The Selection: The Elite (2)
By Kiera Cass
Genre: Romance, Young Adult, Dystopia, Chick-Lit
Published April 2013
Pages: 323
Publisher: HarperTeen
Summary: "The Selection began with
thirty-five girls. Now, with the group narrowed down to the Elite, the
competition to win Prince Maxon's heart is fiercer than ever--and
America is still struggling to decide where her own heart truly lies. Is
it with Maxon, who could make her life a fairy tale? Or with her first
love, Aspen, who she always thought was the one?
America is
desperate for more time. But the rest of the Elite know exactly what
they want--and America's chance to choose is about to slip away."- Taken from Goodreads
Review: This is such a guilty-pleasure read series for me. I read this book twice in one week just to make sure I absorbed every last detail and could start to analyze what will happen in the last book. This was such a fun read, I can gush for quite awhile.
I know this series has a lot of contractions for readers. Yes, there is a LOT of drama. The same old love triangle between America, Maxon and Aspen is far from over. In fact, it is stronger than ever in this book. Yes, America drove me crazy with her indecisiveness and bouncing back and forth! Yet it is the way Kiera Cass presents the story to us that sucks me in past those annoyances, into the very center of a rich world.
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"One troubled, the other trouble 
"Christopher and Michael
become multi-millionaires and their greed endangers Katherine's life.
While Christopher, Michael and Thomas are racing to rescue her, Robert
Cain’s army steals the mysterious machine and his frightening intentions
become clear. 
"Orphan Jack Templar has
no memory of his parents and only the smallest details from his Aunt
Sophie about how they died. The day before Jack's fourteenth birthday,
things start to change for him. At first it's great: A sudden new
strength helps him defend his nose-picking friend "T-Rex" from the
school bully, and even his crush, Cindy Adams, takes notice. But then a
mysterious girl named Eva arrives and tells him two facts that will
change his life forever. First, that he's the descendent of a long line
of monster hunters and he's destined to be in the family business.
Second, that there's a truce between man and monster that children are
off-limits...until their fourteenth birthday! Jack has only one day
before hundreds of monsters will descend on his little town of Sunnyvale
and try to kill him. 
"When hockey phenom
Billie-Jo Barker returns home and decides to play in the local Friday
night hockey league, all hell breaks loose. Not because Billie's talent
is in question, but because Billie is a woman. And though these are
modern times, some of the local guys still have a problem letting a girl
into their 'men's club.'
"All Airel ever wanted
was to be normal, to disappear into the crowd. But bloodlines can
produce surprises, like an incredible ability to heal. Then there’s
Michael Alexander, the new guy in school, who is impossibly gorgeous…and
captivated by her. Somewhere in the back of her mind, she can hear the
sound of pages turning, and another, older story being written. It is
the story of an ancient family, of great warriors, of the Sword of
Light, and the struggle against an evil so terrible, so far-reaching,
that it threatens everything. Airel knew change would be an inevitable
part of life. But can she hold on when murder and darkness begin to
close in and take away everything she loves? Will she have what it takes
when the truth is finally revealed?" 
"To tweet or not to tweet . . . what a deadly question.
