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Chosen Ones is completely bizarre and disturbing. It's not exactly original, since it immediately reminded me of two other books I recently read, but it was still interesting. Tess is sentenced to work at Templeton--some weird facility where the chosen ones are created and trained--after her sister dies during childbirth before completing her term there. The compound that they live in is 100% sexist and sexual encounters are not acceptable at all (but more on this in a moment). While there, Tess befriends a chosen one named James who seems much different than the others. She is essentially a servant, while he is the perfect piece of man, so they're not suppose to be together. However, both of them are different from the others, so perhaps they can strive for something more?

I'm not sold on this society. In some ways it reminds me of Delirium, such as emotion being considered a weakness and the root of all problems and music and books being banned to suppress imagination. However, Chosen Ones takes it a step further and blames everything on "the wantonness of women." I'm not sure what "everything" entails exactly, but somehow women are to blame. They have the option of being sterilized, since for some unknown reason the majority of women now die giving birth. Why don't the men have this option? They're the ones doing the impregnating, so it would make sense to sterilize those who choose to. It just doesn't make sense to me. Women are also publicly punished: branding, beating, and beheading. It's all very medieval, and I would have liked to have known more of the whys of it.

The reason for the chosen ones being feared and viewed as superior to the naturals also wasn't made clear. They were created to be soldiers in the ongoing war, since the natural human population was dwindling and refused to continue to fight. It is also said that they'll inherit the earth once all of the naturals are gone, since they can no longer reproduce. How do soldiers come to essentially rule over the society which created them? The chosens that Tess interacts with make demands that cannot be refused and appear to be potential rapists. Is it because physically they're perfect, and are automatically "better"? But why do disposable soldiers need to be the perfect male specimens? Again, this makes no sense to me. There are far too many holes in the inner workings of this society for me to believe in it.

Despite my complaints with the world-building, there is a really good story in Chosen Ones. If you've been following me for awhile, you'll know I love forbidden romances, so I did enjoy Tess and James. There was always some worry at the back of mind when they were together, especially when they were partaking in illegal activities (i.e. playing piano and reading Jane Eyre). Both of them could be killed for not fitting in their nice, neat roles the council has set up for them. Of course, being a dystopian, there has to be a hidden resistant movement. This doesn't come up until the end, and it read very similarly to Delirium, including the idea of "the wilds." However, I do think this has the potential to be interesting in the following book. I just wish there had been more information about life in the compound before removing Tess from it.

In the end, Chosen Ones was another interesting read about what makes us human. Is it our soul? Being developed in a womb? Something else entirely? Who knows, but it is something to think about. It seems like a lot of these Frankenstein-esque books are being released, and I have to say that Chosen Ones is one of the better ones I've read despite its faults.


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Chosen Ones Lost Souls Book One Tiffany Truitt Books Reviews

I received an ARC of this book months ago for this blog tour. Unfortunately, the book release date and blog tour got pushed back and so I put off reading it until closer to the blog tour date. Now after reading this book, I really wish I would have read it as soon as I got my hands on it! Dystopias used to be one of my favorite genres, unfortunately a big problem I had with them was that they were at times too bleak and depressing and most of them didn't focus on a love relationship (which is a huge thing for me). Because of this, I was in a bit of a dystopia funk and the last dystopia I attempted to read was a DNF for me (The Lost Code). I was a little bit nervous going into this book, but I was immediately intrigued with the 1st paragraph and I knew this book was going to be different.

Women have lost the ability to give birth and are dying along with their unborn babies. As a solution for the dying race, the council as created the chosen ones, artificial beings with special abilities. But the council and the chosen ones are keeping secrets. Will these secrets help the dying human race or will it only succeed in further destroying them?

Although Tess comes off as cold and heartless at first, I can understand why she feels this way. After losing her sister she feels that love equals a death sentence and she vows to never let herself get close to anyone or care for them. When she begins working at Templeton, she meets James who is a chosen one. Tess is normally afraid by the chosen ones because they are not natural beings and they are too perfect. But when she notices that James has a scar on his chin, she is immediately intrigued by him. She wants to know why he isn't perfect like the others and what he did to get the scar. James isn't like the other chosen ones, he actually acts like a human which leaves him feeling conflicted and at times is hot/cold towards Tess. Soon, all of Tess's reservations about love go out the window as she and James start an intense and dangerous relationship.

While this is a dystopian story, Tiffany does an amazing job of balancing the problems in society with a beautiful romance. I have to admit that certain aspects of this book reminded me of Partials by Dan Wells but with its own unique twist. Although the beginning starts immediately pulls you in, it slows down a bit the first couple chapters but really picks up after that and leaves us with a shocking cliffhanger that puts its sequel, Naturals, one of my most anticipated sequels of 2013. Chosen Ones is a fascinating new dystopia world full of secrets, lies, and betrayals all mixed in with a hot and intense romance!

4.5 out of 5 sparkly stars!

Some of my favorite non-spoiler quotes from Chosen Ones
-To feel was beyond dangerous.

-Didn't they know this thing was pointless? I couldn't understand why anyone got married anymore. It wasn't a commitment. It was murder.

-Death was expected. There were no exceptions.

-The illusion of choice was all-important. Some people just didn't realize that choice doesn't necessarily mean freedom.

-Stories enabled you to forget your life and your limits. They urged you to reach for a world that was never meant to be yours. There was nothing more dangerous than an imagination.

-Maybe it's better to live in a world you don't understand, because if you understand it, it becomes unbearable.
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Chosen Ones is completely bizarre and disturbing. It's not exactly original, since it immediately reminded me of two other books I recently read, but it was still interesting. Tess is sentenced to work at Templeton--some weird facility where the chosen ones are created and trained--after her sister dies during childbirth before completing her term there. The compound that they live in is 100% sexist and sexual encounters are not acceptable at all (but more on this in a moment). While there, Tess befriends a chosen one named James who seems much different than the others. She is essentially a servant, while he is the perfect piece of man, so they're not suppose to be together. However, both of them are different from the others, so perhaps they can strive for something more?

I'm not sold on this society. In some ways it reminds me of Delirium, such as emotion being considered a weakness and the root of all problems and music and books being banned to suppress imagination. However, Chosen Ones takes it a step further and blames everything on "the wantonness of women." I'm not sure what "everything" entails exactly, but somehow women are to blame. They have the option of being sterilized, since for some unknown reason the majority of women now die giving birth. Why don't the men have this option? They're the ones doing the impregnating, so it would make sense to sterilize those who choose to. It just doesn't make sense to me. Women are also publicly punished branding, beating, and beheading. It's all very medieval, and I would have liked to have known more of the whys of it.

The reason for the chosen ones being feared and viewed as superior to the naturals also wasn't made clear. They were created to be soldiers in the ongoing war, since the natural human population was dwindling and refused to continue to fight. It is also said that they'll inherit the earth once all of the naturals are gone, since they can no longer reproduce. How do soldiers come to essentially rule over the society which created them? The chosens that Tess interacts with make demands that cannot be refused and appear to be potential rapists. Is it because physically they're perfect, and are automatically "better"? But why do disposable soldiers need to be the perfect male specimens? Again, this makes no sense to me. There are far too many holes in the inner workings of this society for me to believe in it.

Despite my complaints with the world-building, there is a really good story in Chosen Ones. If you've been following me for awhile, you'll know I love forbidden romances, so I did enjoy Tess and James. There was always some worry at the back of mind when they were together, especially when they were partaking in illegal activities (i.e. playing piano and reading Jane Eyre). Both of them could be killed for not fitting in their nice, neat roles the council has set up for them. Of course, being a dystopian, there has to be a hidden resistant movement. This doesn't come up until the end, and it read very similarly to Delirium, including the idea of "the wilds." However, I do think this has the potential to be interesting in the following book. I just wish there had been more information about life in the compound before removing Tess from it.

In the end, Chosen Ones was another interesting read about what makes us human. Is it our soul? Being developed in a womb? Something else entirely? Who knows, but it is something to think about. It seems like a lot of these Frankenstein-esque books are being released, and I have to say that Chosen Ones is one of the better ones I've read despite its faults.