The+Selection+Leah+Lord

Rating
5 Stars

Summary
When America Singer, enters into The Selection, a competition throughout the whole country where girls compete to win Maxon's, the Prince of Illea, heart and become queen, to please her mother. She receives a letter saying she was selected along with 34 others to go live in the palace to compete. America accepts the invitation, and leaves her lower class life and her secret boyfriend, Aspen, and goes off to the palace. Originally America's plan had been to stay unnoticed and stay as long as she can for the money benefits she can use to start saving for her dream wedding with Aspen and that her family will be receiving as long as she is still in the selection. The competition starts narrowing fast, as America's motives for staying in the selection start to change. No longer is America in it for the money, but she might have started to develop feelings towards Prince Maxon, which she never thought in a thousand years would happen. America is stuck in a love triangle.

Review
This book is a new favorite of mine. I couldn't put it down! its a combination of the __Hunger Games__ and The show, __The Bachelorette__. There are so many unexpected twist and turns in the book along with some comic relief thrown in there. Prince Maxon seems like a perfectly nice gentle man, good marriage material, plus he's the Prince. While Aspen is such a dreamy, daring, passionate guy, who has such strong ambitions. It's hard for me to choose which character I like better. The main character, America, is very fickle, which makes the book very frustrating, at times you want to yell at her and say, "What are you doing!" Other than that though, I can not think of a single dislike about this book. Any girl who is looking for an eventful, whats going to happen next, page turner book would love reading this.