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A review by ihateprozac
The Chosen by J.R. Ward
5.0
THIS BROKE ME and might be one of my favourites so far! It’s filled with angst, emotion, and heartbreak: aka all my favourite things.
Vishous’ relationship issues broke me.
Qhuinn being a royal asshat and fucking up his relationships broke me.
Layla and Xcor broke me.
Lassiter’s emotional turmoil broke me.
Throe pissed me off.
Trez broke me.
Tohr broke me.
In short: everything hurts and nothing is okay.
I haven’t been in this much pain over the BDB series since Lover At Last and I’m so glad J.R. Ward managed to get me back there! You know you’re invested in a book when it makes you quake with anger - but not because of bad writing, but because there’s just that much emotion at play.
And given it was so full of anger and emotion, I had zero clue how J.R. Ward was going to pull off a happy ending. I mean we’ve got a Chosen and a traitor to the crown….talk about starcross’d lovers! And in spite of it all, J.R. Ward managed to pull it off in a way that felt sensible, plausible, and showed serious character growth and political manuevring.
I also liked that while this book wraps up one political opponent, we simultaneously see a significant shift in Throe’s role. The Lesser-Omega battle is closing in on the end and the finish line gets closer with each book, so it’s great to see J.R. Ward changing things up with new obstacles for future novels.
Gahhh I just loved this one SO MUCH. I needed it after the mediocre filler that was Blood Vow and I can only hope the next few books are as strong. This deserves 5 million bajillion stars!
Vishous’ relationship issues broke me.
Qhuinn being a royal asshat and fucking up his relationships broke me.
Layla and Xcor broke me.
Lassiter’s emotional turmoil broke me.
Throe pissed me off.
Trez broke me.
Tohr broke me.
In short: everything hurts and nothing is okay.
I haven’t been in this much pain over the BDB series since Lover At Last and I’m so glad J.R. Ward managed to get me back there! You know you’re invested in a book when it makes you quake with anger - but not because of bad writing, but because there’s just that much emotion at play.
And given it was so full of anger and emotion, I had zero clue how J.R. Ward was going to pull off a happy ending. I mean we’ve got a Chosen and a traitor to the crown….talk about starcross’d lovers! And in spite of it all, J.R. Ward managed to pull it off in a way that felt sensible, plausible, and showed serious character growth and political manuevring.
I also liked that while this book wraps up one political opponent, we simultaneously see a significant shift in Throe’s role. The Lesser-Omega battle is closing in on the end and the finish line gets closer with each book, so it’s great to see J.R. Ward changing things up with new obstacles for future novels.
Gahhh I just loved this one SO MUCH. I needed it after the mediocre filler that was Blood Vow and I can only hope the next few books are as strong. This deserves 5 million bajillion stars!