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| Chosen (House of Night, Book 3) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Pc Cast, Kristin Cast
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 833
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 1
ISBN: 0312360304
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780312360306
ASIN: 0312360304
Publication Date: March 4, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 not worth my time April 13, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is worse than marked, in my opinion...Zoey's friends prove to be shallow and Zoey could have portrayed more of the character that she was in the first book. The fact that she kind of involved herself with three guys just makes her a slut. She hurt a lot of people, and she knew what she was doing. I also think that she shouldn't have lied to her friends about the whole christmas thingy, but seriously, they proved to be so shallow. My friends would never-in a million years-do that to me. They proved to be unrealistic and chosen took me forever to read...
I don't recommend it. After reading Marked, I didn't think that I would read the rest of the series, but I have a friend who doesn't think they're so bad and happens to be a speed reader. (She read Betrayed and Chosen in a day.) So, she kind of got me to read them saying that I would enjoy them more...didn't happen.
 Courtesy of Teens Read Too March 4, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Trust is a powerful emotion, mostly unnoticed until it's broken.
Zoey can no longer trust her mentor, Neferet. But the bigger question Zoey must ask herself is how long her friends will continue to trust her.
Zoey's afraid that sooner or later, they will uncover the truth about Stevie Rae, who hovers on the brink of life and death. Technically, they watched her die, but she is still alive. She lives as a monster, with just a little piece of her soul left. Zoey believes that she can bring her best friend back; unfortunately, she'll need help from Aphrodite.
Not only does she have to keep Stevie Rae's "death" a secret from her friends, but she also has to make up excuses for admitting Aphrodite into their circle.
Readers will devour the third book in the HOUSE OF NIGHT vampyre series and eagerly await the next delicious morsel of the tale.
Reviewed by: Jennifer Rummel
Great story, but the writing... March 9, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The whole series is great, and Chosen, for me, has the best storyline so far. However, despite the creativity, a lot of the writing was irritating. Zoey turns 17 in the book but she and her friends talk like they are 13 or 14. I realize that this is a book for younger people but younger teens and preteens don't need to be reading slang and immature thoughts that could be expressed so much better through clear and descriptive writing. The plot is great and I do read these books because of that, but I wish that the writing style would be taken a step up. There's also a lot of side notes that don't really matter, like when Zoey said "I don't date girls" and then adds in her mind "Not that I have a problem with lesbians" or whatever. She's a powerful fledgling so she needs to act like one. However, the immature writing is the only problem I have with this book. Other than that, it's a real page turner with good plot twists and I enjoyed her love triangle...wait no, love sqauare.
 Sometimes I wonder about Zoey... April 23, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Chosen is the third book in the House of Night series. When we left off Stevie Rae, was fighting to keep hold of her humanity and Zoey was doing her best to help her. Zoey was also dealing with being the leader of the Dark Daughters and with having 3 guys interested in her.
One of the things I really didn't care for in this book was, besides the way Zoey kept calling herself a ho because she was "involved" with 3 different guys (one of who is a teacher and she sleeps with) is how her friends jump and turn on her, at one point. They jump on her because they didn't know she didn't care for Christmassy themed birthday presents (she had told Stevie Rae) and because she kept the truth about Stevie Rae to herself, not telling them she was alive.
As to the 3 guys, Heath should of been gotten rid of in the first book, he's immature and totally unsuited for Zoey (even before her change). Erik is a self absorbed snot nosed jerk who can't see beyond he's own ego and jumps to all sorts of conclusions with Zoey after he catches her with Loren, who had sex with Zoey, just to wrap her around his little finger and to make her jump when he said to.
Compared to the other two books, this book was disappointing in that Zoey's friends are a bunch of hypocrites, Zoey herself is even more of a Mary Sue, and out of all the people in this series, Stevie Rae and Aphrodite are the only ones who have shown any growth or complexity.
I'm willing to give the next book Untamed a try, but I think this series is starting to go down hill.
The Compulsive Reader's Reviews July 3, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Everything has changed for Zoey at the House of Night. Her best friend has turned into the stereotypical vampire, and is quickly losing her grasp on her humanity. Her mentor has now become her enemy, and Zoey might be forced to make her worst enemy her ally. She's has now acquired three boyfriends, and can't seem to get rid of any of them.
And then the People of Faith decide to strike out against the vampyres in an unforeseen attack against the House of Night, leaving some of their own truly dead. Zoey and her friends will have to struggle to stay together during a time when no one is as they appear, and trust is hard to come by. Zoey especially will get a taste of the responsibility and heartbreak that being a priestess entails.
The third book in the House of Night series is as exciting and heart pounding as the first. If it hasn't been evident before, it is now crystal clear that the Casts have planned out every detail of the House of Night series impeccably, making for a smooth, irresistible story that leaps out of the pages at you. Chosen is a bit darker than its prequels as certain secrets come to light and new mysteries surface, but not without the same wit and great interactions among Zoey and her friends. Zoey continues to mature and grow as a person, making this just as much as a down to earth coming of age novel as an engrossing supernatural thriller, with an ending that changes everything. The Casts with leave the reader groaning in anticipation for the fourth novel.
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