Review: A good introduction to The Chosen series
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 22, 2012
Goodreads Description- Even before Jake's birth, Emma Thompson focused all her energy on providing a safe and sheltered world for her two-year-old son. The life she'd always wanted as a child--a loving mother and financial security. But another "incident" had has led to Jake's expulsion from his second daycare center in two weeks, and now her accounting job with a high profile commercial firm is on the line.Soon Emma wishes losing her job was her only worry when it becomes evident that someone is not only watching her, but is determined to make contact with her son, forcing her to make the biggest decision of her life.Emma is a single mother of 2 year old Jake.  When she gets a call at work that Jake has had another incident in daycare she knows that his days are numbered there.  He has already been expelled from his previous daycare and now it seems that he has , again, foretold accidents that the other children were then involved in.  The daycare wants him out.  On her way to her car, one of the daycare workers stops her and recommends a nanny and gives her a card.  Determined not to lose her job, Emma calls and arranges an interview the next day.  However the woman who shows up just raises the hair on Emma's neck and later that night, when Jake warns Emma that the bad men are coming to take him, does she finally see that she really is in trouble.  Not knowing what to do, Emma buys a gun and packs her bags.  She is ready to leave in the morning.  But when the "bad men" knock on her door in the middle of the night, Emma has to escape to save her son.  Barely escaping her garage and a car chase, the cars chasing her collide and explode.  Emma finally thinks she is free.  However, just as Jake tells her that they are safe, Emma turns around to see a man emerge from the flames.  What do they want her son for?  Can he really see into the future?  What kind of power does her son hold?  Emma decides she has to save her son and leaves her life behind not knowing what the future may hold.This is a quick, fast paced half-step book in The Chosen series.  The writing and dialogue are simplistic but I'm not sure if this is YA and since I am just starting to read fantasy, I don't really have any standards yet.  However, from this short read, I was impelled to add Chosen, the first book in the series, to my to be read list.  So I guess that says it all.  If an author can get me to purchase her book in 42 pages then she has done her job.  This isn't a fantastic piece of literature but it was effective in pulling me in, taking me for a ride and getting my interest.  I liked it and I am going to give the series a try.  3 stars!