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Loading... The Heir (The Selection) (edition 2016)by Kiera Cass (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Link to Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x718WnliBgU This was a very quick read for me, as were the other books in this series. I had really enjoyed reading from America's perspective. Honestly, in the beginning I thought Eadlyn was a whiny brat and I was not excited to continue. She has an obsession with her power and I find it annoying to hear about so often. I really did not like the main character. But not too long into the Selection, I had changed my mind. I think she is developing quite well. The girl she is in the end is similar to, but nowhere near the first one. I also really enjoyed getting to know the guys. A few of the twists have been predictable, but I was pleasantly shocked a few times while I was reading. I found that I was audibly gasping and laughing, something I only do when reading a very good book. There are a couple guys I am predicting to make it to the end and I can not wait to see if I was right. This was a very quick read for me, as were the other books in this series. I had really enjoyed reading from America's perspective. Honestly, in the beginning I thought Eadlyn was a whiny brat and I was not excited to continue. She has an obsession with her power and I find it annoying to hear about so often. I really did not like the main character. But not too long into the Selection, I had changed my mind. I think she is developing quite well. The girl she is in the end is similar to, but nowhere near the first one. I also really enjoyed getting to know the guys. A few of the twists have been predictable, but I was pleasantly shocked a few times while I was reading. I found that I was audibly gasping and laughing, something I only do when reading a very good book. There are a couple guys I am predicting to make it to the end and I can not wait to see if I was right. no reviews | add a review
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Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon's heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn doesn't expect her Selection to be anything like her parents' fairy-tale love story ... but as the competition begins, she may discover that finding her own happily ever after isn't as impossible as she's always thought. No library descriptions found. |
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It seems Eadlyn doesn't really know how to "do" romance. She also doesn't seem to have a very good grasp on how to win the public over. She comes to learn that she isn't all that well liked by some of the people in Illéa. She originally planned on hosting the Selection long enough to give her father time to sort things out and not become attached to any of the "selected." But the longer the guys are there, the harder it seems for her to keep her feelings out of the equation. Several of the 35 young men participating in the Selection stand out, but I don't want to give anything away, so I won't go into detail.
I will say this: Josie, Marlee's daughter, got on my nerves. The fact that she's allowed to get away with the things she gets away with made absolutely no sense to me. Where are the adults here? Why has nobody checked her - not her own parents and not even the King or Queen?! That just didn't seem realistic to me. To be honest, though, I don't even know how much I really like Eadlyn. She's often arrogant, spoiled, naïve about so many things, and doesn't think of others very often outside of how they affect her or what they can do for her. Of course, she's been raised in a palace as the golden child - the heir to the throne - and has always been catered to, so maybe her growing up is going to be a major part of her story. Don't get me wrong - I'm totally reading the next one! I'm hoping Eadlyn's character will mature during her experience in the Selection and I am looking forward to seeing how everything turns out! ( )