A review by chelseaj91
The Chosen by Theresa Meyers

3.0

Attorney by day, demon-hunter by night, Remington Jackson is used to being on the sunny side of the law, even in the Wild West. But it’s showdown time, and Remy and his brothers are getting desperate. They don’t have the relic they need to slam the door shut on evil—so Remy is going to have to find and steal part of it.

Enter China McGee, shapeshifter, thief, beauty, and current prisoner. When Remy offers her freedom in exchange for a little light-fingered help, she’s pretty sure she’s going to end the association with a good old-fashioned seductive double cross. But there’s something about fighting through a jungle full of Mayan ruins that makes you want to settle down together. China could change. Remy might be special. But none of that matters if the devil takes them all…


I have to say, I kind of felt a little letdown. That end just felt so anticlimactic. It felt like things had been building to this big confrontation through the other two books and now it's done? I mean, yeah, all things considered, this was a pretty decent ending but I just wanted...more.

I did like Remington. He was interesting and I liked the way he thought about things. I also liked that once he realized his feelings for China, he didn't allow her history with Colt to cloud anything. Yeah, sure, there was a little bit of "I can't believe you did this" but it was only for a moment and he made it a point to make sure she knew he didn't care.

China was intriguing. In the other books, I'd definitely felt like there was a little more to her, but I definitely didn't expect her reveal. Or the way she'd try to cling to it. I was glad that she didn't cling to it for long, once she started working with Remy and realized her feelings for him, and his for her. I did kind of want a bigger confrontation between she and Rathe. I mean, he'd done all this horrible stuff to her and yeah, she did end up with the final victory, but again, it was kind of anticlimactic. Although, he will was pretty great and certainly leaves things open to interesting possibilities.

I did have a little issue with the timing; obviously, there's some overlap for all these books, but (and maybe this is just me) but I thought there were certain events (Colt and Lily's bargains with Rathe, Win and Tessa's battle, etc) that would have happened right before they all met up at Marley's? Yet it sounded like there was the span of days, if not weeks between those events.

As I mentioned, I felt like the end was just...not enough. On the one hand, yeah, ok, things kind of ended as well as can be expected, because the world isn't always all wrapped up perfectly, but there's just so much that I felt was left open-ended. I want to know more: how did closing the Gates the way they did change things? What kind of trouble are they going to experience with the time rift? What's China's new position going to mean for Colt? And really, in general how does that mixed up family handle this brand new world that they've managed to create?