Book Review: The One (The Selection #3)

It’s been a while since a book drew me in so much, since I just couldn’t stop reading. The Selection may not be a classic, but it’s one of the best book series I’ve read. Everything just flows and even when sometimes the characters are a little immature, it’s because they are. They are teenagers thrown into adult situations expecting to make adult decision. Still, our two main characters, America and Maxon, are responsible and honorable and I like that.

This story feels really thought out and you can’t help but enjoy it and keep reading to know how the predictable ending will actually take place. It’s just a joy, I can’t say it enough.

Book three is the culmination of America’s life at the palace as she falls in love with Prince Maxon, expecting him to love her back the way she needs him to. It’s not just about that, it’s about the future of a country, a deadly rebel force attacking more and more often and family.

The ending does take the lives of some of my favorite characters (one in particular), in a horrible way, but it is the beginning of a civil war and there are fatalities, unfortunately. The story shifts from just an episode of “The Bachelor” in the first book to a complicated political war to end society’s caste system. I couldn’t have asked for more in a series. It all made sense at the end. It was beautiful. I cannot recommend this book enough.

It was just a joy and I envy everyone who hasn’t lived what I have with these books and will do it for the first time.

cheers!