The second thing I loved was the way the relationship blossomed between America and Prince Maxon. It put her at odds with so many different individuals (not just the other Selection competitors) and I loved watching her grow into herself as a character. It was so cool to see how this development influenced America’s decisions and made things so much harder for her. Once we got the tidbits about the revolution and how it played into the Selection, I was hooked. The first thing I loved was the balance between outside plot and romance in these books.
She learns the entire country is on the verge of a revolution, and the rebels have made the participants of the Selection a pawn in their games.Īmerica must then decide if she will allow herself to fall in love with Prince Maxon and be willing to take on the roles and responsibilities as a Princess in a revolution, or keep the love between her and Aspen alive so that she can have the life she grew up imagining. But soon she realizes there is more at stake than just the Prince’s heart.
By night, Aspen and America sneak out to be together, planning their future and a marriage America’s family would not approve of.īut when the Prince of Illea, Prince Maxon, comes of age, America is chosen as one of 35 eligible young women to compete in The Selection, a pageant which, at the end, the Prince will choose who he will marry and make the future Queen of Illea.Īt first, America is not in the competition to win Prince Maxon, thinking only the extra money her family is getting because of her participation, as well as hiding her love for Aspen. She is in love with Aspen, a young man in caste Four whose life and livelihood is servitude, when there is work for him at all. SynopsisĪmerica Singer is a Five, a lower caste citizen in the country of Illea whose life is centered around helping her family make a living through the arts. The Selection books managed to hit me just right. As I said, not one for romance, least of all YA romance, but these books…wow. Now, romance is not a genre I usually pick up, but after having finished writing a really, really dark book, I needed something fluffy and this seemed to fit the bill. But recently, I’ve started borrowing books from one of my good friends who has an extensive and very-different-from-mine home library.Ī few weeks ago, she sent me home with the first three books in a YA Romance series called The Selection Series by Kiera Cass. It has been a while since I posted a book review! I’ve had difficulty reading books on my To Be Read list because of the COVID-19 library closures, so I’ve mostly been trawling through old favorites on my bookshelf.
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