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Hi, okay so I've been gone a long time for many reasons which I will go into but first I would like to greet all these new people who have stumbled onto my blog. Hello! I'm Tia and it's very nice to meet you. I hope you stay a while and enjoy my reviews with some ice lollies.
Basically, I had to deal with a loss in my family which was very tragic and unexpected which meant I took time to mourn, grieve; deal with it and cry. I haven't worn makeup in almost two weeks because it was inconvenient considering it would just be ruined with all my tears. It also meant I would have to travel back to all my family and friends so we could all be together for the funeral. I was very sad the first couple of days and now I'm getting better but it still really hurts. That being said I haven't been reading much over this past week, however I was currently reading this (The Heir) when this ordeal happened and I was almost done with it but I stopped reading it and only picked it up again a few nights ago and completed it in a sitting. Even though I finished reading the book I didn't feel like reviewing it till now, so Hi! I'm back.
The Heir is a Young Adult, Dystopian and is also the sequel to The Selection trilogy by Kiera Cass. Although on goodreads this is considered as book #4. My thoughts of this book in a nutshell? Well, it was a fucking mess. I knew it was gonna be bad but I just thought to give it a go and see where it ends up, but bloody hell DON'T!
Now this is a hard book to not spoil for you, so if you want to read The Selection series and don't want to be spoiled by the sequel to that trilogy The Heir (this book!) then stop reading and go eat some vanilla ice cream. Like, stop now, I'm warning ya'll, I will spoil after this!
America Singer dies!
Sike!
Also the first book came out in 2012 so...girl bye! Although that whole series is predictable and you all knew who America Singer was gonna end up with so with that being said, enjoy this review on her daughter Eadlyn Schreave, who surprise surprise also goes through a 'selection' (gross).
If you're someone who has read the prior trilogy and are a bit iffy on wether to read this (don't) then you're at the right place. For you all I will also keep this very spoiler free, like all the rest of my reviews but just to put it out there, this is spoiler free.
Eighteen 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. A new generation of swoonworthy characters and captivating romance awaits in the fourth book of the Selection series! This is the synopsis on goodreads.
I used to have the reviews I did for the three books prior to this: The Selection, The Elite and The One but I reverted them all to drafts because I reviewed them when I was a baby sunflower and they are a little rusty and....bad. So I don't have them up but if I did I would link you all to them, however I will recommend reading some of the fantastic reviews on goodreads of other wonderful reviewers. Like I said before you will have to read those before you can read this or you will be in for many spoilers and you won't understand anything.
What is a 'Selection'?
Good question. It's basically the same this as if you've ever watched The Bachelor or The Bachelorette, yeah, that's what it is with like dystopia (not much) and hella drama.
What is a 'Selection'?
Good question. It's basically the same this as if you've ever watched The Bachelor or The Bachelorette, yeah, that's what it is with like dystopia (not much) and hella drama.
The thing is when I first read The Selection I was in love. I gave it 5/5 stars; it was amazing. As we progress through that trilogy to the second book The Elite, the plot and idea got less and less interesting and when we ended with The One, everything was so predictable and it just got boring. Kiera Cass had some plot twists in the last book that were TOTALLY unnecessary, I shouldn't even call that a plot twist to be honest. Looking back the whole reason I adored The Selection books at first was because I was at that age that romance was such a buzz and the only thing in young adult literature. I believed that women had to have a love interest and had to be naturally beautiful and gorgeous. As I have grown up my genre and taste of books have slightly altered and I've grown as a person and realised so many different things. If you asked me to read The Selection series now, I probably would not love it as much (I would hate it).
Eadlyn Schreave is nothing like America Singer, she's WORSE! In my opinion anyways and I'll tell you why.
So many reviews that I've read of this have said that they love the fact that Eadlyn is not like America but I hate that! Like, I didn't like America either but at least she wasn't a total brat and had some manners. I have no idea how Kiera Cass wrote Eadlyn and who she was imagining when writing her (if she was) but it was a mess! I knew from the beginning that I wasn't gonna like her. At all. No joke. America Singer is #1 on my most hated female characters in books and Eadlyn Schreave is #2.
Schreave....what is that. What. Is. That. Name.
Schreave....what is that. What. Is. That. Name.
Also how do you pronounce her name? I've been saying/reading Ed-lin or is it Eid-lin. I still don't know I've been pronouncing it the whole time as Ed-eh-lin which is 100% wrong but she was so irrelevant I didn't care. Don't get me started on her last name, shreeve? #sorrynotsorry
No matter how much I dislike Kiera Cass's books I can never understand why I adore her writing. I have a theory that it's because her writing is so easy to read and follow; it just flows nicely. It's one of those books you could just read in a few hours because the writing style is so easy to follow. Just the other day I was telling a friend of mine who had also read the three books before this one but decided to not pick up and read this (for obvious reasons and I don't question her at all), is also trying to read 100 books this year. So I told her that if she ever needed to read a book quick to keep up with trying to read 100 books she could always pick this up even though she may hate it, only because it's a quick book to fly through.
The main character is Eadlyn Schreave and in The Selection series: America Singer. These books do have minor characters but they aren't very memorable which is another reason these books lack proper and good character development. Kiera Cass seems to just plop her characters here and there with minimal background or development. You'll find yourself reading and be like 'Oh yeah, that character! I totally forgot they were there.'
Another thing I would like to touch on is the world building in these books is so.....bad lacking. It is said to be a dystopian and in the books the world has these 'casts' that is literally brushed upon. There is so much potential in this series if everything was just amped up but not the romance! There is already enough of that. This is more of a romantic dystopian rather than a dystopian.
All in all, if you're wondering why I chose to read this even though I had learnt my lesson with the prior three books and obviously reflected upon them and my perception has changed. The whole reason I chose to read this is because I thought it would be different (even better?) and I thought that the fact I've invested my time into three books I might as well just continue and read the fourth but I think that's all I'm doing. I'm sure there is gonna be a fifth and maybe a sixth but I'm done.
One thing I will give Kiera Cass alongside her writing is the cover of these books. They are absolutely breathtakingly gorgeous and I just....LOVE THEM! Publishing companies take note. Hopefully I don't come of as hating Mrs Cass because I'm sure she is a wonderful lady. I follow her on twitter and she is very funny, nevertheless I don't love her books. I would recommend you read her first book The Selection and to the people, who like me invested their time in three books, I would have to say just don't read this.
Peace out.
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