"The One" by Kiera Cass

"The One" by Kiera Cass 
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Novel: The One
Author: Kiera Cass
Published: 2014
Genre: Romance, dystopian
The number of pages: 323 
Series: The Selection #3

"There were four girls and one prince, and three of us would be leaving soon with little more than an interesting story of how our spent our fall." - America Singer

Blurb: The time has come for one winner to be crowned.

When she was chosen to compete in the Selection, America never dreamed she would find herself anywhere close to the crown—or to Prince Maxon's heart. But as the end of the competition approaches, and the threats outside the palace walls grow more vicious, America realizes just how much she stands to lose—and how hard she'll have to fight for the future she wants.


So, it was pretty much exactly what I expected. But, I will give Cass some credit. She threw in a few twists. Not all of them were the best twists but nonetheless, it was all that predictable. Let's all be real, we knew who America was going to choose before we even began the first novel. The other person didn't even stand a chance. I mean, I thought I'd be angry but I guess I wasn't. Maybe I was just learnt to accept it because I knew what would happen. Either way, America's story has finished now and she chose her man. I mean, maybe she did chose the right person. I always liked the other person but I guess I should have known. Either way, I still have two books to go in the series and I only recently learnt that it isn't about America and Maxon's story. It's about their daughter. To be honest, I just feel like the series should have stopped but I guess I can't diss it until I've actually read it. Who knows, maybe the daughter's story is better. Look, don't get me wrong. I didn't hate this series, it just wasn't my favourite. America could be really irritating at times and to be honest, if this was somehow reality, I doubt that a prince would even want her. She wasn't that nice to him in the beginning and we've all got to admit that egos usually get in the way. I just don't see how she would have been in the remaining four. Anyway, I guess I'm overthinking things. This is a novel after all and it isn't supposed to be completely realistic. Okay, moving on. There are a few things I didn't think needed to be added to the story. A few deaths that just weren't needed. A few characters that I was shocked to see go. I'm upset at some of Cass's choices regarding death but I guess she thought some of them were important somehow?On a lighter note, one of my favourite characters finally gets a happy ending and that probably made the book for me. 

PROS: The ending was happy. I like happy endings.
CONS: Deaths that didn't need to happen.

So, I give this novel a 7/10!
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