The Heir (The Selection, 4)

I loved books 1-3 which is why I was so disappointed that this book was such a let down. I pretty much read half of this book and I couldn’t take it anymore. Eadlyn was so oblivious to the kingdoms problems and she was so spoiled. That was very surprising because she comes from 2 people that are so compassionate and caring. I did however liked how America and Maxon haven’t changed at all. I’m sorry if this offends anyone, I just couldn’t deal with Eadlyn anymore.

What. A. Bitch.
I’m sorry, but no. The main character, Eadlyn, is such a royal (literally) bitch that I didn’t give a dang about her in the entire story. Not once did she possess or show any redeeming qualities. Worst of all, there was no change in her haughty, superiority complex from the beginning to the end despite the countless times people told her she was pompous, selfish, rude, blunt, (insert a slew of other negative personality terms here.) In other words, she was an idiot on top of being a bitch.

Um… Know-it-all?
So… for some reason, the author wrote sections of the narrative in first person omniscient (aka the main character is telling the story, but they know what everyone else is thinking, too.) Um… about that. That doesn’t exist. People cannot know what others are thinking. They can guess, surely, but Eadlyn just knew what everyone was thinking around her (without having any clue as to how she could be such a colossal bitch). Thus, not only was this an issue with the narrative, but this also made Eadlyn seem like that much worse of a person. Just… stop already!

Predictable
*sigh* I wish I could say there was some mystery, that there is no way I could possibly figure out whom Eadlyn is going to pick in her selection, but… it is SO FREAKING OBVIOUS! I’m not naming names or numbers or anything, but the fact that Eadlyn can’t see that she treats certain members of the selected differently makes her even more stupid and incapable of self-reflection. I mean, COME ON ALREADY! I don’t even have to read the next book because I already know who she’s going to pick. *headdesk*

Speaking of Sequels
Um… why? Why did the book end where it did? That… was an absolutely horrid, abrupt, resolution/cliffhanger-less ending. It gave me no incentive to want to read the next book, nor did it answer any questions or anything. It just… was. It was an abrupt chop at the end of a scene like that’s all it takes to end a book for a sequel.

Read long ago, no review.

Eadlyn is incredibly irritating and whiny.
ugh. She better get her shit together in the next one.

eadlyn is quite insufferable