The Selection Trilogy by Kiera Cass – we just can’t keep them
on the shelves! Our girls are snapping up everything coming out by Kiera Cass, and I have to admit it’s the book covers with those gorgeous gowns that are
helping them fly off the shelves. It has also helped that the team at Harper Collins
Auckland made us up some awesome posters of the book covers, which we were
able to turn into a stunning display.
But credit where it is due, the stories are very appealing
too. The ‘Selection’ is a competition to find a bride for the young prince of
the Kingdom of Iléa. This glamorous and
sometimes catty quest is recorded live for Iléa Reality Television and streamed back
home to the masses. Maid-in-waiting teams
hover at contestants' beck and call appearing with glittering gowns and gifts,
in order to present their candidate at her most beautiful. Is this not
every girl’s dream?
You’d not be wrong if you’re thinking this sounds very much like
a blend of The Bachelor meets The Hunger Games. Fortunately, in this dystopian
elimination no one need die in the process.
About the Book – From Harper Collins http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062059932/the-selection
For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon.
But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks.
Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself—and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined
Watch Kiera Cass act out her Dramatic Readings from the Selection Books
