Review: The Heir - Kiera Cass

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The Heir (The Selection, #4) 

Review: The Heir - Book #4 The Selection Series - Kiera Cass - May 2015

The Heir by Kiera Cass , is set twenty years after the third book in the Selection Series which starred America Singer and Prince Maxon.  America and Maxon got married, then as one of their first duties as King and Queen - they demolished the different castes so that everyone could be treated as equal. At first this worked, but then as the years went by chaos erupted once again and it seemed that people still held the castes with prejudice and a form of punishment and torture. Now it's Princess Eadlyn's turn - their only daughter out of four children. I have to admit though that I loved America's strong-willed personality in the first three Selection books but Eadlyn - I didn't like her character at all - I found her to be a spoilt brat and quite rude and mean-spirited as didn't she see that her parents were under pressure. A New Selection has become and Princess Eadlyn will have suitors from around the town on Illea and beyond come vying for her love and hand in marriage and of course a chance to be King. As the selection goes along, we read as Eadlyn is quite dismissive and rude but as she realises eventually that it is for the good of the kingdom , she starts to become nicer. Near the end it leaves three guys left in the Selection and wham bam the book finishes leaving the readers with a major cliffie. Two of the guys that she ends with Kile and Henri - I do like them and I have a feeling due to her past history she may choose Kile, but then we could have a major twist in the next book and Eadlyn could end up picking Erik whom is Henri's translator as Henri can't speak very good English and I have to say I do like the character of Erik. What I was hoping for which would have been nice was that when Eadlyn was talking to her mum America about the Selection that America could have talked about how she didn't want to do it and how she was in love with someone else - Aspen which would have probably made the Selection transition easier and more understanding would have been transferred to Eadlyn instead of her complete stubbornness which made her come across as a royal spoilt brat. 
I am looking forward to more in The Selection series as I am curious to whom Princess Eadlyn will choose as her King.
 This is one series that does need to be read in order and fans of the reality dating TV shows like The Bachelorette will thoroughly enjoy .

 

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