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The Selection
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Start date
October 1, 2013
Finish date
October 31, 2013

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Laural
Apr 01, 2014 rated it liked it
This felt like one long episode of The Bachelor and since I don't watch that show, I found it to be a bit tedious. Of course, I also found the Edward/Jacob decision in Twilight extremely tedious, so maybe I'm just not a fan of love triangles. I don't mind if it's part of an ongoing more interesting plot (I'm far more interested in the political history of Illea and what America plans to do with any power she might attain), but when the center stage story is "who will she pick" I'm afraid my brai ...more
Nicole Thomas
Aug 14, 2013 rated it liked it
hard to keep my attention, just not deep enough or suspenseful enough. I feel like the whole book and the next are just her debating back and forth between two good guys, and crying alot. I guess in fairness, I can barely decide what guy she should pick, but towards the end of the 2nd book I'm pretty sure. Since it interested me enough to want to read the 3rd one next year, it's still a 3. It's a very tame version of the hunger games mixed with the show the Bachelor, but the plot reminds me of E ...more
Marcia
Aug 06, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: young-adult
This is a cute quick read. It's not especially deep or thought provoking, but I enjoyed it. ...more
Kinsey
May 24, 2018 marked it as to-read