For this review I wanted to obviously start with the cover art for The Selection. You have to admit that anyone who has had a glimpse of the book cover for The Selection cannot deny how incredibly beautiful it is. The aquamarine dress was stunning and very much princess-like to say the least. The publishing company, I think did a beautiful job of portraying a sense of foreboding and elegance towards the book. This and reading the book's blurb made me giddy with excitement that I just couldn't wait to get my hands on The Selection fast enough. 
 Now on to the actual book... 
 The concept of The Selection being a cross between The Hunger Games and The Bachelor was left somewhat short in my opinion. Other than the fact that most of the competition is televised (because not even all of it is televised, unlike The Hunger Games) and the better part of the country is in poverty there wasn't anything else that I thought made it out to be like The Hunger Games. It isn't like these 'elite' girls are killing each other to win the coveted spot as Prince Maxon's wife. If there was a book I thought this book reminded me a little of it would be Wither . Which pretty much is a similar concept to The Selection in which you stick a certain amount of young ladies in a mansion with a handsome guy to then be showed off into society.