This upsets him, as he believes he should be the one to provide for her, but is unable to because he is a Six (the servant caste) and has no means of doing so since he already has to take care of his mother and siblings. Despite pressure from her mother, America has no interest in entering the competition, because she already has Aspen, her next-door neighbor and secret boyfriend.Īfter having a conversation with her mother which lets her keep most of her savings, America decides to surprise Aspen with dinner at her treehouse. The prince of Illéa, Maxon Schreave, announces that he is following in his father's footsteps by holding the Selection, a competition for the prince's hand in marriage and the crown. America, however, doesn't care, because she enjoys entertaining, especially with a violin. Since their prosperity depends on their desirability, Fives live a lower-class life. musicians, artists, actors, dancers, etc.). America Singer is a Five, the "artist" caste (e.g. In a futuristic world, society is divided into castes, with Ones being the most prosperous, consisting of royals and elites, and Eights being mostly orphans/homeless, drug users, handicapped, and unemployable. She also commented that she had written the book "from start to finish", while her writing process for the other books differed. Kiera Cass stated that she began writing The Selection after thinking about the differences between Esther and Cinderella, wondering if either of them were happy with how they ended up. All four novels were collected into one volume Happily Ever After, including bonus content and epilogues. The Queen and The Favorite are prequels, focusing on two other supporting characters in the main series. The first two, The Prince and The Guard, are narrated from the point of view of two supporting characters. In addition, four spin-off novellas were released.
The last two take place twenty years after the events in the first three. It is the first in a five-book series, followed by The Elite (2013), The One (2014), The Heir (2015) and The Crown (May 2016). Recycling.The Selection is a young adult novel by Kiera Cass first published on Apby HarperCollins. When someone else remembers some great story about me/us that I’ve forgotten. Not walking up but looking at a beautiful staircase. Spending an hour typing at a coffee shop. That my wedding dress was tea length, not floor. I think I’ve discovered the canyon that must be leaped, and I hope to find you waiting for me on the other side.I love you, America.īeing married.
You said that to get things right one of us would have to take a leap of faith. Without you, my life would still exist, but that’s all it would manage to do. You are not the world, but you are everything that makes the world good. You are clarity in the midst of confusion. You are laughter that breaks through sadness. America, my love, you are sunlight falling through trees. I wish I was as true an artist as you so that I could find a way to tell you what you’ve become to me. No scolding from a tutor, no lashing from my father, no isolation in my youth has ever hurt me so much as you separating yourself from me. He had his staff gripped, and his eyes flashed threateningly. I’m not sure what she was looking after since you’re not here but she saw me, shrieked, and a guard came running in to see what was wrong. And as I was leaving your room, Mary caught me. So I went to your room to spray your perfume on my handkerchief, another silly trick to make me feel like you were here.
CHARACTERS IN THE ONE BY KIERA CASS SKIN
I miss your perfume drifting off your hair when you turn to laugh at me or your scent radiating on your skin when we walk through the garden. I wish it was something I could save and share with the world so I could tell the universe: this is what it’s like this is how it feels when you fall. I wish it was something I could catch with a net or place in a book. But never have I come across anything so painfully beautiful as that kiss. I’ve seen so much, America, had access to the corners of our planet. Did I ever tell you how I felt that night? It wasn’t just getting my first kiss ever it was getting to have that first kiss with you. I suppose I should say first kisses, but what I mean is the second, the one I was actually invited to give you. I want inside jokes and fights and everything. I want peanut butter fingerprints on my desk. I want the holidays and the birthdays, the busy seasons and lazy weekends. She was so anxious about getting back in the palace to tell him how she really feel. Thanks to her sister who made her see the light. America realized that she really loves Maxon and is so afraid to say it to him.
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