#CHARACTERS IN THE ONE BY KIERA CASS SERIES#

This put me in the awkward position, however, of wanting to read the story that is hinted at more than the story that is there. The reason I didnвЂ™t get this, IвЂ™m sure, is because America tells the story and sheвЂ™s a five, so she really doesnвЂ™t know these stories. However, maybe itвЂ™s because IвЂ™ve been watching too many debates, but I wanted the in-depth back-story to Ilea, the politics that shaped it and were still shaping it, more information about the Northern Rebels and the Southern Rebels, the Resistance and all those other details. The idea of a Selection as both a country-wide moral booster and a way to entertain people was an interesting twist as well. ItвЂ™s an intriguing mix, and again, I really enjoyed it. ItвЂ™s fun and has bits of The Hunger Games as well as shades of The Giver. Whatever else I might think about the story of The One, I loved this world that Cass has created. I felt like the love conflict could have been resolved much earlier (at the end of the first book, or the middle of the second, when America realizes that Maxon is worth being a one for), allowing more time to focus on the fascinating political backdrop and the relationships among the girls in the Selection, which had lots of very interesting dynamics. He also told her, in no uncertain terms, that she could just give the word and he would pick her (so the other three girls were really just backup in case America flaked out and were since halfway through the first book).ДЄlso, technically, Aspen becomes a two when he joins the palace guard, so heвЂ™s not from her old world anymore. I get that she was in the process of dating a man who was dating 34 other girls (and 3 of them seriously), but he trusted her, so her returning that trust would have been neat. I also wished that she had just been honest with Maxon. What I didnвЂ™t like was how that became her central thought process I wished more time could have been spent with her feeling torn between two worlds, not two men who represented those worlds. That aspect of AmericaвЂ™s conflict made sense to me. She clings to Aspen, despite the pain he caused her because he was part of her old world and she wasnвЂ™t sure she could fit into the new one. I understood it in the first book, where America is torn between the world of fives and sixes that she knows and the world of ones and Maxon. IвЂ™m just going to come right out and say it, the love triangle was frustrating to me in The One. With that, letвЂ™s take a closer look at the conclusion to вЂњThe Selection Trilogy,вЂќ The One. I am going to try to keep this as spoiler-free as possible, but something that I donвЂ™t count as a spoiler may be one to you, so watch for that. If you havenвЂ™t read the other two books, there will be spoilers below.

Rebecca already reviewed the first two books in the series, so check out that review below! RELATED: The Selection and The Elite Book Review But there is political unrest (two different rebel forces are constantly attacking), the King is a harsh and unfeeling leader and America is torn between Maxon and her first love, Aspen (a six who broke her heart). She is entered into the Selection by her mother and catches the eye of the Prince, Maxon. This pool of 35 will be narrowed down to The Elite, and from that pool, the prince will choose his bride. When it comes time for the heir to the throne to marry, all eligible women who wish to may be entered into a drawing and one from each of the 35 provinces will be sent to compete for the heirвЂ™s hand in marriage in a competition called The Selection. The country is divided up into caste systems, each caste having their own roles to play in society (ones being royalty and eights being laborers).

#CHARACTERS IN THE ONE BY KIERA CASS SERIES#

The series takes place in the land of Ilea, what the United States is called after the Fourth World War. RELATED: 15 Must-Read YA Dystopian Novels The knowledge that Cass based her story off of the Biblical story of Queen Esther also made me want to read and see what all the fuss was about. I picked up the series out of curiosity because it was described as вЂњ The Hunger Games meets The Bachelor,вЂќ and I was intrigued. ItвЂ™s CassвЂ™ debut series,В and for the most part, it fits beautifully into the YA Dystopian Novel Niche. The One is the final book in вЂњThe Selection TrilogyвЂќ by Kiera Cass, made up of The Selection, The Elite, and The One, with a follow-up series (Book One is The Heir, and it was released not long ago). You may be thinking that I had really mixed feelings about this book, and you would be correct. IвЂ™ll come back to that discussion in a bit. An alternate title for this review would be вЂњYA Book Review: The One, or, That Time I Wished the Book I Was Reading Was More About the Political Intrigue in the Background and Less About the Characters,вЂќ but that was too long of a title to fit on the title block.

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