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As I did with Divergent<\/a>, I waited until the third book of this trilogy was about to be released before I started to read the first book. I didn’t want to be stuck waiting (most likely impatiently) for the release of the final book of the series\u00a0as I am with the Lunar Chronicles<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 But, lo and behold, it seems all my planning was for naught… because there’s now a FOURTH book!\u00a0 Even though the audiobook for The Selection Stories: The Prince & The Guard<\/em> had a sneak peek of The One<\/em> — which it touted as the “thrilling conclusion” to the trilogy — I now have to wait until MAY 2015<\/em> to get my hands on The Heir<\/em>… And I have a sneaking suspicion things won’t even end there since GoodReads<\/a> lists a 5th (currently unnamed) book. \/sigh<\/p>\n So, what’s the big deal about this series? \u00a0First of all, it’s a dystopian romance.\u00a0 Enough said, right?!? \u00a0OK.\u00a0\u00a0OK!\u00a0 I get that some of you might want to know what sets this apart from the rest of the dystopian romances out there, so I will give a little more background. \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0In this dystopian future, the USA no longer exists.\u00a0 In its place, there is now the kingdom of Ill\u00e9a.\u00a0 When Ill\u00e9a was formed, a rigid caste system was created — in a supposed effort to bring about order and security.\u00a0 The castes, which range from one (royalty and clergy) to eight (homeless, runaways, etc.), dictate which type of jobs people can hold.\u00a0 Although it is technically possible to get into a better caste by buying your way up, it’s practically impossible for the lower castes to do more than survive. \u00a0For America Singer (and the other girls participating in The Selection )<\/em>, though, marrying Prince Maxon could mean being instantly transformed to a one. \u00a0So why, then, would America NOT want to participate in The Selection<\/em>? \u00a0This book is like an \u00fcber version of The Bachelor<\/em><\/a> with a side of uprisings and war… and I just can’t get enough!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As I did with Divergent, I waited until the third book of this trilogy was about to be released before I started to read the first book. I didn’t want to be stuck waiting (most likely impatiently) for the release of the final book of the series\u00a0as I am with the Lunar Chronicles.\u00a0 But, lo … Continue reading The Selection (series) by Kiera Cass<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-young-adults","category-fiction","category-reviewed-by-chrissie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}