The Elite (The Selection #2)

STORY – My husband and friends would probably tease me for listening to this book. The characters are teenaged girls, and the story is a combination of the TV show The Bachelor and the Cinderella fairy tale — girls competing for a prince. It\’s chick lit all the way! In this second book, The Selection has now become \”The Elite,\” with only six competitors left from the larger original number. There are rivalries between the girls, as you might imagine. The main character, America, is not sure she\’s over the relationship with her old BF, who is now a guard at the palace where the competition is taking place. So there\’s a love triangle going on during the competition, plus the kingdom is experiencing political unrest and is under attack. It may be teenaged chick lit, but there\’s a lot that\’s going on in the story that I find totally enjoyable. It\’s a light, easy listen, with lots of young, innocent romance thrown in. I might be stupid at my age for enjoying this series, but I do. I can\’t wait for the third and final book to come out to see how everything ends up. (These books must be listened to in order, as each one leads into the next). NARRATION – The reader has an unusual way of reading which I can\’t quite describe. It sort of bothered me for maybe an hour into the first book, but after that I thought she was perfect for the rest of that book and this one as well. OVERALL – For females about 15 and up. There\’s no inapproprite language or situations. It might be too immature for some listeners, but not this one.

Just wow! Again, I can\’t believe how much I enjoyed this book. Like the Selection there were so many bad reviews that I almost didn\’t get this book. So glad I didn\’t listen to the haters. This book was amazing. There were so many twists and turns and I enjoyed learning more about the world that Kiera Cass has created. I can sympathize with those who hated the love triangle. It\’s frustrating, but isn\’t that what a love triangle is suppose to do? Otherwise who cares about it?? This is suppose to be about a young girl who is confused and has a huge decision to make under a stressful situation. I really felt sympathy for her character. And I can totally understand how confused she must be over Maxon and Aspen. I don\’t get the negative reviews, but everyone is entitled to their opinion. If you enjoyed the Selection then I\’m sure you will enjoy this one too. Just don\’t expect everything to be wrapped up and given to you with a bow on top. This is a trilogy and there is still more to come. This 2nd installment definitely left me wanting more and anticipating the final installment. I enjoyed the narrator and the cover art is simply breathtaking. Can\’t wait for the next book.

Story wise, I seem to prefer The Selection more, the characters just seems to grow more and more indecisive by the chapter, especially America. *HUGE SPOILER ALERT* I don\’t understand why she keep going back to Aspen when she had already made a decision with herself that she is in love with Maxon. It doesn\’t help either that Maxson can\’t seem to make up his mind either even though he said very early on that the whole competition will be over once America decided that she wants him, yet the first thing he did was go off and date other women. *END OF SPOILER* However, despite all that, I did enjoy the revelation of the bigger underlying plots of the story hinting about the motives of the rebels and Maxon\’s family. It was all so gripping that I had finished the whole book in one sitting and will be continuing onto the next book, The One. I just hope all these love triangles, squares, pentagon, or whatever it was will go away soon, but I guess it\’s to be expected given the plot of the story, 35 girls and 1 prince.

Over all irritating. Im only half way through and Im tired of the back and forth and talking in circles and lack of any progression in the story. Im ready for everyone to move on to the next stage of the story because it has great potential. Its just like the author was trying to drag out the book and have more to say but it just gets repetitive and frustrating. Ill probably finish it anyways because its a cool idea but I wish it was executed better. I enjoyed the first book. this one… eh.

This book keeps making me angry that the stupid 17 yr old keeps making horrible decisions. And even worse, keeps getting away with them. Any boy, much less a prince should have given up on her long ago. I think the writer is so shallow and story line so weak. So Why then have I not given up? Maybe it\’s my dogged tonicity to persevere in the face of mediocrity, or my undying hope that there is a deeper story waiting to unveil itself. Perhaps it\’s because I bought book 3 by mistake first and so I wanted to see the first 2 books through to get my money\’s worth. I hope book 3 doesn\’t disappoint, or that will be the end. Happily ever after or not.

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