Chosen by Ted Dekker

🛡️Chosen by Ted Dekker🛡️

Book One in The Lost Books series.

Blurb:

Think with your heart and prepare to die . . . for you have been Chosen.

Thomas Hunter, supreme commander of the Forest Guard, has seen a great evil decimate much of his beautiful world. With a dwindling army and an epic threat, Thomas is forced to supplement his fighters with new recruits ages 16 and 17. From thousands, four will be chosen to lead a special mission.

Unknown to Thomas, the chosen four are redirected to a different endgame. They must find the seven lost Books of History before the Dark One. For these seven books have immense power over the past, present, and future, controlling not only the destiny of their world . . . but that of ours as well. 

My thoughts:

I have to confess something.. I judged this book by its cover. Yep, I will never do that again. At least I won’t try to.

I cannot believe how good this book is! I listened to the audible ;and usually I have trouble listening to audibles because it makes me want to have and read the book. (and well.. I might’ve bought the book 🤭) But this one was SO GOOD. It was like I was watching a movie in my mind. The narrator read Chosen so well; the voices he made for the characters, I especially liked.😉

I loved this first book’s introductory plot! It was very intriguing. There was never a boring moment. It definitely kept me in suspense.. something would happen and I would be like “wait whaaa?” And then another thing happened and I was like “what about this other thing?” 😂

Johnis (the narrator pronounced it like Yo- neese).. if I had read the book first and not the audible, I would’ve pronounced it in my mind all wrong lol 😂. He was adorable, to be honest. In the eyes of everyone, he was like this weak runt of a boy; but he really was a born leader. A pretty darn brave and smart one at that too. My second favorite character is Silvie. She was this awesome fighter with a sense of humor and sarcasm. And oh how I sense a romance brewing between Johnis and Silvie! All the creatures was a fun bonus as well. Gabil was such a funny character! 

In conclusion, I really liked this first book of the series and am so looking forward to continuing Johnis’s journey in finding the lost books! I would totally recommend this book for those who are looking for a fun fantasy read with a bit of Christrian fiction! 

⚠️ Age recommendation: 13+ ⚠️

   ‼️ For the series as a whole, I have to recommend for 15-16+ because of something that happens in a later book in the series that has more mature scenes.‼️

My rating: 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 

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Ages 10-12 rating: ⭐️

Ages 13-14 rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ages 15-16 rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sexual Content:

A cheek kiss. An embrace or two, very light touches. Noticing, Blushing, and Attraction. Talks about marriage and 16 being the age that a lot of people got married. Talks about love and loving someone. Light, light love. (I don’t even know if you would call it love) 

Profanity:

No cuss words. Idiot is said. 

Violence:

A lot of death and talks about the war. Some fighting scenes, torture, threatening, blood, pain, and death. The whole Darkness vs. Light trope. Details of how creatures looked like. (All of this mildly detailed) 

POV’s: Multi POV- mostly between Johnis, Silvie, Billos, Darsal, and Thomas Hunter 

260 pages