Comment

Aug 23, 2017TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
The Selection by Kiera Cass is the first book to an outstanding series. It is one of my favourite book series that I always read again and again. It is a fiction book that is about a young country called Illea, which has a tradition of making every ordinary girl a chance to be a Queen. This chance is called “the selection”. But what happens when one doesn't want to be a Queen? The love of her life would be at home, and her heart would be shattered, she couldn’t take the chance of being selected. This book/series shows a great lesson of the line between what needs to be done, even it will tear you apart to what you want to be done, and how some things aren’t planned but end up being great in the end anyway. I HIGHLY recommend this book. I rate this book 6/5. @Khutoria of the Teen Review Board at the Hamilton Public Library The Selection is the story about a girl named America Singer who is entered into The Selection. A selection occurs when a prince needs to find a wife to marry. Thirty-five girls are chosen to go and live at the palace. If you are chosen, your family also receives money, so every girl of age in the country can help their family while competing for the heart of the prince. America enters The Selection to help her family, even though she has no desire to be chosen to compete because she is already in love with her childhood friend Aspen. However, her whole life changes when she sees her face on the television screen, and she is chosen to compete. If you like romance, the Hunger Games, and dystopian novels, then this book is for you. A good description for the novel is a cross between Cinderella and the The Bachelor. On the outside it seems like a book about pretty dresses and fairy tales, but once you read it, you will realize it is so much more. If I had to rate this novel, I would rate it four out of five stars. @Sapphirereads of the Teen Review Board at the Hamilton Public Library The first thing I wanted to say about this book is that it reminded me of a very twisted version of “The Bachelor.” For reference I am not a fan of the bachelor. I usually love books that take place in a dystopia with forbidden love thrown into the mix but this one just feels like it could’ve been done better. With all the rebellion stuff going on why is our protagonists main concern choosing between two guys? That and the whole competing for a prince's heart thing just makes it so hard to relate to this character in the modern feminist time that is 2018. I couldn’t get past these things and so I wasn’t able to let myself get immersed in the story. @bookanarchy of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library The Selection is one of my favourite dystopian novels because of the many elements hidden within the folds of the book. There are some parts that fall short for me but the majority of the time I am in love with characters and plotline. The only grudge I have is the immense attention that this book gets because there are a lot of good books that can be appreciated but for some reason The Selection series is singled out amongst all. So we have America as the protagonist, a bold and independent girl from Five who is chosen to be a part of the Selection and has a chance to be the queen of Ilea. But America doesn’t take this gently and is angry at being in the palace unwillingly. Somehow this strikes the prince, Maxon, and the two become friends slowly. But the Selection is a turmoil of emotions, jealousy and a little bit of rebellion; where nothing is as it seems and you must fight your way to the top… or fall back onto a hard surface that the people of Ilea call their lives. It’s a game of what status you are at, what you are, and who you want to be. Rating 4/5 - @jewelreader of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library