Week 10 Review: Chosen Ones

From Goodreads:
The first novel written for an adult audience by the mega-selling author of the Divergent franchise: five twenty-something heroes famous for saving the world when they were teenagers must face even greater demons—and reconsider what it means to be a hero . . . by destiny or by choice.

A decade ago near Chicago, five teenagers defeated the otherworldly enemy known as the Dark One, whose reign of terror brought widespread destruction and death. The seemingly un-extraordinary teens—Sloane, Matt, Ines, Albie, and Esther—had been brought together by a clandestine government agency because one of them was fated to be the "Chosen One," prophesized to save the world. With the goal achieved, humankind celebrated the victors and began to mourn their lost loved ones.

Ten years later, though the champions remain celebrities, the world has moved forward and a whole, younger generation doesn't seem to recall the days of endless fear. But Sloane remembers. It's impossible for her to forget when the paparazzi haunt her every step just as the Dark One still haunts her dreams. Unlike everyone else, she hasn't moved on; she's adrift—no direction, no goals, no purpose. On the eve of the Ten Year Celebration of Peace, a new trauma hits the Chosen: the death of one of their own. And when they gather for the funeral at the enshrined site of their triumph, they discover to their horror that the Dark One's reign never really ended.

My Review:
Yes, wow, this book was so fantastic and unexpected! I never knew where it would go, and I just had to keep reading it! This is Veronica Roth's first adult book, and besides the sequels which I need, I can't wait to see where she goes next!

So the whole concept of the YA chosen one, it's a very popular trope. That this book deals with the afterwards, dealing with the fame of something that pretty severely traumatized you, well, it's not a pleasant situation. Sloane is prickly and generally unliked by the general population because of her well deserved and understood by the reader, but not them, attitude.

It's hard to talk about this book without spoiling it. The world is so interesting, and there's some mysteries that we maybe solved in this book, I'll have to read the sequel, I think, to be sure that they've been solved. Of course, there's going to be new ones, and I can't wait!

That ending, yeah, it's changed things, and we saw the tip of the fallout. I can't wait to see the rest, because what happened was a pretty significant event. I also need to know what's going to happen next, because I have no clue!

This book was so fantastic, and I can't wait to see where it goes from here!

Author: Veronica Roth
Series: The Chosen Ones #1
Read: March 1st, 2020
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded good! And it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2020 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Expected Publication: April 7th 2020

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars