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4 Stars/5
Princess Eadlyn has grown up hearing about her parent’s
selection 20 years ago. While she loves the story, she does not want to repeat
it as she wants to postpone getting married for as long as possible and is too
busy learning to rule. However, life as a princess is never her own and her
parent convince her to go through with a selection to distract her country from
its problems. Eadlyn is not used to this many boys trying to win her affection,
and while some hold no interest for her, a few start to creep into her heart
but will she be able to find her own happily ever after?
The Heir is the fourth book in the Selection series,
although it is more of a companion novel, and I found it much more enjoyable
than the second and third Selection books. It is fast paced and interesting to
see the selection from the other side of the process. It is obviously romantic
but it also had a lot of politics.
I was not a big fan of Eadlyn as she was spoilt,
self-entitled and bratty which makes her not very likeable, but I did warm to
her in the second half. Now the boys, most people’s favourite is Kile, who is
an adventurous bookworm who wants to explore. There is Hale who is charming and
confident, and Henri who is a very sweet character, but I don’t think that
Eadlyn will chose them. My favourite is Erik as I feel him and Eadlyn have a
deeper connection than she does with the other boys.
This book has a cliff-hanger ending and I am looking
forward to reading the next book The Crown but I am a bit worried, as the
original series went downhill with each book. I would recommend The Heir to
fans of the first three selection books.
I liked Erik too! Even though he wasn't part of the Selection, I still dod ship them together. I hope The Crown will finish the series off on a good note.
ReplyDeleteGreat review!
~Erika @ Books, Stars, Writing. And Everything In Between.
Thanks Erika, I really hope that the Crown is good to and I am really looking forward to reading it.
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