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The Crown
By: Kiera Cass
Behold, The Crown! Kiera Cass has done it again. She made me cry. Like, a river of tears. The Crown was a sad but satisfying ending to her debut series, The Selection. In the first three books, we read the story of America Singer, a poor girl from a poor neighborhood, who had a stroke of luck, found her true love, and become Illea’s queen. Then, in the fourth book, The Heir, we returned to the castle twenty years later to find that America and Maxon’s daughter, Eadlyn, is holding a Selection of her own. Now, in The Crown, Eadlyn is on the verge of finding out who she truly is, and what love really means.
“When Eadlyn became the first princess of Illéa to hold her own Selection, she didn’t think she would fall in love with any of her thirty-five suitors. She spent the first few weeks of the competition counting down the days until she could send them all home. But as events at the palace force Eadlyn even further into the spotlight, she realizes that she might not be content remaining alone.
Eadlyn still isn’t sure she’ll find the fairytale ending her parents did twenty years ago. But sometimes the heart has a way of surprising you…and soon Eadlyn must make a choice that feels more impossible—and more important—than she ever imagined.” –GoodReads.com
Like I said before, The Crown was a very satisfying ending, even though at one point it did break my heart. This was also when the characters really interacted with each other and it became a character driven story. Reading it felt like being inside the character’s head, not watching the story unfold in front of you, which is a great thing, but being inside the mind of someone is always more exciting!
And now probably one of the most important things in a book, second only to the plot itself, character arcs. In the previous book, The Heir, Eadlyn was a whiny little diva. The book even opened with the lines, “there is no one more powerful than me”, and that attitude was carried throughout the whole book. But then when we come to The Crown, something inside Eadlyn’s mind clicked, and her perspective on things changed. She saw the world for what it really was, and that instead of using her power to provide a cushion for her feelings and as an excuse for her behavior, she can use it to help those who don’t have ANY power. Eadlyn learned who she was, what she had, what she could do.
When writing a final installment to a series, the author has to be extremely careful in how they play things out. They have to somehow fill all the plot holes, answer all the questions, and keep it an entertaining story. For being her first last book, Cass seemed to know how to do that. She ended the story in harmony with the plot, she didn’t just throw a bunch of information in random places and call it a day. In a way, she wrapped up the series and put a bow on top. It was a gift.
I’m sad to see The Selection series end, but I can’t wait to see what Kiera Cass does next. I can tell you right now that I plan on reading any book she writes. That’s all for now! Bye!!!
-ECtheBOOKLION
Buy the Book:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Crown-Selection-Kiera-Cass-ebook/dp/B013PKDSHI
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-crown-kiera-cass/1122825564
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