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The Heir

By: Kiera Cass
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
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Publisher's summary

A new era dawns in the world of Kiera Cass’s number one New York Times best-selling Selection series

America and Maxon’s fairy-tale romance enchanted listeners from the very first page of The Selection. Now find out what happens after happily ever after in this fourth captivating novel, perfect for fans of Veronica Roth’s Divergent, Lauren Oliver’s Delirium, or Renée Ahdieh’s The Wrath & the Dawn.

Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon’s heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn doesn’t expect anything like her parents’ fairy-tale love story...but as the competition begins, she may discover that finding her own happily ever after isn’t as impossible as she’s always thought.

A new generation of swoon-worthy characters and captivating romance awaits in the fourth book of the Selection series!

Don’t miss The Betrothed, a glittering royal romance sure to captivate Kiera Cass’s legion of loyal readers and lovers of courtly intrigue alike!

©2015 Kiera Cass (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers
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Editorial reviews

Editors Select, May 2015 - I was late to The Selection party, but once I joined, I became one of its most enthusiastic revelers. I was content with the trilogy's end (#TeamMaxon), but ecstatic to hear Kiera Cass's announcement that the series would continue. The Heir delivers something quite different from its predecessors: a heroine, Princess Eadlyn, who isn't nearly as likable as her parents, America and Maxon. Eadlyn is content to rule alone as the future queen of Illéa, but agrees to host a Selection at her father's request to give her unruly subjects something happy to focus on. She does her best to sabotage the process, but her plans falter when feelings take hold. Cass does a great job of creating a fresh story, and I'm excited to watch another Selection unfold. Katie, Audible Editor

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Much awaited,

Loved the characters again! And to see how things have turned out after the casts! I can't wait for the next one! Bring on the new selection

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Pretty good

I liked the first 3 books better but this was still good. Narration was okay

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Most annoying princess ever.

I loved all the selection books. But this one was hard. The princess was so annoying and very stuck up and bratty it was hard to get through.

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Not what I expected

Well, I liked the book toward the end...once the princess was being nicer but over all the book was just okay. I'll read the next one for the conclusion, hoping that it'll be better!

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This was an awesome book!

I loved this book! I can't wait for more amazing books by Kiera Cass as well

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The Selection, Not Really 2.0

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Not as Good

If you’ve listened to books by Kiera Cass before, how does this one compare?

I have listened to all The Selection books by Kiera Cass, and this one did not really compare to the first three. It was as if the first three were part of a trilogy that had a good beginning and end, and this was just tagged on. It was good, or I liked it rather, but I did not love it.

Have you listened to any of Brittany Pressley’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have never listened to Brittany Pressley before, but I enjoyed her. I found the main character rather annoying and thought she did a good job of portraying that. I also liked her inflection when she read.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I did not have an extreme reaction to this book, and I think that was the problem. I did not LOVE it. I just thought it was okay.

Any additional comments?

If you have read The Selection series and enjoyed it, you will enjoy this. It is almost like a new beginning, so if you have not read the first three, you would still be okay. Do not base all of the series on this one book though.

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great listen.

it was slow to get started but drew me in more and more. It was nice to follow up on the characters from the past books.

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I don't want it to end

I really would like to see what's going to happen next does the Queen live I can't wait until the next book comes out!

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Great but she's no America

I loved the first 3 books better mainly because Eadlyn drove me crazy for the first half of the book. America was much friendly! But once I got going I enjoyed the book much better.

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just right

she is the perfect awful with room to grow and there are enough of them to like you aren't sure who she favors.

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