** spoiler alert ** 
 This book is not something that I expected, though it probably is one of my favs. I just never thought that Eadlyn would be that harsh on eliminating the boys on the beginning of the Selection despite the fact those boys sort of deserved it, more or less. 
 And the thing that made me think it was less interesting than the other books was probably because there was a lack of romance going on between her and those selections. 
 Well, probably there was a spark between Eadlyn and Kile and Henry and might I say Erik too. But their relationship ended up with nothing in the end and that the book is practically centered with political matters, instead of The Selection itself and that bores me. 
 However, it was fortunately not to the extent that I would skip some of the pages just to finish it early. So more or less, that counts. 
 I'm not saying that this book bores and upsets me but it's just less interesting and less of a page-turner than the other books in The Selection series. 
 Regardless, it was not as bad as the other books that I consider to finish them early just to get it over with. 
 Which explains those 4 stars instead of 5 stars!