I gotta say, when I first read the summary for this book I was interested on the spot. A competition to win the prince? That had got to be one of the most oddest ideas ever! Especially when most of the dystopia novels nowadays were more about a warrior girl who rebelled, this one was different~as in the main character wan't someone who started rebelling and fighting and something with arrows. 
 Spoilers below 
 America Singer is not a warrior. She's just a middle-classed girl who's in love with someone lesser than her. Her mother is obssessed with the idea that America could win the SELECTION (a competition between 35 girls to be the prince's wife). 
 America couldn't care less about winning.She's in love with Aspen (her secret lover) but because she believes he had been cheating on her, she chooses to stay in the SELECTION just to be far away from him. America makes that very clear from the beginning to Prince Maxon, and surprisingly, he doesn't mind. Instead they agree on being just friends... 
 But America starts falling for him. Right when she thinks she's really ready to move on Aspen becomes a guard at the palace and he tells her that he's never cheated on her and that he's loved her sooooo much and regrets leaving her. 
 This causes complications.... 
 I let you know now. This book isn't fast-paced. There is no action scenes, it's technically just a story about the SELECTION and about the growing relationship between the Prince and America.