The story follows America and Maxon as they discover who they are as individuals, and who they are together. Their story is one of friendship, bravery, and of course, love. Well, let me tell you, three is not enough! Their story demonstrates raw, difficult, beautiful love and has set my expectations way too high. America and Maxon’s love story is stretched out over three books (not including the novellas and extra scenes). She does not expect to be chosen, as practically every girl that is eligible has signed up, but she is chosen and the story takes off as she participates in the competition at the palace to gain Prince Maxon’s love. Eventually, America does enter as a favor to Aspen, who asks her to join so he knows he is not holding her back from anything. America is resistant to enter because of her love for Aspen, but her mother pushes her to enter. Any girl of the right age can enter the selection, but only 35 are chosen. Prince Maxon, the only son of the King and Queen, is holding a selection to find a wife-essentially, The Bachelor, but for royalty.

She is in love with her neighbor, Aspen, who is a Six and has an even harder time putting food on the table.

Her family has a hard time getting a sufficient amount of food, but they get by. Many of them starve, are forced to do difficult labor and get sick because of the polluted air in which they live.Īmerica Singer, the protagonist of The Selection, is a Five. Life for the richer castes is swell, but for those that are Fives or higher, life is a constant struggle. There are restrictions based on the castes, which determines professions, living situations, and wealth. The citizens are split up into castes that range from Ones to Eights, Ones being the richest, Eights being the poorest. The captivating story takes place in a country by the name of Illéa, with a monarchy as their form of government. It is a five-book series, with Happily Ever After acting as a companion to the series ( Happily Ever After consists of four novellas and exclusive never-before-seen content and scenes). If you are looking for a good book series, I could not recommend Kiera Cass’ The Selection more.

The selection book series