The Chosen

The Nine Lives of Chloe King #3

by Celia Thomson

CHLOE KING MAY BE THE ONE.

Despite a rocky few weeks, Chloe King is starting to get it. She's figured out who she is (a girl with catlike superpowers), where she belongs (at home with Mom), and what she wants to do (chill with her friends).

Yes, she's got funky superpowers, and yes, two rival groups think she's some "chosen" leader. But no, she's not buying all that ancient-warrior crap. And she's definitely not developing a superhero alter ego like in those old comic books. For Chloe, being the One means she can have whatever she wants ... i. e. , more goof-off time and fewer "cat people" conventions.

Then she finds her friend bleeding in an alley. All at once Chloe realizes that the years of bloodshed are not over. In fact, they never will be. The Mai and the Tenth Blade are going to persist in their dangerous rivalry. Unless Chloe accepts her destiny ... and takes control.

Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance, Urban Fantasy, Supernatural, Fiction

245 pages, Paperback

First published January 5, 2005

About the author

Celia Thomson and Tracy Lynn are pseudonyms of Liz Braswell.

Reviews

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dang it, I wanted her to end up with Alyec. Brian's a bit boring in my opinion.

[elle · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book would've gotten three stars if only there was a) some thrill, b) some clarifications about how the characters really feel and c) if the relationships weren't forced. All in all, this book was a disappointment to the trilogy.

My review for this one would be short because I'm not really in the mood to talk about a book that I wasn't happy about how it ended.

First, I expected some ACTION, like THE REAL THING. Not some stupid omg in order for us to peace someone needs to die too and then Chloe sacrifices herself and wants Brian the guy she loves to do the killing because she has nine lives so why not. This book was different from the others because here there's no fighting there's only peacemaking. Not that I don't want that, I just want some hype, you know, to get me excited.

Second, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE CHARACTERS ANYMORE. Why is Chloe suddenly like this? Why is Amy suddenly doing this? Why is Paul like this? Why is Alyec acting like this? Really, Kim and Brian are the only characters who actually have a stand in personality because I swear I can't keep up with the others.

Third, the relationships should've ended like this: Chloe and Alyec because they deserve each other, Amy and Paul because their relationship breakup was completely insignificant, Kim with herself because she's Kim and she doesn't need any man any more, and Brian with me. Really, like, WHY WOULD ALYEC LIKE AMY ALL OF A SUDDEN IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. Also, Amy and Paul's relationship was so cute why did Braswell end it I'm sad. Paul and Kim? What the f***? I don't like any pairings here I don't like any of the pairings here no no no yIKES!!!

Despite the stupid things above, this book was cool, and my heart honestly broke when I read about Chloe and her mom's conversation. I recommend it, but I'd recommend the tv show more. It's way better.

[J.D. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Summary:

Finding out she is the destined leader of her pride is only one of Chloe's many worries when she tries to return home to her normal life. With her two best friends breaking up, a ton of school work to catch up on and boy troubles of her own, she doesn't realize the biggest betrayal from someone she trusts until it's too late.
Will she be able to take over and bring peace to her pride, or will she be taken out before she gets the chance?

Personal Opinion:

I thought this was a good final to the trilogy, even though Chloe didn't end up with who I was hoping she would.
Being the last book, I did wish there had been a bit more action. I also didn't seem to like it as much as I enjoyed the first and second book. I am still, however, happy I reread this series and would recommend it to people who enjoy a good super power / abilities stories.

[Brooke · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5
Honestly things happened but they didn’t if that makes sense? Like everything that was revealed was so obvious and things were too easy. The relationships and characters I did like better like Amy wasn’t as annoying. This was just a fun whatever read. Like it’s not greatly written but it’s just fun but a little annoying.

[Bianca Andreea · Rating 2 out of 5]

🐑 Rating: 2 🌟

🐅🌴🐅🌴🐅🌴🐅🌴🐅🌴🐅🌴🐅🌴🐅🌴🐅🌴🐅

🌑 Prea multe despre această trilogie, nici nu mai vreau să zic, căci m-a dezamăgit teribil de mult. Voiam o acțiune puternică & personaje remarcabile... din asta, n-am primit nimic.

🌑 Chloe a fost una dintre cele mai slabe protagoniste întâlnite de mine. Pe lângă că autoarea nu s-a chinuit în TREI volume să-i contureze o trăsătură definitorie, s-a bazat doar pe decizii impulsive.

🌑 Trilogia asta nu a avut nicio evoluție, niciun zvâc care să mă impresioneze. Totul a fost monoton, nu se întâmplau lucruri deosebite, și punctele culminante au fost doar momente interesante.

🌑 Îmi pare foarte rău de subiect, căci combinația dintre mituri & fantasy putea să fie pusă în scenă, total altfel. Are foarte mult potențial, și nu am mai întâlnit vreo carte în care să se vorbească despre puterile feline.

🌑 Personajele masculine, Alek și Brian, au fost cam lipsite de caracter. Abia îmi mai amintesc numele lor, deci vă dați seama cât de tare m-au "impresionat".

🌑 Finalul a fost oarecum previzibil, și dintr-o dată toate au fost bune și frumoase, răul a fost învins, și fiecare s-a împăcat cu fiecare. Lipsă de originalitate evidentă, care a fost și scrisă prost și m-a dus pe culmea disperării...

🐅🌴🐅🌴🐅🌴🐅🌴🐅🌴🐅🌴🐅🌴🐅🌴🐅🌴🐅

[Kristina · Rating 2 out of 5]

I just finished this third book in the Nine Lives of Chloe King series. Throughout all the books, I just wanted more and this third and final book didn't deliver. The idea is fantastic, the framework for the plotlines is great, but it just wasn't ramped up enough for me. Not enough drama, not enough going on, some characters fell a bit flat - not much development or change..Chloe grew up a little within her role in the Pride but even that transformation was somewhat quick and shallow, the climax was disappointing, easy, and fell a bit flat. I would say I want more books but... I think I want more books because I want more depth to Chloe's world and stories and the only way that would happen is for more books to happen. It would have been nice to have a fully, deeply, explored world within the 3 books - much more satisfying! I *did* see the TV show first and it was much more dynamic, so maybe that is biasing my opinion of the book.
The book series did have some good points - as I said, I loved the idea and the plotlines that were starting to emerge. The characters were fun and I enjoyed some of the pop-culture references sprinkled throughout.
Bottom line recommendation would be - if you have some spare time and you don't have anything left on your "must read" list, then this is a fun one to pick up for a light read but don't expect anything epic. :)

[Aurora · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was the third book in the series The Nine Lives of Chloe King. I originally picked the first book up, because I liked the idea of a cat girl, and I ended up enjoying it quite a bit. The third book of the series upset me a little bit, because of it's unfinished ending. I get the feeling that the author was going to write more, but never did. It just left me a little unsatisfied.

[Andreea · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was an OK read. I mean, if I was a little bit younger then I would have definitely enjoyed it more, because reading it now I felt it was childish at some moments. It doesn't necessarily mean it was a bad book.
The ending was nice, everybody was happy and they would continue with their "normal" lives.
Now I would want to, also, see the TV series and compare it to the books.

[Cassandra Wells · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not how i wanted to end at all. ._.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Back to more teen drama and lots of swearing. Chloe returns to the real world and attempts to stitch the two halves of her life together, all while trying to catch up at school, juggle her new and old friends, and become leader of the Mai. Not a lot of action or fighting, actually pretty anticlimactic for the last book in a series. However, pretty much every loose end is tied up nicely, including Chloe finally choosing one boyfriend. That issue bothered me for 2.75 books! Having to be The Chosen One and thrust into leadership at 16 wasn't easy, but she found a logical and fair way to deal with the bad guy and broker peace, and really matured by the end of the book. I just wish this "teen targeted" book was more teen appropriate. I still recommend this series to be for college age young adults, mostly for swearing and some violence.

[Victoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book much more then the first two. I was especially affected by the character development. In my opinion Chloe became such a stong and independent protagonist. I loved her in this novel because you get to see how much she matured and the reader can tell how much stress Chloe feels. Any normal person would have the same reaction that Chloe had and thats what I really appreciated in this book. Another character I was impressed with was Amy. I basically hated her in the first two novels and didn't understand why she was so "close" to Amy. In this book Amy's attitude changed so much and you could really tell how much this entire experience affected her. All in all, the most outstanding aspect to this book was the characters.

[Melissa Snow · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe 2.5 stars. I did like this one the best of the trilogy, though it started to lose me during the last third or so. It is an easy and quick read, but it was just too crass or something for my taste, and some of the relationships were poorly sketched toward the end. Some plot threads just disappeared and at least one just kind of ended off screen with little fanfare despite being a really big deal. One positive is that Chloe was perhaps likable by book three, even if any reference to the One being pure of heart still sounds a little bit like a joke.

[Anna Shvab · Rating 3 out of 5]

⭐️ 3.3

Things were definitely slower and more chill than I expected for a series finale…

Everything just went too smoothly for the main character — like, where’s more chaos? where’s few more heartbreaks? But okay, author’s choice 🤷🏻‍♀️

For me, it lacked the tension and rich Egyptian lore I was hoping for. I mean, I get it — it’s about a 16-year-old who can’t suddenly stop being a teen just because we hit book three 😅

✨ Highlights:

• Chloe didn’t have to throw her whole life plan out the window and still got to choose her own path — proud of her for that.
• Chloe & Brian finally kissed (and did the 🔞) without the tragic “love interest sacrifice” trope. Good for them!
• Alek + Amy = 🥴 I had to stop mid-page just to laugh.

Honestly, I still think this series deserved sequels — adult Chloe facing actual adult problems, mixed with more mythology and deeper historical vibes? I’d totally read that.


Fun ride overall, no regrets 👌🏼

[M. Basnet · Rating 2 out of 5]

So finally finished this and I have to this - this is better than the first two but that is a low bar for comparison. I see now why these were combined into one because it really does work better that way, even though the voice in this one is completely different than the first two. And editing mistakes, plot and character flaws, sudden changes to character and loose ends aside this book does tie up the ending in a way that feels ‘finished’ and honestly that’s the best thing I can say about this book.

[Jade · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is one of the most moronic, pointless series I've ever read.

Again with the 16 year-old sex.

Again with the 'hey, here's a cool plot point-.. no, nope. no. she's riding her bike thinking of all her makeout buddies again'.

Again with the utterly pointless, underdeveloped characters, and really nothing at all to add to any over-arching plot.

Ugh. I'm so glad this is done.

[Jimena Patiño · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok what??? No no no no no no a este final que no tiene sentido y todas las parejas desarmadas y rearmadas de otro modo fue un bajón la verdad que no era el cierre que esperaba se la pasó hablando de chloe intentando recuperar materias y al final todo fue apresurado.

[B · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked how Chloe empowered herself but I felt like this series still needed a fourth book... it closed too rapidly and actually didn't seem like a finale at all, there are so many loose threads?

[Jaylynn Zepeda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing.

I love when a series ends this way.
There was still action, plot and character driven though the story needed to be wrapped up.

I was hesitant starting this series but now im sad it’s over. It was a quick and exciting read

[C.M. Chafin · Rating 2 out of 5]

TW: Random racism throughout?

This was a solid letdown to a fun series. I didn’t like the plot as much and felt like the voices weren’t consistent. There were also a lot of continuity errors.

Give me a book of just Kim. Also everyone being mean to Kim can go fuck themselves.

[Josie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I barely review my books but I am so glad that she ended up with Brian.

[Elyse (ElyseReadsandSpeaks) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Alright, I'm done with all three. Man, these were not good. At all. 2 stars for potential and at least holding my interest. But no, not good.

[Georgeanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting read. More focused on the supernatural plot. At times the resolution felt like it was too easy/too simple, however it was exactly what I was looking for in a fluffy read.

[Miranda Summerset · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice ending to a short trilogy, I like the couples put together & how peace was formed. Only 2 questions I'm still stuck with: is her adopted dad dead & does she have a brother?

[Jess Ketchum · Rating 5 out of 5]

Last one was the best.

Book and show were way different. They don't match, like, at all.

[Bee · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was super boring comparatively. All the character were out of wack and you’re telling me that in FIVE THOUSAND YEARS no Mai has ever died for a human

[April · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great ending to a very intriguing series. Well except for the fact that Chloe did not end up with who I wanted her to. *sigh*

[Emma Jasper · Rating 3 out of 5]

-will give a review later-

[Celeste · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great conclusion to the story!

[Kaitlyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a good book, but I feel like it was confusing and really fast paced, but I love it all the same!!

[hania · Rating 3 out of 5]

co to za zakończenie w ogóle........