The Heir (The Selection #4)
Kiera Cass
Princess Eadlyn has grown up hearing endless stories about how her mother and father met. Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won the heart of Prince Maxon—and they lived happily ever after. Eadlyn has always found their fairy-tale story romantic, but she has no interest in trying to repeat it. If it were up to her, she'd put off marriage for as long as possible.
But a princess's life is never entirely her own, and Eadlyn can't escape her very own Selection—no matter how fervently she protests.
Eadlyn doesn't expect her story to end in romance. But as the competition begins, one entry may just capture Eadlyn's heart, showing her all the possibilities that lie in front of her . . . and proving that finding her own happily ever after isn't as impossible as she's always thought.
But a princess's life is never entirely her own, and Eadlyn can't escape her very own Selection—no matter how fervently she protests.
Eadlyn doesn't expect her story to end in romance. But as the competition begins, one entry may just capture Eadlyn's heart, showing her all the possibilities that lie in front of her . . . and proving that finding her own happily ever after isn't as impossible as she's always thought.
*sigh*
First things first, if you have not read the first three books in the series, please go do that before you read this book.
Honestly, this series should have stayed a trilogy. It should have ended with Maxon and America and left the rest up for interpretation from the readers. Maybe have a novella, but an entire novel? It definitely was not necessary.
And while we're on that boat, can we talk about how I miss Maxon and America from the first three books?? It really felt like Maxon and America weren't the same people while reading them in The Heir. It was as if Cass had put all of her attention and energy on Eadlyn so the rest of the characters in the story were crap. It really felt like Cass' grip on the characters from the previous books were less, causing them to seem really bland and have a lack of depth to who they are. I mean, yeah, it's Eadlyn's story, but that doesn't mean the other characters should get little to no attention. If you create a character, you have to keep that character to the traits and complexity you give them regardless of who the story focuses on. At least that's how I felt like it was.
And then there's Eadlyn.
Can I sigh again? I'm sighing right now as I type this. Cass definitely worked WAY too hard on her. For me she's literally the most hated character in this series right now. She annoys the CRAP out of me. But then again, I guess maybe that's how it's supposed to be. I guess she should be this annoying to the readers because when it comes to a character, it's all about growth and learning.
But I swear, if Eadlyn is as annoying and terrible at the end of the next book, then what I said earlier does not apply and it means that Cass has failed us with her.
And then there's the Selection... It's just not the same. There's no excitement (mainly Eadlyln's fault), no great candidate, nothing. Cass, why didn't you create a better set of guys!?
The absolute irritation and fury that the readers go through almost the entire book makes it difficult to read. Even though it was hard to read, I still read it. I don't know if it's the formatting of the book or if it's my obsession with the Maxon & America of twenty years ago or if it's just Cass' writing, but I kept going with reading this book. It was a quick read for me, and even though I had to take several breaks to huff out my irritation and exhaustion with the book to members of my family, it still tugged my heart in a few areas and I read the book until the end.
In all honesty, I think my love and adoration for the first three books was what kept me going. Cass had set up so many high expectations for me with The Heir, and it seems that she didn't live up to her expectations in this one. However, the book wasn't terribly bad, so I wouldn't shelve this book to your "Do Not Read" pile.
First things first, if you have not read the first three books in the series, please go do that before you read this book.
Honestly, this series should have stayed a trilogy. It should have ended with Maxon and America and left the rest up for interpretation from the readers. Maybe have a novella, but an entire novel? It definitely was not necessary.
And while we're on that boat, can we talk about how I miss Maxon and America from the first three books?? It really felt like Maxon and America weren't the same people while reading them in The Heir. It was as if Cass had put all of her attention and energy on Eadlyn so the rest of the characters in the story were crap. It really felt like Cass' grip on the characters from the previous books were less, causing them to seem really bland and have a lack of depth to who they are. I mean, yeah, it's Eadlyn's story, but that doesn't mean the other characters should get little to no attention. If you create a character, you have to keep that character to the traits and complexity you give them regardless of who the story focuses on. At least that's how I felt like it was.
And then there's Eadlyn.
Can I sigh again? I'm sighing right now as I type this. Cass definitely worked WAY too hard on her. For me she's literally the most hated character in this series right now. She annoys the CRAP out of me. But then again, I guess maybe that's how it's supposed to be. I guess she should be this annoying to the readers because when it comes to a character, it's all about growth and learning.
But I swear, if Eadlyn is as annoying and terrible at the end of the next book, then what I said earlier does not apply and it means that Cass has failed us with her.
And then there's the Selection... It's just not the same. There's no excitement (mainly Eadlyln's fault), no great candidate, nothing. Cass, why didn't you create a better set of guys!?
The absolute irritation and fury that the readers go through almost the entire book makes it difficult to read. Even though it was hard to read, I still read it. I don't know if it's the formatting of the book or if it's my obsession with the Maxon & America of twenty years ago or if it's just Cass' writing, but I kept going with reading this book. It was a quick read for me, and even though I had to take several breaks to huff out my irritation and exhaustion with the book to members of my family, it still tugged my heart in a few areas and I read the book until the end.
In all honesty, I think my love and adoration for the first three books was what kept me going. Cass had set up so many high expectations for me with The Heir, and it seems that she didn't live up to her expectations in this one. However, the book wasn't terribly bad, so I wouldn't shelve this book to your "Do Not Read" pile.
My Rating:
1/5 I didn't like it
2/5 It was okay
3/5 I liked it
4/5 I really liked it
5/5 It was amazing
1/5 I didn't like it
2/5 It was okay
3/5 I liked it
4/5 I really liked it
5/5 It was amazing
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