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I was sooo excited to get more of this series! While I don't like Eadlyn as much as her mother (more on why in a bit), I do think she has potential for a lot of growth that will make me love her. It's 20 years later, the caste system has been abolished, but the people still aren't happy. It's hard to let go of old prejudices, and King Maxon isn't sure what to do about it. In order to earn himself some time, he asks Eadlyn to host a Selection to distract the citizens and hopefully boost morale. She has no interest in getting married, but she's willing to do her duty for her father and her country. She has no idea what she just got herself into.

The premise of The Heir is kind of silly. I still totally love the whole idea of the Selection, but it felt forced here. At least all of the characters are aware that it's out of place and just a distraction, not a fix for the problem. But them noticing that almost made me feel like it was a cover up to make this new Selection make sense in spite of things. Like, there was no way to make it feel natural, since it's no longer a requirement of the royal family. It was weird, but once it got going, I was once again hooked! Eadlyn has a varied group of boys and they're all interesting, if not all likeable.

Eadlyn is a brat. There's really no other way to put it. She's spoiled and destined to be queen, and that bit of knowledge has gone straight to her head. It's not like she's completely awful, but that girl needs to get off her high horse. However, it's not like she's just this terrible character. It's very obvious that her main character arc is going to be her opening up to people and being more aware. Her whole family points out that she's very closed off and that the citizens feel like she's distant. Eadlyn thinks she's this strong, powerful woman who doesn't need anyone behind her, especially a man. That's great and all, but not if she doesn't treat people right. Half the time she doesn't even realize how she comes across, so this whole Selection is a learning process for her, since she's never had much interaction with people outside her family. Heck, she's even ignorant about the castle staff who she sees everyday! She's very entitled and caught up in her own little queendom, and she needs a reality check.

I know this all sounds quite negative, but I did really enjoy The Heir. It's the kind of fun, bookcandy that I adore. It wasn't nearly as good as the previous books, but I suspect it'll get better from here. It was just a shift in tone, I guess. I needed more time to warm up to Eadlyn and settle into her character, which is fine. I'm loving the actual Selection so far, since it's such a disaster! I do have a favorite, and I'm hoping he becomes a main love interest. I might be totally, way, super off, but I hope not!


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The Heir The selection Book 4 eBook Kiera Cass Reviews

No, seriously. I know it's tempting to want to get "the conclusion" to the story, but you're just in for a disappointment. You do get some additional information about existing characters from the first three books, but the focus of this is entirely on Eadlyn and that is truly unfortunate. She starts out as a truly bratty girl, and while she does turn around on that point, her entire evolution - indeed, the entire series - seems rushed and awkward. She makes a far greater change from the beginning of book one to the end of book two than America did over three books, and it's entirely unbelievable. She essentially grows a new personality and a new set of morals in the space of 8 weeks, and I just don't buy it. Eadlyn is such a shallow character, with no depth, and I find that time spent with her is uncomfortable from start to finish.

The rest of the story feels the same way - shallow and rushed. Perhaps Kiera Cass would have done better to extend Eadlyn's tale over three books as well, so it didn't seem so completely jarring. The end feels completely out of the blue and has the ring of "deus ex machina" about it, and made me wish I hadn't wasted my time. I don't really believe in any of the other characters either; even America and Maxon seem to be carbon copies of the strong, well-developed characters they were only one book ago. The little tidbits about them and the rest of the original gang are not worth the flattening they undergo in this book and the subsequent one, and I'd rather they live in their original form in my mind.

I'm still a huge fan of the first three books, but it seems to me that it might be better to simply pretend that the story ends there.
Actual rating 2.5 stars.

I was curious to see where Kiera Cass would take this series with the next generation… I have a love/hate relationship with these books, issues with the characters and their attitudes, but love the complexity of plot and tabloid allure. However, ‘The Heir’ failed to deliver on all of these counts.

I did not connect with Eadlyn as much as I did with America. I found Eadlyn entitled, and we never get to find out - due to the nature of the narrative - if she indeed has a worldly view as expected of her in the role of monarch. Her ‘work’ is always alluded to but never completely explained. It left me thinking Eadlyn as shallow, protected and scared. It builds great tension, but left me not all that invested in her future. I put it down to how she was written – educated, aloof and separate from everyone else. Eadlyn herself mused on this, how she had intentionally isolated herself in order to become a better ruler – it also made her hard to relate to, cold, and somewhat bitchy.

There was also a lot less going on in this novel in comparison to the Selection trilogy. We were aware of the caste systems, the politics and the plotting and planning of all the characters involved. In ‘The Heir’ we lost most of that and instead were dealt up a dish of Eadlyn’s self discovery. I wanted more about the rebels, more conniving politics, more entwined storylines – like The Selection.

Even though this effectively re-booted the story line, it left me with much of the feeling of a middle book in a trilogy, setting things up, moving the story forward a small amount, but resolving little.

The ending was brilliant. A cliff hanger I did not see coming. Not in a million years. It is the one thing that has me wanting to read the next in the series. Plus, I feel as though I’m going to get more of what I want from this new generation of royals.

It was an easy read, but I ended spreading it out over a week, consuming the last half in a day; as I mentioned, there didn’t feel like there was enough going on to hold my attention. It was fun, and enjoyable, but a little flat. Though not the best book of the series, it certainly has set things up for an explosive ending and I can’t wait to find out what is going to happen.

We get glimpses of Maxon, America and Aspen, and many of the other characters from the first three books it was entertaining to see how they had grown over the last few decades. There was less explained about the world and political landscape than I would have liked, and Kiera Cass seemed to spend a lot of time describing clothes more than anything… But the Selection series has been a guilty pleasure of mine, though I find many faults in the characters and tropes, the novels are undeniably compelling to read. I just can’t stop. So Cass must doing something right.
I was sooo excited to get more of this series! While I don't like Eadlyn as much as her mother (more on why in a bit), I do think she has potential for a lot of growth that will make me love her. It's 20 years later, the caste system has been abolished, but the people still aren't happy. It's hard to let go of old prejudices, and King Maxon isn't sure what to do about it. In order to earn himself some time, he asks Eadlyn to host a Selection to distract the citizens and hopefully boost morale. She has no interest in getting married, but she's willing to do her duty for her father and her country. She has no idea what she just got herself into.

The premise of The Heir is kind of silly. I still totally love the whole idea of the Selection, but it felt forced here. At least all of the characters are aware that it's out of place and just a distraction, not a fix for the problem. But them noticing that almost made me feel like it was a cover up to make this new Selection make sense in spite of things. Like, there was no way to make it feel natural, since it's no longer a requirement of the royal family. It was weird, but once it got going, I was once again hooked! Eadlyn has a varied group of boys and they're all interesting, if not all likeable.

Eadlyn is a brat. There's really no other way to put it. She's spoiled and destined to be queen, and that bit of knowledge has gone straight to her head. It's not like she's completely awful, but that girl needs to get off her high horse. However, it's not like she's just this terrible character. It's very obvious that her main character arc is going to be her opening up to people and being more aware. Her whole family points out that she's very closed off and that the citizens feel like she's distant. Eadlyn thinks she's this strong, powerful woman who doesn't need anyone behind her, especially a man. That's great and all, but not if she doesn't treat people right. Half the time she doesn't even realize how she comes across, so this whole Selection is a learning process for her, since she's never had much interaction with people outside her family. Heck, she's even ignorant about the castle staff who she sees everyday! She's very entitled and caught up in her own little queendom, and she needs a reality check.

I know this all sounds quite negative, but I did really enjoy The Heir. It's the kind of fun, bookcandy that I adore. It wasn't nearly as good as the previous books, but I suspect it'll get better from here. It was just a shift in tone, I guess. I needed more time to warm up to Eadlyn and settle into her character, which is fine. I'm loving the actual Selection so far, since it's such a disaster! I do have a favorite, and I'm hoping he becomes a main love interest. I might be totally, way, super off, but I hope not!