Posted June 15, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The Heir by
Kiera Cass Series: The Selection #4 Publisher: HarperTeen (2015)
Audiobook {8 hours and 48 minutes} (352 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: The Elite,
The One,
The Selection Stores: The Prince & The Guard Also in this series: The Elite,
The One,
The Selection Stores: The Prince & The Guard Reading Challenges: Read 2015 Synopsis
Princess Eadlyn has grown up hearing endless stories about how her mother and father met. Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won the heart of Prince Maxon—and they lived happily ever after. Eadlyn has always found their fairy-tale story romantic, but she has no interest in trying to repeat it. If it were up to her, she’d put off marriage for as long as possible.
But a princess’s life is never entirely her own, and Eadlyn can’t escape her very own Selection—no matter how fervently she protests.
Eadlyn doesn’t expect her story to end in romance. But as the competition begins, one entry may just capture Eadlyn’s heart, showing her all the possibilities that lie in front of her . . . and proving that finding her own happily ever after isn’t as impossible as she’s always thought.
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Tagged as 4 star, Read 2015, You Read How Many Books Challenge
Posted May 21, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The Jewel by
Amy Ewing Series: The Lone City #1 Publisher: HarperTeen (2014)
Audiobook {10 hours and 12 minutes} (358 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: The White Rose,
The Black Key Also in this series: The White Rose,
The Black Key Reading Challenges: Read 2015 Synopsis
The Jewel means wealth. The Jewel means beauty. The Jewel means royalty. But for girls like Violet, the Jewel means servitude. Not just any kind of servitude. Violet, born and raised in the Marsh, has been trained as a surrogate for the royalty—because in the Jewel the only thing more important than opulence is offspring.
Purchased at the surrogacy auction by the Duchess of the Lake and greeted with a slap to the face, Violet (now known only as #197) quickly learns of the brutal truths that lie beneath the Jewel’s glittering facade: the cruelty, backstabbing, and hidden violence that have become the royal way of life.
Violet must accept the ugly realities of her existence… and try to stay alive. But then a forbidden romance erupts between Violet and a handsome gentleman hired as a companion to the Duchess’s petulant niece. Though his presence makes life in the Jewel a bit brighter, the consequences of their illicit relationship will cost them both more than they bargained for.
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Tagged as 4 star, Catholic, Catholic Connections, Read 2015, You Read How Many Books Challenge
Posted January 12, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The One by
Kiera Cass Series: The Selection #3 Publisher: HarperTeen (2014)
Audiobook {7 hours and 25 minutes} (323 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: The Elite,
The Heir,
The Selection Stores: The Prince & The Guard Also in this series: The Elite,
The Heir,
The Selection Stores: The Prince & The Guard Reading Challenges: 2015 Alphabet Soup,
Read 2015 Synopsis
When she was chosen to compete in the Selection, America never dreamed she would find herself anywhere close to the crown—or to Prince Maxon's heart. But as the end of the competition approaches, and the threats outside the palace walls grow more vicious, America realizes just how much she stands to lose—and how hard she'll have to fight for the future she wants.
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Posted December 3, 2014 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The Elite by
Kiera Cass Series: The Selection #2 Publisher: HarperTeen (2013)
Audiobook {7 hours and 42 minutes} (336 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: The One,
The Heir,
The Selection Stores: The Prince & The Guard Also in this series: The One,
The Heir,
The Selection Stores: The Prince & The Guard Reading Challenges: Read 2014 Synopsis
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.
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I got this audiobook on Audible last year about this time before I drove across the country to return home from grad school. It was a great book to listen to when driving. I just finished rereading, or rather re-listening, to The Elite while walking back and forth to the school I work at.
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Tagged as 4 star, Read 2014
