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3.8/5 Stars ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

“Break my heart. Break it a thousand times if you like. It was only ever yours to break anyway.��

I had the lowest of the low expectations for this book. I wanted to throw The Elite out of the window. I wanted to throw this one out of the window too. But I was less inclined to. I still firmly believe this trilogy could have been a duology, even one book without all the redundant political situations that weren't even portatryed right! I was satisfied with the ending, it was predictable, cheesy, far-fetched, too neat, but solid.

The time has come for one winner to be crowned.

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.

America. Oh gurl, you're still annoying as balls. But you know. YOU'RE LESS ANNOYING HERE. BECAUSE YOU FINALLY MADE A DECISION WITHOUT PROCRASTINATING. I was truly annoyed by how fast her decision was made. Like they got into the roof, it was raining, romantic chick flick shit, rainbows and cupcakes and then she's like "MAXON I LOVE MAXON ASPEN IS NOTHING TO ME" Like??? The previous book was 325 of your fucking conflict and here we are, in the first 50 pages, you decide which one you want out of the blue. This shit was not gradual and believable at all. And she didn't even explain to Aspen that she didn't choose him! She kept him by because she didn't want to get "nothing" out of this experience. I ain't lying. She said so herself!

“What if Maxon picks someone else? I can’t walk away from this with nothing. At least if Aspen still thinks there’s a chance, maybe we could try again when everything’s over.��

WTF WAS THIS LINE? THIS WAS THE WORST, MOST SELFISH LINE IN THE ENTIRE BOOK. After everything her and Aspen went through, she owed him an explanation. She basically manipulated both boys, and she kept thinking she had them in her grasp. She was the one doing the choosing, of course. The boys were just her meals. When Maxon started showing interest in Kriss, she started losing her shit. Aspen kept being loyal to her, waiting for her stupid ass to make a decision and she kept him at bay if she needed a boy after all this. SHE IS SO SELFISH I WANT TO PUNCH HER TO DEATH.

The politics . What in the fuck of fuckity fuck. Nothing made sense! Apparently, in this world there are "good" rebels and "bad" rebels. The "good" rebels just infiltrate the fucking castle, break shit, and are considered good. No biggie. Then they infiltrate the same castle, again, this time ready to talk, and the fucking heir to the throne just lets them there. To talk, in peace. Like??? IN WHICH UNIVERSE WOULD THAT HAPPEN??? Also, America making kingly related deals with the princess of Italy, in the presence of a "good" rebel, about passing actual WEAPONS WHICH CAN KILL PEOPLE to the "good" rebels? What authority does America have with this situation??? With what jurisdiction does she demand the Italian government to give off WEAPONS WHICH CAN KILL PEOPLE to a group of "good" rebels, which of course, have good intentions but still infiltrate the castle like it's no biggie. I'm so confused guys. I know nothing about politics but this shit is crystal clear how ridiculous it is. MOREOVER. America, so graciously decided to sneak out of the castle, with the crown prince of the kingdom, with the assistance of her ex boyfriend, to go and meet the "good" rebels, risking their lives. When they could have sent them a message, easily done. THIS WAS THE MOST STUPID PLOT ARC OF THE BOOK. BECAUSE OF ALL THE BOOKS THAT EXIST. And then she got shot. Typical. And then Aspen had the amazing idea to take them all into his room, with love letters from America floating around. Typical. When Maxon saw the note, I was 48758437859048390% certain this was the way he would find out. It was more believable than the way it actually happened, but also stupid af.

The whole "I will wear the sluttiest dress in the universe and seduce Maxon the way Celeste does" WAS SO STUDID. My little dear friend America, Maxon is head over heels for you, you already know that, so why would you try to become a different person to seduce him? If you would just EXPRESS YOUR REAL FEELINGS TO HIM, he would do anything you wanted. You have just admitted to yourself that you love him in the rooftop scene, and you decide to procrastinate telling him for what??? Aren't you sure you're in love with him??? Are you indecisive again? In this book, you had a certain target, which was Maxon, and you withheld the information from him that you love him? For what? DRAMA??? I guess this book wouldn't exist if they were honest with their feelings. But the romance aspect in this book is done so poorly, I'm so frustrated. At least, in the final book, she picked. Hallelujah.

Celeste's redemption arc, was totally unexpected and totally fake. Yes, I was certain there was a person underneath all that bitchiness BUT HOW CAN A SINGLE CONVERSATION CHANGE ONE PERSON'S ENTIRE PERSONALITY? America found her crying because her reputation in the contest was tarnished compared to hers, then America has a talk with her about some feminist shit, and here we go Celeste is an entire different person with an entirely different personality. THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN. She might have started to treat America and the girls better and she became a goody good character! She lost everything that made her Celeste! And then she killed her off. Typical. Ugh, why can't this writer handle character development well? Everything is a mess.

I don't get how everything went so smoothly with Aspen. He has been in love with America for years, actively fighting for her for two books, and in this book, just because America chose who she wants to be with (without even informing him) he backs away and doesn't fight for her? ??? Wtf is going on? And when did he and Lucy become a thing? They are at the point of saying "I love you" to each other? We saw nothing of that! When did they have the time for this to happen? I don't understand anything. Also, Maxon realises, just by America being close to Aspen for God's sake, that he was her previous love. Ok. Understandable. But his reaction was so unMaxonlike. Again, Cass's problem with characters. He was so cold, a man who has declared his true devotion and love to America, in person and in writing, would just marry someone else without letting America explain the situation? THIS WHOLE SITUATION IS JUST DUMP AND I'M SO CONFUSED 🤷‍♀�� AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND JACK SHIT AND KIERA CASS DOESN'T KNOW JACK SHIT ABOUT PERSONAlItIES AND RELATIONSHIPS AND HERE'S THE TEA. These two people are supposed to run an entire country now. Good luck with that.

The "bad" rebels are actually a threat now. They have infiltrated the castle a gazillion times before, killing some guards only, and now because it's the ending and it's convenient, they are deadlier and they kill off like 5 of the main characters. Wow. I don't know what else to say. I said I wouldn't judge this series harshly, but I can't stand these situations now. They are ridiculous. The first book was very light hearted, reminded me of The Bachelor, cute characters, cute plot, but then it introduced all the politics which made no sense and tried to be a serious series. That's what bothered me. If it stayed a lovey-dovey dystopian series, I wouldn't make this kind of review now, ranting about everything. But now I have to, cause it's pretending to be a serious series. No no no.

Before the conclusion of this marvelous review, I need to discuss the ending. Maxon had a cold and over the top reaction to America's past with Aspen and then... when he gets hurt he has a warm af over the top reaction as well. Ugh. So unrealistic. Two minutes ago you were like "I hate you America, I don't want to speak to you again, I will marry Kriss and live happily ever after, basically fuck off" and after the invasion he's like" Oh America, my sweet love, I love you more than anything in the world, love love love, lovey eyes, heart emoji, love love". U G H. And then we got Aspen walking America down the aisle. A S P E N. Not her mum, not her sisters, ASPEN. After this whole misunderstand, Maxon easily accepted his new queen's ex boyfriend to walk her down the aisle. And Aspen of course didn't have any hard feelings. Feelings linger guys, they don't just automatically go, just as this book suggests. Or appear, for that matter. I wanted to see a conversation between the three of them. We never got this. The ending was so neat and hasty and sloppy. The love triangle was so prominent in the first two books, and we didn't get a conclusion. I'm so mad.

To sum it all up, you see I gave this book almost 4 stars and I wrecked it in this review. I will tell you why. I STARTED READING THIS BOOK AT 2AM AND I FINISHED IT AT 7AM. Ok??? These books are like junk food. They're bad for you but they taste so good. These books are like Glee. You love to rant about them. You love to scream about them, about how frustrated and annoyed they make you feel, about how ridiculous everything that's happening is. My order for these books is:

1. The Selection
2. The One
3. The Elite

The Elite was redundant and it contained no plot, The Selection was the introduction, it was cute and America wasn't annoying and The One entailed plot, bad plot, but plot nonetheless and it gave me butterfly 🦋 feels because my ship happened! I will read the next book, you should expect a ranty review again, because I'm sure this one will be bad too. I know it's about their daughter and her own Selection and I've heard she's insufferable. I'm sure you all are right, but, come on, we have suffered America, how bad can she be? So, till the next one, K BYE!