The Selection (The Selection, Book 1)

Kiera Cass

Jun 2012 · The Selection Book 1 · HarperCollins UK

About this ebook

Thirty-five beautiful girls. Thirty-five beautiful rivals...

It’s the chance of a lifetime and 17-year-old America Singer should feel lucky. She has been chosen for The Selection, a reality TV lottery in which the special few compete for gorgeous Prince Maxon’s love.

Swept up in a world of elaborate gowns, glittering jewels and decadent feasts, America is living a new and glamorous life. And the prince takes a special interest in her, much to the outrage of the others.

Rivalry within The Selection is fierce and not all of the girls are prepared to play by the rules. But what they don’t know is that America has a secret – one which could throw the whole competition... and change her life forever.

Ratings and reviews

I honestly loved everything about this story! The fantastic world-building, the realistic government and I especially like a lot of the characters - I'd say that the only thing I didn't like was the whole dynamic between America and Aspen. At first it was because I found America ridiculously unbearable but then it was because of Aspen's...I don't know how to put it but he just became really unlikeable. Though, America's character developed and I truly like her character now. Can't wait for the next book!

I enjoyed reading this book. It's not boring. But the story is very predictable and I really hoped that there would more depth in the characters as well as the story itself. Unfortunately I'm not going to continue the series...

I read this book in the summer and I read all 5 books in 5 days because I loved them so much 💜. I would of liked to have had a bitt more about the rebels and the revolution as I felt given it was happening, it should've held greater significance to the storyline but other than that it was freaking perfect so it definitely deserves all 5 stars ✨⭐. There were so many great 👍 things about this books 📚 that made them super addictive and the best 5 da ays of my summer , I do not regret buying these at all. I absolutely loved Americas character of stubbornness and determination and was actually kinda disappointed she won the competition after what happened between her and aspen leger. Her family storyline was also really The broader storyline for this series was very interesting and I literally could not out the book down at al , I would totally recommend a million percent 😂. Thankuou for reading my review and I hope you will enjoy reading this amazing series as much 💜 as I did. Ella :)

About the author

Kiera Cass graduated from Radford University with a degree in History. She grew up in South Carolina and currently lives in Blacksburg, Virginia with her family. In her spare time, Kiera enjoys reading, dancing, making videos and eating unhealthy amounts of cake. You can learn more about Kiera at kieracass.com, follow her on twitter via @kieracass, and see her silly videos at YouTube.com/user/kieracass.