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Traveling is over, and so I go back to the gym! The state of my health while traveling was pretty sad, and I’m about where I started in 2009, as far as being in shape goes. That’s bad news for me. Traveling is a lot of driving or flying, a lot of locations that aren’t work-out friendly, a lot of restaurants with a single meal that resembles an entire day’s calorie count (not to mention, sodium,

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The Elite (The Selection, #2)

by Kiera Cass (Goodreads Author)

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Sage Collins said: " So there's this thing where the 2nd book of a dystopian trilogy is the wishy-washy romance book. I don't know why, but it always seems to be that way. Romances that were strong in book 1 suddenly become weak for seemingly dumb reasons or the barely e So there's this thing where the 2nd book of a dystopian trilogy is the wishy-washy romance book. I don't know why, but it always seems to be that way. Romances that were strong in book 1 suddenly become weak for seemingly dumb reasons or the barely existent love triangle suddenly becomes very strong.

I loved The Selection, which I read overnight. The Elite took me a few days, still faster than I've been reading lately, but it was not the gripping read that The Selection was for me.

I found myself frustrated with America's indecisiveness. In The Selection, the love triangle was presented perfectly. America starts out with Aspen, who breaks up with her because he doesn't want to bring her down to his lower caste right before she gets selected. Then we get a focus on Maxon for quite a long time. Aspen comes back at the exact right time, late in the book, and the love triangle never reaches that level of back and forth that can so often be annoying. That was saved for book 2.

What most annoyed me was how many times America assumed that whatever Maxon was doing meant he was sending her home when it was so clear that he'd do anything for her. My favorite of these is when she sees him clearly asking her dad for her hand in marriage and she thinks he's telling her dad she's about to be eliminated. There were times when I can totally understand why America was upset at Maxon, but other times she was completely being unreasonable. When she outright rejects him, of course he has no choice but to search for an alternative. And, wait, what is America complaining about? She has an alternative guy too.

So, then there's Aspen. It's one thing for the two of them to have a secret romance when the consequences of being found out (death, btw) are just words on a piece of paper. But they see what happens when one girl is found in a relationship with a guard: the punishment is lowered to being caned and becoming Eights (beggars). All of a sudden Mr. I Can't Marry You and Lower Your Caste is perfectly willing to risk both of them being cast into the lowest caste level there is, as well as both him and America being physically punished for it? This is not the guy who would do anything for her. I'm pretty much dreading the inevitable moment when Maxon figures out what's going on behind his back.

There are some things I think this book did well. It upped the conflict a lot. There were more rebel attacks, including some where America doesn't get to the royal safe room. The aforementioned caning scene was seriously intense. There's a physical fight between two girls. The contestants are given tests to prove their worthiness of becoming the princess. And we the readers have actual reason to think Maxon might pick another girl. Furthermore, we find out some things about Maxon and his family. And Maxon has a truly righteous telling off of America late in the book, which really saved the whole wishy-washy romance for me, haha.

World-building still is lacking, but except for some excerpts in the diary of the first king of Illea, which basically had me scratching my head to understand their relevance, it didn't really bother me. Oh, and the names, I guess, which it turned out were somehow related to the history. But seriously horrible names, folks.

So, overall, not as gripping as The Selection, even though with the heightened stakes, it had so much potential for it.

Recommended for fans of: The Selection, the wishy-washy romance second book of dystopian trilogies, love triangles, heightened conflict in sequels. ...more "

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The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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