Book friends! Last week we talked about The Heir and how, while I liked it, I was left kind of wanting more and hoping I'd find it in the last book, The Crown. GOOD NEWS: I did! The Crown is the fifth and (so far) final book in The Selection series. Princess Eadlyn is starting to narrow down and finalize her selection while trying to deal with the crises from the last book and keep the media and people happy. She has quite a lot to deal with! I don't want to say too much because we all know how I hate spoilers--BUT, I DID have the same experience that I did with the 2nd & 3rd books where in the 2nd I was disappointed but the 3rd made up for it. Eadlyn definitely came around and was a much more enjoyable character to spend time with in this book. I really loved how the author chose to tie everything together at the end and resolve some of the conflicts. I will say she didn't end up with who I was rooting for (which I'll only tell you if you read the book!) but I think it was still a good outcome. You would like The Crown if you. . .
*read the rest of the series *liked The Elite *enjoy "girl books" *like romance *enjoy complications and suspense *want to see character growth I definitely liked this book and would recommend it if you liked the rest of the series or other romance centered books. What are you reading this weekend? I'm thinking about starting either All Fall Down or The Martian but I'm also reading Minds Made For Stories for my non-fiction and teacher read. Have a great weekend everyone!
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Hi book fiends! Today, I'm talking about a book that is part of a series that convinced some of my reluctant girl readers last year. If you've been around the YA romance block, you've probably heard of The Selection series written by Kiera Cass. The Selection series is basically The Bachelor in YA book form with some political intrigue thrown in. The Heir is the fourth book in the series and follows the heir (see what she did there) of the marriage from the selection in the first three books. It is more of a spin off than part of the series, in my opinion. What I liked about this book was that we still got to be in the same world that Cass started in The Selection and yet meet new characters. I also enjoyed that she kept it interesting with the under current of political unrest, similar to the first three books. But. . . I felt that the whole book was the prologue to the next book where ( I hope! ) all of the action will happen. Don't get me wrong--I read it; I liked it, but it lacked the, well, action that the first three books had. In all honesty I felt this way about the second book in the series as well (that she was dragging things out) so I have high hopes for book 5. Though, I'm really hoping it's just going to be a book 5 and not to be books 5 and 6. I liked that The Heir had a female lead but I found her to be self centered and immature, which I think Cass intended. I'm not sure Cass' gamble of making the narrator an irritating character paid off--I spent a lot of the book rolling my eyes at the heir, Eadlyn, but I can see that Cass is going to win us over in the end (if the reader makes it to the next book) because there are times when she's caring and sincere. If you liked The Selection, I would definitely recommend this book. First of all, then I could have someone to talk to about it! Also, I think you would also enjoy seeing the characters of the first three books nineteen years later and I think book 5 will be great so you want to be ready for it.
You would like this book if you like. . . *girl books *romance *The Selection series *easy reads *guilty pleasure / beach reads Have you read The Heir ? What did you think? |
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