The book I read this quarter was from the series called The Selection by Kiera Cass. Having already read the first and second book of this particular series, I read the third installment of The Selection, The One. The genre of the third installment is fiction. To begin, the story revolves around a 17 year old girl named America who gets picked to be in the line up of other girls her age to be the Prince's wife. All of the girls come from different castes, and America specifically is a Five, which is pretty close to the last caste, an Eight. When she first meets Prince Maxon at the royal palace, they both hit it off almost immediately. The plot of the story is very easy to follow and at some moments, unfortunately, scenes can be very predictable. If you do not like stories that can be easily predictable, I would not really recommend this book for you.
In The One, America is one of four girls left, competing for Prince Maxon's heart. All four girls are from different castes with the highest being a Two and the lowest being a Five. Each of them have compelling charms that are unique to only themselves. America is a stubborn girl and usually goes for what she wants earnestly. Elise, a Four, is a quiet and respectful young lady who would go along with just about anything for the sake of her family. As for Celeste, a Two, she is the exact opposite of Elise. She can be very bratty and rude, and only cares for looks and money. The last girl is Kriss, a Three. Besides America, she is the other strong contender to be Prince Maxon's bride. She has almost all the qualities the people want in their future Queen, but America has spunk that Prince Maxon also prefers. Throughout all 323 pages in this novel, much drama and angst occurs. Although there is the downside of predictable scenes, if you are fine with that, I would highly recommend this book. I loved every second of reading The One by Kiera Cass despite the chaos of feelings it hurdled at me.
Emily, I really enjoyed your review for this book, and also how you explained the storyline. Although, as you said, I don’t really like to predict the outcomes of books, but would rather be surprised by them. Still I think that all the other factors make this a good book, so you did a really good job!!
ReplyDeleteEmily, I liked how you explained everything very clearly. Predictable outcomes haven't really been a problem to me and this sounds like a very captivating story! I will have to read this someday...but great job on this review!
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