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The One (The Selection, #3)

Kiera Cass

Start date: July 1, 2020

Finish date: July 31, 2020

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May 07, 2020 Ani rated it it was amazing

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The best one of the trilogy. No wonder it's called The One, definitely my favorite!
I loved all the action, how I could barely have enough time to process one thing before the next was happening. I really liked America way more, because this is how I remembered her. Strong, with an iron will and a good soul. She was finally leaving her fear and insecurities behind her; she was finally becoming who she was meant to be.

I nearly cried when her father died though, and that really took me by surprise ...more

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Jun 01, 2020 Nicola Michelle rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction

What a great end to the trilogy! I absolutely loved reading these books and they became the ultimate teenage trashy romancey guilt read and I loved them!!

The book had me on the edge of my seat with all the twists and turns and I felt so invested in the book, I just wanted it all to turn out as I hoped!! Things happened that I didn’t foresee and it was great to the very end. Glad I followed the many recommendations to read this book

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Mar 27, 2018 Emma rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: all-time-favorites, young-adult, dystopian, 2018-faves, ebooked

🎉🎊 Can we all stand still, have a little moment and realise I've written my 100th review today. ONE FUCKING HUNDRED REVIEWS WHOOOOHOOOO 🎉🎊

Oh and btw this review will have some spoilers

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟 (3/5 stars).

SO MANY FEELINGS. Like this whole series has been so far one hell of a rollercoaster full of emotions. To be honest I never expected to really really like this trilogy that's not a trilogy anymore. I was so ready to hate on everything but then I ended up liking it soo much. That was a bit 🎉🎊 Can we all stand still, have a little moment and realise I've written my 100th review today. ONE FUCKING HUNDRED REVIEWS WHOOOOHOOOO 🎉🎊

Oh and btw this review will have some spoilers

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟 (3/5 stars).

SO MANY FEELINGS. Like this whole series has been so far one hell of a rollercoaster full of emotions. To be honest I never expected to really really like this trilogy that's not a trilogy anymore. I was so ready to hate on everything but then I ended up liking it soo much. That was a bit of a shocker to me.

Y'all can get mad at me for saying this or cane me whatever but I actually really really liked America Singer. Yes she still does have the most stupidest name ever. But I still love her all though that name really sucks. It's almost as bad as calling your main character Mare😂 but then most names in this world are terrible. They're all so fan fictiony. But back to my love for Mer (gonna call her that from now on, lol). I legit don't get why people hate on her so much. Yes at times she was such an idiot sandwich but then Maxon was exactly the same AND NOBODY IS HATING ON HIM. He is just as indecisive and such a drama llama too (they really deserve each other). Nobody is probably hating on him because like a friend of mine said "the bae" but I still call that bullshit. Maxon even iritated me more than Mer did (lol almost wrote her terrible name).

OH BTW ASPEN ISN'T USELESS ANYMORE. It finally made sense why he was there in this book. In the other two he was just a drama plot device😂 because everybody knew Mer was gonna end up with Maxon. The whole title of this book is basically such a spoiler😂 LIKE LEGIT WHO MADE UP THE TITLES FOR THESE BOOKS? Couldn't she or he have been a bit more creative and like less spoilery. But back to not useless Aspen. I shipped the hell out of him and Lucy, Luce deserved some happy times (and then they sorta butcher their hapiness in the next book😂)

Just to be sure I do love both Maxon and Mer but I prefere Mer more. I apparently have a thing for fiery red heads who don't think before they act and have some sass. All though girl cried soo much😂 so so much. Maxon was indeed the bae😂

BUT WHO DID I LOVE THE MOST? Well that has to be the bitch. Gosh I knew I was gonna love Celeste soo much before I even started the 2nd book AND OH BOY I WASN'T WRONG. And then a rebel put a gun against her head and her brains got blown out. LIKE ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS???????? WHY U GOTTA DO THIS TO ME. My favorite bitch and character from this series died and I'm not okay. I loved Celeste's and Mer's friendship a 10000000 times more than the friendship between Marlee (#fanfictionyname) but in all seriousness WHY DO MY FAVES ALWAYS FUCKING DIE😭😭😭😭

Lol if I also had to describe this trilogy that is so not a trilogy anymore but I keep calling it a trilogy anyway, it wpuld be something like this: Trash😂 cliche & your typical stereotype overdramatic ya book. Throw a bachelor dystopian retelling in there and voila you have the selection trilogy. But somehow I'm all for it😂

I have no clue where this review is going. But looooowl I'm having so much fun writing this review. Also I read this book really fast. Like all 3 books are read in less than 3 days. SAY WHUTTTT NOW😂 I am apparently such a mess of feelings and I didn't realised that until now😂 And whaha my opinions about everyone and everything changed like crazily fast. At one point I loved maxon so much, 60 pages later I wanted to smash his brain with a frying pan. Okay who is a drama llama too? Well it seems I'm one hell of a drama llama too. But yes my opinions changed hella fast. Lol ask Eileen😂 she gave up understanding how i felt about these books. Besides I'm saying way too many times lol. And this mess of a review is gonna go down as my 100th review😂😂

So I'm gonna stop writing this review because I have no clue where I'm heading with this review😂 it is such a mess just as I am at the moment. But thanks to everybody who has ever read one of my reviews and here's to another 100 reviews🍻🥂 (hopefully)
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Dec 25, 2017 Sylvs (NOVELty Reads) rated it liked it · review of another edition

I have no idea what to say about The One by Kiera Cass. All that I can say is that I was really not expecting what I was reading and not in the good way.

Basically, The One picks off from where The Elite left off where only four girls remain and continue trying to win the heart of Prince Maxon. The pressure is on for America Singer to not cause trouble within the castes (basically the castes are the way the society is structured in the country of Illèa going from 1-8. 1 being where royalty are a I have no idea what to say about The One by Kiera Cass. All that I can say is that I was really not expecting what I was reading and not in the good way.

Basically, The One picks off from where The Elite left off where only four girls remain and continue trying to win the heart of Prince Maxon. The pressure is on for America Singer to not cause trouble within the castes (basically the castes are the way the society is structured in the country of Illèa going from 1-8. 1 being where royalty are and 8 being where beggars and thieves are placed) when talks of rebel threats continue and the stakes are raised higher, America realises just how much she stands to lose.

Okay I have to admit that maybe I was a bit generous with The Selection and The Elite with my review. Yeah, there were faults or things that disagreed with me but I told you that I still enjoyed it thanks to the romance and swoon which lifted my rating higher.

When I was reading The Elite I didn’t enjoy it that much thanks to the political propaganda and I thought it couldn’t get worse. In the same book, I had an issue that there wasn’t enough romance.

Well, in The One I got the romance. At first it was alright it was just like The Selection: chill, low-key romance then by the end of the book after feelings and true emotions were revealed to each other, the whole novel just spiralled downwards into a cheesy, corny, over-dramatic and just annoying love story.

To make it all the more worse, Kiera Cass (the author) added in love letters and I don’t mean just ONE love letter. There were so many it became almost ten pages of a full on cringe worthy pouring of emotions. I almost threw the book across the room thanks to that.

Look, maybe I would actually enjoy those pages and pages of love letters if it wasn’t for the fact that towards the end I just really didn’t understand the relationship between two of the characters. So America finally told Maxon about her ex boyfriend and they are fighting and hating each other then the next minute I know their relationship is back on track? Was I the only one who missed something here?

I wished that the epilogue was longer or at least Cass could’ve written another chapter or finished the book in a less abrupt way than she did. The ending didn’t satisfy me at all and I know how people go on saying “characters live on past the last page” and I agree with that it’s just that I wish that I got more out of the epilogue. Considering that The One was meant to finish off the original The Selection trilogy (two more books were added to the series in later years) I really wouldn’t have concluded the series in that way.

Look, I still went through reading this and yeah I would recommend it (because I recommend anything really to anyone even if I never actually read the book myself) and yes I will read the next books: The Heir, The Crown and maybe I will even read the collection of short stories in Happily Ever After but maybe the series is wearing thin for me at this moment. Look, I’m not saying don’t read this book. Remember this is a personal opinion but if you reckon you will enjoy this then go for it.

ACTUAL RATING: 3.4 STARS
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May 24, 2018 Books by Kimi rated it liked it

Shelves: ya, romance

2.5 stars
I'm happy to say this review will be a bit more positive than those for the previous books in the series. First let's get rid of the bad things. There is no way around it, so I'm sorry but, I HATE America! She is a terrible person and a spoiled little brat who won't share her toys even when she's not playing with it (which is funny considering the constant reminder that she is from a lower caste). I think the only people I genuinely liked in the series were Queen Amberly, Marlee and Ame ...more

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Jun 08, 2018 Rochi rated it liked it

Me gustó mucho más que los dos primeros, ya me estaba cansando del triángulo amoroso y de que lo único que pasara era que se pelearan todo el tiempo. Al fin se empezaron a mover y a hacer cosas más productivas. De la manera que terminó, pensé que el siguiente iba a ser sobre como resolvían el tema de las castas y los rebeldes, pero no. Se trata de la hija de ellos, y ya ví que nadie la soporta así que no me voy a gastar en leerlo. Me quedaré con lo que leí, que aunque no fue gran cosa, me entret ...more

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Oct 07, 2017 Celia Buell (semi hiatus) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, favorites, fiction, loss, royal, strong-women, america, written-by-a-woman, overcoming-adversity, secrets

I am writing this review at 2 am and I'm so grateful to Amanda Westphal and the Instagram feminist community for pushing me to read the books that followed The Selection. Of the original Selection trilogy, this book was by far my favorite.

The turning point in the game happens when America sees Celeste crying in the library. From then, the Elite become close, despite never being able to imagine anything like that happening up until that point.

After that, all the plot twists about the girls' lif ...more

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Apr 24, 2022 Moony (Captain Mischief) MeowPoff rated it liked it

America still annoying and whiny.
Aspen still meh.
Maxon was still interesting.
America`s familiy was still precious but (view spoiler)
But, i do not feel the need to read the rest of the books. ...more

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