Chameleon by Kelly Oram

Chameleon

by Kelly Oram

For small-town rebel Dani Webber magic and monsters are no more real than the Easter Bunny… until the day she accidentally stops time. Dani quickly discovers that not only do supernaturals exist, but she herself is one of them. This is great news for her life-long best friend Russ, who can finally come clean about his own supernatural status and his undying love for her. Before the two can start to enjoy the long overdue relationship, Dani is taken by a powerful council of supernaturals who believe she is the Chosen One destined to save them from extinction.

As if being kidnapped and expected to save the world isn’t bad enough, an ancient prophecy warns of the Chosen One’s dark nature: “Only the truest love will keep her an agent for good.” The council believes they know who this “true love” is and, unfortunately, that person isn’t Russ. The mysterious, powerful and devastatingly handsome Seer is the last person Dani wants in her life, but when she starts having visions of a horrific future, she has no one else to turn to for help.

Soon Dani finds herself torn between two very different boys with two very different opinions of whom she can trust. With the visions getting worse and time running out, Dani is forced to put aside her feelings and work with both the Seer and Russ before an ancient evil is unleashed upon the earth.

Reviewed by nitzan_schwarz on

1 of 5 stars

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October 10, 2017 Edit:
I found all the old notes I wrote about this one while reading. I choose not to publish them at the time because I didn't want to hurt this novel due to my massive love for Kelly Oram, but now that the book has been out for years I feel like it's okay to do so.

Following are my notes, in bullets, kind of all jumbled and including spoilers:


* Loved the world in the book

*Team Russ all the way, and I'm not one to usually pick teams. I just instantly loved the chemistry between him and Dani

*HATE the romance - I'm not fond of love triangles in general, but even less when there is no free will involved in the matter. Falling for Gabriel was like legitimizing what they did to Dani; forcing them together and taking the choice and their freedom of choice out of their hands. It made me gag and brought chills to my spine.

*The beginning felt too quick and rushed. We just jumped from ignorance -> knowledge -> kidnapped in the space of a few pages. Too few pages. I think everything would have had far more impact if she had a grace period.

*HATED the dependence on Gabriel. It felt pathetic.

* I freaking HATE Gabriel. He's too perfect and righteous and naive and innocent and ARG I do not care for this guy. Destiny Smestiny, WAKE UP DUDE! He's a moron. But the worst part of it is that his stupidity and naivety end up being "right". I wanted Dani to be right so Gabriel would snap out of it!

*My god I HATE the councilor! That sick bastard! Dictator! Racist! Full of shit! I simply despise his existence!

* Such a stupid reason to hate humans (Alex)

*This is one obvious case of "what proceeded what". To me, it's very clear that she saw them together because she saw them together. The premonition led to things happening. Without it, none of it would've happened. Self-fulfilling prophecy.

* Creator's a she

*The betrayal at the end was a total let down. It seems Oram well and truly wants to validate everything the councilor did which is really weird in light of her other literary works. I do not approve of a single thing and I wanted something far more shocking to happen.

* Wait... what? the prophecy is completed on the first book?

1.5 stars
So so sad that I ended up well and truly disliking the book. I love you Kelly Oram, but this one just hit all the wrong spots!

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