The Elite by Kiera Cass

Sypnosis (from Goodreads):

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.

My Review -- 5/5 stars!

The Selection recap: America is chosen to be one of the 35 girls to compete for Prince Maxon's heart. She meets her best friend Marlee. Maxon eliminates some the girls. The palace gets attacked, and then the girls start panicking. Maxon doesn't know how to handle them so America helps him. After the attack, some of the girls get terrified and leave The Selection. Aspen, America's ex, comes to the palace as a guard and tells America that he wants to get back together. Maxon and America start having a crush on each other. They went on dates through the gardens. America is hated by the King. Maxon fights for her and keeps her in the top 6 girls.

Diving from The Selection into this was a great experience. Wonderful writing. America and Maxon progress their relationship in this book through a lot of twists and turns. 

Friendship's grew and so did enemies. Loved that kind of twist that Kiera put in this book. I could not put this book down and read it in one sitting.

Characters:

America and Maxon (Protagonist)

Their relationship is my favourite in this book. They fight so much in all of the books. Sometimes when they are on the verge of breaking up, something would come along and fix it. Kiera is a genius author.

Marlee (Protagonist):

She is still a best friend of America but one with a lot of secrets. I loved that she was so sweet and kind with everyone.

Aspen (Antagonist):

When he arrives at the palace in the previous book, I was in between shocked and happy. Some people and some of my friends said that they couldn't stand Aspen there but I didn't mind him, as long as he doesn't end up with America it's all good.

Celeste (Antagonist):

She was a pain The Elite but sometimes got better in treating America. I think without her the books would have really boring.

The Plot:

As you all know, the country that they live in Illea. The name itself has a kind of a fantasy thing to it. The plot twist was so tragic that I was almost in tears. The tragedy brought a horror upon The Elites and the whole palace especially America. The views on The Caste's is really high in this book. A five or below are considered nothing which I despised in this book. Why do have to get treated this way in the book? No one should be treated that way.

Favourite quote:

"Don't tug your ear with anyone else. That's mine."

"A lot of things are yours, America."

The Elite

The One (The Selection, #3)