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Okay, fine.

Two bucks, what am I, proud? I buy a lot of $2 kindle things. Roughly half of them suck.

But this doesn't suck. This is quite good.

Grown-up fantasy. Inappropriate language. Bloody violence. No elves. Plenty of lovingly described fight scenes. But by no means excluding rich emotional content amongst/between the players.

In judging a fat book or a fat series, perhaps the most important thing is this: do I want to know what happens?

Reader, I did. I wanted to know what happens. I'm nearing the end of the fourth volume and I'm already unhappy because I know this will run out soon enough. But I won't stop, because I want to know what happens to these people I care about. My only advice: never get involved with fiction.


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Chosen Warrior Chronicles #1 Volume 1 KF Breene 9781508923022 Books Reviews

This was a fantastic start of a series. I don't even know where to start with praise. K.F. Breene's writing is beautiful, funny, descriptive and has a nice flow. She has the ability to transfer the emotions from her characters into the reader. I had moments where I cried and I had moments of uncontrollable laughter.
The story starts when a group of soldiers finds Shanti in the wastelands nearly dead from dehydration and starvation. And they bring her to their home place. Then the fun starts. It is absolutely hilarious how K.F. Breene exploits the cultural differences. Some of the dialogues had me in fits of laughter. But this is just part of the appeal. The world itself is slowly becoming more visible and clearer. It is unknown to Shanti, so it is unknown to us. We get more and more information as she is either getting to know the new places or recounts her knowledge of places to the others.
And Shanti, she is exactly as she is supposed to be, like all the female characters I like to read, she is strong and kind, but unlike the other female characters, ruthless when necessary. She is very much different than the world she landed in and the people have problems figuring her out because she does not fit within their social norms. This causes all kinds of funny situations. However, the topic is very serious, as there is a war brewing, invaders coming and all the violence that comes as a result. Shanti is a seasoned warrior and the author is not shy in describing the battles in detail.
I also have to mention some of the other characters, firstly Captain Cayan who is perfect in every way. I can't say more without giving spoilers. Then we have Captain Sanders and his band of Cadets. Sanders is a grumpy but loyal and a very interesting character. Cadets, well, you have to get to know them yourself, all I can say is that they are delightful. There are more interesting characters certainly, but pay attention to the few appearances of the town's doctor. His banter with Shanti is too funny.
I have enjoyed this book immensely, and now I am reading the next one. I highly recommend it. Reading order is Forged in Blood (The Warrior Chronicles, #0.5), Chosen (The Warrior Chronicles #1), Hunted (The Warrior Chronicles, #2), Shadow Lands (The Warrior Chronicles #3), Invasion (The Warrior Chronicles #4), Siege (The Warrior Chronicles, #5).
I have to be honest. I did not know what to expect going into this story. It's called 'Chosen' which to me is questionable since I am no fan of chosen one stories where a main character is prophesied to be awesome and then they are. That is not this book, in fact there was not much formulaic about this story and that is much to it's credit.

Author K.F. Breene seems to have a lot of experience writing and it shows in her work. Characters have depth and seem alive with their actions and motivations even when they're not a very important character. The world has clearly been designed to a level of detail far greater than comes up in the story and the tale itself is not without twists and turns and even some heartache. I can't express enough how much I felt like I was in a real world reading this book with real people and clocking in at just over four hundred pages, that is saying something. One of the things I loved best about this story is how incredibly (and believable) dynamic she manages to make her cast, even minor characters.

You should be aware if you get into this book that the author has some experience writing romance, and if you're looking for romance you will be let down as this is not a romance novel. Furthermore if you're specifically turned off by romance the author manages to display some very steamy moments without there being actual romantic interactions involved. It's very clever but some people might find their heart beating a little too fast. Another thing which caught my eye was by coincidence all of the characters specifically mentioned to be not hetero normative are villains. I had a chance to ask the author herself about this over an email exchange and she explained it wasn't a political message or on purpose. So I was reading too much into it, but honestly a book with as much detail and subtlety as this one manages to have, can you blame me for trying to find more?

There is a great deal of fantasy in this book at times, some magic, but it is supposed to be rare and I liked that. In fact the way the author deals with supernatural talents is brilliant and rather than being mundane or just a tool to elevate the main cast, she uses it as a weapon of terror and horror and the world reacts appropriately. I really can't empathize enough that the world reacts, but not just to magic. Every action taken has it's effects and consequences including friendships lost or gained and new growing threat. There was a little bit of unrealistic battle situations, but even those were grounded in the rules the world had already set out for itself.

Needless to say I would recommend this book to just about anyone. If you don't mind a little steam (without romance) and want a decent low key fantasy with action and adventure than you should read this. . . Actually who am I kidding, you should just read this anyway.
Okay, fine.

Two bucks, what am I, proud? I buy a lot of $2 kindle things. Roughly half of them suck.

But this doesn't suck. This is quite good.

Grown-up fantasy. Inappropriate language. Bloody violence. No elves. Plenty of lovingly described fight scenes. But by no means excluding rich emotional content amongst/between the players.

In judging a fat book or a fat series, perhaps the most important thing is this do I want to know what happens?

Reader, I did. I wanted to know what happens. I'm nearing the end of the fourth volume and I'm already unhappy because I know this will run out soon enough. But I won't stop, because I want to know what happens to these people I care about. My only advice never get involved with fiction.