Since she wasn’t too keen to be there in the first place, she isn’t feeling very competitive and lets Prince Maxon, who she thinks is terribly conceited, know it right from the start.īut they quickly become friends when she realizes he’s not conceited as much as he is sheltered and also super nervous about having to pick a wife from a group of strangers when he’s never even been on a date. (She applied under strong pressure from her mother who definitely has some visions of grandeur). She’s a 5 and the boy she’s in love with, Aspen, is a 6 (which is lower) and if they marry, she’ll become a 6 too.īut all those decisions weighing on her take a backseat when she’s chosen as one of 35 girls from the country to compete for the hand of the Prince. The world has been redivided into new countries, and her country is set up in a fairly strict caste system.
#KIERA CASS THE SELECTION SERIES SERIES#
The first in the The Selection series books by Kiera Cass follows America Singer. I can’t speak to whether this is true or not, but I do know the general premise of the show, and so I buy that description. The Selection is billed as Cinderella meets The Bachelor. I’ve never seen a single episode of the Bachelor so. One point for Kiera Cass, zero for Janssen Bradshaw. I only needed to read the first book, but I blew through the next two books in the series – The Elite and The One – in about ten days and now I’m just (im)patiently waiting for the fourth book in The Selection series, The Heir, which comes out next week.Īlso, nothing makes me feel like a reading fraud like finding out that a series I have never heard of or seen is a New York Times bestseller. I got a physical copy of the book for this campaign, but my library had audio copies of the whole series so I just checked them out and listened to them all. The Selection by Kiera Cass was my most recent binge-listen. meets dystopian fairy tale in Kiera Cass’s delightful debut.I mentioned at the beginning of the year that I was in a mega non-fiction zone.īut then I read the new Sarah Dessen book and listened to all three of the Burn for Burn books and remembered how much I love young adult fiction. Cass deftly builds the chemistry between America and Maxon, while stroking the embers of America’s first, forbidden love.” - Publishers Weekly “A cross between The Hunger Games (minus the bloodsport) and The Bachelor (minus the bloodsport), this trilogy launch is a lot of fun. The fast-paced action will have readers gasping for the upcoming sequel.” - Booklist “Cass’s immensely readable debut novel is a less drastic Hunger Games, with elaborate fashion and trappings. Fairy-tale lovers will lose themselves in America’s alternate reality and wish that the next glamorous sequel were waiting for them.” - School Library Journal “An engrossing tale reminiscent of Shannon Hale’s Princess Academy and Ally Condie’s Matched. Then America meets Prince Maxon-and realizes that the life she’s always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.ĭon’t miss The Betrothed, a glittering royal romance sure to captivate Kiera Cass’s legion of loyal readers and lovers of courtly intrigue alike! It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her, and competing for a crown she doesn’t want. But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. The opportunity to escape a rigid caste system, live in a palace, and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon. Prepare to be swept into a world of breathless fairy-tale romance, swoonworthy characters, glittering gowns, and fierce intrigue perfect for readers who loved Divergent, Delirium, or The Wrath & the Dawn.įor thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. This ebook edition contains an excerpt of Kiera Cass's newest novel, The Betrothed, a glittering royal romance sure to captivate Kiera Cass’s legion of loyal readers and lovers of courtly intrigue alike! Discover the first book in the captivating, #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series.
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