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THE ELITE
BY KIERA CASS

GENRE      :FANTASY, YOUNG ADULT

SYNOPSIS:


America remains in the palace, learning rules and how to run a country. On one of her dates with Maxon, she asks him what Halloween is. Since he doesn't know, he shows her the royal library and makes her swear to keep it a secret. Together, they learn about Halloween, and Maxon lends a private journal to America. This jounal used to belong to Gregory Illea, the first King of Illea, the country the old United States has become. 

Marlee is also part of the Elite and she and America are still close friends. Marlee encourages America to end the competition and agree to marry Maxon, but America resists, even when Maxon throws her a Halloween Party and invites the families of the remaining girls. Maxon admits he would have already married America except for her reluctance, and that night, America decides to accept him if he asks her. However, the next morning, America is woken up and told to dress in black. 


All the girls (except Marlee) are escorted outside. Marlee and another guard have been having an affair during her time at the Selection--a crime punishable by death. Maxon shows them mercy by stripping them of their castes (making them Eights) and publically whipping them. Broken hearted, America is determined to leave because she felt betrayed my Maxon. However, he convinces her to stay. 


One morning, the girls are outside planning a reception when rebels attack the palace. Panicking, America runs into the nearby forest and climbs a tree. While there, a rebel girl spies her and gives a mocking bow before running off with a large pile of books. America is found and returned to the worried Prince. 


But, America and Maxon begin to drift apart, and to battle this, America throws herself into her studies, including planning a reception for the Italians. The Princess of Italy takes a liking to America and unofficially supports her because in America, she sees a potential ally who would also like to erase the caste system. America begins to see Aspen in private, even after witnessing what happened to Marlee. 


Her emotions for Aspen return and after seeing Maxon make out with Celeste (America's least favorite person), America is DONE. She decides that for the philanthropy project she is supposed to plan, she will plan to eradicate the caste system, and leave the competition with a bang! 


However, her presentation accomplished nothing, and had the unforeseen consequence of Maxon standing up to his father, the King. America runs into Maxon as he leaves the hospital wing just when a group of rebels attack. They make it to a hidden room, where America discovers he took a beating from his father for her, he rescued Marlee as best he could, and he ALSO wants to end the caste system. However, he's doing it slowly, whereas America ruined her chances to stay after her public denouncing of the system. They talk long into the night, and America realizes she lost her chance with him. 


When they are found the next morning, America prepares to leave. At the last minute, Maxon catches her, and tells her that he sent another girl, Natalie, home. He told the King that America was responsible for saving his life, and she is allowed to stay so long as she behaves properly. Maxon also tells her that she has his heart, but not his trust, which she will have to earn back. The second novel in "The Selection Series" ends with the King threatening America, and her maids plotting on how to keep her in the game and win the crown.



REVIEW:


This is going to be a tough review for me, be warned. Last summer I read The Selection and I loved it. I thought the whole idea of a story like this was really original. I loved that it was like The Bachelor put into a dystopian book. I saw a lot of positive reviews about it so I figured it would be positive for me too. So I had to read The Elite also of course and I must say (obviously) I'm rather disappointed by it. Actually a whole lot disappointed. 



I really wanted to like this book, more so than some others because The Selection was so good for me. Maybe I had to high hopes but I wanted to enjoy this. The fact that I didn't was a big disappointment because I just wanted this book to be done and over. And that's just never good with any book.



I was so frustrated with pretty much everything and every character in The Elite. First of all, America. What was up with her? She kept running back and forth between Maxon and Aspen. It was literally one page she was loving on Maxon and the next she was crawling back to Aspen. Girl, no, just no. The whole book was like this. All about that stupid love triangle. I can like love triangles if they are done well but in this book it has got to be one of the most terrible I've ever read about. And what was up with her decision making? I could hardly follow her train of thought. Doesn't she think at all? At least the one thing that I didn't totally hate was how America was able to read Gregory Illea's diary. What a jackass he was. That's the only thing I want to know more about. Is the diary what the rebels are after or is it something else?

I used to love Maxon to bits and pieces but this book ruined him for me. I didn't like him one bit. I guess that The Selection is some sort of game and Maxon has to be sure that he makes the right decision but please, I can't stand the whole thing. Dating all these girls, messing around with him. Ugh! No wonder America got so jealous. And really, Maxon, Celeste? REALLY? The only thing that's not totally awful is that I can sort of understand him a bit, with everything his father (who is a totally pyscho by the way) puts him through he wants distractions but there are other ways. I did feel sorry for what America witnessed at some point...

Aspen still is some sort of vague character for me. He wasn't that much in the book but also not totally absent. He did some pretty nice things for America but after what happened to Marlee I can't understand why both him and America would take such huge risks. They are asking to get caught! And no, it doesn't mean that when I'm no longer team Maxon that I'm suddenly team Aspen. I can't pick any teams in this book because they both suck. I'm team America, get the hell out of there and work on yourself, please.

The remaining girls in The Selection are definitely on my black list. Especially Kriss. I can't stand her. I get that America messed up and that suddenly Kriss and Maxon got close but it was all so awful to read about. And Celeste, I need her to leave already. 

There were some rebel attacks again. Wonder what that's about. It's awful but I'd rather read about them attacking the palace and have some action at least than America going back and forth with her two guys. Seriously. But even with the few attacks, we don't know anything. So yeah, frustration everywhere for every character. 



I was also quite disappointed with the author's writing. And I'm not saying this to bash her or anything. I don't even like giving a book this low a rating because I barely do that. But I couldn't get over it. I didn't like the writing at all. It felt rushed and I can't remember I hated it this much with The Selection. What happened I wondered. I missed action. A lot of them. You'd think because there are rebels, they should've been more of that than there was. Sadly enough it wasn't so. And I really disliked the ending. Literally nothing happened throughout this book. Nothing. I am so disappointed! At least the cover is beautiful and it was a fast read.

Overall, The Elite by Kiera Cass was a huge disappointment. Everything from the frustrating characters to the lame plot to the weak writing, it all felt rushed. I wished I had liked it a lot more, but sadly enough I didn't. But I decided I will read the third book once it comes out because I want to know the ending. I hope it won't disappoint me again



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