Chosen

Kiersten White — 2020

Nina continues to learn how to use her slayer powers against enemies old and new in this second novel in the New York Times bestselling series from Kiersten White, set in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Now that Nina has turned the Watcher's Castle into a utopia for hurt and lonely demons, she's still waiting for the utopia part to kick in. With her sister Artemis gone and only a few people remaining at the castle--including her still-distant mother--Nina has her hands full. Plus, though she gained back her Slayer powers from Leo, they're not feeling quite right after being held by the seriously evil succubus Eve, a.k.a. fake Watcher's Council member and Leo's mom. And while Nina is dealing with the darkness inside, there's also a new threat on the outside, portended by an odd triangle symbol that seems to be popping up everywhere, in connection with Sean's demon drug ring as well as someone a bit closer to home. Because one near-apocalypse just isn't enough, right? The darkness always finds you. And once again, it's coming for the Slayer. "Will get Buffy fans up in their feels." --Entertainment Weekly on Slayer

Reviews

juliana@bookwormsbones

Feb 13, 2022

Chosen is the second book after Slayer. I am a big Buffy fan and these books were very nostalgic for me; they recalled to a great job of expanding the Buffyverse. The beginning started off very slow for me but about half way through i started really enjoying it. I definitely recommend fans of Buffy to try this duology.

Aleena Korell@aleena

Dec 15, 2021

Really fun, full of great, unique characters and wit-- and SO much homage to our beloved Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But the best part was OZ!!!!!

laura@booksandpops400

Nov 20, 2021

*I got this book for review for my honest thoughts* I really thought his book was so fun. I really wish I had re-read book one before the reading book 2. But I really loved being back in the Slayer world. I really loved the new characters overall. I also loved the main plot and mystery at the heart of this novel. I also loved the various camoes we got from buffy verse characters including one of my all time favorite characters. I really loved how Kirsten tackled this world and this character and would def check out future books if we ever get them!!

Ruth Parker @ruth

Nov 18, 2021

I really enjoyed Slayer; it felt like a refreshing revisit to the Buffyverse and even though it wasn’t perfect it still captures the essence of our favourite blonde slayer. Chosen didn’t quite live up to its predecessor. It was an interesting book and followed on well from Slayer in terms of storyline, but it wasn’t nearly as fun or as unique. Instead it felt like characters were thrown in for the hope of a squeal of nostalgia from fans rather than for actual plot reasons and the storyline was fairly convoluted even for Buffyverse standards. I didn’t hate it... but I really didn’t love it. Disappointment: party of one.

Lisa Beasley@carefulofbooks

Aug 18, 2021

This was such a good duology, the second book was maybe not quite as strong as the first one but still massively enjoyable. I adored all of the Buffy character cameos and the whole feel of it was very true to the original series from the humour to the drama. The storyline was good, even if one character, who I liked in the first book, did really annoy me in this one. But overall a strong duology.