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Now that I have finally read The Elite, I can let out the breath I didn't realize I had been holding. Kidding! Kind of. I was antsy the entire time I was reading, because I knew stuff was going to happen! I was excited for and dreading stuff, but I didn't know what. Maxon has whittled down 35 girls to just 6, even though there's really only one girl he has his sights on. America is confused about her feelings for Maxon and the responsibilities that would come with loving him. But she's also not over Aspen, and having him as a back up plan is a bit comforting, but is that all he is now? While the love triangle does play a larger role in The Elite, there is actually a lot more world building and focus on the rebel attacks and civil unrest that was mostly just hinted at previously.

I loved The Elite. Not as much as The Selection, but this was still an amazing sequel. No filler material! Certainly no middle book syndrome! It was missing a little something for me though. A lot of major events happen, but nothing that really WOWed me. I think it was mostly the lack of romantic drama on America's part that let me down. I was totally expecting some huge blow out over Aspen, but it never came. However, America does cause quite the scandal near the end! Enough to get the attention of the king! Dang girl!

My favorite part of The Elite was probably getting to know Maxon better. I'm firmly on his team, and have been, since I think Aspen is a jerk. And I honestly believe, America is just keeping him close so she doesn't go back to nothing. They do have history and that's hard to let go of, especially since her life outside of the palace is going to be extremely different if she were eliminated. But, back to Maxon. I loved how he didn't put up with America's tantrums. He tells her things how they are, and makes his position very clear. He wants her and does not want to be played with! He's been very sweet and understanding up until this point, but this his life too, and probably his only shot at finding a partner. America needs to get her crap together! Although there were times I wanted to knee Maxon in the groin, because aaahhh! Why her?!?! No no no! Stop!

There's a lot more plotty goodness in The Elite, too. Who knew researching Halloween would cause so many problems? I'm not going to give anything away on that front, but I will say there was a lot more excitement than the first book. The rebels attack several times, which could have gotten repetitive, but each time was different. There were different threats and complications, and I was always worried. No one is safe! I also enjoyed getting to learn more about the history of Illea, which is of course, very different than what the citizens are told. It also has me highly suspicious of the king...

Basically, I adored The Elite. There's excitement and romance and danger! There was still some of the fun cattiness from The Selection, and I really wanted to be the one to punch Celeste in her gorgeous face. Seriously, that girl! Ahh! I cannot wait to see what comes next for the remaining girls.


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The Elite The Selection Kiera Cass Books Reviews

SPOILERS AHOY

There is no plot in this book. Characters just kind of walk around doing pointless things because they need to fill pages to get to the next book and sell more books in between. America, our “heroine,” and I use the term loosely, goes back and forth between her “ex” boyfriend Aspen and Prince Maxi-Pad, sometimes within a page of each other. The prince wants her to start picking out furniture, but she keeps cheating with soldier boy and to see how long she can drag this out. She’s got more flip flops than a house of pancakes.

Aspen dumped her in the previous book so she wouldn’t live poor with him as a husband, then was drafted into military service and ended up as a palace guard. Then he told her she isn’t fit to be a princess so that she would be wracked with self-doubt and run back to him every time Prince Maxi-Pad does something stupid. Now they smooch on the sly even though that’s considered treason and can get them *ahem severely punished*. Do you understand that? Good, because neither of them do.

Prince Maxi-Pad is so in love with America. She’s the only one for him, but has hot make out sessions with the other ladies because has severe daddy issues. That’s an excuse, right?

Marlee is doing the same thing that America is doing with another guard, but they get caught. There was going to be very bad punishment, but thanks to Prince Maxi-Pad, the penalty was reduced to just bad punishment. She’s expendable, just like all the other contestants in The Selection. She’s the character who gets actual consequences to prove the situation is serious. Natalie’s sister dies to show that this dystopia thing is real, and is sent home to remind you that America *could* get sent home, so maybe you should worry… but not really.

King Clarkson occasionally does very bad things. You’ll totally forgive him for that when he tells off the whiny America, though. It’s called satisfaction, a feeling you won’t get from any other part of this series. He’s not cheating on anyone right now—as far as we know, wink wink nudge nudge.

The Rebels intermittently attack the palace for no apparent reason whatsoever. If they were smart, they might take valuables or food. Maybe they should try to get on television and broadcast their message to the people of Illea to further their cause, but you’re assuming they have a cause. They just continue to break through the worst security since Star Wars storm troopers to mildly vandalize the royal residence. They’re in it for the lulz.

Gregory Illea is Not In This Book. He’s the only interesting character in this entire series, which is why you’ll never hear anything about him again. He left a diary full of answers to important questions, but you’ll never get to see the whole thing.

Bonus Picayune Nitpicking Section

His Royal Debonaireness Maxi-Pad, Crown Prince of Illogica
*Sigh* The prince would not be addressed as "Your Majesty." That's for the king and queen. The prince would be addressed as "Your Highness." Also, generally you don’t become a king just by marrying your daughter off to a prince. That’s not how it works. That's not how any of this works!

Fahrenhype 451
The first king of Illogica was probably not the only one keeping a diary, and more books than the ones in the palace survived the wars than that. Getting rid of books wouldn’t happen so easily. You can ban books, you can burn them, you can have cause a lot of grief for having them, but that only makes people cling to them that much more. There are underground libraries out there, private citizens with huge collections, and people finding them in abandoned old houses and such in this marshmallow “dystopia.” Not to mention people are going to set up printing presses and start spreading the word, and let’s not even get in to how people will keep on printing and distributing the bible. I guarantee it.

You've Got Internet!
The same goes for the computers. If you’ve got dystopian computers, you’ve got dystopian techies who know how to maintain and repair these things. They’ve deconstructed and analyzed the hardware and software, and they’re building more. The chances of computers being that rare are slim and none. And once somebody copies the palace hard drive, all that “top secret” stuff is OUT. All it takes is ONE copy. Whatever the motivation is to keep history top secret, these people are living on borrowed time. Geeks + computers + phone lines = INTERNET. The information age is reborn, people figure out they’ve been had, and there’s another American revolution. I can’t suspend my disbelief when the author ignores such gaping plot holes like this.

Be 78% of What You Can Be
Women are not even serving in supportive roles in the military? Is *everyone* in Illogica holding the idiot ball? You don’t go through World Wars III and IV, plus the ongoing Laff-a-Lympics with the Rebels, without efficiently using able-bodied citizens when and where needed. Unless of course you really want to lose.

I don't always lift things up...
Aspen thinks the rebels are stealing the books from the palace for kindling. Are you kidding me? That’s like breaking into the White House to steal Post-It notes for making kindergarten mosaics. Why would anyone do that? I know the guy is dumb as a rock, because everyone else in the book is, but that is beyond the threshold of incompetence. He is not Secret Service/Kingsguard material.

Overall, reading this book was like squishing a spider. You know it’s going to be really gross, but you *have* to look. You could skip it and not miss much because it’s filler—you’ll probably want to know about Marlee’s punishment and the Italian princess and her phone number, but I’m sure those things will be sufficiently explained again in The One. I liked this book, because it was an easy afternoon read, everything is better with royals, and I like garbage. However, *it’s garbage.* Look elsewhere for plot, depth, meaning, substance, or something that moves from point A to point B. Three stars for 323 pages of not going anywhere…

But I have glanced through the spellbinding conclusion, Buttercup, and there be arms deals and weddings afoot...
Now that I have finally read The Elite, I can let out the breath I didn't realize I had been holding. Kidding! Kind of. I was antsy the entire time I was reading, because I knew stuff was going to happen! I was excited for and dreading stuff, but I didn't know what. Maxon has whittled down 35 girls to just 6, even though there's really only one girl he has his sights on. America is confused about her feelings for Maxon and the responsibilities that would come with loving him. But she's also not over Aspen, and having him as a back up plan is a bit comforting, but is that all he is now? While the love triangle does play a larger role in The Elite, there is actually a lot more world building and focus on the rebel attacks and civil unrest that was mostly just hinted at previously.

I loved The Elite. Not as much as The Selection, but this was still an amazing sequel. No filler material! Certainly no middle book syndrome! It was missing a little something for me though. A lot of major events happen, but nothing that really WOWed me. I think it was mostly the lack of romantic drama on America's part that let me down. I was totally expecting some huge blow out over Aspen, but it never came. However, America does cause quite the scandal near the end! Enough to get the attention of the king! Dang girl!

My favorite part of The Elite was probably getting to know Maxon better. I'm firmly on his team, and have been, since I think Aspen is a jerk. And I honestly believe, America is just keeping him close so she doesn't go back to nothing. They do have history and that's hard to let go of, especially since her life outside of the palace is going to be extremely different if she were eliminated. But, back to Maxon. I loved how he didn't put up with America's tantrums. He tells her things how they are, and makes his position very clear. He wants her and does not want to be played with! He's been very sweet and understanding up until this point, but this his life too, and probably his only shot at finding a partner. America needs to get her crap together! Although there were times I wanted to knee Maxon in the groin, because aaahhh! Why her?!?! No no no! Stop!

There's a lot more plotty goodness in The Elite, too. Who knew researching Halloween would cause so many problems? I'm not going to give anything away on that front, but I will say there was a lot more excitement than the first book. The rebels attack several times, which could have gotten repetitive, but each time was different. There were different threats and complications, and I was always worried. No one is safe! I also enjoyed getting to learn more about the history of Illea, which is of course, very different than what the citizens are told. It also has me highly suspicious of the king...

Basically, I adored The Elite. There's excitement and romance and danger! There was still some of the fun cattiness from The Selection, and I really wanted to be the one to punch Celeste in her gorgeous face. Seriously, that girl! Ahh! I cannot wait to see what comes next for the remaining girls.