I have pretty much a whole day of frees at school, but I stay so that I can spend time in the library reading books that I need to review soon (dedication, I know). I finally finish the book I am struggling through, and I set off home early. I get home, and what is waiting for me but yet another book. But not any book, a book I have been particularly excited about. I rip through the packaging and sit straight down on my sofa to read the book and four hours later I was finished; and ordering the next one.The Selection is a dystopian novel, set in a futuristic version of America - otherwise known as Illea. This new America is led by a monarchy, and when the prince is of age all girls between sixteen and twenty one are invited to enter a 'lottery' to be Selected. Those thirty five that are selected are whisked away to the palace and also whisked up the social standing order to compete against one another for the Prince and the crown. America (yes, that's her name. Confusing, but you get over it) is the protagonist, who is extremely well developed and easily likeable.
I absolutely adored every aspect of the book and I often found myself making loud, high pitched noises of excitement when the novel took a good turn. I felt like America was a genuine protagonist, and I enjoyed how she wasn't the typical girl. I was sceptical about reading a book entirely based around a royal Bachelor kind of a thing, but it was refeshing to see that America was not shallow and did not actually want to be a princess.
I love how Cass takes time to develop the relationship between America and the Prince, and make it humorous and believable. The kind of fictional relationship that readers like me invest our feelings into (cough cough Jace and Clary cough cough).
This book is fast paced enough to grab your attention and keep it from start to finish, you will not want to put it down. I know for a fact if I had made the mistake to start it before I went to bed, I would have been up until to early hours of the morning reading it.
To be blunt; Just read it. You're pretty much guaranteed to like it, it's beautiful in every sense of the word.
--- spoiler free review over. SPOILER ALERT. ---
What is wrong with America? Why can't she just tell Maxon that they belong together. Take a page from Taylor Swift's book, Singer. Sing 'You belong with me'. JUST GET TOGETHER ALREADY. Put me out of my misery.
The bet at breakfast asdfghjkl. I cant handle how cute they are, and when he kisses her and she freaks out. ah, young love. Everything about their relationship is just too much for my soft little heart to handle. They need to get together, and I need a relationship like that. Someone find me a Maxon. Please. I will pay you.
Also, I feel like Aspen should have died in the rebel attack. I hear this is a widespread view, which is awkward. I think that would have been a perfect time for him to just leave. We don't need him, he's a prick and we don't like him. If you ask me, America should have ratted him out to Maxon, and seen what happened. That would have been perfect. I want to see him punished for being such a prick, and Maxon is so perfect, why did Aspen have to come and ruin it with his sudden Two-ness.
So all in all they just need to get together already. I've ordered the next book, but I have to wait three to eight business days. Oh the pain. I really want to look online and spoil it, because surely she's the Princess?
right? RIGHT?!
Though I tell you now, if she doesn't end up being the princess and she ends up with shitty little Aspen, Kiera Cass will have me and my tiny fists of fury to answer to.
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