So, to sum it all up, this book is basically The Bachelor, but ROYAL EDITION. 
 I have never seen The Bachelor, but I know that The Selection is exactly like it. We start off with America Singer, living in a dystopian world that has 8 castes judging on how much money the people have (8, hobo-poor, 7, really really really poor, 6, really really poor, 5, really poor, 4, not that poor or average, 3, has-a-tiny-bit-more-money-than-you-rich, 2, regular rich, 1, rich as crap). America is a 5, and she has a secret boyfriend who's a 6. His name is Aspen Leger, a too-stinkin--proud guy who breaks up with America just because he thinks he can't provide for her (smh). Then, there is The Selection, where 35 girls compete for Prince Maxon Schreave *melts*. Also, if the prince chooses you, you get to be a 1 and be a princess/queen. So, about Maxon... 
 Blond hair. 
 Chocolate brown eyes. 
 Kind, smart, can't cook. 
 *whispers* Flawless. 
 So Maxon is pretty much everything you want in a guy. He loves America no matter how mean she is to him. This perfect dude will leave you smiling and giggling like an idiot. 
 Love... That's another thing. 
 The Selection could have ended right in that one book if only America said that she loved him. No, not even that. Maxon said that he would end the Selection if only she said that she COULD love him! 
 And America.... 
 She is the brattiest girl in the world. And she's poor. That's a talent right there. How could you be so bratty when YOUR POOR?! 
 *joylessly claps* 
 So, this book is REALLY GOOD. America can be the most frustrating protagonist in the world but you just can't stop reading. 
 Btw, Aspen comes back as a guard in the castle so... It's a love triangle. 
 DOWN WITH ASPEN. 
 I'M TEAM MAXON!