Paperback, 336 pages
English language
Published April 23, 2013 by Harper Teen.
Thirty-five girls came to the palace to compete in the Selection. All but six have been sent home. And only one will get to marry Prince Maxon and be crowned princess of Illea.
America still isn’t sure where her heart lies. When she’s with Maxon, she’s swept up in their new and breathless romance, and can’t dream of being with anyone else. But whenever she sees Aspen standing guard around the palace, and is overcome with memories of the life they planned to share. With the group narrowed down to the Elite, the other girls are even more determined to win Maxon over—and time is running out for America to decide.
Just when America is sure she’s made her choice, a devastating loss makes her question everything again. And while she’s struggling to imagine her future, the violent rebels that are determined to overthrow the monarchy are growing stronger and …
Thirty-five girls came to the palace to compete in the Selection. All but six have been sent home. And only one will get to marry Prince Maxon and be crowned princess of Illea.
America still isn’t sure where her heart lies. When she’s with Maxon, she’s swept up in their new and breathless romance, and can’t dream of being with anyone else. But whenever she sees Aspen standing guard around the palace, and is overcome with memories of the life they planned to share. With the group narrowed down to the Elite, the other girls are even more determined to win Maxon over—and time is running out for America to decide.
Just when America is sure she’s made her choice, a devastating loss makes her question everything again. And while she’s struggling to imagine her future, the violent rebels that are determined to overthrow the monarchy are growing stronger and their plans could destroy her chance at any kind of happy ending.
See my review of The Selection. Everything I said there holds for this book as well.
Continuing from book 1, but now with 50% more love triangle. Seriously...glad I'm interested in the journey here, folks. The constant waffling about the two boys just about made me lose my mind.
America is still in the Selection. Maxon is convinced she is the girl for him. I'm not entirely sure why. She is a bit ridiculous at times and strings him along. Anyway. I won't spoil anything but a lot of political drama happens and we are mainly as in the dark about it as America. But we get more insights into Maxon and his way of thinking, and that is enough for me to read the next book. 2 1/2 stars for the selfish love triangle nonsense, but I'm in it until the end now.
I need more time with the Queen. Crossing my fingers that happens in book 3.
How have I not reviewed this book before? I've read the series at least three times.
Welcome to Illea, formerly the United States after some craziness with China, debt, and some details that aren't really fleshed out in this book. Young Prince Maxon needs to select a bride, and the Selection is how his mother and father were married so hey, let's keep this antiquated idea rolling, folks! It worked like 20 years ago, so let's try again. P.S. it's a huge distraction for the country, because every province gets to send one girl, and it's a random lottery...or is it? And the country is experiencing some issues, so let's launch a reality show.
Throw in a caste system that makes my blood boil, rebels with a cause, and nonstop cat fights and you've got yourself a whopper of a YA dystopian love story. Oh, what's that? You can't live …
How have I not reviewed this book before? I've read the series at least three times.
Welcome to Illea, formerly the United States after some craziness with China, debt, and some details that aren't really fleshed out in this book. Young Prince Maxon needs to select a bride, and the Selection is how his mother and father were married so hey, let's keep this antiquated idea rolling, folks! It worked like 20 years ago, so let's try again. P.S. it's a huge distraction for the country, because every province gets to send one girl, and it's a random lottery...or is it? And the country is experiencing some issues, so let's launch a reality show.
Throw in a caste system that makes my blood boil, rebels with a cause, and nonstop cat fights and you've got yourself a whopper of a YA dystopian love story. Oh, what's that? You can't live without a love triangle? Well, you are in luck, my friend, because that nonsense is here in spades. Can't wait to hear if you are #TeamMaxon or #TeamAspen. I'm #TeamAmerica, because this girl needs to run the country on her own.
3.5 stars, but it's probably unfair since I keep coming back to read it again. I'll leave it there because I do roll my eyes through most of the book, but I still love it.
Romance is like chocolate, once I get started I can't seem to stop. And then my appetite for something more substantial is spoiled. Another reason may be that the first book did not provide enough closure to the love story between America and her prince and her ex. I've already forgotten their names.
There are two more parts of this so far, but I managed to stop gobbling them up after this one. But the Selection is still not over. By the end the group of girls is much reduced but America is still not the Princess Bride I fully expect her to be. In this part the rebels make a few appearances, America uncovers parts of the history of the kingdom, and both she and the prince can't seem to decide what they want. They are a perfect match of shared indecision ("Please, give me some time." "I need …
Romance is like chocolate, once I get started I can't seem to stop. And then my appetite for something more substantial is spoiled. Another reason may be that the first book did not provide enough closure to the love story between America and her prince and her ex. I've already forgotten their names.
There are two more parts of this so far, but I managed to stop gobbling them up after this one. But the Selection is still not over. By the end the group of girls is much reduced but America is still not the Princess Bride I fully expect her to be. In this part the rebels make a few appearances, America uncovers parts of the history of the kingdom, and both she and the prince can't seem to decide what they want. They are a perfect match of shared indecision ("Please, give me some time." "I need some time" "Now I need some time." "I'll let you know ..."). The tension rises somewhat when the rules of the contest are broken and consequences become visible ... but the endless indecision and back-and-forth is getting on my nerves. Does she love him? Does she love them both? Not sure if I'll ever read another part or if I just go back and re-read [b: Dark Lover|42899|Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #1)|J.R. Ward|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1429676285s/42899.jpg|2158128] - ok so that is not young adult. This definitely is, very chaste and all that. Only a bit of kissing. And some off-stage action for ... the bff whose name is also gone from my memory.
So here's my prediction for how the story will continue: My guess is that after the wedding for some reason the prince sends her away with the ex so they can have an affair. Probably because of some conflict with the king.
Wunderbare Buchreihe. Teil 2 hat etwas schwach begonnen, aber das Ende hat es in sich. America ist eine tolle Entwicklung durchgegangen. Jetzt brauch ich dringend Buch drei! :)
so in love with this series, and so excited for the next book!
I'm not sure I've ever been so frustrated by a book EVER. What might have redeemed it was if this book was actually the end to the series. Instead we get anger, confusion, and hurt in droves and essentially no resolution whatsoever.
And I was mostly ok with it, thinking that at least the ending would be sweet, something that didn't make me want to slit my wrists while waiting for the next book. Instead we get Maxon heading off to a date with Kriss essentially as a super vengeful way of hurting America.
Overall I finish this book feeling incredibly grumpy and cheesed off. The odds of her not winding up with Maxon are slim, I think there's be a massive riot of insanely angry fans if she doesn't. But this process has gone on FAR too long already. And the amount of miscommunication leading to conflict was infuriating. …
I'm not sure I've ever been so frustrated by a book EVER. What might have redeemed it was if this book was actually the end to the series. Instead we get anger, confusion, and hurt in droves and essentially no resolution whatsoever.
And I was mostly ok with it, thinking that at least the ending would be sweet, something that didn't make me want to slit my wrists while waiting for the next book. Instead we get Maxon heading off to a date with Kriss essentially as a super vengeful way of hurting America.
Overall I finish this book feeling incredibly grumpy and cheesed off. The odds of her not winding up with Maxon are slim, I think there's be a massive riot of insanely angry fans if she doesn't. But this process has gone on FAR too long already. And the amount of miscommunication leading to conflict was infuriating.
I'm well over authors using character's refusal to have honest conversations as a way to drive a romance plot. To those of us over the age of thirteen it's annoying, and even more than that it's aggravating. Get. Over. It. Find another source of conflict to drive your book, PLEASE I beg of you. And it's not like Cass didn't give herself a lot to work with.
There's the king, the conflict with the rebels, the whole library room thing so much ELSE I want to know about more than America and Maxon being idiots. It's a fine line to walk between teasing us, the reader, with what the author KNOWS we want, and going over it into throw the book against the wall land. A limit on how many times they can AAAAAAALMOST finally make it work when it ALL GOES TO HELL. This book exceeds that limit on an EPIC scale. And the problem with that is it makes me read the last quarter of the book stupid fast just praying for it please to be over.
