She thinks Neena is great at her job, and she needs her, but Eadlyn has never praised Neena in this way. She is rude to her maid, Neena insulting her for being a maid, and never saying ‘please’ or ‘thank you’. She is constantly telling herself that no one is more powerful than her, which is probably meant to be a self-confidence booster, but is just vain and arrogant. Eadlyn, however, comes across as aloof, condescending and even sometimes cruel. I really liked America, she was impetuous and occasionally reckless, but she was also endearing, kind and compassionate. Overall I did like reading The Heir, but I did not enjoy it nearly as much as I did the first three books in the series, and this mostly had to do with Eadlyn. So it made sense to me to read the fourth book in the series. Okay, so I got sucked into the world of The Selection with America and Maxon and Aspen, and I enjoyed the time I spent in Illea. Might Eadlyn find her happily ever after? Thirty-five young men all vying for Princess Eadlyn’s affections in the first male selection. The search for her true love would also be a convenient distraction for the public, hence a new selection begins. The responsibilities and pressures of running the country will one day become hers, but her parents think she would do better with a companion by her side. Illea also has a new heir to the throne, Princess Eadlyn.
The populace is restless, discrimination is rife, and an uprising may be coming. Twenty years down the track from when America Singer and Prince Maxon fell in love, they have been implementing their plans for the country disbanding the caste system and quieting the rebels, yet not everything is peachy. The Heir by Kiera Cass, hardback novel, 346 pages, published by HarperTeen in 2015.
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