Yvette M. Calleiro is the author of the Chronicles of the Diasodz fantasy series, HYPE, and two short stories. As a heavily addicted reader of both young adult and adult novels, she spends most of her time pseudo-living in paranormal worlds with her fictional friends (and boyfriends). When she’s living among real people, she is a middle school Reading and Language Arts teacher. She’s been sharing her love of literature with her students for over twenty years. Besides writing about the various characters that whisper (and sometimes scream) in her head, she enjoys traveling, watching movies, spending quality time with family and friends, and enjoying the beauty of the ocean. Yvette lives in Miami, Florida, with her incredible son who has embraced her love for paranormal and adventurous stories. She also shares her space with an assortment of crazy saltwater animals in her 300-gallon tank. ~ Excerpt From Amazon Books Page on The One Chosen: A Diasodz Short Story by Yvette M Calleiro
My Review of The One Chosen: A Diasodz Short Story by Yvette M Calleiro
What a concept: 17th-century Diasodz Warriors
The One Chosen: A Diasodz Short Story is my first taste of Author Yvette M Calleiro’s novel writing. And what an excellent way to be introduced.
In The One Chosen, a story of 79-pages (the length of a novelette or novella) that satisfies like a full-length novel, I felt Author Calleiro did an excellent job of
developing the characters. And her world-building: splendid!
The author engages us with a refreshing concept: a school where all youngsters whose
earth years have ended; in other words, those who’ve arrived at their death date go to
become Warriors—17th-century Diasodz warriors. Wow!
There’s Magic and fantasy here; young drama and romance too: sure to entertain young adults and adult readers. A perfect gift for any season.
The One Chosen is the prequel to the Chronicles of the Diasodz series. It can stand alone, but this kind of writing has piqued my interest that I now desire to read the rest of the series.
Thanks for writing this and sharing it with the world. I purchased the digital copy of this book, but for sure wish to add the printed book to my collection of great reads. Kudos to Author Yvette M Calleiro: a great book anyone would be happy to carry to an evening of reading pleasure. I recommend—5-stars from Selma in Japan.
I linked you to Yvette M. Calleiro’s two websites. I met Yvette at Colleen Cheesebro’s
Word Craft Poetry, where I saw the kindness ooze out of her, which makes me want to
support this talented author and sweet human. Please visit to learn about other
platforms where you can find and engage with her.
Thanks for reading and I wish you miracles.
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What a fabulous review, Selma. I’m sure Yvi is over the moon. <3
I sure am, Colleen! This made my week. 🙂
Thanks for honoring me here in this one, sweet lady. Yvi is amazing. So glad to do this for her. Glad you agree. Xoxo
Great review Selma, this goes in my list for sure.
Thanks, sweet. You will love it. Not horror but you WILL love it. Lovely world building and words that take you right there. Blessings. XoXo
You’re welcome, I do read other genre’s as well no issues. 😁 Blessing to you too Selma xoxo
Well reviewed , Selma!
TYSVM
Amazing review! This sounds interesting. Thanks for sharing, Selma😄👏🏼✨
It’s my greatest pleasure, dear Deeksha. An avid reader like you is sure to love this very short read (compared to your full length novels) this one is perfect. XoXo enjoyed it and I’m sure you will as well. XoXo
I’m sure I’ll love it, Selma! Thanks💛✨
Selma, you honor me so beautifully with this review. I am so happy to hear that you’ve fallen in love with my Diasodz. Their story truly is a work of heart, and it brings me great pleasure to know that Valerie and Nolan’s story has touched you. I truly appreciate you taking the time to not only read The One Chosen but also to share your love of it with your followers. From the depths of my heart and soul, I thank you! 🙂
Yvette. I thought it best to start at the start… how lovely a beginning to your series. It was intriguing.
And I’m so glad to do this: you’ve been so supportive of my work here and I reciprocate kindness of this nature the best I can. Perhaps my pace is too slow but I will not apologize as this is the best I can do. I will purchase the others and review when I can. Stay sweet, my lovely. Thanks. And congratulations on being such a lovely published author with such a big heart. Xoxo I wish you miracles. 💗
Thank you so much, Selma! Believe it or not, The One Chosen was the one I wrote most recently. Lol! It was an afterthought for a submission to a short story contest with RRBC. I’m now working on book six of the series, which will be the last full-length novel, but I may write more short stories at some point. I just love the world and characters so much, so I’m sure I’ll revisit them every now and then. Happy reading! 🙂
Huge congrats to Yvi on this fantastic review! Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Selma. Hugs 💕🙂
Thanks, Harmony. Glad to do this for my darlings here. You’re one of them too. I’m coming… only, know that my donkey is slow. I’m a slow reader. But I have my nice pile to read. Thanks for commenting. Blessings and hugs. XoXo
Thank you, Harmony! 🙂
What a lovely review of Yvette’s book, Selma. I’m so glad it appealed to you. I’m going to have to pick it up now. Thanks! And many congrats to Yvette. 🙂
Thank you, Diana! I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it. 🙂
I have a bunch to get through, but I will get to it before the end of the summer. That I can promise.
Awesome! Thanks, Diana! 🙂
Thanks, Diana. You will not go wrong with this one. Intriguing stuff. XoXo
I have it in my kindle now waiting for me. Thanks for the nudge!
You all set, then. Splendid. Xoxo blessings. 👏
What a great review Selma 🙂 I loved this prequel too and the whole series! Such a great world Yvette created.
Thank you for sharing your love of my Diasodz, Denise! 🙂
Hey D.L. So happy you liked.
… I saw you found me on Amazon. Gosh, thanks. The brevity of that snippet needs a bit explanation: joined an 8-wk class whose last assignment was to publish on Amazon. I compiled my anthology of 6-8 stories. But then failed with the formatting of the whole thing. In the end I opted for just one story and completed my assignment. THAT was the result.
Want to update it. Add to it but I am stuck.
Thanks for leaving me a piece of your heart there. You made me smile. Again, thanks sincerely. I WILL try it again one day.
What a great review, Selma 🙂 I loved this prequel too. The whole series is great. Yvette created a wonderful world.
D.L. You’ve read it all!? Wow. So cool you. Lovely world building. Loved it to pieces. Thanks for the comment my sweet. Xoxo
Yes, but I oddly started with book two and went back to book one.
Such a wonderful review Selma. Im sure she is over the moon! 💖
💗 Over-the-moon 💗
I am, Cindy! This review filled my heart with joy! 🙂
Oh that’s wonderful and I’m sure you are flying on cloud 9. Well deserved! 💖