The Heir by Kiera Cass

Maxon Schreave and America Singers' lovestory is now over. It's time for a new Selection led by a girl-- Princess Eadlyn Schreave, the first child of Maxon and America.

Kiera Cass really possesses a God-given talent in writing. I love the way she writes. It's not dull. You can relate to her characters, not maybe with them being in a royal family but with their personalities.

So, in this new Selection, Eadlyn is an independent lady who doesn't want .. or need rather, a guy who will help her in her duties and responsibilities as the future queen of Ilea. She also like to keeps things private. She doesn't want to be bared. And those are the characteristics of Eadlyn that I can relate to.
Her reasoning and the way she handles things, those are the things I admire about her.

As the story rolls, I find Kile Woodwork to be the most suitable guy for Eadlyn. They both grew up in the palace. Kile is the son of Lady Marlee. And looking back at the Maxon-America era, Lady Marlee was a close friend of America. Sooo, there's already no problem when it comes to the parents. Hahaha.

But really, Eadlyn doesn't want the Selection (but was obliged to do so) and Kile was also not amenable in joining the Selection (but he cannot back out), and that made me want them to end up even more. It's like destiny.

And because they already know each other, Eadlyn used Kile to spice up the event. They made a deal. They staged a kissed. Damn, I don't know but that made me sooo giddy! There were no feelings involved but I'm sure, in their succeeding kisses, it would contain feelings by then.

There were of course, other great guys from the Selection like Henri. He speaks Finnish and just a little bit of English. He got a translator named Erik. Language is one great hindrance for Henri and Eadlyn to really get along. But gooosh, they shared a kiss! I got really mad because I'm rooting Kile for Eadlyn but on the bright side, I like that Eadlyn thought of Kile after the kiss. Hahaha.

I also think that Erik has developed feelings for Eadlyn. He's not in the Selection so that should be a problem. He just can't make his moves to her. And it would be really hard for him to compete with the other males.

What I also love about this book is how the love of brothers was shown. When Eadlyn was "harassed" by Jack, all of his brothers comforted her. They protected her. They even slept in one bed. That's just sooo cute for me.

The last part of the book was about Queen America having a heart attack. That made Eadlyn to be serious in the Selection. She will make sure that after the Selection, she will be married with one of the Selected. Dang, I am beyond excited for the next book!

And actually, if you analyze the plot, you can say that it's kind of cliche but Kiera Cass used her magic in making the story a worthwhile read.

I am definitely recommending it to others.