Chosen at Nightfall (Shadow Falls Book 5)

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Kylie's determined that before she lets her heart loose on love, she needs to unearth the truth. What does the ghost want? Who can and can't she trust? And most of all. Kylie's journey of self-discovery and friendship is so full of honesty, it's impossible not to fall in love with her and Shadow Falls.. Born at Midnight has me begging for more, and I love, love, love it! I was so very glad to discover Born at Midnight. If you like P. I read it every chance I could get because I didn't want to put it down. The characters were well developed and I felt like I knew them from the beginning.

The storyline and mystery that went along with it kept me glued to my couch not wanting to do anything else but find out what the heck was going on. I read it over a week ago and I am still thinking about it. I can't get it out of my head. I can't wait to read more. This series is going to be a hit! Kylie is funny and vulnerable, struggling to deal with her real-world life and her life in a fantastical world she's not sure she wants to be a part of. Peppered throughout with humor and teen angst, Born At Midnight is a laugh-out-loud page-turner.

This one is going on the keeper shelf next to my Armstrong and Meyer collections! This is definitely a series you will want to watch out for. Hunter has created a world of hot paranormals that I didn't want to leave. Wow, blew me away! Martin's Griffin March 15, Independent and strong-willed Della Tsang hadn't believed in ghosts until she saw her dead cousin darting into the shadows of an alley. She hadn't believed in vampires until in the dark of that same night she is turned into one.

Introduced to a strange world of supernaturals, she struggles to accept this new reality. Unfortunately, the boy she loves senses something different about her and can't accept her. Should she follow her vampire cousin's lead-walk away from everything she's knows and loves-and fake her own death? Or should she set her pride aside and ask for help from the camp leader of Shadow Falls-a camp where supernaturals go to learn how to cope with their powers.

Either way, her life as she knows it, will never be the same. Martin's Griffin October 11, Kylie Galen thought her life was a mess before she went to Shadow Falls Camp.

However, now that she's discovered she's not human, the problems presenting themselves are anything but normal. She's determined to uncover the answer to her supernatural heritage, but with a ghost insisting someone Kylie loves is about to die, her newly developed sixth sense telling her someone is watching her and a rogue vampire on a murdering rampage, Kylie's quest for answers is on hold.

As if her life isn't difficult enough, just when she's about to give her heart to Derek, he starts pulling away. When Lucas comes back, Kylie feels more conflicted than ever. Kylie's weekend with her mom should have been just the break Kylie needs, but it turns out to be her breaking point.

Discovering her heritage may not ever matter if she doesn't survive. Kylie Galen's story continues to get interesting. Still trying to figure out who - actually, what - she is, Kylie delves deeper into her biological father's past. But as soon as she gets close to an answer, everything she knows to be true suddenly isn't. Since when does she love the taste of blood? And does her rapidly changing body have anything to do with the approaching full moon? Meanwhile, a new ghost is on the scene warning Kylie of a loved one's impending demise. And if that's not enough for this troubled teen, a rouge vampire is on a killing spree, targeting the town of Shadow falls.

Kylie will need all her skills, and her friends, to solve these mysteries or the next death could be her own. Hunter returns in Awake at Dawn, the follow up to the breakout Born at Midnight and the second in the Shadow Falls series. Like the first, Awake at Dawn grips your heart and refuses to let go until the very last page. Expertly weaving an intricate braid of mystery, suspense, drama and teen angst, Hunter answers as many old questions as she presents new puzzles to solve.

Our favorite supporting characters are back. Dive into this book today. But be warned - you will get hooked to the point you'll be reading through the night and find yourself Awake at Dawn. Martin's Griffin April 10, Step into Shadow Falls, a camp for teens with supernatural powers. Here friendship thrives, love takes you by surprise, and our hearts possess the greatest magic of all. Kylie Galen wants the truth so badly she can taste it. The truth about who her real family is, the truth about which boy she's meant to be with-and the truth about what her emerging powers mean. But she's about to discover that some secrets can change your life forever…and not always for the better.

Just when she and Lucas are finally getting close, she learns that his pack has forbidden them from being together. Was it a mistake to pick him over Derek? And it's not just romance troubling Kylie. An amnesia-stricken ghost is haunting her, delivering the frightful warning, someone lives and someone dies.

Chosen at Nightfall: Shadow Falls, Book 5 (Unabridged)

As Kylie races to unravel the mystery and protect those she loves, she finally unlocks the truth about her supernatural identity, which is far different-and more astonishing-than she ever could have imagined. Jam—packed with action and romance from the very beginning, Hunter's lifelike characters and paranormal creatures populate a plot that will keep you guessing till the very end.

A perfect mesh of mystery, thriller, and romance. Vampires, weres and fae, oh my! I highly recommend this series filled with darkness and light, hope and danger, friendship and romance. Martin's Griffin October 2, Shadow Falls Camp is back in session with the most explosive installment yet. Even at a camp for supernatural teens, Kylie Galen has never been normal. With an amazing, twisty plot, relatable characters and a surprise ending, paranormal fans will not be able to put this down. A great new addition to the heart-pounding Shadow Falls series. I wasn't really interested in Mario anymore cuz we all knew that Kylie would get her happy ending.

And what a happy ending it was, the ending sort of made me chill out and I loved everything about the ending and that's why I was so happy when I finally finished it. So that was it, I don't feel like going into details. View all 25 comments. Jul 19, Mal rated it it was amazing Shelves: I'm obviously very excited: Dec 16, I just finished reading the 4th book, finally I had time in my crazy life! First and foremost thank so many of you for liking my crazy-gif preperation, I don't know why the review was so popular xD It was just my feelings.

But thank you nonetheless. I hate reading the last book in a series, it always makes me cry and usually it's not a good thing. Someone died generally is the case, but I can say without a doubt that this book inpaticular just made me happy. For many, many reasons, so don't go guessing until reading it! I want to say that what's really hard about reading the last book in a series is that it's the end, and that you're atttatched to the characters like they were people you knew.

For me it's super bad my attatchment to everything I read, so it just hurts more despite any happy endings. I will say that I am super duper sad that it's over, but C. Hunter knows how to wrap it up with a bow. I loved reading the ending, it was a perfect way to end it because it made me feel happy for all the characters. No loose ends hanging. There were surpries, there were parts that made me laugh, made me stare, even a part of two were I had a few tears in my eyes.

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Btw, I totally flipped out when secrets were reveled, mwhahahaha! Seriously though; Heart Attack Moment. Point Hunter is an author that knows how to handle her readers and her characters in all aspects, loved every single minute of it, devoured it like a pro ;P OTP for Shadow Falls And then he said he felt better. But still that had to be the one thing that irritated me, that she continued not to accept him the whole damn book. In her mind what he did was unforgivable, so bad that he could never be forgiven. I don't see it, I think when someone loves you that much no matter what you say deserves a second chance.

In the end though they made me super happy! The baby is going to be the cutest thing alive, I swear it. When he found out that she was having his child and he came back with all the flowers and the cheesy line 'But I'm your idiot' I felt like breaking down into the happiest, most romantic tears ever! I was flipping tables left and right, brochacos! View all 3 comments. Aug 09, Booknut rated it really liked it Shelves: She shot him a scowl. She's gonna make a decision! View all 21 comments. Spoilers Half a star for the lovely cover, and half a star for the very few decent secondary characters.

Yes, I know, I'm being generous but I'm in a giving mood. Free sweets for everyone! Some points may be repetitive, incoherent and grammatically incorrect. It was all very angsty and dramatic in that lame teen way. Oh and Kylie has about fifty different grandparents and a dozen or so parents — it's all rather ridiculous. I personally recommend 6 weeks. Because she gets attacked by the bad guy aka her arch nemesis aka Mario.

Yes, the bad guy's name is Mario. And yes, I was laughing every time Mario's name cropped up because for the life of me, I just couldn't believe in a bad guy called Mario. It was a bit like a cult And cults are cool to read about anyway. It would have been fascinating if the cult-like chameleon life was explored more. It's a shame, Kylie went back to the dull-uninspired-cliched Shadow Falls. Oh and she was also a Speshul Snowflake.

She was already a Speshul Snowflake of the highest order. So why make her into an even more of Speshul Snowflake?! Maybe CC Hunter wrote it that way to try to cover up how boring and shit her heroine was. Well, it didn't work on me - Kylie was still as fascinating as a plank of wood sitting on top of another plank of wood. He cheated on Kylie once and I have no doubt that when he weds Kylie and impregnates her at eighteen, he'll be fucking some other girl. And then get engaged with a different werewolf girl Monique?

And then have make out sessions with Monique? And then pledge his soul and undying love to Monique? Because he's a liar and a cheater. And he'll carry on lying and cheating. Don't worry, Kylie has no self-respect so she'll be a-okay with him treating her like shit, she's the type of person that likes being used and abused.

He'd never have told Kylie, instead he would have just pretended everything was alright between them. Hypocrite, thy name is Lucas. He grabbed Kylie's arms so hard that he left bruises. Don't you just love it when the hero bruises the heroine because he's mad? Yep, I know… you're trying not swoon, right? If Lucas was a nice guy he wouldn't have cheated, lied and betrayed the girl he supposedly loved. It was like the author couldn't be bothered having Kylie work things out on her own… Instead she had to have everyone push her, and force her into reconciling with that cheating rapey dirtbag.

He only recently got engaged to Monique behind her back and 2. If he could pretend to be in love with Monique, then he could do the same to Kylie. One minute he was in love with Kylie and the next he was over her after one not-so-profound-or-enlightening conversation, and then he moved onto Jenny. It just made Derek seem fickle and it made his love seem shallow, transient and easily replaceable.

The hugging and the whole telling Kylie that they loved her — what sort of teachers are like that with their students? And even Kylie was talking about her love for her teachers. It was weird, it wasn't like they were related to each her or that they'd known each other a long time. I don't get why were they so close to one other. It was nauseating - I don't want to read the author's thoughts on sex and how she thinks that girls should stay virgins as long as possible… And that only girls who are virgins are 'good'. When Derek slept with Ellie, he wasn't even with Kylie!

But of course CC Hunter rewrote that in this book in the hope that we'd forget that Derek and Kyle were actually broken up… Why? So CC Hunter could make it seem that what Lucas did to Kylie wasn't actually that big of a deal, especially in comparison to what Derek supposedly did to Kylie. Well, it didn't work on me. Lucas was the only one that cheated. Why did the Death Angels act so mysterious and all knowing?

They were clueless and useless. All in all, rubbish. I'm so glad the series is over, I doubt I'll be reading Della's spin-off series. View all 59 comments. Oct 24, Jayda Rose marked it as to-read Shelves: I know what he did was wrong but think about it He did everything just to be with her! He loves her with all his heart i can tell by the way she explains him and i'm pretty sure that he would want Kylie to be his only love his only passion his only I hope to read!

If i was Kylie i would think before i choose Derek a fae who loves her but backed down and expects her to love him back or Lucas a werewolf determined to love her to care for her like Derek but better what they had was unforgettable their love was true ya Derek could be better but i doubt it Lucas was a right choice View all 5 comments.

Aug 23, Sandra rated it liked it Shelves: This is pretty much how i looked after finishing Chosen at Nightfall l Every other book in the series has been brilliantly magnificent and quickly became my favorite. I'm pretty much shocked to the bones that i didn't love this one, especially because it's the last book in the series. Shadow Falls and C. If you don't know what this series is about it follows a 17 year old girl, called Kylie Galen. She is shipped to a supernatural camp, but nobody knows what she is we find out a This is pretty much how i looked after finishing Chosen at Nightfall l Every other book in the series has been brilliantly magnificent and quickly became my favorite.

She is shipped to a supernatural camp, but nobody knows what she is we find out at the end of book 3. In this book, her story continues. She has to control and learn her powers so she can defeat her ultimate enemy before someone she loves will die. Let's get something out there before i'll rant about my disappointment. Nothing can ever take it's place. I have been in love with this series since the very beginning, and i don't think that will change. In fact, i am kind of obsessed with it.

I'm even stalking the authors blog. It't getting rather scary. That's probably why i can't make myself give it a lower rating like it deserves. Sandra, why are you so disappointed? Because it didn't turn out the way i would like it too, and let's just say that i want to claw some of the characters eyes out. Is that a bad thing? Oh dear, I'm afraid so. Why won't you tell me now what happened to get you into the condition you are currently in?

A question where unfortunately there are more answers than there should be. First, meet the 3 main characters: It's a love triangle! And one of the reasons why this book was just 'ehhhh' for me. The love triangle had been amazing in the previous books. But in this one? I mean, i guess it depends on who's team you're on. What i thought of Lucas werewolf?: I hate him so much! I can't believe that Kylie still has feelings for him after what he has done in book 4. I would have kicked his sorry ass so freaking hard and fast he would fly to freaking China and back in record time.

Can't he, like, fall off a cliff already? What i thought of Derek half-fae?: He's nice, kind, smart, helpful, understanding, HOT , and just perfect for me. If i could shove my head in his ass and live there, i would. What i wouldn't do to see him naked! What i thought about Kylie?: I loved her in the previous books! Sometimes she was just so stupid and annoying! All she really thought about was that darn idiotic Lucas! The book was also very predictable at times. But there were some nice twists that i didn't see coming.

There are no stupid metaphors that don't even make sense, and no hard vocabulary words that you have to get a dictionary for in order to know the meaning of when the characters are speaking e. First i was like Then i was like Then it all sunk in and i was like Kylie you chose the wrong guy! And the author is all like Not only that! But the guy who was left behind?

She decided to ship him off with some other chick, thinking that his fans would be 'OK' with it. And all the flaws that the guy had? Well, they magically just disappeared. It was obvious C. What i really loved though, was the beautiful friendship the characters had with each other. They are all, like, one big supernatural family that always looks after each other, and it's so heart warming!

Overall , Chosen at Nightfall was a good read. It was nothing compared to the previous books, but it was still pretty good. If not for the stupid romance and Kylie choosing the wrong guy in my opinion it would have been SO much better! Look out for Della's books! She's having her own series!

The 1st one comes out in !!! I know I am! View all 27 comments. Nov 18, Laura rated it really liked it. I can however say that even though I predicted it, I still enjoyed it. I have a few issues with it- but seeing as the series is over I'll just put them to rest too.

I really don't understand how people can pick Lucas. No matter how you dress it up he still cheated- whether or not it was for 'the greater good' of his pack, he still cheated, lied and had the cheek to be so possessive whilst this was all going on! They've always- to me- had more of a physical connection just.

I think they have more of a soul mate connection. I'd really hate to see the good guy not get the girl in the end I hope I'm wrong View all 8 comments. Dec 02, Twizzie rated it liked it. I wont eat my veggies until I do! Carrots will be crying. There will be hell to pay if I have to wait any longer. I'll even do it myself! I'm sorry if I offend you: Oct 27, Marija rated it it was amazing Shelves: GAh why can't this book come out sooner?!

Agh I'm soo annoyed C Hunter posted some clues about whats going to happen on her blog i think a while ago but i didn't check and now i have even less patience I can't wait for this book anymore!

Why does it have to come out in spring? Omg the cover is beautiful. Why is the cover a picture of the day when the book is "Chosen at Nightfall"? Still, I can't wait! I hope that this is the last book though, I can't take any more, no matter how good the series is. Lucas isn't that bad, I just think he's been kind of a jerk.

View all 11 comments. Jul 22, Jacqueline rated it it was amazing. May 18 I have to say reading this second time around I do agree that the last book is my favorite in the series, I would give it a 4. Also completely agree with what I said first time around reading because this isn't the best series I've ever read but it's just pure entertainment to read!

July 24 Awesome book for it being the last book in the series. Sad to see this series end I mean it wasn't the most perfect series but I loved it and it was just so entertaining definitely rec May 18 I have to say reading this second time around I do agree that the last book is my favorite in the series, I would give it a 4. Sad to see this series end I mean it wasn't the most perfect series but I loved it and it was just so entertaining definitely recommend if your looking for something entertaining, with some romance, and hilarious bits!!! Oct 23, Christie Watts rated it it was amazing.

OMG I am so flipping mad a Lucas right now!!! I just finished book 4 and I loved it of course. But now it's gonna drive me crazy til this books comes out.. I really hope she chooses Lucas I know what he did is wrong and I really like Derrek but the passionate Love that Lucas has for her has me won over. Anyway can't wait for chosen at nightfall to come out so we can see who she chooses Apr 24, Britta rated it did not like it. I thought this book was by far the weakest book in the series. Kylie had developed into a whiny self-obsessed pansy who spent most of the book too afraid to face her own problems.

Sorry to any Lucas fans but I thought she made a poor decision and the ending was forced. Lucas was an over-controlling, possessive and jealous a the entire time and she glorified him and refused to see any flaws in him. I think it would be different if their relationship was based on more than just a schoolyard crus I thought this book was by far the weakest book in the series. I think it would be different if their relationship was based on more than just a schoolyard crush but it wasn't.

He loves her because she is an obedient goody-two-shoes pansy and she loves him because he's They made this couple out to be this great love and it was horrible because the characters were not likable and had really nothing in common. I really wished they would show what happens when all they have in common is their vanity and the ability to say "I love you" with a straight face. So back to the ending, Lucas gets on Council as I predicted early on and I also dislike how there are no consequences for anything.

Kylie kills a man brutally and Lucas is her accomplice but it's okay because he was evil. I just hated the book for glorifying weak and crappy characters and chalking everything up to some sort of fate or destiny. People make their own choices and not everything is so binary but this book made it seem like it is and it drove me crazy in the second book too. I vote two enthusiastic thumbs down for poor writing so many typos and "yups" , poor character development and overall cheesy and overrated plot. Spoilers may be concerned; I'll really try to avoid them.

I fell that I read this book just to finish this series. First two books were amazing. I loved them, but since then it was worst and worst. I don't actually know what to say about this book, it was quite about nothing, and since the beginning, I knew that it was going to finish with happily ever after. And finishing the whole Mario thing was so unbelievable fake!

Chosen at Nightfall (Shadow Falls, #5) by C.C. Hunter

I never liked Derek and nothing change. I still love Lucas, so I Spoilers may be concerned; I'll really try to avoid them. I still love Lucas, so I wish there were more Lulie moments! I'm so happy that this is the last book and if there is any other from Shadow Fall world, I'm not going to read it. Anyway, I will still dream about my sweet, lovely, hot Lucas Dec 24, Annabel Blizzard rated it it was amazing Shelves: Lucas isn't and I find him a more interesting character.

View all 4 comments. Nov 20, Tiana added it. Let me just say I really love this series. And I love Derek and Lucas equally. But if that happened to me i would choose Derek.

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Unlike Lucas he isn't embarrassed to be seen with Kylie, just because his clan thinks its wrong. I know he's doing it for her in his own way but that doesn't give him the right to always be overprotective all the time. And Kylie always apologizes when she's done nothing wrong. That really frustrates me. Your weakness will take you down.

The end of an era!! CaN starts off with Kylie staying at the compound with her Grandfather and Great Aunt and all the other Chameleons in the area. She misses Shadow Falls terribly and longs to go back. In this final instalment Kylie will battle her nemesis Mario for the final time.

Also she makes her choice between Derek and Lucas - finally! Also Burnett and Holiday get married. Plus Kylie comes out as a supernatural to her mother. May 28, Courtney Howell rated it it was ok Shelves: As you can see from my rating, I was not a huge fan of the book or the series. Here are some of the reasons why: Throughout the whole series, I just kept wondering why I was reading it. While the others characters in the book tell her how she is awesome and selfless, all I can see is how judgmental and self-centered she is.

The moral messages ran rampant throughout the series.

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Every hundred pages or so, there was another message about the dangers of sex and how bad it is. Although I generally agree that sex is not something to be taken lightly, it is also not a bad thing if two people are consenting, teenagers or not. I got very sick of all the characters who had sex being called sluts, getting pregnant, dying, or otherwise shamed for their actions. Furthermore, the boys could have sex much easier than the girls without being called 'sluts.

I fail to understand the author's thought process on this - if someone raises you for 16 years of your life and treats you like their own child, they are your father. Especially when your biological father is dead and you only communicate with him because you are a ghost whisperer. Kylie completely overreacts about both situations and then gets mad when people tell her she is over-reacting, insisting that she wasn't the one who did something wrong. Then, towards the end, she starts being a martyr just to ride on the sorry train. While I generally agree that honesty is a good policy, there are times when someone especially a teenage someone would NEVER come clean about what happened.

And yet, Kylie always goes running off to Holiday to tell her every little 'sin' she has committed. Anytime Kylie thinks about sex she reprimands herself for being 'sinful' although, to her credit, Christianity is never mentioned. However, for the boys, it is viewed as normal that they want to have sex.

Way to perpetuate gender norms. The idea that sex should never be spontaneous was also heavy throughout the series, as was the importance of virginity for girls. The boys in the book, it was implied, had already lost theirs and were under no such obligations. It didn't help that all the girls in the series who had lost their virginity were either hated, ended up dead, or faded away from the story. All our main girl characters were virgins.

Again, gender norms were very frustrating. Why was it the girl's job to 'save themselves' for a planned time, while the boys were heavily implied or stated not to be virgins? I bet if you went to any high school in the nation and asked any student what 'blue balls' means. I also bet that they would swear much more than the characters in the book. And they would never use the word 'crappers' or 'frack. A lot of them were not well-placed, such that I noticed they were not well done. While this last installment was heads and tails about the rest, I really would have appreciated an epilogue.

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