Series: The Selection #5
Author: Kiera Cass
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: May 3rd 2016
Summary from Goodreads:
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.
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.
Review
The Crown was a great conclusion to an entertaining and fun read. Eadlyn has come quite far from the first couple chapters of The Heir; she is more aware of other feelings, open to love, and slowly maturing. (I felt like I wanted to strangle her less ;) ) Overall she became a more like-able and respectable leader and main character.
My main reservation with this final book is that it felt a tad rushed. Part of the selection process drama and the introduction to a new character felt like it was forced and merely used as a plot point not really adding much to the overall enjoyment of the story. One of the candidates dismissals felt hasty, while I understood the reasoning it just seemed to be done rather quickly disregarding their recent past interactions.
In the end, Eadlyn picked the guy I was rooting for so that did make for a cute ending. (I don't typically pick the guy that ends up getting the girl). I did enjoy that this book did not try to be a dystopian to the extent that the first three books did. There are elements that linger from the first three books, and politics that do come into play but they merely are additions to the romance heavy plot. Ultimately, The Crown for me was a easy read in this Bachelorette like drama filled love story!
My main reservation with this final book is that it felt a tad rushed. Part of the selection process drama and the introduction to a new character felt like it was forced and merely used as a plot point not really adding much to the overall enjoyment of the story. One of the candidates dismissals felt hasty, while I understood the reasoning it just seemed to be done rather quickly disregarding their recent past interactions.
In the end, Eadlyn picked the guy I was rooting for so that did make for a cute ending. (I don't typically pick the guy that ends up getting the girl). I did enjoy that this book did not try to be a dystopian to the extent that the first three books did. There are elements that linger from the first three books, and politics that do come into play but they merely are additions to the romance heavy plot. Ultimately, The Crown for me was a easy read in this Bachelorette like drama filled love story!
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