A review by anjreading
Chosen by Kiersten White

2.0

2.5 stars. I am so sad about this book. I loved Slayer, the first in this duology set in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (officially authorized). It was spot on with its dark, quirky humor and had a really interesting storyline. In Chosen, things felt more forced and I really struggled to stay involved in the story until the last 20% or so. Nina continues to learn to use her slayer powers, though most of the time she seems to be fighting angry, violent impulses, and Artemis has run off with her girlfriend Honora and is making some really, really poor life choices. Both Nina and Artemis annoyed me to no end in this novel. As usual, there’s an apocalypse to avert, the side characters were still delightful though under-utilized, and we were thrown the bone of cameos from Oz and Faith. I can’t put a finger on exactly why this didn’t work for me, but it definitely felt like a let-down.