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The Selection
Book 1 of The Selection
- 328 pages · about 5 hours
- First published 2012
- 33 editions
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1 About this book
For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon.
But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks.
Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself—and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.
- Revolutionaries
- Marriage
- Romance
- Dystopian fiction
- Contests
- Love
- Princes
- Social classes
2 What to expect
A young adult romance in a dystopian setting: thirty-five girls compete, on television, to marry the prince of a future kingdom divided into castes, and one of them does not want to win. The rivalry among the girls, palace life and a love triangle fill the book, with rebels and politics mostly in the background. It is light, quick and romantic, and it stops in the middle of the contest, which continues in the sequels.
Good for readers who want: a royal romance, a competition for a prince, and a light, quick read.
3 About Kiera Cass
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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