“It's been almost a year since bounty hunter Anna Strong became a vampire, but as she's about to discover, her greatest powers have yet to be unleashed...
Though Anna has become accustomed to the fact that she’s now a vampire, she still enjoys the illusion of being human. So when she suddenly notices that her primitive urges are getting harder to control, she’s worried. Then, she’s attacked, narrowly escaping with her life. The only person with enough motive to want her dead is her old foe—Warren Williams. But another more dangerous enemy lies in wait.
What Anna doesn’t know is that she’s far too valuable to kill. For she’s been chosen to shape the destiny of the vampire race—and all of mankind…”
From Goodreads. 
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Publisher: Ace
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Release Date: August 31st, 2010
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My Copy: eARC given to me by the author.
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Pages: 304
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Series: Anna Strong
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Genre: Urban Fantasy
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 | Chosen (Anna Strong Chronicles, Book 6) |
*Contain spoilers if you haven’t read the previous books in this series.
This is one of my favorite series ever! It was one of the first series I read when my UF and PNR obsession started and I definitely anxiously wait for each new book, every year. Jeanne was awesome in giving me an ARC and I simply devoured it, from beginning to end.
Chosen starts off not long after the events of Retribution and we find Anna in a quite peaceful moment in her life. Working with David, dating Lance and living a mostly human life has been good to her, well, let’s not forget the blood drinking. Of course, this simple period in time is nothing more than the calm before the storm and what a storm it is!
A vampire attacks Anna in her own garage early on in the novel and from then on it’s non-stop action from beginning to the very end. The previous book, Retribution, left so many questions unanswered and even though I really enjoyed it, I was expecting more from it. This time though, we get a LOT of answers and the story moves forward quite nicely with some unexpected developments and a lot of twists that will definitely change everything from now on.
I LOVED this book! It was an amazing addition to a one of my favorite series and it left me wanting so much more! Anna finally reaches the 1st anniversary of her Becoming (Vampire) and with it we finally find out what it means to be the Chosen one. If Anna Strong thought her life has been hard since she became Vampire, in Chosen her life gets turned inside out, upside down more than a few times.
I really enjoyed seeing Anna grow in this novel. She goes through so much! Pain, disappointment, betrayals and even finding out things about herself that she never knew; and even though I wanted to smack some sense into her sometimes, I feel like she has become an amazing person and how much she has evolved from book one is definitely jaw-dropping.
The Anna Strong series is a must read to any Urban Fantasy fan and Chosen is a wonderful addition to this awesome series! If you haven’t read this series yet, you really should get a move on and get ready for the release of Chosen, you won’t regret it!
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This series is totally new to me. It sound action-packed and like it has a wonderfully strong character arc for the heroine. I love when you can really feel the characters grow and change from the beginning of a series to the end, and it sounds like the Anna Strong books really succeed in showing that character evolution over the course of the series. Thanks for sharing your review! :)
Great review.
This is the first time that I heard about the Anna Strong series and it sounds very interesting. Will look up the first book in the series.
Great review! Can't wait to read this one. It's on my book list! Will be the first one I read towards the end of the month too!
I am glad that you enjoy this series. I do too. Though I will admit that I am a book behind. Retribution is sitting patiently on my Kindly until I get a chance to read it. Chosen will definitely be on my "buy" list when it is published.
I must admit that I just skimmed through you review as I got the first book in this series last week and I didn't want to read any spoilers about the series ;)
But I did notice that in lots of places you have said it is one of your favourite UF series so I think I will be starting The Becoming soon!
@Violet
I agree with you! I love seeing a beloved character evolved throughout a series =))
@Sabrina
Thanks! Hope you get to read them and enjoy it!
@Jessica
Thanks hon!! I cant wait to see what you think!
@Kathy
Thanks! YAY, another fan!! well, I think it will be a good thing for you to read Retribution and Chosen together =)))
@Chrissie
oooh YAY! hope you love it!!
I skimmed your review, because I haven't read the series and I didn't want to spoil it! But I can tell that you really, really like this series, so I'm off to check out the author now. Thanks!
@Nat
My pleasure! I do love this series =)
I hope you do too, cant wait to see what you think =D
This series has been on my TBR pile for a while. I guess I better start reading it soon!
BTW, I gave you an award on my blog: http://fictionkingdom.blogspot.com/2010/08/im-back-award.html
@Spav
awesome, hope you like it!
Thanks!!!