I really enjoyed The Selection trilogy. I remember picking it up in my schools library while I sat out from a PE lesson, and somehow, in that short amount of time, managed to finish half of the book. I went home, ordered it and the rest, and devoured them. This was a few years ago now (but then The Heir is a few years old too!) and when I heard the series would be continued on with their daughter, I was incredibly excited.

While I didn't enjoy The Heir as much as I did the original trilogy, it wasn't completely awful - but I think that was mostly owed to my nostalgia of the original 3 novels, as opposed to the new addition of Eadlyn.

This is just the first ten chapters of The Heir, but they are ten of the better chapters out of the book so I wouldn't be surprised if this turned quite a few people into purchasers. I don't feel as though this series needed to be extended (especially because their simple existence spoils the ending of the original trilogy, which feels like a kick in the teeth for any readers who will potentially start this series since the publication of this extension) but I'm grateful for the fact that the books are just as short and quick to read as the original three, as they don't take up too much time at all.

I really enjoyed the fact that Kiera Cass added another aspect to this series. I know I am controversial in saying that but this book flips the whole royal family lineage on its head and now it is the princess that has to choose a prince for when she becomes queen. I really really enjoyed this book because I found it really interesting making the comparisons between the first all-female selection, and this new, all-male selection. I think that having Eadlyn as the star of this novel was great. She is a strong, confident girl who definitely knows her own mind and this creates for some brilliant moments in the Royal family. She has some great dramatic scenes and it isn't any less romantic because it is men vying for the crown this time. I really loved revisiting characters from the original selection series as well.

Was a 'did-not-finish' after a few chapters. I just could not get into the story and the series as a whole.

This was only the first 5 chapters of the book and gave a good insight into The Heir as a whole.