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Chosen at Nightfall by C.C. Hunter

lysmea's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Une belle fin à cette histoire où l’on a enfin pu avoir les réponses à nos questions. 

kelbie_anne's review against another edition

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5.0

This has been the best series to start the year off. My favourite series so far and a new found author that I love. Looking forward to reading more of Hunter's work. I've found that not many people know or like this series but I just want to say if you like YA supernatural then this is a great series to read especially for young teens. My 14 year sister who has never been a reader is loving these books after a forceful and nagging recommendation by my part.

Although the writing is very simple and plot points and characters can be slightly predictable there were so many twists and turn including the interesting plot but I felt like I needed more of an explanation as to why the villains were doing what they were doing. However, a great bunch of characters, Kylie's relationship with her friends all ways had me laughing. I feel that Hunter really captured the relationship of 16 year old girls and their approach to romance.

But if you are not one for love triangles then don't even bother but if you're a sucker for cliche romance than be my guest. Honestly, these books took me back a couple of years when finding out your crush doesn't like you felt like the end of the world, it was so great to be fully immersed into this story, thank you C.C. Hunter for writing such incredible books. They are my absolute favourite, books that I'll read over and over and over and over....
Spoiler Just wish you didn't stop writing until after the hotel room ;) pls

3batsinatrenchcoat's review against another edition

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3.0

While I really liked the other books in the series I just fell like this one was really weak which sucks because it was the last book and the last boom should be the best! One if the only good bits about it was Kylie's newest ghost (and the ghost's connection to Mario, great plot twist) and Holiday's little surprise. Kylie herself though just got on my last nerve; she turned into such a Sue. Not only does she have Lucas and Derek fawning over her but an assortment of random dudes. Also since when was she food with relationship advice? Really by the end of the book (unrealistically) everyone likes her. And suddenly she's not just an already unique chameleon, but also a protector, but not just any protector...but a very special kind of protector!!! On top of that she masted everything so easily and early. Like most chameleons couldn't be invisible until their 20's and then there's Kylie freaking Glenn. And suddenly she's a naturally good sword fighter too-- okay so that took a bit more training, but still, Lucas kept talking about what a brutal she was and how fast a learner she was. Speaking of Lucas; while he didn't annoy me out right I hated how everything in the novel started to revolve around him! Legit, most of the plot was taken over by Kylie pouting over him! The focus was more on that than actually facing Mario. Want proof? The final battle was (no exaggeration) squished into like the last 15...20 pages. And only half of those were actually fighting. That sword was pretty much a cop out that did all the fighting for her. The mighty plot sword!!! On top of that Kylie's constant 'my life sucks' run got really old really fast. Also where was Miranda? The cute little witch (my favorite character) hardly got any spotlight in this book, not compared to the prior ones... One last thing that annoyed the heck out of me; all the ADULTS behaved and talked like teenagers. Burnett would always yell "oh hell" like Della. Kylie's mom would giggle about sex jokes and do her share of cussing. Hayden also swore a lot for a teacher. And those are only one example for each.

Now for some positives. As I said, I did like Kylie's new ghost a lot and the plot twists that came with her. Holiday's wedding was cute. When the battle and Mario were actually focused on it was really awesome and intense. Reading Kylie's ghost's back story was also really intriguing. I'm also glad Derek found someone nice.

Overall I was kind if disappointed. This was the last book in the series and it was the weakest. It was just missing something.

vivien_hamburg's review against another edition

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5.0

wieder ein spannender teil. hoffentlich nicht der entgültig letzte mit kylie in der hauptrolle!

fari18's review against another edition

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4.0

3.5 stars but rounding up to 4 - the main character could've probably avoided a lot of headache if she was just more transparent about the imminent risks she was facing internally and externally. The book had a lot of build up only for the moment to be fleeting and lacking in depth. Overall, entertaining read and enjoyable series but definitely had areas to improve.

knowlesa08's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

anapereira2005_'s review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

susiedunbar's review against another edition

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1.0

Well, if ya loved "Twilight," you'll love this one. Unfortunately, I DETEST the "Twilight" trilogy. Seriously. Hate it. And I didn't think much of the ending of this series either.

It was, by far, the worst of the 5 books in this series and it had what I see as a fatal flaw of YA supernaturals: neat and tidy and almost sparkly ending + a love triangle that I grew NOT to care about at all. Also, what is it with authors working so hard to make characters so completely beautiful and perfect, as well as culturally hip? Boring!!!!! I don't need explanations of what they are wearing or how they spoke so cute to one another or a description of every nuance of thought of every character. Yuck. Very disappointing. Finished it only by applying myself so I could honestly review and then not recommend it to my students.

cidkid's review against another edition

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3.0

Only gave it three stars because I thought the ending felt way too rushed for such an awesome series. I felt like she should have gone more into depth about the ending and such. I'll have to read the series about Della to see if it will a more satisfying ending. All in all it's an awesome series and I thought it was very unique. I love supernatural stuff so having them all put together was neat. And finding out what Kylie was seemed really original. Loved the concept of the series and all the characters. Yay Lucas and Kylie and Burnett and Holiday. They're my favorite couples!

missmaddy's review against another edition

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5.0

Mein ersten Englisches Buch was ich 5 Sterne gebe dieses Jahr :D

Obwohl der Showdown lahm war.