Longing for blood and dark forces are at work at the House of Night. Young and inexperienced vampire Zoey Redbird, leader of the Dark Daughters and vampire fledgling extraordinaire, has discovered some mystical and worrying events occurring at her vampire finishing school. Her adventures at the school seem to take a mysterious turn. Those whom she considered to be her friends in real appear her enemies. And quite strange, but enemies has turned into friends. So begins the gripping third installment of this highly addictive series (Romantic Times), in which Zoey's mettle will be tested like never before. Her ex-roommate and best friend, Stevie Rae, is undead and struggling to maintain a grip on her humanity. Only Zoey's love, power and beliefs can help to save Stevie, and not let her to become a real monster. Zoey doesn't have any idea how to help her, but she does know that anything she and Stevie Rae discover about the secretive and sinister power that's turning dead fledglings into bloodsucking monsters must be kept secret from everyone else at the House of Night, where faithhas become a rare commodity. Zoey has to find a way to reverse what has been done to her friend as soon as possible before it is too late. Plus to that serious problem, Zoey encounters one more difficult situation: she finds herself in the extremely difficult and unexpected position of having three boyfriends. Mix in more than a little forbidden desire to the equation and the situation has the potential to spell social catastrophe of massive proportions. Then, vampires start turning up a deal. It looks like the People of Faith, and Zoey's terrible step-loser in particular, are tired of living side-by-side with vampires. But, as Zoey and her friends find out, things are not always what they seem.
To make all the things even more complicated, Zoey is forced to keep this a secret from her friends and has been betrayed by her mentor and advisor, Neferet. Zoey knows that Neferet is behind the creation of these "undead" creatures and is not at all what she seems. To get help, she turns to her rival, Aphrodite, who becomes her confidante and partner in crime. Horror strikes the House of Night when two professors end up brutally murdered. Cast takes the series up a notch with this installment, and readers will be on the edge of their seats waiting for its continuation. The book, full of danger, adventures, love affairs and action, fascinates from the first pages. Every next part of the series appears to be more and more interesting. Zoey and other characters grow up, and that is reflected in their deeds and words. ˜Chosen is really worth reading, if you like books that don't force you to think and just serve as an entertainment and a way to relax. The book is written in a simple language, though there might be explicit language and sexual situations. Chosen is easy and light, but still fascinating and interesting.