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Wilder (The Chosen Ones, #5 (2012)

by Christina Dodd(Favorite Author)

4.11 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

A Signet Select Book

series

The Chosen Ones

review 1: This novel is the primary reason I went on to read the Chosen series after reading the Dodd's Darkness Chosen series. Toddler Aleksandr Wilder was my favorite character in the earlier series, and to meet him again as a young man was something I couldn't pass up. In the first three novels of the series Aleksandr was as a delightful secondary character, but as things progress it is clear something is going horribly wrong. I found it curious as a much younger member of the Chosen, and without a gift, that no one was ever concerned about Aleksandr spending so much time out and about the city without anyone covering his back. Then Aleksandr disappears, and this novel picks up years later. The greater story of the battle against Osgood/Lucifer comes to an exciting and unexpected... more resolution, though some of the plot twists didn't fully ring true. And having the Wilders, particularly Konstantine back on Center stage felt like coming home. But it was the sweet Beauty and the Beast story of Charisma and the Guardian (a surgically altered Aleksandr with amnesia)that is the heart of the novel, and for the most part, well-written. Heartbreaking though it was to learn what had been done to Aleksandr, he remained himself, a man of courage, purity of heart, humor and exceptional intelligence, and still my favorite character in both series.
review 2: I have been waiting for this story for a VERY long time. We first met Aleksander when he was a baby in the Darkness Chosen series and we have been waiting to find out what happened to him after he went into the court house at the end of the last book. Now we know.I wasn't as happy with this book as I was with the first few in the series. We (the reader) know who the Guardian is even though we are never actually told until the middle of the book and even though neither Aleksander or Charisma know who he is. The amnesia approach makes sense given the situation and the things that were done to the Guardian, but the obviousness of the Guardian's identity to the reader took a lot of the suspense out of the story. There really wasn't much surprise or question as to how the story would have to go and most everything was predictable.That said, I still enjoyed the characters of Aleksander, Charisma, and the Chosen Ones as they appeared throughout the book. There were many places where the humor was silly but, becuase of that silliness it made the book more enjoyable.The best thing about the book (and this was true with the Darkness Chosen series as well) is that as a series ender, it truly ended the situation and that time in the world that had been created for the story. The last chapter takes us four years into the future to show us the current lives of the Chosen we have been folloowing as well as introducing the offspring of those Chosen. We also see that there is a new batch of seven Chosen (so there is continuity of the world rather than an apprubt unbellievable ending). The opening has been left to return to the world in later years when the Chosen offspring are grown, to revisit the world with the new seven Chosen or to not go back at all. Things are wrapped up but the world continues on.Overall, a good book and a very satisfying ending to the series. Predictable and not a book that will elave you on the edge of your seat, but still a nice read and a must if you have been following the series. And yes - the Wilder clan does show up in the book...twice. Once at the beginning and again at the end. less

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