The Selección is a saga of romance novels with a dystopian setting written by American author Kiera Cass. They are readings for a young adult audience or young adult They are quite successful within their genre. In fact, several producers and distributors have expressed their desire to adapt the universe created by Cass to the big screen. At the moment there is no confirmation in this regard, although everything points to Netflix as responsible for the future project.
The saga is quite reminiscent of The Hunger Games, also punctuated by a story similar to Cinderella. The titles that make up the selection are three: The Selección, The elite y The chosen one, a trilogy that was extended with a new protagonist and two new books: The Heiress y The crown. It is a whole creative universe full of color and fantasy.
Saga The Selection
The Selection (2012)
With this first book, the action transports the reader to Illea, a nation based on a monarchy with an intricate social system. This divides the population into castes from which it is difficult to escape or expect anything different. All the inhabitants are defined by their origin, composed of eight castes. Within this system there is a contest to choose the prince's wife, with whom she must reign if she turns out to be the chosen one.
Apparently it is a very coveted contest for the 35 aspiring girls, but It will not be something that the protagonist, America Singer, especially craves. She is a girl from a lower caste who without conviction enters the contest and is chosen as a suitor to the heir to the kingdom, Prince Maxon. However, America is in love with Aspen, a boy from a lower caste. Even so, a sweet experience is revealed for her, partly hers, thanks to her strong personality and her surprises that her new situation holds for her.
The Elite (2013)
The elite is made up of six girls who have passed the selection process in the prince's palace; and among them is America. While they all do their best to be chosen, America is not so clear. Because since she has had the opportunity to get to know Maxon a little more, her heart is divided and she's not sure if her love for Aspen is really as strong as she thought. In addition, the rebels that stalk the monarchical regime can turn everything upside down and end the fantasy life for which the candidates are preparing.
The Chosen One (2014)
This is the end of the American Singer story. The situation becomes more and more difficult: the rebels are close to achieving their goal and the kingdom, especially the elite together with the prince, are under a real threat. In addition to the political conflict that Illea is experiencing, America is faced with a stark choice, her own and Maxon's., who is apparently determined to win her over.
The Heiress (2015)
With The Heiress the new royal generation arrives. This is the story of Eadlyn, the daughter of Prince Maxon and America. It can be said that the idea is repeated with this young heiress because twenty years after her a new contest of suitors is organized for her. However, Eadlyn thinks it will be hard to match her parents' love story. Now it will be she who must find her own happiness.
The Crown (2016)
Eadlyn, twenty years after her father chose her mother, finds herself in the same dilemma. Although she he is far from believing in the good fortune that a love contest could bring him which, on the other hand, has already become a tradition in his family. What she doesn't know is that life can bring her surprises that she wouldn't have imagined, and that the heart is hardly wrong.
Other books in the collection
Currently, Keira Cass has concluded the saga. Beyond the five books that make up the main story of America Singer and other characters, readers will be able to complement the story that captivated them with these four issues that extend the narrative beyond where the author left her with a kind of spin off. This focuses on telling the story of some of the characters in the anthology.
- La Reina (2014)
- El Príncipe (2014)
- The Guardian (2014)
- La Favorita (2015)
About the author
Kiera Cass is a writer who mixes fantasy, dystopian world and romance in her novels. She is a native of South Carolina (United States) and was born in 1981. She has reaped great success thanks to her saga of novels The Selección. Since she was a child, she had a certain artistic sensibility that prompted her to become interested in theater, music and to participate in local plays.
He attended Radford University in Virginia and studied History, which he dropped out of., and married dedicated to the upbringing of their children. Being at home in the care of her family was that she began to create stories. His first novel is La Sirena and published it for the first time in 2009. After this edition, a new story began, which would give rise to the saga with which he became known, becoming one of the benchmarks of the genre today.