#Pictures of the one by kiera cass series
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#Pictures of the one by kiera cass free

Again, this is the heroine of the story here, the one the reader is supposed to admire, advocating for birth control and free love. She also resents that birth control is a luxury only available to higher castes. She is angry that she doesnвЂ™t have the right to choose when and with whom she has sex. The only law America seems to truly dislike is the one forbidding fornication. On this front alone, I would pause to question the authoressвЂ™ agenda before handing this book to a young teenager.ДЄnother interesting agenda I noticed in this novel is a theme promoting free access to birth control. One might also pause to wonder why these scenes between America and Aspen are dwelt on so heavily, since the overall impression from the book is that you should want America to end up with Prince Maxon. However, I did find the rather graphic descriptions of America making out with her ex-boyfriend needlessly erotic.

#Pictures of the one by kiera cass series

To give a small measure of praise, at least in this first book of the series Kiera Cass keeps her characters clothed. Yes, itвЂ™s strange circumstances, but I find the overall messages here about what dating should look like, especially dating multiple women, troubling. America struggles with feeling jealous of the parade of вЂњother women,вЂќ but thinks she needs to squelch her feelings because itвЂ™s all part of the Selection. Calling taking each of 35 women out to dinner in turn вЂњdatingвЂќ is one thing, but when you add declarations of love and kisses into the mix, Prince MaxonвЂ™s behavior begins to verge more on cheating, at least to me. Should a man be dating 35 women at once? Perhaps you must define вЂњdatingвЂќ to answer that question. The whole concept of The Selection actually bothers me.

Take away her honesty, and she becomes a much less likable and admirable character, and a poor model for Catholic teens. I found this deceit from America particularly offensive because what initially catches Prince MaxonвЂ™s attention is her honesty. America admits she knows this is wrong, says she feels guilty, but continues to lead on both men anyway.

I found it completely infuriating that America has little problem with dating Prince Maxon, knowing he loves her and admitting she might love him, while also renewing her relationship with Aspen. Since this is a teen romance novel, of course there is a love triangle, activated when ex-boyfriend Aspen decides he no longer wants to be an ex. America is also a good role model when it comes to friendships, being open, amicable, and charitable to the other contestants. She also learns a good lesson about premature judgments when she has to rethink her rashly formed opinions about Prince Maxon. For example, America is careful to only use make up and clothing to enhance her natural appearance. Of course this book is not evil incarnate, and I will freely admit there were certain redeeming themes.

Again predictably, she gains his attention immediately with her honesty and sad story of having a broken heart from being dumped by her ex-boyfriend back home, Aspen. The heroine, America Singer, is, predictably from a lower caste and the long shot to win the Prince MaxonвЂ™s attention in a Bachelor-esque contest for the queenship and throne. The Selection is marketed as вЂњdystopia meets the Bachelor.вЂќ I would describe this novel as a very light, vanilla form of dystopia, where hardship consists mostly in rigidly defined social castes and some food shortages among the lower classes. However, given its popularity with teenage girls and status as a New York TimesВ Bestseller, I felt obligated to provide feedback. I say unfortunately because this book is high on the list of вЂњmost unsatisfyingвЂќ and вЂњleast worthwhileвЂќ books I have ever read, and I almost did not even bother reviewing it. Unfortunately, the next teen dystopia on my list was The Selection by Kiera Cass. After reviewing a parenting book,В I wanted my next review to be on light literature, so I continued my project of reviewing popular dystopian novels such as вЂњThe Hunger GamesвЂќВ and вЂњThe Maze RunnerвЂќ.