The Crown by Kiera Cass

Title: The Crown (The Selection #5)

Author: Kiera Cass

Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian

Published: May 2016

My Rating: 2/5

When Eadlyn became the first princess of Illéa to hold her own Selection, she didn’t think she would fall in love with any of her thirty-five suitors. She spent the first few weeks of the competition counting down the days until she could send them all home. But as events at the palace force Eadlyn even further into the spotlight, she realizes that she might not be content remaining alone.

Eadlyn still isn’t sure she’ll find the fairytale ending her parents did twenty years ago. But sometimes the heart has a way of surprising you…and soon Eadlyn must make a choice that feels more impossible—and more important—than she ever imagined.

I don't even know what this book was.

The trilogy was very entertaining and cute, I quite liked it. Then The Heir was all right, what I enjoyed the most was seeing Maxon and America together (even though they seemed a little bit out of character)... and that's saying a lot, because they were barely there, we'd mostly read about Eadlyn and the boys, of course. But I don't know, I think I was very excited when reading that book, because we got to go back to that story after thinking that it was just going to be a trilogy.

And then came The Crown...

When I started reading this, I told myself that maybe we would get to know the boys a bit better, since I thought we didn't get a chance to do so in The Heir, which was very upsetting, because I wasn't rooting for any of them. I didn't really care about any of the boys. I didn't know them.

But that never happened! We never get to really know these boys and suddenly we're supposed to believe that she loved this one boy all along?? Uhm, no.

I like her choice, I guess. But there were no feelings whatsoever, no love. I didn't feel a thing. I loved reading about Maxon and America in the trilogy, I was rooting for them and the revolution, and I wanted to see them happy. But Eadlyn's story... I didn't care about her or the boys, which is very sad, really. And even though I liked Ahren in the previous book, he just seemed like a lousy son and brother in this one.

But seriously, the only part that I kind of enjoyed wasn't even about this new generation, it's about Maxon and America, when he starts sharing with Eadlyn things about their past and a little something about his father, which did make sense to me, the guy was awful, but I wouldn't say that it was relevant though.

It all felt kind of rushed... The rest of the selection, Eadlyn suddenly being more responsible over night, her choosing a husband... Even the announcement where she lets people know which guy she picked. I don't think it took her longer than a couple of minutes.

Also, there's no character development to be seen. When I finished reading, I thought I'd be happy to know that Eadlyn (apparently) found the love of her life, or that I got to (kind of) meet America's and Maxon's new family... But no, I didn't feel a thing. I didn't even remember half of the boys!... I don't know those boys, I never knew those boys.

Even the characters from the trilogy felt so OOC. I let it slide in The Heir, but I just couldn't stand it anymore in this book.

And that epilogue... What??

Oh well, at least Eadlyn stopped behaving like a brat.

Have you read this series? What are your thoughts on the last couple of books?

Thank you for reading! Bye-Bye! ♥