The Heir | Book Review

Title: The Heir
Author: Kiera Cass

Series: The Selection #5

Publisher/Year: HarperTeen, 2015

Genre: Young Adults, Dystopian, Romance

Pages: 368

Average Goodreads Rating: 3.98/5

My Rating: 4/5

Twenty years after The One, it's time for Eadlyn, America's daughter, to have her own selection. She enters the Selection with hesitation but when she meets the men competing for her hand, her feelings change.







I went in ready to hate this book. After reading The One, I was so disappointed in the series so I was surprised to find myself enjoying The Heir. It certainly wasn't the best book I've ever read but it was enjoyable nonetheless. 

Eadlyn is a spoiled, snobby brat. Her attitude irritated me. Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to be a strong, independent female without being a bitch. Every time someone confronted Eadlyn, she would say something along the lines of "I'm going to be queen, the most powerful person in the world, so I can be a bitch if I want to". Umm no. Being queen doesn't make you special and it doesn't mean you can't respect others. Not everything is about you. Eadlyn does have a character arc and grows later, just not as much as I would have liked. America had no character development and was incredibly frustrating, where as Eadlyn is bitchy but at least grows a little.

Most of the characters I really enjoyed. I liked a lot of the boys, and once Eadlyn started going on dates I got more into the book. I also really liked the relationship between Eadlyn and her brother Ahren. However, Maxon and America, as 30-something-something-year-olds, didn't seem like themselves. Obviously people change as they get older but Maxon and America acted nothing like they did in the previous books.

For once, Cass didn't completely fail at mixing politics and romance. One of my main problems with the previous books was that it had a lot of potential to explore the world the characters were in and to delve deeper into the politics rather than focusing so much on the romance aspect. In The Heir, while I would have liked a little more, Cass does go further into the workings of the world. Eadlyn, as heir to the throne, has to deal with a lot of politics and we get to see a little bit of that.

Overall, I was pleasantly surprised with this book. It wasn't without it's faults but it was an interesting read and I look forward to the next book.

Most Frustrating Characters | Top 5 Wednesday

Today's Top 5 Wednesday topic is top 5 most frustrating characters!

America Singer - The Selection

In the first book I didn't mind America at all, but as the series went on I got more and more frustrated with her. The only thing important in her life was choosing which guy she should wanted to be with. Her indecisiveness was extremely annoying and not understandable. I just wanted her to pick a guy and be done with it.

Tobias Eaten - Allegiant

Both Tris and Tobias were annoying in Allegiant but Tobias was more annoying. Throughout the book he would not stop complaining and whining about how he's not special anymore. Boo hoo get over it. I loved Tobias in Divergent and Insurgent. He was one of my favorite characters but in Allegiant I wanted to punch him.

Anastasia Steele - Fifty Shades of Grey

Ana was such a weak and cowardly character. She refused to stand up for herself and I wanted to scream at her. She let people do whatever they want with her and had no personality.

Cress - Cress

Cress gave me so much second-hand embarrassment. Literally, every other thing she did made me cringe. There were many moments where I had to put the book down for a few minutes because the embarrassment was too much.

Kristina Snow - Crank

Oh my god I hated Kristina. She made bad decision after bad decision. I felt Ellen Hopkins was trying way too hard to tell people about the consequences of drugs. I couldn't even get through the second book because Kristina couldn't do anything right.

Those are my top 5 most frustrating characters. What are yours?:)

Jennifer Lawrence Book Tag

I saw this tag on booktube and since I love Jennifer Lawrence, I decided to do it!

This was creating by Michael BookLion on YouTube.

1. Growing up in Kentucky - Your favorite book set in a rural area?

Rebel Belle

I'm not completely sure where this is was set in but I do know that it takes place somewhere in the South.

2. Discovery on the streets of New York - A little known book you found while browsing and ended up loving?

City of Bones

Obviously City of Bones isn't a little known book, but I had to choose this or a little known book that I didn't find while browsing (my dad gave it to me) and since I want to keep that book my little secret I chose this. I was just browsing Barnes & Nobles when I found City of Bones. I hadn't heard of it before but I ended up loving it.


3. Swearing off social media - A book you refuse to read?

Crescendo

I'm someone who strongly believes in giving books a chance, even if it's something that sounds awful, so there aren't many books that I won't read. However, that's mainly my philosophy for standalones or first books in a series. Crescendo is the second book in the Hush Hush series. I read the first book and absolutely hated it; the plot was horrible, the characters annoying, and the love interest was a creep, so I definitely won't be reading the second book.

4. Beginnings on TV into film - A series that gets  better with each installment?

Daughter of Smoke & Bone

Daughter of Smoke & Bone is one of my all-time favorite series. All of the books are amazing and they really do get better with each installment.

5. The Oscar trip - A book/series that hit a snag?

The Selection

I enjoyed The Selection but the other two books weren't my favorite. I got very annoyed by the main characters and it was too romance heavy for me.

6. Jlaw and Chris Martin - Favorite book by a collaboration of authors?

My True Love Game To Me: Twelve Holiday Stories

This was such a fun book! There are 12 different authors and while I didn't like a few of the stories this was definitely a great collaboration.

7. Work with David O. Rusell - Dysfunction character you can't help but love?

No clue.

8. Mystique - A villain who thinks they're doing what's right?

Valentine Morgenstern
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Valentine Morgenstern is the villain of the first three books in the Mortal Instruments. I thought he was a great villain and he really did believe that he was doing what's right because of what happened in his past.

9. The Hunger Games - Favorite high profile series?

Divergent

Divergent is another one of my favorite series. It's so interesting and I love the characters!

10. Everything she's ever said - Favorite comedic/snarky character?

Will Herondale
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<333333. Will Herondale is perf and his snark just makes him ever better.

And that's the tag. Thanks for reading!
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