The Heir by Kiera Cass

The Heir by Kiera Cass

Series: The Selection Book 4

Genre: YA Dystopian Romance

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I have to say that while this book was good and I did enjoy it, I kind of hated it as well. Cass painted Eadlyn to be a total brat, exactly what you would expect a child of royalty to be. She was selfish and believed that everyone adored her. When she realized that the people actually kind of hated her, she couldn’t for the life of her figure out why. She treated people like they were dirt and believed herself to be superior to everyone. She is by far my least favorite YA character out of all of the books I have ever read.

While I could rant on and on about Eadlyn and her flaws as a character, I might as well point out the good things in this book. Cass did a good job focusing on actual conflict instead of just a love story. The readers were able to understand the problems in the world, unlike in the first three novels. There were many aspects of conflict and plot that Cass executed greatly, and this novel was very entertaining.

Overall, despite the extremely annoying characters, the story was good and the plot was thought out well. I did enjoy reading this novel and can’t wait to read the next one.

Three stars.