it did not seem like it.