Just like the bachelor. But better.
Welcome to the Selection:
"The chance to change your life".
When Miss America Singer, a young girl put in a poor caste, gets thrown into a whirlwind beauty contest where the winner gets a crown, she can not seem to get anything right. Prince Maxon, the Bachelor, is a likable figure yet definitely mysterious. All throughout this series, Kiera Cass mixes themes similar to the Hunger Games and royalty with the ultimately addicting emotions that are involved in the Bachelor. Yet, like the Bachelor himself, Prince Maxon, remains yet a mystery to Kiera Cass' readers.
America Singer - Poverty to Princess
Many readers already know this Hallmark Story about a princess gone from rags to riches. America Singer, a red head that comes from a poor, working class family, constantly finds herself stuck in the middle of playing peacemaker, caregiver, daughter and sister all at once.
However, unlike many of the stories I've read before, America Singer holds one difference that makes her life more interesting from the beginning - She is already in love with a boy named Aspe, who comes from a caste even lower and poorer than hers.
Although their relationship is anything but simple, the purpose of this relationship becomes clear to the readers as time goes on: America is ultimately aware of the troubles of many people in her nation, and as a result, is more compassionate about their well-being than any other candidate that Maxon encounters.
A Royal Romance
"Suddenly those stares made sense. My intentions didn't matter. They didn't know I didn't want this. In their eyes, I was a threat. And I could see they wanted me gone."
Ironically enough though, Miss America did not want to become princess when initially brought to Prince Maxon's castle, which causes her to become victim of the vicious competition between the other Selected girls fighting for the Prince's heart. America was forced by her mother to apply to The Selection as an opportune moment to become famous and regard a higher status which would benefit her family economically.
However, once America meets Maxon for the first time in a garden, things become more complicated than they seem.
"True love is usually the most inconvenient kind."
Prince Maxon initially loved America from the start, which causes Cass's readers to swoon with admiration for his manners, charm, and love of photography. And the unrequited love aspect of this book constantly has the reader on edge.
Throughout this book, America faces the challenge of letting go of her past in exchange for a possible future larger than she imaged, and ultimately leaves us on a cliffhanger as to what life she choses to lead and where her decisions take her during the next two books.
"There's a different kind of beauty that comes with humility and honesty."
At the end of the story, the strong and stubborn America Singer makes the readers realize that one doesn't have to be the smartest or attractive in the room to be a potential princess.
You can create your own future, if you follow your heart and be yourself.
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