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The Elite
by Kiera Cass
After reading The Selection, I was so excited to delve into The Elite. Even more exciting was that I didn't have to wait for it AND I won a copy in the winter COYER scavenger hunt! In The Elite, the girls have been narrowed down from 35 to 6, narrowing the competition field. America realizes that she does in fact love Maxon and she may have realized it too late!
America is a bit difficult for me to like in this book (hence the 4 stars instead of 5). She's the epitome of angsty-teen, creating more drama than necessary and her mood swings are so drastic and often that it's hard to keep up! It's no wonder that Maxon begins spending more time with the other girls.
Maxon is more than a little confused in this book. He loves America, he put it all out there on the line for her. Even though neither of them have said it in words yet, it's obvious their feelings for one another. His confusion comes from her mood swings and her inability to trust him. But that swings both ways!
The rebels are a little more present in this book, there's more fighting, and then there's the king. Oh my!!! I didn't see him coming. He's sadistic and twisted and I want to strangle him! But that's besides the point. And Marlee.....oh! my heart breaks for her and America in this book.
Really the book continues to revolve around the Selection and the ever evolving/devolving relationship between Maxon and America. I disliked America in this book. She just couldn't make up her mind between Maxon and Aspen. Aspen is her ex, her past, and he broke her before she was shipped off to the capital. Now that he's back as a guard, it just causes all kinds of confusion for her which in turn leads Maxon to believe he should look else where. The plot is really angst/drama driven and for me that leads to a big dislike. But there is enough backstory about the country, the reason they are in the situation they are currently in that it kept me interested! Honestly though this book is more filler and a bridge to the conclusion than it is anything else.
This book fulfills #64 on the COYER Summer Scavenger Hunt 2015
America is a bit difficult for me to like in this book (hence the 4 stars instead of 5). She's the epitome of angsty-teen, creating more drama than necessary and her mood swings are so drastic and often that it's hard to keep up! It's no wonder that Maxon begins spending more time with the other girls.
Maxon is more than a little confused in this book. He loves America, he put it all out there on the line for her. Even though neither of them have said it in words yet, it's obvious their feelings for one another. His confusion comes from her mood swings and her inability to trust him. But that swings both ways!
The rebels are a little more present in this book, there's more fighting, and then there's the king. Oh my!!! I didn't see him coming. He's sadistic and twisted and I want to strangle him! But that's besides the point. And Marlee.....oh! my heart breaks for her and America in this book.
Really the book continues to revolve around the Selection and the ever evolving/devolving relationship between Maxon and America. I disliked America in this book. She just couldn't make up her mind between Maxon and Aspen. Aspen is her ex, her past, and he broke her before she was shipped off to the capital. Now that he's back as a guard, it just causes all kinds of confusion for her which in turn leads Maxon to believe he should look else where. The plot is really angst/drama driven and for me that leads to a big dislike. But there is enough backstory about the country, the reason they are in the situation they are currently in that it kept me interested! Honestly though this book is more filler and a bridge to the conclusion than it is anything else.
This book fulfills #64 on the COYER Summer Scavenger Hunt 2015