February 15, 2012

Review: Chosen Ones by Tiffany Truitt



Chosen Ones (The Lost Souls)
By Tiffany Truitt
Paperback, 260 pages
Expected publication: April 10th 2012
By Entangled Publishing, LLC

What if you were mankind’s last chance at survival?

Sixteen-year-old Tess lives in a compound in what was once the Western United States, now decimated after a devastating fourth World War. But long before that, life as we knew it had been irrevocably changed, as women mysteriously lost the ability to bring forth life. Faced with the extinction of the human race, the government began the Council of Creators, meant to search out alternative methods of creating life. The resulting artificial human beings, or Chosen Ones, were extraordinarily beautiful, unbelievably strong, and unabashedly deadly.

Life is bleak, but uncomplicated for Tess as she follows the rigid rules of her dystopian society, until the day she begins work at Templeton, the training facility for newly created Chosen Ones. There, she meets James, a Chosen One whose odd love of music and reading rivals only her own. The attraction between the two is immediate in its intensity—and overwhelming in its danger.

But there is more to the goings-on at Templeton than Tess ever knew, and as the veil is lifted from her eyes, she uncovers a dark underground movement bent not on taking down the Chosen Ones, but the Council itself. Will Tess be able to stand up to those who would oppress her, even if it means giving up the only happiness in her life?

Another great book with an awesome kick ass character! The world that Truitt has created is dark and intense. Humans are basically slaves to the Chosen Ones, who were created to help humans. But somewhere along the way the Chosen Ones took over and want to make sure humans do not rise above them. When Tess is sent to Templeton to work there, she learns and witnesses what The Chosen Ones are really like. There were some scenes that left me with my mouth open. Some were raw and extreme. Tess stood strong every step of the way though. I really liked that her character stayed consistent throughout the whole book.

From reading the blurb you would think that this story has an insta-love, but rest easy when I say it does not. The relationship between James and Tess develops at a very nice pace and it was heartbreaking and beautiful all at the same time. James was a confused Chosen One. Everything he has ever been taught about his kind and the naturals (aka Humans) no longer makes any sense to him, and the same goes for Tess. It was nice watching these two grow throughout the book. Every time they were together I was at the edge of my seat thinking “this it, O-M-G they are going to get caught.” I love it when a book does this to me.

The only issue I had was the ending of the book and I felt there were some parts that could have been explained a little bit better. The ending felt way too easy and there is a scene (and I can’t really go into details because then it would be a spoiler) where James tells Tess something that I thought would be revealed towards the ending, but it wasn’t and I was left with questions. I know there is going to be a sequel, or at least I hope there is, but I just felt that scene sort of became pointless.

Overall, I am so happy I got the chance to read this book and I am really looking forward to the next in the series, or any book by Truitt. It reads at a nice pace, has awesome characters, and it’s very unpredictable, which was a huge plus for me! It was also very suspenseful at times. I really enjoyed it.

4 out 5 stars!





12 comments:

  1. Wow, this sounds like a really nice book! I hope that it would be published also in Italy
    xx

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    1. Not sure if it will be, but I hope so! It's really good! You definitely should read it!

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    2. Maybe I could buy it at the Book Depository! (saint free shipping xD) Thanks for the advice!
      And congrats for your blog, it's really well done
      xxx

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    3. ooO I forgot about the Book Depository!! I hope they get it!

      And thank you so much for the kind comment! :-)

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  2. Entangled Publishing has published many good books. Another one I need to add to my TBR pile.

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    1. Wanda, I agree with you! So far there really hasn't been one book by Entangled Pub that I did not enjoy.

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  3. Nice! Great review D. This sounds really great, can't wait to read it. Also yay for no insta-love .. While I do like those I love when it's a slow thing too!!

    Yeah, EP has great books!

    SupaGurl

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  4. I put this book on my To-Read List a few days ago, and am glad I did. It sounds really great! I'm glad you posted a review for this one :-)

    And yes, "Yay!" for no insta-love!

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    1. I know right? I read the blurb and I was like OMG sounds like an insta-love but it's really not. So I thought I share it's not LOL

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  5. This one's been on my TBR list for quite awhile. Really looking forward to getting my hands on it! Thanks for the great review.

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  6. I'm glad this one is living up to the hype that has been going on about it. I just love the combination that this book seems to have so I will certainly have to put this one on my wish list.

    Thanks for the great review.

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  7. I really can't wait for this book! And I agree - Entangled is bringing out lots of amazing books this year and I want them all! LOL :)

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