Title: The Prince (The Selection #0.5) and The Guard (The Selection #2.5)

Author: Kiera Cass

Publisher: HarperTeen 2014

Genre: Young Adult

Pages: 240

Rating: 4/5 stars

Reading Challenges: I Love Libraries

Before America arrived at the palace to compete in the Selection, there was another girl in Prince Maxon’s life. In The Prince, follow Maxon from the week before the Selection begins through the first day of the competition.

Loved this story from Maxon's perspective. We get to see his actions and hear his thoughts as the Selection begins. And we get to see the first interaction with America.

Raised as a Six, Aspen Leger never dreamed that he would find himself living in the palace. In The Guard, get an inside look at Aspen’s life as a palace guard—and the truth about his world that America will never know.

Not quite as enamored with this story. Try as I might, I never really came to like Aspen as a character. Hearing his story did not change anything...

The Selection:

• #0.5 The Prince
• #1 The Selection
• #2 The Elite
• #2.5 The Guard
• #3 The One
• #3.5 The Queen
• #4 The Heir
• #4.5 The Favorite
• #5 The Crown
• #5.5 Happily Ever After

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