Reviews
Aunque Eadlyn al principio no me caia bien, poco a poco puede ir entendiendola un poco mejor, carga con una gran resonsabilidad y su pueblo no la quiere en el trono, porque no confian.
Spoilers for the first trilogy will follow. In the end, I actually ended up liking this. But it was a hard road to walk for one major reason: Eadlyn is one of the most annoying protagonists I've ever stuck with. She is spoiled. She is whiny. She is entitled. She thinks she is better than everyone. She puts people down, makes snap judgements, and thinks publicly humiliating people is appropriate behavior because of who she is. In addition, her siblings don't seem to share this behavior, and obviously having "met" her parents during their courtship, I can't quite fathom how she could have gotten this attitude problem. But it is a serious and annoying problem, more so because of how hard she attempts to push the idea that she is just being a "strong woman." Strong women don't need to make people cry to prove they are strong, and we have the evidence of that with a crop of other strong female role models for her. Somehow, she misses this for an awfully long time. There are long rambling internal monologues about her being the most powerful person in the world and complaints about an "annoying bookworm" and just general insults thrown out casually in her head as though they are no big deal. I get the idea that she is going to have to grow up an awful lot more than her parents really had to, but I also get the idea that she is on her way there, and I trust enough in the series after the original trilogy that she will get where she needs to be and manage to become a decent human being. Eventually. Several of the supporting characters are interesting enough I'd love to see where they end up going, and I do love the rest of her family. I like catching up and seeing America and Max and the whole rest of the (surviving...) crew years later, and seeing what the world they tried so hard to change has become. It is darker future than I had hoped, admittedly, but it seems to logically follow, and it adds an element of political intrigue to the story that helped to keep me interested. I'll be interested in seeing where the series goes from here, and that is honestly what kept me reading throughout the whole thing. If you liked The Selection trilogy, this might be worth reading if only to see the characters you enjoyed before as adults. Whether this will shape up as a worthy series (trilogy?) in its own right has yet to be seen.
I loved this extension of the Selection series and liked that they included multiple links to the previous series. Such as Gavril, Marlee and obviously America and Maxon. I would recommend this duology but it wasn't as good as the first trilogy. It was still good to read however I did want the friends-to-lovers trope with Kile.
Ik herinner me dat ik dit boek zo onnodig vond en het einde helemaal niks vond.
I went into this book expecting a direct continuation of the previous ones, so it was surprising to jump twenty years ahead and follow America and Maxon’s daughter, Eadlyn, as she prepares to become queen and takes part in her own Selection. Unfortunately, Eadlyn comes across as a huge brat right from the start—dramatic, stubborn, selfish, and constantly pulling the “future queen” card to shut people down or get her way.The moment she bumped into Kile and immediately disliked him, I knew he’d end up in the Selection and probably become her main love interest. It’s predictable. And Ahren leaving felt unnecessary and strange, considering how important he seemed in Eadlyn’s life.Still, it is refreshing that Eadlyn actually knows what she wants—and what she absolutely doesn’t. It’s a stark contrast to America, who was indecisive and flip-floppy for multiple books. The baseball scene was genuinely funny and one of the lighter moments I enjoyed.But the relationship with Kile progresses way too fast. They go from barely tolerating each other to constantly wanting to make out—all because of one kiss for the cameras? Meanwhile, the other boys are just… waiting around for her to acknowledge them? It makes the Selection feel lopsided and underdeveloped. In fact, we learn almost nothing about most of the participants other than Kile, and a little about Henri and Erik. That lack of development makes it pretty obvious who the finalists will be.America and Maxon, once strong and compelling characters, now feel like watered-down versions of themselves. Their portrayal here feels odd and disconnected from who they were supposed to be. Henri is a sweet character, but realistically, he and Eadlyn can’t build a relationship when they don’t share a language unless one of them starts learning—and fast. I didn’t expect Erik, his translator, to have feelings for Eadlyn, though, so that twist was interesting.I do love that Aspen is still around and that he and Lucy are together. Their storyline about struggling to have children hits home for me, and I connect to that deeply. I also appreciated that Marlee is still present.The ending felt unnecessary and pulled attention away from the Selection—which is supposed to be the central plot. And while the reasoning behind Eadlyn needing to hold a Selection doesn’t feel totally convincing, I wasn’t surprised they worked one in.
Personnage principal détestée, et détestable, mais ça rend l'histoire encore plus importante, donc bravo à l'actrice genre. Je suis juste dégoûtée que je connaîtrais peut-être jamais la fin parce que ya plus les livres mais pas grave :)