Pretty Little Secrets & The Selection

Pretty Little Secrets
What can I say about Pretty Little Secrets. It took me a very long time to get through this book. I thought it was a cool concept to give each girl their own section and story but I found it hard to become interested in what each girl was going through.  This book made me realize how much I actually like the mystery character of A. The added drama and suspense that A brings to the girls lives is what draws me towards these books. It was like advertising a mystery but with no mystery! A ultimately makes the girls lives interesting.









The Selection

I must say that this book pleasantly surprised me. I had seen a lot of stuff about it on instagram after the last book in the trilogy came out so I decided to give it a chance. This book was a mix between Hunger Games and The Bachelor but more Bachelor then Hunger Games. The crazy thing about this book is that it is set in the future but I guess in the future of the United States we are going to be split into caste systems and have royalty again.
There are 35 girls who get "selected" to participate in what I like to call the Hunger Games of Dating. They get whisked away from their families and taken to a castle to win the heart of the young prince, which is being filmed for the whole world to see. Cue the opening credits of The Bachelor. At least if you get selected your family gets taken care of and if you win you and your family move up in class rank. It seems like a fair deal.
At first I thought this was going to a typical love story but the only problem is that our main character, America (how ironic), is in love with someone else when she gets "selected. Granted her boyfriend is the who pushes her to join. I like the fact that America is only doing this to help her family and decides to strike a deal with the Prince. They can be friends and she can help him find his mate. This poses the question: Can men and women really be "just friends"? As the story continues America and the Prince start to catch feelings for each other and to make matters worse who do you think the new guard is at the castle? That's right, Aspen, America's boyfriend before she left for the selection. Dun Dun Duuuunnn! Just when we thought things would be simple!

I'm currently reading The Elite, the second installment in this trilogy. It's starting off a little slow for me but I've realized that the second book in a trilogy is always my least favorite. Review coming for that soon!

S.