I also like Kile, but it is curious that he grew up in the palace, alongside Eadlyn, practically like her brother.
I was pleased Eadlyn seemed to deal with this strange situation better than she did most of her other potential suitors. I quite like Henri and Erik, but it must be weird to try to date someone with a translator involved. Of the men that arrive for The Selection, most of them were pretty average, though I didn’t approve of Eadlyn being so dismissive and aiming to embarrass and demean them. I really hope she continues to improve in the next book. There was some character growth by the end of the book, and I can see that she can change, but it hasn’t been enough yet. I found Eadlyn to be selfish and spoilt, and not very likeable. She couldn’t even share one of her hundreds of tiara’s with Kile’s little sister, Josie, even though wearing the tiara was obviously making her happy, and it was just as obvious, to everyone aside from Eadlyn, that Josie idolises her. She is always thinking about herself, even attempting to interfere with her brother’s happiness just to keep him by her side. She thinks Neena is great at her job, and she needs her, but Eadlyn has never praised Neena in this way. She is rude to her maid, Neena insulting her for being a maid, and never saying ‘please’ or ‘thank you’. She is constantly telling herself that no one is more powerful than her, which is probably meant to be a self-confidence booster, but is just vain and arrogant. Eadlyn, however, comes across as aloof, condescending and even sometimes cruel. I really liked America, she was impetuous and occasionally reckless, but she was also endearing, kind and compassionate. Overall I did like reading The Heir, but I did not enjoy it nearly as much as I did the first three books in the series, and this mostly had to do with Eadlyn. So it made sense to me to read the fourth book in the series. Okay, so I got sucked into the world of The Selection with America and Maxon and Aspen, and I enjoyed the time I spent in Illea. Might Eadlyn find her happily ever after? Thirty-five young men all vying for Princess Eadlyn’s affections in the first male selection. The search for her true love would also be a convenient distraction for the public, hence a new selection begins.
The responsibilities and pressures of running the country will one day become hers, but her parents think she would do better with a companion by her side. Illea also has a new heir to the throne, Princess Eadlyn. The populace is restless, discrimination is rife, and an uprising may be coming. Twenty years down the track from when America Singer and Prince Maxon fell in love, they have been implementing their plans for the country disbanding the caste system and quieting the rebels, yet not everything is peachy. The Heir by Kiera Cass, hardback novel, 346 pages, published by HarperTeen in 2015.
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