The Book Mouse: The Elite by Kiera Cass // Review & Discussion

The Elite by Kiera Cass

Published on April 23rd 2013

Genres: Young Adult, Dystopian, Romance
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Source: Purchased
Buy It: Amazon • The Book Depository • Goodreads
My Rating: 4/5 Stars

The Selection began with thirty-five girls. Now with the group narrowed down to the six Elite, the competition to win Prince Maxon's heart is fiercer than ever—and America is still struggling to decide where her heart truly lies. Is it with Maxon, who could make her life a fairy tale? Or with her first love, Aspen?
America is desperate for more time. But the rest of the Elite know exactly what they want—and America's chance to choose is about to slip away. - Synopsis from Goodreads

IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE FIRST BOOK OR THIS BOOK I SUGGEST NOT READING THIS REVIEW!! JUST KNOW THAT I LIKED THIS BOOK MORE THAN THE FIRST ONE, BUT I STILL WAS V ANNOYED WITH AMERICA.

THOUGHTS:

OKAY LETS TALK! So this is the second book in the selection series and lets just say I liked it more than the first book, but I didn't love it. I shall go ahead and quote exactly what I wrote down while reading this: "30 pages in and I'm already annoyed with America - she's stringing both Aspen and Maxon along. C'mon now..." As you guess from the last book and the synopsis of this book, she's stuck between the two and it makes me want to shake her ughhhhhhhh! My biggest problem with this book was America and her indecisiveness. I swear if she was real I would've punched her in the face, sorry. She just keeps making promises to both of them like FRICK NO! STOP! PLEASE! I DON'T WANT MAXON TO GET HURT YA BUM CHEEK. Ya, can you tell how frusturated I was???? America got me like

MAKE UP YOUR FRIGGEN MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay moving on... I really did like this book a lot more than the first despite the whole America/Maxon/Aspen thing. I still didn't like how basic America was in the sense that she was our typical dystopian protagonist always against the norm, trying to show how unique she is and how she isn't like other girls. WE GET IT OK. yeesh. I still love Maxon, he's defenitely my fave in the series. Anne, Mary and Lucy added some humour which I really liked. On another note, I really like the Halloween scene because Halloween is my fave holiday ever and I love how they celebrated it at the palace.

I did like the scenes with the rebels and that whole situation even though it is typical in a dystopian to have a group that wants to overthrow the government. It did add an action element which was cool because it is mostly romance-y.

IN SUMMARY:

PLOT: Better than the first; more exciting and more action because of the Rebels. Still frustrating though with the typical dystopian elements and America's indecisiveness.

WRITING: Again, nothing amazing. Descriptive though; I could picture everything really well. Dialogue was still somewhat plain.

CHARACTERS: America was very very very frusturating. Maxon is still my favourite <3. The king is a huge (donkey). The Queen's pretty cool, I like her. Still not a fan of Aspen, like he can leave pls thx. Marlee is probably my fave Elite.

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QUOTES:

“It turns out I'm absolutely terrible at staying away from you. It's a very serious problem.”

“You know that you’ve found something amazing, and you want to hold on to it forever; and every second after you have it, you fear the moment you might lose it.”

“Sometimes I feel like we're a knot, too tangled to be taken apart.”

“He must love you very much,' Gavril said once I had my footing.
I couldn't look at him. 'What makes you say that?' Gavril sighed. 'I've known Maxon since he was a child. He's never stood up to his father like that.”

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