This book reminds me of a Star Trek: Next Generation episode. The villain is an all-powerful being reminiscent of ST:NG's Q. He was part of a race of the super‐super powerful and he liked to manipulate humans. Technically, this aspect was not revealed until late in the book, but the lead up telegraphed that was coming. Still enjoyable.

Cade is a young man in a bit of trouble. He's in juvie for a crime he didn't commit, he finds himself in another world fighting for his freedom and the existence of the earth. I truly enjoyed this story. Cade has to face survival in a rather inhospitable place where his father's lessons in history help him somewhat, however he's got to run from dinosaurs as well. He's a young man who has faced the unfair nature of life, however he has the heart to want to help others. This author has a knack for writing adventurous stories about young men and they're always fantastic. I am looking forward to the further adventures of Cade in the jungle.

As soon as I saw this book I was immediately intrigued!
This book, The Chosen, is the first in a new trilogy and I think it was a fantastic start! I love Cade's character! He is well written and very likable. I really enjoyed the world building in this! I could just imagine what everything must look like. Some of the secondary characters I enjoyed were Quintus and Amber! I loved all the action is this book and I can't wait to read the next one! I recommend this one to all fantasy lovers.

I am a fan of Taran Matharu's Summoner Series and was very much looking forward to this book, the first in a new series. From his previous work I expected excellent world building and a nuanced and likable protagonist. I was not disappointed. The Chosen is a fantastic start to a new series. Cade is a fantastic character, he has depth and emotion, I was absolutely rooting for him the whole book. There are a lot of secondary characters as well, some of which are given more attention than others, but all decently brought to life. My favorites were Quintus and Amber and I look forward to hopefully learning more about them in subsequent sequels. Like Cade, I am a total history fan so there were various points of the story that a found particularly interesting. Unlike Cade though, I am not a huge fan of paleontology or dinosaurs in general so I got kind of bored with the repeated discussion, description and scientific names of them. I also thought it was kind of hilarious that all size measurements seemed to be given in terms of football fields. Overall this book is an action packed ride. It got a little darker than I expected for a YA novel, but I guess that is more of the norm these days. There is a lot of action and problem solving and it's interesting and fun. Loved the surprise reveal at the end and really just cannot wait to read more. After the last page I just kept on hoping that it wasn't really the end!

Taran Matharu did it again! I swear, he just comes up with the most interesting world's and premises and I wonder how he does it. I wish I could just look into his mind to see how his creative process works! I cannot wait for the sequel :)