But as the group of girls becomes smaller, she is torn between two options: live a life of comfort and wealth at the palace with Maxon, or live with her true love, Aspen, and go to sleep every night hungry. Its the movie adaptation of Kiera Casss romantic novel. But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. As the competition begins, America is only in it for the small payment her parents receive regularly from the royal family. The Selection is one of the most important movies Netflix will release in the near future. The opportunity to live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon. Finally, she gives in because her family needs her to.
When she is given the possible opportunity to compete for the hand of Prince Maxon with 34 other girls, it takes much convincing to get her to apply for the drawing. She’s saving up to marry Aspen, her neighbor and family patron who is below her in Illéa’s caste system. Seventeen-year-old America Singer thinks she has her life all planned out. By the end of the week, I had read the whole series. To my surprise, I couldn’t put the book down I finished it in a few hours. But most of my friends at school loved it, so I thought I’d see what the big deal was. Based on the cover and the description, this did not seem like the kind of book I’d enjoy.
When I picked up The Selection at the library the day before leaving for vacation, I did not have very high hopes for the book.
Darcy and host of the podcast What Should I Read Next? She is the author of I’d Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life. These stories are fun to read and provide much fodder for good conversation: female friendship, first and enduring love, wealth and poverty, rebellion and complacency.Īnne Bogel is the creator of the blog Modern Mrs. Now that I’ve inhaled the entire series, I understand why teenagers (and their moms) love to root for America.
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