Not a fanthis book was alarmingly bad. it assumes that its reader is dumb
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The Selection (The Selection #1) (2012)
Others: Mostly positive 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.
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- 9780062059949
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- 344 pages
Genres: romance, young adult
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Not a fan
Loved itthe romance in here between america and maxin in particular just had my heart like i read this entire trilogy in three days because i could not put it down
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Loved itI just read it finally for the first time this year and I loved it's not that it's like written amazingly well it's just that this book was like pure entertainment I was so in love with this book and the characters that I could not put the book down
Loved iteveryone is stupid and it's definitely not the best book in the world but it was so much fun I can't tell you like how many great memories I have attached to these books. I love the selection I still love the selection and I'm going to keep loving the selection
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Mixedit's so addicting and I'm mentioning it purely because it's so entertaining and you cannot deny that a lot of people don't like it a lot of people do like it I will not say it's the most phenomenal thing there is out there like no it's not but you know it goes really far back in my past and I loved these books when I read them
Loved itI read this back in May and it was so good. I didn't expect to like it because it's about like princes and princesses and stuff and royalty and it's dystopian, but it's really good.