Chosen (A House of Night novel)

Chosen
The first edition cover of Chosen
Author(s)	P.C. Cast Kristin Cast
Country	US
Language	English
Series	House of Night
Genre(s)	Young Adult Paranormal romance
Publisher	St. Martin's
Publication date	March 4, 2008
Media type	Print(Paperback & Hardback) Audio CD[1]
Pages	307
ISBN	9780312360304
OCLC Number	156832359
Preceded by	Betrayed
Followed by	Untamed

Chosen is the third novel of the House of Night fantasy series written by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast.

Zoey is plagued by a terrible secret: Neferet, the High Priestess of the Tulsa House of Night, has been reviving the fledglings who had rejected the Change to add them to her personal army. Among them is her best friend, Stevie Rae, and every second she grows further away from her humanity, bu Zoey will fight for her even if she doesn't want it^[2].

The book has been translated into more than 20 other languages including French, Spanish, German and Chinese^[3].

Plot

The book opens on December 24^th, Zoey's birthday.

The school's been shaken by drama teacher Patricia Nolan's death. She's been crucified and next to her there was a quote from the bible which leads Zoey to believe that the People of Faith are responsible and Neferet must strengthen school security. Set to clear out her romantic life, Zoey sneaks out of the House of Night, resolved to break up with Heath - without success. On the way back she meets Stevie Rae and, with Aphrodite, brings her to Aphrodite's parents' house, and keeps her there while trying to find a solution for her problem.

Back at the House of Night, Zoey realizes that, as a leader of the Dark Daughters, she has to choose someone else to fill the position of Earth in her circle. Much to everyone else's displeasure, she chooses Aphrodite, when she manifests a new affinity for the Earth.

Zoey also feels more and more estranged from Erik, because of the lies she tells to hide her relationship with Loren. During the night Erik finishes the Change, she loses her virginity to Loren and Imprints with him, breaking her previous one with Heath. Erik walks in on them and angrily breaks up with Zoey. She pulls herself together and leaves to gather her friends, planning to tell them about Stevie Rae, to cast a circle and heal her. On the way, Zoey chances upon Loren and Neferet and hears him confess that Neferet had made him seduce Zoey, for her to become alienated from her closest, and that he actually loves Neferet.

Heartbroken, Zoey leaves to get Damien, the Twins and Aphrodite. She had planned to use the occasion to cure Stevie Rae and introduce her to her friends. Because of Loren's meddling, Stevie Rae arrives before Zoey has the chance to explain her to her friends and they feel betrayed, but agree to finish the ritual. When Zoey is about to invoke Earth, Stevie Rae attacks Aphrodite in a fit of jealousy and drinks from her and Changes into the first red adult vampyre. Aphrodite is terrified to discover that her own mark has disappeared and runs away through the secret exit with Stevie Rae after her, leaving Zoey alone with the rest of her friends.

Zoey does her best to explain and she manages to get them to listen until Erik shows up and reveals her infidelity and her relationship with Loren. This shatters Damien and the Twins' last bit of faith in her. On the way back she is seized by a series of spasms, and founds out much later that they came from her Imprint with Loren breaking as he died.

Acting from apparent grief at his loss, Neferet declares war on all humans. Zoey realizes that Neferet is lost to sense, pulls herself together and faces Neferet down after the Council.

Characters

Main article: List of characters in the House of Night series

Zoey Redbird Nyx Erik Night Stevie Rae Neferet Heath Luck Afrodita

Sylvia Redbird - Zoey's grandmother Loren Blake Erin Bates Shaunee Cole Damien Maslin Jack Twist - Damien's boyfriend Darius - A son of Erebus

Reception

The book received mixed reviews with a Goodreads average of 3.96/5 based on 43,737 ratings^[2].

References

1. ^ First audiobook edition of Chosen on WorldCat
2. ^ ^{a b} Chosen, summary and ratings on [[Goodreads
3. ^ Chosen editions on Goodreads

External links

• Chosen on the Official Website
• Chosen on the publisher's website
• First chapter of Chosen, on the publisher's website