The girls are being interview on TV, with Gavril (apparently the one-and-only talk-show interviewer) asking them questions about the military statistics that America wasn’t studying a few chapters ago. To be honest, I didn’t have an opinion about the number of soldiers Illea had, but now that I knew Celeste’s, was unwaveringly opposed. And that…

America tries to teach Marlee how to play the piano, but Marlee is musically hopeless and bungles up all her lessons.  While it’s nice to see two female characters develop a friendship, notice: Marlee is America’s only friend in the Selection, and she’s the only one that isn’t going after Maxon.  However, America was friends…

America sits in her room, whining because she has to do “how to be queen” homework.  The evidence is just stacking up.  I know it’s a nice, identifiable trait for teenagers to hate homework, but FUCKING QUEEN, BOOK, WHY DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THIS POSITION MUST HAVE DIFFERENT CRITERIA THAN YOUR AVERAGE PRETTY-GIRL JOB? …

The chapter opens with all the girls talking to Queen Amberly about wedding preparations.  Yeah, because that’s what’s really important: the number of bridesmaids you have.  Not, ya know, BEING FUCKING QUEEN AND HOW TO DO THAT AND IF ANY OF YOU WOULD BE GOOD AT IT.  All the other girls are talking about how…

This review was originally written and posted in May of 2013. Alright, ladies and gents, let’s dive right into this thing!  You can tell that this is going to be just a riveting book, since it opens up with America and Maxon on a date, followed two sentences later by an infodump. Ever since the…