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A review by chaos_tempest
The Chosen: Contender Book 1 by Taran Matharu
3.0
After reading Taran Matharu's debut series, The Summoner Trilogy, I knew I have to read everything he writes. The Chosen follows Kade, a teenage boy sent to boarding school for a transgression he did not commit, and other teens that have been transported to another world that is littered with remnants of our world's past. Dinosaurs from prehistoric times, mysterious relics, decaying buildings and vehicles, even ancient peoples. With little information, except survive the game.
The Chosen definitely feels more sci-fi than fantasy to me, so I was thrown off at the start. I don't really understand with LitRPG is, but it was so much fun having characters run from dinosaurs, ferrying down a river on an OLD ship, and meeting people from ancient civilizations. I'm not usually a fan of Romans, but Quintis was pretty great. The characters were fun and engaging, I absolutely despised a few (best part), the friendship/lack of friendship dynamic reminded me a lot of what I loved about The Summoner Trilogy. I'll warn you now, don't expect all the characters to survive, of course my favorite did not, they never do, but oh is it worth it!
The Chosen definitely feels more sci-fi than fantasy to me, so I was thrown off at the start. I don't really understand with LitRPG is, but it was so much fun having characters run from dinosaurs, ferrying down a river on an OLD ship, and meeting people from ancient civilizations. I'm not usually a fan of Romans, but Quintis was pretty great. The characters were fun and engaging, I absolutely despised a few (best part), the friendship/lack of friendship dynamic reminded me a lot of what I loved about The Summoner Trilogy. I'll warn you now, don't expect all the characters to survive, of course my favorite did not, they never do, but oh is it worth it!