Monica Millard

I would like to thank the author Monica Millard for posting her book Children of the Gods (A Chosen Novel) in the group The Nexus in the discussion topic Authors Requesting Reviews on Goodreads for review and allowing me to read and review it.

Reka a seventeen year old girl lived inside the City of the Gods. Everyone outside of the city thought they lived a perfect life never wanting for nothing, having all of their needs met. But they were so wrong inside the city they had no freedom, the one thing that they wanted the most. The gods told them what kind of music they could listen too, what foods they could eat. They lived a life of fear.

A very long time ago Reka's village was very poor. They never had enough food to feed everyone to keep them from starving. The Holorans came to them pretending to be gods, they were aliens. The Holorans promised them that they would take care of them and no one would ever be hungry ever again. They promised them the moon. What did they ask for in exchange for providing their ever need, want? They asked that they give their children to them so they could use their bodies as host for the Holorans.

On the night of the choosing everyone that was the right age to be in the choosing all lined up in their rows. Reka was one of the chosen. They took her away to her new home which was a ship. Reka was so terrified when they reached the ship and the doors started to slide open that she almost fainted. Upon entering the ship she learns that she will be the host body to their queen. They place an alien worm inside of her that is the queen. Reka is a very strong person; she is the stronger of the two between her and the queen inside her body. This is not normal; the queen is supposed to be the stronger of the two with Reka only being an annoyance inside her head.

Reka tries to be the person that she thinks that the queen is from what everyone tells her about herself, the queen. But on occasion it is very hard for Reka, she is not a mean nor a hateful person. Neither does she want to be. Reka tries to make the lives of the people on the ship better for them. She changes some of the rules that were applied by the queen herself. She does end up making friends with the staff.

Reka doesn't execpt nor wants to love Jaxson but she has no choice. She finds herself liking and loving Jaxson no matter how hard she tries. Jaxson is a very nice and handsome man. She also likes Jaxson's guard Griff too, she never expected this either. Although she does have some conflict with a woman by the name of Duester. Duester is jealous of Reka and would very much like to have Jaxson for herself. There were times that I wasn't sure if Duester was jealous of Reka because she wanted Jaxson or because the queen was her friend.

I really enjoyed reading Children of the Gods. It was extremly well written. I was kinda disappointed in how it did end though. I was definetly expecting something more something way different than what did happen. I hope that their will be more stories about Reka's life.… (lisätietoja)

Chosen - A Children of the Gods Short Story is a prequel to Monica Millard's Novel Children of the Gods (A Chosen Novel). Reka lives in a world where aliens have come to earth pretending that they are gods. She has lived all of her life (seventeen years) with the Holorans stealing her friends and using thier bodies as host. At a young age she was taught to stay humble and remain below the radar of the gods and never reveal her ability.

On the night before the choosing Reka sneaks out of her mother's house to go be with Niko the guy that she is in love with. Reka doesn't think that Niko knows that she even exist but she wants to talk to him and let him know how she feels about him. Reka is worried that Niko will be chosen by the Holorans and taken away. Although she knows that they could just as easily take her and not Niko or both but on this night she more or less believes that they will take Niko before her.

I read the prequel to Children of the Gods after I read Children of the Gods (A Chosen Novel). I actually did not know about it until I had finished Children of the Gods. The Smashwords link was at the end of the book. I am glad that I found it and read it. It explained more of who Niko was to Reka and how she felt about him. It is very short with only 10 pages but I did enjoy reading it. It showed a slightly different side of Reka.… (lisätietoja)