![]() ![]() While love, heartbreak, secrecy, and jealousy reign supreme, The Selection also tackles themes of family, loyalty, injustice, propaganda, and the power of young women. ![]() The story uses first-person narrative to follow America Singer, a teenaged contestant who finds herself suddenly thrust into a world of glamor and unexpected danger. First published in 2012, The Selection was pitched as a dystopian interpretation of the hit television show The Bachelor, and as Publisher’s Weekly stated in their review, the Selection is “ cross between ‘The Hunger Games’ (minus the blood sport) and ‘The Bachelor’ (minus the blood sport).” In a future set in the land of Illéa (formerly the United States), 35 girls from around the country compete in a televised royal dating competition to win the heart of the dashing Prince Maxon. ![]() The Selection is the first book in the titular romance trilogy by American author Kiera Cass. ![]()
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