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The Elite (The Selection #2) Kiera Cass

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Brief synopsis (no spoilers): 35 girls have been weeded down to 6, the Elite group. The rebels are getting braver day by day.   

Category: YA

Why I chose this book: Second in a series. 

My personal opinion (the review): Things get more intense both in the Selection itself when the pool is narrowed from 35 to 6 and as the rebels get more bold. It's also easier to follow who all the characters are now that there a fewer and the real work of the Selection can actually begin. America's waffling between Aspen and Maxon still takes up a good portion of the book. 

Warnings
Language: Half a dozen
Violence: Rebel attacks, blood used to write on the walls, interior palace destruction, two characters are publicly beaten with a cane.   
"Adult" situations: Some descriptions of intimacy went further than I would have liked, but I have a low tolerance. All instances ended before they went "too far," but I would be cautious about letting early teens read it. 
Death: Minor characters 

Movie rating equivalent: PG:13

Protagonist description: America still drives me crazy with not being able to make up her mind. Sometimes she seems so strong and other times she just caves and wants to give up on everything.   

Point of view of story: First

Book length: Short

Story flow: Slow, but fluid

Grammar and spelling issues: None

Character connection (no spoilers): None

For series:
Independent or integral: Integral as second in a series. 

Series review as a whole: Very slow but there was enough the keep me reading the entire series (plus the extras).

If you only have time for one, read: (which one): The Selection as first in the series, but don't waste your time. 

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