The Selection May 2020 Discussion

[Hedda]

ok, thanks! I'm not too worried about price, as I'm just going to have to save up if necessary haha. But yea. I will most definitely buy the HEA instead, as it seems like it is more "inclusive". unfortunately not right now as I just stumble upon a new series called "shadow falls" that seemed really interesting.

[Sara]

wait not to get off topic but is that the one about the camp for supernatural creatures and the werewolf and the half-fae boy?

[Abrianna]

I just finished a new series I didn’t hear of called life blood

[Hedda]

Sara wrote: "wait not to get off topic but is that the one about the camp for supernatural creatures and the werewolf and the half-fae boy?"

Yess

[Sara]

tell me how it is because I saw it at the bookstore last time I went XD

[Hedda]

Sara wrote: "tell me how it is because I saw it at the bookstore last time I went XD"

Do you mean me or the other person about the "life blood"?

[Sara]

haha I was talking to you but either one works

[Hedda]

Sara wrote: "haha I was talking to you but either one works"

I will! probably going to order it online soon because of corona.

[Madi]

My favorite part of the book is probably May, I don't know why but even though she is a small character I love her. My least favorite part is that the book is a little predictable.

[Jawahir]

☀ Kat wrote: "Absolutely! When he proposed the challenge in front of everyone, I choked"

lmao same. The whole banter was hilarious.

[[deleted user]]

I love reading Maxon and America's banter, it really shows their chemistry in a more lighthearted way. In my opinion, Aspen made everything worse.

[Madi]

AspiringAuthor wrote: "I love reading Maxon and America's banter, it really shows their chemistry in a more lighthearted way. In my opinion, Aspen made everything worse."

I also think Aspen just comes in and ruins things, however, if he got his act together I think America and Aspen and could be great friends.

[Suditi]

OMG!!! I am just so disappointed in myself that I didn't read this until now. I love Maxon and hate Aspen. I mean how can he break everything before and come now. It was such a good book. Hopping to the next one asap.

[Sara]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!! The next books only get better hehe (with some good ol' literary drama and tension of course)

[[deleted user]]

my favorit in the series was either the first book or The One, I did like The Heir though

[Abrianna]

Is anyone excited about the movie set for a 2021-2022 release? Personally I hope it is only one movie because their are only a few movie worthy big plot lines throughout the series and I feel dragging one selection process over three movies will not work. Maybe they will do a second movie on the second series!

[[deleted user]]

I think the Selection would be the best as a movie, one book per movie, like To All The Boys kind of. So excited though!

[Hedda]

I think maybe it would have been good as a series?

[Abrianna]

CW and Warner Bro’s tried doing a movie and show but I think they both fell through because of directors quitting😢

[Hedda]

Oh. Yea just thought it would make it longer and you could have more in depth scenes, but you still don’t have to have the hours of multiple movies

[[deleted user]]

maybe aTV series would work, each season being a book and chapters being episodes? Although Thirteen Reasons Why wasn't a great TV show interpretation... they better not botch this

[Hedda]

Yea, that wasn’t a bad idea. Hope they get it close to how the books are.

[bookishcarli]

Yeah I’m so excited for the movie! I heard it was on IMBd tv but I couldn’t find it anywhere!

[Sara]

Knowing the YA-to-movie conversion of late, it'll be book 1=one movie, book 2= one movie, book 3= split into two parts, a ton of unnecessary filler fluff, and probably making some major last minute changes to "appeal" to people more XD

(I'm joking)

[Faith]

I have mixed feelings about it becoming a movie. Too many of my favorite YA books-to-movies turned out so poorly, and I don't know if I can watch them butcher The Selection. It would make me so sad.

[Hedda]

Same. Especially after the Shadowhunter series. I think we can get disappointed if the characters aren’t as we thought.

[Ani]

This type of books turn out better (mostly) if they are made into a tv show rather than movies. That way they have enough time to put every detail in without having to change or cut so much.

[Ani]

But yeah, The Shadowhunters tv show was awful and still I feel the need to watch haha.

[Hedda]

Hahaha, me too!

[Jia ♥]

Read it thought it was ok but dont get the hype. (please dont attack me for saying that lol),

[Sasha]

Book was just okay, hope the movie is better

[Abrianna]

it is a better story for younger teens

[Sara]

It is definitely a middle school/underclassmen romance but it's still enjoyable at any age

[Lucy]

Too good to be true