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The Chosen Sin (2008)

by Anya Bast(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0425223566 (ISBN13: 9780425223567)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Berkley Trade

review 1: I almost put this book down because I kinda hate aliens, other-planets, and that type of stuff, but I met the author at Rt 2010 and she was really nice and signed my book for me, so I forged ahead. I am so glad I did. The hot scenes are deliciously hot. The hero is dark and extremely likeable, and even the bad guy was pretty likable, which was strangely nice for a change. I tend to get annoyed quickly with really evil protagonists. I found myself hoping he would come out ok . . . or at least I did till the very end and then Anya kind of dumps a lot of pretty horrible things about him, which turns the sympathy. I was hoping that his head of security was actually the really evil one and keeping it from him. All in all this was a good read and I look forward to adding he... morer to my list of authors to watch out for.
review 2: Disappointing main story but interesting potential subplot.REVIEWER'S OPINION:My favorite part of the book was the bad guy Sante. After reading this book, I was surprised at my own response of wishing the author had changed a couple of things and made it into a story about Sante redeeming himself and becoming a good guy. In fact, he was a good guy in some ways. I was intrigued with him, I liked some of what he did, and I liked his true love relationship with someone. I felt sympathy and hurt for him. The main story was not good for me. I did not like the heroine Daria. She was selfish, insensitive, and mean to Alejandro (Alej), her vampire partner who loved her. I didn't care about what she was doing, what her mission was, or her need for revenge. I had no curiosity about her. I had no sympathy for her. I was bored and wanted it to be over. The events and dialogue were ordinary and predictable.I considered giving this 2 stars just for the Sante story, but not enough time is spent on his story. Most of the time is with Daria and is not enjoyable. Besides, I would have wanted a different ending for Sante. On balance, I have to say the book was not worth my time.STORY BRIEF:For this review I am using the word vampire rather than "the chosen" which is what they are called in the book. Daria is a government policewoman. Sante pretended to be in love with Daria for the purpose of locating and killing her friend. Daria has plastic surgery to change her appearance and then has Alej turn her into a vampire. Vampires were discriminated against by humans. Sante created and runs a commune-type community for vampires to live and work in. Many vampires are happy living there. Daria and Alej ask to join the community and are accepted. Their goal is to arrest Sante for his prior murders and anything else they can find.DATA:Story length: 309 pages. Sexual language: strong/erotic. Number of sex scenes: 11. Total number of sex scene pages: 53. Setting: In the future sometime after 2075 on the Darpong planet. Copyright: 2008. Genre: erotic paranormal romance.OTHER BOOKS:To date, I’ve read one other story by Anya Bast. I gave 2.5 stars to “Scarlet Sweet,” copyright 2004, which appears I the anthology “Ellora’s Cavemen Tales From The Temple III.” My 4 star review for the anthology was posted on 12/13/08.CAUTION SPOILERS:The Sante story:Sante was turned into a vampire by Maria. She controlled him and ordered him to get close to Daria, a government policewoman. This happened a few years earlier. Sante and Daria fell in love, but Sante had to do his duty and kill Daria's friend and some others. Afterward, he felt so bad that he wanted to kill himself, but he survived somehow and was later freed from Maria. Sante later falls in love with Ari, his true love. When Daria enters the community, Sante knows Daria is there, but he lets her think he does not know. He lets her stay and does not hurt her. In the end, he lets Daria arrest him. He takes her to where the human slaves are. He also tells her he will confess. His reason is that he fears he is going insane, and he might hurt his beloved Ari. Therefore, he wants to be arrested and taken away from Ari so he won't hurt her. He gives himself up and provides all the evidence they might want to put him away. He suggests other vampire leaders to continue running the community which provides a good life for other vampires. Then when a hit man shoots at Ari, Sante takes the hit for her and dies, saving her life. His story is a tragedy. The reason he sold drugs and human slaves was to support the community, which adds sympathy. For my own personal enjoyment I would have liked seeing Sante not be involved with these two illegal activities, have some interesting redemption, and be together with Ari in the future. Besides, if he must go insane, there are other ways to protect her and still allow some time together before that happens. Going to jail is not the only answer for protecting her.I was surprised with the scene where Sante entered the bedroom of Daria and Alej and required that they perform certain activities in front of him to prove that they were truly mated.I disliked several scenes where Daria was intimate with Alejandro, he satisfied her, and then she immediately got up and left without continuing for his benefit. less

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