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Chosen
320 pages
A shadowy, angst-fueled descent into boarding school betrayals and supernatural romantic chaos.
What it feels like
Reading this installment feels like stepping into the shadowy, emotionally turbulent halls of a supernatural boarding school where no one can be trusted. The narrative moves at a brisk, addictive clip, balancing the life-or-death stakes of a magical murder mystery with the deeply relatable, messy angst of overlapping teenage romances. Told through a highly conversational, slang-heavy voice that feels like a late-night confession, the story wraps the reader in a mood of mounting paranoia and shifting loyalties. It is a world of dark rituals, hidden agendas, and intense emotional highs and lows. This is perfect for readers who crave the specific, nostalgic thrill of 2000s paranormal romance, where the supernatural threats are just as dangerous as the social disasters.
- Mood
- suspenseful
- shadowy
- emotionally turbulent
- Tone
- angsty
- conversational
- melodramatic
- snarky
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- shifting loyalties · the burden of secrets · messy romantic entanglements · institutional betrayal
- The writing
- Highly colloquial and immediate, leaning heavily into 2000s teen slang to create a diary-like intimacy.
- The arc
- The protagonist navigates a gauntlet of overwhelming anxiety and isolation, ultimately forging a hardened resolve as the betrayals deepen.
- Who it's for
- Readers who devour high-stakes supernatural boarding school dramas fueled by dark secrets and overlapping, messy romances.
Content notes
- violence
- blood and gore
- death of a friend
- religious bigotry
About the book
Dark forces are at work at the House of Night and fledgling vampyre Zoey Redbird's adventures at the school take a mysterious turn. Those who appear to be friends are turning out to be enemies. And oddly enough, sworn enemies are also turning into friends. So begins the gripping third installment of this "highly addictive series" (Romantic Times), in which Zoey's mettle will be tested like never before. Her best friend, Stevie Rae, is undead and struggling to maintain a grip on her humanity. Zoey doesn't have a clue how to help her, but she does know that anything she and Stevie Rae discover must be kept secret from everyone else at the House of Night, where trust has become a rare commodity. Speaking of rare: Zoey finds herself in the very unexpected and rare position of having three boyfriends. Mix a little bloodlust into the equation and the situation has the potential to spell social disaster. Just when it seems things couldn't get any tougher, vampyres start turning up dead. Really dead. It looks like the People of Faith, and Zoey's horrid step-father in particular, are tired of living side-by-side with vampyres. But, as Zoey and her friends so often find out, how things appear rarely reflects the truth...
Chosen is the third in the House of Night series by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast.
Description from Open Library.
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