Rating: 3/5 
 ***Minor spoilers*** 
 The Selection pool has been narrowed down the six girls; America, Kriss, Marlee, Natalie, Celeste, and Elise. But America is still struggling with what it would mean to choose Maxon, considering that with him would come and entire nation. She also still has feelings for her childhood friend turned soldier, Aspen. She doesn't want to make a choice, but if she truly cares for either of them, she'll have to. 
 I found this book pretty disappointing. I really enjoyed The Selection and wanted something equally enjoyable in this book. Unfortunately, America annoyed me a lot in this book with her stupid choices and indecisiveness. I struggled to identify with her in this book unlike the last book, because she was just being so impulsive and rash about every little thing. 
 My least favourite thing was definitely how pronounced the love triangle was in this book. In the first book, Aspen wasn't around the entire time, which made it easier to stomach. In this book, Aspen seemed to always be there and it was quite irritating. Mer seemed to enjoy bouncing back and forth between them but was offended when Maxon did it was well. She gets jealous because Maxon spends time with another girl (which is what he's supposed to be doing!) but at the same time she's spending time with Aspen and even making out with him (which is what she absolutely shouldn't be doing)! She just needs to make a decision already instead of leading them both on! 
 I did like the friendship and competition in this book. In this one, Mer and Kriss became closer friends, which I really enjoyed. There were also lots of secrets that Maxon trusted Mer with, and I thought it was sweet that he trusted her so much. It's quite annoying that he trusts her but she doesn't really trust him, and that she kind of takes advantage of his trust for her. She also doesn't really seem to know the meaning of the word secret! 
 Overall, this book was still good but I was expecting more because of how much I enjoyed the first book. America's choices and the love triangle annoyed me to no end, but I'll be reading the next book anyway with hope that it improves and that she finally makes a choice.