A Elite

by Kiera Cass Narrated by Sâmia Bianchi

Overview

A Seleção começou com trinta e cinco garotas. Agora restam apenas seis, e a competição para ganhar o coração do príncipe Maxon está acirrada como nunca. Porém, quanto mais America se aproxima da coroa, mais se sente confusa. Ela precisa de mais tempo... A vida no palácio não era tão ruim quanto America imaginava. Ou melhor: com todos os mimos e privilégios que estava tendo, ela já mal se lembrava de como era pertencer à casta Cinco. Ser Um, em compensação, era fácil: suas criadas eram costureiras talentosíssimas e faziam vestidos maravilhosos; os banquetes e as festas que frequentava eram incrivelmente divertidos; e o conforto em que vivia agora seria impensável alguns meses atrás. Além de tudo, quando sentia saudade de casa, tinha Aspen por perto. Ele era compreensivo, companheiro e tinha decidido colocar sua vida em perigo por ela - afinal, o que aconteceria se alguém descobrisse que, além de guarda do palácio, era ex-namorado de uma das candidatas? Era com Aspen que America contava nas horas mais difíceis. Por outro lado, o príncipe Maxon era atraente, bondoso, carinhoso e - o mais importante - desejava America mais do que qualquer outra garota da Elite. Mas, além de estar com o coração secretamente dividido, também era difícil lidar com o fato de que aceitar Maxon significava ter que aceitar uma coroa. America não tinha certeza se gostaria de ser uma princesa. Apesar da vida glamorosa, havia tantas coisas com as quais ela não concordava e que permaneciam sem explicação: por que o palácio sofria tantos ataques rebeldes? O que era reivindicado? Por que os castigos aos infratores tinham de ser tão violentos? O que estava por trás daquele regime de castas tão cruel? O tempo está acabando e as dúvidas de America só aumentam.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

In this sequel to The Selection, America Singer continues her deliciously entertaining quest for the affection of Prince Maxon and the title of Princess of Illéa in her country’s time-honored tradition. Now whittled down to six girls, the Elite, the competition has grown even more cutthroat. Though Prince Maxon has made his feelings for America known, she wavers between wanting to be his future bride and following her ever-present feelings for her first love, Aspen, a guard from her hometown who has been assigned to protect her at the palace. Like the first book in the trilogy, this installment offers delightfully royal treatment for America, cat-fighting and tension between the remaining girls, a bit of dramatic action when rebels invade the palace, and, of course, tantalizing clandestine moments with both Maxon and Aspen. America’s “whatever shall I do?” musings can get a little taxing, but all in all, Cass delivers another round of enjoyable, clean, romantic fun for readers who would love to spend just one day in America’s pampered shoes. Ages 13–up. Agent: Elana Roth, Red Tree Literary. (May)

Kirkus Reviews

Illéa's Selection pool of potential princesses has been reduced from 35 to six (The Selection, 2012), and the competition's getting tense. Among the six is feisty, iconoclastic America. If Prince Maxon Selects her, as he swears he wants to, she and her lowborn family will rise to Ones in Illéa's caste system. America is finally ready to say yes when her best friend is eliminated from the Selection with upsetting violence after being found in flagrante with her illicit boyfriend. How can America imagine marrying the future head of such an unjust government? Suddenly, former love Aspen seems attractive again. Love triangle re-established, Cass sends America's emotions lurching back and forth between Aspen and Maxon for the rest of the book. Life at the palace is periodically punctuated by episodes of violence, as various rebel factions break in and then fall back. The mischievous Northern rebels steal books; the scary Southern ones leave threatening graffiti. Twenty-first-century readers will wonder at the monumental ineptitude of the palace guard. Cass tries to compensate for the virtually nonexistent worldbuilding of the first book with occasional infodumps and excerpts from the diary of Illéa's founder, secretly lent to America by Maxon. As in the first book, though, the thoughts a well-formed dystopia ought to provoke are buried by the bitchy politics of the Selection and the teeter-totter of America's yearnings. Vapid, but at least it reads fast. (Dystopian romance. 12 & up)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940192808801
Publisher:	Editora Seguinte
Publication date:	04/25/2024
Series:	A Seleção , #2
Edition description:	Unabridged
Language:	Portuguese
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

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