The Selection Series by Kiera Cass -> Restarting November 1st, 2020

[Alaina]

For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon.

But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks.

Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself—and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.

[Ashy Khaira]

Chapter 1-5 (view spoiler)[ omg i love Americas description and attitude.Dont really get the whole Fours,fives etc.hate aspen and americas mother tho.fun to see how america got chosen when she was sure she would not be chosen (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Chapter 6-10 (view spoiler)[ i am so excited that america is a crowd favorite.Imagine if she actually ended up liking him n him her.Gah they were so cute together despite America being so snarky to him.I am curious as to what Aspen wanted to say to America though.And has he really moved on with that other girl or was it a show for America?Has he been cheating on her ? (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Chapter 11-15 (view spoiler)[ omg america would make such a great queen,she is so calm and level headed.Shocked that Ashley got sent back along with 7 others.Wish celeste got sent back too.finally america tells maxon about aspen.I hope they fall in love with each other (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Chapter 16-20 (view spoiler)[ so cute to see how much mason trusts america.I am so excited but not happy that aspen is back in the picture. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Finished (view spoiler)[ I love how finally america is starting to have feelings for maxon but dont realize it.Hate how aspen tries to get her attention again.Glad to see america made it to the elite after the rebels attack (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Chapter 1-6 (view spoiler)[ how did marlee figure out that maxon loves america.So sweet how he brings halloween back for her.wonder who will then get eliminated.hope its celeste.still hating aspen. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Chapter 7-12 (view spoiler)[ wow just because america chose to defend her friend and is not used to such brutality she is an accomplice?i am starting to hate the king.And the reporter.And hate celeste all the more.and on top of that all who is leaking things to the magazine reporters? (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Chapter 13-18 (view spoiler)[ hmm does maxon suddenly love kriss too?Can i hope he sends celeste back?Why do the rebels need or want books?Are they watching over the palace?Why is king clarkson being an overly domineering asshole? (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Chapter 19-24 (view spoiler)[ can i kill maxon at this moment?Like of you truly loved america like you claimed you wont be making her doubt it.and i want to slap the king all the more.you made the choice during your selection,now stay out of maxons for you are sl turning into your dad. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Finished (view spoiler)[ i feel sorry for what happened to natalie.And what the fudge was america thinking revealing such secrets that maxon trusted her with?kinda late to realize how you feel for him after hurting him aint it?lucky you even got a second chance....i feel like i wanna kill kriss for her attitude though,the king for trying to oppress everyone and worst of all maxon for making america feel hurt again (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Chapter 1-6 (view spoiler)[ I still hate the king so much!who is he to even say something so mean to america.What is maxons issue with america now?one moment he claims to love her,now he ignores her and humiliates her?i hate him.Thank god the northern rebels intentions are now known (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Chapter 7-12 (view spoiler)[ i was so not surprised with americas suggestion with the rebels.i love how her answer set the king feeling so mad and fed up.thabk god it made her thr country's favorite.finally understand celestes personality.hard to hate her now. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Chapter 13-19 (view spoiler)[ omg omg omg yes!serves the king fucking right.He tried to mess with america and she paid him back.But i am curious though.How will Maxon feel about his gift being used that way.i hate how the king is using this for his own agenda.And i love how nicoletta and georgia were brought together in the palace.A rebel under the kings nose heheheh. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Chapter 20-27 (view spoiler)[ nooo why did americas dad have to die?And i still hate the king and now kota too.Weirdly there are so many rebels even her father and some of the girls from the selection.glad maxon chose her,worried how he will take the newd about aspen though (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Finished (view spoiler)[ i could so murder maxon for a second there,how about yoh bloody listen to what america has to say before jumping to conclusions?you nearly ruined both your lives!and on top of that all thanks clarkson!you got your wife killed!not happy! (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Chapter 1-6 (view spoiler)[ omg maxon and america is so cute together being married for so long and have 4 kids.Their daughter seems to be snobbish af.Sad that lucy and aspen cant have kids.Serves eadlyn right she has to go through the selection! (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Chapter 7-12 (view spoiler)[ yup i agree wth kile,eadlyn is a brat and she is just a plain bitch.She felt humiliated having rotten food and eggs thrown at her.Acts like she should not have to do anything just because she is princess and will one day be queen.and turns around and publicly eliminate and humiliate 11 guys from the selection just to be double the number of maxon?what happened to trying? (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Chapter 13-19 (view spoiler)[ omg i hate jack.what kind of human is he?Hate josie as well.I wish kile and eadlyn end up together (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Chaptet 20-27 (view spoiler)[ omg i so hate burke for thinking he deserves special attention.Then when he does cook badly blame everyone to make it seem like they upstaged him.Then why agree on a group date then.So that he can get angry and hurt eadlyn?kinda glad he got kicked! (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Finished (view spoiler)[ why is eadlyn so jealous of Camille and try to ruin her brothers happiness.this leads to ahren eloping with camille and her mother having a heart attack.So god damned selfish! (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Chapter 1-7 (view spoiler)[ Erik is so sweet and a great friend to Eadlyn.Coddly is such an ass,he thinks he can force eadlyn to wage war against France just because ahren married the princess there.glad to see he was fired.All the more reason i am hoping that kile and eadlyn get together. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Chapter 8-14 (view spoiler)[ What is so wrong with the press?What?Cant a guy and a girl be friends?Marid has good ideas about having a sort of town hall meetings.Hate those former 2&3 castes humans. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Chapter 15-21 (view spoiler)[ Omg noooo is eadlyn falling for erik?Please dont be.i want her with kile!and she is so kind to pardon ean and hale.i still want her with kile! (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Chapter 22-28 (view spoiler)[okay i so want to throttle and kill marid.i hope his parents kill him first for what he is doing to their family friends.I dont know what will happen between kile,erik and Eadlyn.not sad to see fox be sent home. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashy Khaira]

Finished (view spoiler)[so sad to see her let kile go but i can understand why.finally marlee got to understand the truth and to try and stop forcing her children to stay at the palace.josie is such a sneak putting kiles name in the selection.Happy that henri saw the truth and let erik and eadlyn be together.still hate maxons father after finding out he cheated on his wife and sired a daughter.thank god maxon got to her and kept the girl safe. (hide spoiler)]

[Nicole]

The Prince .05
Just Starting (view spoiler)[ Have a ton of people I know that have read this series. Might as well read it myself :) Starting with the novella so maybe it’ll give me a little sneak peak and background before I dive right in. (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 2 (view spoiler)[ So I like Maxon character, I feel like he is a good person. He may not agree with the rules but he isn’t evil or mean in anyway. But Daphne. She is ANNOYING I don’t know why yet but there is something about her character that I Do Not like. (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 4 (view spoiler)[This whole selection ceremony is interesting. I really like Maxon though he seems like a good person…. (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[This line gets me, “That was the name of the old country, a stubborn and flawed land we rebuilt into something strong.” The irony is not lost to me. Overall I really like America, she is real, up front and honest and Maxon I think likes that, even if his father doesn’t (hide spoiler)]

[Nicole]

About 3 Chapters in (view spoiler)[ So I like America, but I also feel like all these books are always the same….poor family that depends on the child to help them. Not so much America but Aspen.. (hide spoiler)]
Halfway finished(view spoiler)[ so I really like America. And I really like maxon too I think America will open up as she gets to know him. They seem like they could be a great team together. (hide spoiler)]
About 65% in(view spoiler)[ so I love marlee. Shes so cute. And I feel a romance brewing between America and maxon……. (hide spoiler)]

[Nicole]

Ashy Khaira wrote: "Chapter 6-10 [spoilers removed]"

i think we are going to find out he was!!!! Think about it when his mom was talking to America's family she said the past few months he's been really happy...but they have been dating for 2 years? I thought that was a little fishy....

[Nicole]

80% finished (view spoiler)[awwwww maxon and america’s first kiss…...i love the whole “do over” scene. (hide spoiler)]

[Jenn]

Ok I'm downloading the series now to join in on this one!

[Jamie]

Jenn wrote: "Ok I'm downloading the series now to join in on this one!"

Yay!

[Jamie]

Ch 5 (view spoiler)[.For some reason I thought I remembered him breaking up AFTER she was chosen but before does make it look worse (hide spoiler)]

[Nicole]

25% in (view spoiler)[ I think America is stupid for how she is acting with aspen. (hide spoiler)]
50% in (view spoiler)[ god I cannot stand celeste I want to smack her too! (hide spoiler)]
75% in (view spoiler)[ I wonder if the rebels like America and want her as their princess (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[ I cannot stand the king
Or kriss for some reason (hide spoiler)]

[Nicole]

25% in (view spoiler)[ the king is so annoying...I really can't stand him (hide spoiler)]
50% in (view spoiler)[ I'm beginning to like celeste more (hide spoiler)]
75% in (view spoiler)[ poor america. And why can't she just tell him she loves him. (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[ so I truly loved this book. I mean I knew she was going to win but the whole situation on how she won was interesting although I was sad to see what happened to the queen and celeste I was just starting to like celeste (hide spoiler)]

[Nicole]

Finished (view spoiler)[ I LOVED this book. I loved everything about it. I am very excited to see what the future holds for America and a few of the other girls (hide spoiler)]

[Jenn]

Chapters 1-5: (view spoiler)[I'm gonna be honest. I'm going in with extremely low expectations because I've heard mostly horrible things about this series. Anyway, so far it's just build up to the event. America's name was just called, like we all knew it would be. Aspen has broken up with her because he feels beneath her. I don't really have a feel about the book so far but some of America's inner monologue is rather annoying. (hide spoiler)]

[Jenn]

Chapters 6-11: (view spoiler)[ If Maxon could stop calling her "my dear" I could stop picturing him as a middle aged man. Aside from that, he seems all right. America (I wish she had another name), on the other hand, something about her bothers me. For someone who keeps being like "I'm a five this is all new and wow", she certainly looks down on other people. (hide spoiler)]

[Nicole]

Jenn wrote: "
Chapters 6-11: [spoilers removed]"

Give it time :) It was a little slow at first and by the end of the 1st book I was soo hooked. The other 2 are much better i think

[Nicole]

25% in (view spoiler)[ So I am not liking this one as much as the other 3 but at the same time I like seeing the characters from the originals and seeing where they are years down the road. I love that Aspen, Marlee, and we get to see America and Maxon still (hide spoiler)]
50% in (view spoiler)[ I’m not sure if I like Eadlyn,I feel like shes a brat. Almost how America thought that Maxon was going to be like in the beginning of the selection. Except she shouldn’t be like that with her parents. She is kinda annoying. (hide spoiler)]
75% in (view spoiler)[ I do like how this selection we are seeing from the other side. We get to see from the person’s view instead of one of the selected. I really like Kile though and I really like Erik for some reason…. (hide spoiler)]
90% in (view spoiler)[ I love this whole baseball scene. I love that they seem to finally let go and have some fun! (hide spoiler)]

[Jenn]

Chapters 12-16: (view spoiler)[ It's still moving pretty slow for me. Not a whole lot is happening. I'm waiting for the competition to really heat up but so far only a few have been sent home. It seems obvious that Maxon is going to fall in love with America and want her to be his wife. I'm ready for America to be over Aspen and really just start living it up. You're in a palace girl! (hide spoiler)]

[Jenn]

Chapters 17-19: (view spoiler)[ Well she finally admitted that she could have feelings for Maxon. I really dislike this Celeste girl and feel she will be a bigger problem in the coming scenes - but I'm pretty sure no one likes her lol. (hide spoiler)]

[Jenn]

Finished: (view spoiler)[ Ugh Aspen showed up. I really dislike that guy. Also, how dense can Maxon be to not put two and two together. I'm sure this is going to all come out and be a huge drama filled plot point. America needs to realize that Aspen is her past and move on. Also, I'm surprised, I liked this more than I thought I would (hide spoiler)]

[Jenn]

Chapters 1-6: (view spoiler)[Ugh can Aspen just go away. I don't trust him at all. And it's funny how America is super jealous even though this is a competition and she's been very wishy-washy with her feelings so of course Maxon isn't just jumping to get rid of everyone. (hide spoiler)]

[Nicole]

Jenn are you enjoying the series????

[Nicole]

I just finished the last one.

[Jenn]

@Nicole it's like candy lol. I get really annoyed at certain parts but i can't not read it! Haha

[Nicole]

I know. the first almost 2 books america drives me nuts but after about halfway thru the 2nd I started to really love her. and the way some people treat her makes me sad for her.

[Nicole]

10% in (view spoiler)[ I love how she handled the issue about her brother getting married and stood her ground about not going to war. FYI i’m totally #teamkile perfect couple. (hide spoiler)]
30% in (view spoiler)[hmmm i sense Erik has feelings…….oh boy.. It’s almost like a Marlee situation...kinda but totally still #teamkile (hide spoiler)]
75% in (view spoiler)[ Ugh! Josie is so annoying. I did not see anything with Ean and Hale but dang it makes sense (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[ omg I LOVED the ending to this series...perfectly fitting ending to a great series (hide spoiler)]

[Jenn]

Chapters 7-12: (view spoiler)[ Ugh, I'm really disliking America right now. Just everything about her is bothering me. I get that her friend was treated horribly and what happened to her was wrong, but America's actions since have just been downright bratty. I like that she sticks up for what she believes in, but she also can't just expect a system to change overnight and instead of focusing on the fact that her friend wasn't murdered, she just runs back into Aspens arms - which, might I point out, THAT'S WHAT HER FRIEND WAS WHIPPED FOR. Honestly, I hope she gets caught because right now she's stringing along two boys and being very wishy washy with both of them.

Side note: I love the Queen (hide spoiler)]