"Ultimately, the outcome of her gamble would determine how history remembered her: brave or selfish. Loved or hated."

A great sequel to Vortex Visions. Chosen Champion took us on an adventure - a chase across the main continent all the way to a small ship on wild seas. In therms of plot, this second book was a bit more adventurous and fast paced, but for me, I preferred Vortex Visions because there was something more mysterious about the storyline there, while this book sometimes felt like getting from this destination (point A) to the final destination (point B). It sometimes felt like an in-between book, especially in the second half. Overall I had fun with it and the plot was at parts very gripping. Excited for the sequel!


"Nothing was guaranteed or certain. The world would rob them blind on a whim."

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On a bit of a negative note: I disliked the turn Jayme's character had taken. It reduced a complex character into a one dimensional villain, that is for the few minutes until Vi killed her. I didn't necessarily mind that there turned out to be more than Jayme was telling Vi, I expected something more for a long time, but I didn't expect for Jayme to be reduced to this one dimensional stupidly blind hatred, not towards someone she has known for so long. And now it turns out she has felt cold towards Vi, always hated her, all this time? No. Things are so much more complex than that. She turned into a cartoon sort of villain for the plot twist, which made a disservice to her (and her father's character who we've met in Air Awakens series). She was one of the few - and the only main one - important Vortex Chronicles characters that weren't rich and now one of the reasons why she turned into a villain was this: “I was never your friend. I was the help. Your messenger. Your errand girl.” and her family history. I wouldn't have even hated (at least that much) the fact that she turned against Vi if it was handled with depth and understanding. But Jayme ended up being a cartoonish villain for plot twist and the fact that the plot no longer needed her for the next book.

“Like I said, easy enough.” There was no emotion there. Not one ounce of regret.

“And now I’ll bring Adela his heir, and she will make me one of her crew,” Jayme said proudly. It was the pride that finally snapped something in Vi, the infuriating smugness that betrayed her frostbitten, blackened heart."

I didn't feel shocked I felt very much disappointed with that particular turn of events.

"They continued to speed away from everything she’d ever known, to the fate that awaited her."