I love the implication that Perfect America and Desirable Maxon together created an Insufferable Uneducated and Horrible Kid

biggest red flag from eadlyn is that she got mad at kile for being nice to her, just like aspen at the beginning of the first book

"I love fashion" she says. Ah yes the classic Ikea dress, pinnacle of style

nothing can hold my tiny attention span like you talking about these terrible books i have never read and never will read

No because the dynamic of two lovers who cant speak the same language having to communicate through a translating mutual friend as one learns the others's language would've been so cute if this was any other book series

seriously SERIOUSLY questionable POV in these books LOL like why is eadlyn such a terrible unlikeable person 💀💀

I don't understand why Kiera Cass set the number of Selected at 36, when she obviously doesn't have the writting skills to take advantage of such a large cast, nor it seemd she has any interest to do so. And, like... She breaks her own rules. The Elite are supposed to be the last 10. Maxon left it at 6 for "safety reasons", but we all know three of them never had a chance and that he insta-loved America from Night 0. And Eadlyn just... Does it again. For no reason, she has eliminated all useless characters between books and she also has 6 Elite. Kiera, if you wanted the Elite to be 6 you could have done so, you know? [Also, she names her characters like that meme of white woman who lists some awful baby names. And you know the best part? They WERE baby names she considered for her own children!]

Wait so you’re telling me that she doesn’t end up with the cute architect she’s known like her entire life but instead this translator she met three months ago? Why would you set that up Kiera Cass, what the hell.

I stopped reading The Crown as soon as Maxon and America stepped down as King and Queen. Cuz if I remember correctly (and I could be wrong, I read this many years ago) it was so they could travel...... And I was like, the people we know and love from the OG series would never leave an entire country that's still THIS out of shape in the hands of a daughter THIS incapable so they could go globetrotting for the rest of their lives.... They would NEVER. I have enough trouble believing they'd somehow manage to raise a daughter like her to begin with, but this moment was absolutely broken. I was done at that point. Didnt even care who Eadlyn married. Didnt even care about the future of Ilea. Our OG couple had undergone the most extreme form of character assasination I had ever witnessed and I was not here for it anymore. Still. Even having not finished The Crown myself, I own all five books in this series and the collection of companion novellas (which are also pretty trash, if you haven't read those).

OK, but a book where Eadlyn & Ian pull the strings of this Selection in a fun evil Lavander marriage scheme. Affairs on the side. Plots to start making a good public face. Like, Make her the villain! She'd be so much more fun!!

The reveal of Ean and Hale's relationship always felt so out of left field, which was weird because I feel like I usually pick up on that kind of stuff. But then I realized that these books are so aggresively heterosexual that my brain completely forgot that queer people existed in this universe because they didnt seem to exist in this universe until that reveal.

"kile designs low income housing" immediate reaction: cute! one second later: HANG ON i just KNOW that kile's designing pruitt-igoe because kiera cass thinks that's the best way to go about things and yep then we learn kyle does not put in fucking bathrooms. "go piss at work" kiera cass please i'm starting to get bad thoughts about what you think of unhoused and lower income people

Eadlyn, going down the line of suitors: “Hate your hair, not likely, yikes, yikes, yikes, and lemme guess, you have a great personality?”

These books are so awful. I spent so long being annoyed by how much she spent talking about how 'old' her parents were - like babe, they had you when America was 18, they are late 30s-early 40s AT MOST.

I'm shocked that Kile wasn't spelled Kisle, like island. A strange spelling with no unnecessary letters? Seems like a missed opportunity

BUT OF COURSE Eadlyn??? Eatlyn? Princess princess couldn't just say "I don't want to be the Queen" like giving up the right to the throne who??

"Men are stinky." ... Now I'm sad. I mean, also stinky, but mostly sad.

so i usually skip character's descriptions, because i'm into imagining them as i want, so i was imagining Erik as a middle-aged guy and when eadlyn asked him why he didn't try to get into the selection, i was like 'HE WAS ALLOWED?"

The autistic urge to binge all your videos upon discovering the channel, only to realise there's only SIX uploads 😭 Keep it up seriously

I don’t want Eadlyn to be happy but her and Kile had so much more chemistry

a "twist ending" couldve been done in so many ways that doesn't include the mc falling in love with someone WHO WERE NOT ROOTING FOR OR WERE PRIMED TO LIKE??? this is not how this works ffsss

If Kyra Cass thinks that a princess nobody ever liked suddenly proclaiming, “Hey, gang, we’re a constitutional monarchy now!” would result in anything other than a civil war, then she is out of her mind. (By the way, are you aware there’s a companion volume of short stories about the minor characters in the series, including the story of how Maxson’s parents met in his father’s Selection?)

"Babe, it's not misogyny, it's cause you're the freaking worst." That's one of those quotes I'm now dying to say, even without context. 😂 Also, on a different note, I absolutely ADORED Henri and even though I wouldn't wish Eadlyn upon my worst enemy, it's still kinda stupid that she only *picked* him by default. 😒

I dont know why but this is so addicting to watch. The books so bad that your talking makes it wayyy more entertaining and funnier and makes me wanna strangely read it and be apart of the experience.

just wanted to say that osten & ahren r both names in non anglophone countries! osten is probably norse. and ahren is germanic (but im not very sure). as far as i can tell eadlyn is completely made up tho 😭 i just think its really impt to remember that american names rnt the only kind & that names that seem made up/misspelled could b from other cultures

The only reason I could read these was because there are 2 Finnish characters and it was so hilarious to read as a Finn. The Finnish is so bad in the original books that the Finnish book translator corrected every spelling mistake for our own sanity. Keira Cass did no research for her Finnish characters at all lol.

there are many problems with these 2 books and I'm gonna list the ones that are the worst for me: 1. They don't have enough worldbuilding for them to be so centered on politics like this world is sooo simple, which is fine for a romance book that occasionally mentions politics (aka, the first 3 books), but not for a "political" book that occasionally mentions romance. 2. The final couple is instalove, they talked to each other like two or three times and now they are in love and want to marry??? besides its misleading the romance with Kyle, (I will never forgive what they did with my guy) 3. This book made Maxon and America WORSE like I can't believe they were that terrible as king and queen and that terrible at raising Eadlyn. Like I have to genuinely brainwash myself to forget these books to keep liking them as I did in the original trilogy

lmao "osten" in german just means "east"... north west is shaking in her boots

I’m team Erik but only because Eadlyn doesn’t deserve Kile

Reading these books in Swedish was just so funny because “Osten” means “The cheese”😭😭

The way you skip over the ENTIRE whirlwind romance between Eadlyn and Erik is so funny 😂 like I'm team Kile too but holy crap the "oh yeah they're in love and get engaged" with no buildup SENT ME Also the way you hate Aspen so much that you mention him and Lucy 0 times cracks me UP 🤭 Mannnn f'ck Aspen I love your videos, I'm so happy to find anyone who talks about this book series, I was OBSESSED If you're taking any series suggestions, I'd love if you covered The Lunar Chronicles, also one of mh middle school obsessions 🤭

Every time you say “Eadlyn”, I think you’re saying “Edalyn”, and imagining how much more interesting this story would be with a main character like Edalyn Clawthorn from The Owl House.

so when i was in middle school and the heir came out i actually predicted the twist ending!! you're right, this didn't really Need to exist and the series would have been complete without it. in the original selection we already knew how it would end- but we wanted to see how our main character grew and won over the prince anyway. however the problem is in the sequels they decided that they had to end it in an "interesting" way somehow as it would be too straightforward to just see a princess main character fall in love with a guy that was chosen for her, so they had to do this sudden twist. i feel like the childhood friend could have been more than interesting enough- i'm also team kyle!

I cannot be the only one that did not know the translator guy was an option from the beggining.For the longest time I was rooting for Kyle and then I found out she likes another guy and that he is young unlike the 40-50 year old I thought he was for most of the books. Now I realize I don't really like Eadlyn and Kile deserved better😂

You are incredibly charming, funny, and captivate my attention, and I cannot EVEN believe your channel hasn’t blown the heck up yet. You’re awesome, I love the concept of this channel, and I can’t wait to see you and your grow and flourish!

yes that passage in the book was quite homophobic. She's saying that it's the gay couple's fault for being driven out of town and hurt because they "went out of their way" to live in the same house and be an *out couple* . She's saying she "can't care" for the story (therefore, for the couple) because they, in her eyes, *chose* to be hurt. They could have been less hurt if they had stayed in the closet, therefore they deserve less compassion than, like, poor people, who don't have any choice. very slimy awful and bullshit of course, she just phrased it in a way that didnt make her look too bad.

I am less than halfway through the video and am predicting that Eadlyn ends up with Kile because she starts off hating him. Edit: WHAT. THE. FUCK. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Osten in swedish just means "the cheese." I felt I needed to share this.

i was already deeply annoyed with basically all the characters in the selection series but, god, when i read the heir (on a road trip btw! which was an awful decision) i almost tore up the book. it was a library book so i wasn't able to but i was still tempted. i never even picked up the crown! and i'm glad tbh!!

1:35 fun fact, in Swedish, 'osten' means 'the cheese'

Turns out my brain deleted the last third of the books and I thought she got like a poly romance with Erik, Henry and Kyle. (Idc how they’re spelled lol)

So you are telling me in the entire first series there was no background checks or anything being done on the girls!!!?????? Like it just feels so weird that this is NOW just becoming a plot line that someone submitting themselves to the selection could potentially be creeps. like....of course??????? this universe seriously makes me lose brain cells and tysm for your review

“Am I being crazy? No! I mean Yes! But not about this!” Haha queen 👑

Hey listen after these books when I was like 12 I named my pet chicken Eadlyn 😭 it wasn’t a good name but at least she wasn’t resume ig

YOU EXPRESSED MY EXACT THOUGHTS TOWARDS EADLYN AND KILE I was halfway through The Heir when The Crown dropped and I got spoiled about who she'd end up with. Dropped the entire series, couldn't care anymore. How tf are you gonna build this amazing dynamic of people who are childhood friends but also can't stand each other and then just THROW IT OUT OF THE WINDOW. ABSOLUTELY UNHINGED BEHAVIOR!!!! KIERA CASS WHAT WERE YOU OOOOON

Not me googling of Kiera Cass is mormon cause that would at least explain the really stupid names (she isn't)

reading these books in english but as a german kid i never had a problem with those names because those are just german words 😭😭😭 NEVER realised Osten was supposed to be a kaiyleiygh version of AUSTIN

I actually liked Eric. In the first 3 books it is very clear that America is going to win because she is literally the main character, but books about her daughter have intrigue, I was genuinely interested. And as I mentioned, I liked Eric so I was very happy about the ending.

I absolutely love the selection series and always end up rereading them every few years but to this day I have never successfully finished the heir and the crown because as you point out, Eadlyn is so obviously not anything like a child that America and Maxon would ever raise in a million years. Her overall behavior and general lack of empathy is wildly out of character for the child of the people who abolished the caste system and actually cared about their subjects. From the little I read I do remember thinking that she would surely end up with Kile and now finding out how the books ended I'm even more glad I didn't finish because it would've made me so irrationally angry!!!!! Also forgive me if I'm missing context but it seems absolutely insane to me that despite changing the political system to a constitutional monarchy Eadlyn literally ended up appointing her aunt as the prime minister... like is that not just keeping the power in her family?????? Anyways, these videos were so good I love the way you are able to summarize things but not leave too much out! I'll def be checking out more videos from your channel!!!!!

Eadlyn seems kind of like „what if someone had the same personality as America except privileged and entitled?“ when the only thing that made America‘s impulsiveness and rage okay was that she wasn’t entitled and had valid injustices to be impulsive and angry about

the yellow dress + navy belt would be a cute twee-core outfit if it didn't resemble the colour palette of the MINIONS

me personally, straight or not, if given the opportunity, i’d sign up to marry the prince/princesses. ESPECIALLY if i’m poor. ESPECIALLY if i’m a northern rebel who wants to abolish the monarchy.

Oh no, I just realised that when about 2 hours ago I was suggested the first part of this series I miss remembered the Selection books. I almost completely had forgotten Maxon and Americas story, but I remembered the princess and her child hood enemy to lover's. Which is a trope I really stan. After watching this video I was like, the eff, she didn't end up with Kile?! Turns out I had stopped reading when she was going to propose to him, because I got busy and forgot about it. So in my mind she's with Kile and he's a positive influence on her.

I'm a simple girl, I loved Eikko (Erik) and therefore I actually loved these two books more than the first two xD

As a non-native english speaker the Henry thing is so maddening. First of all, english is an extremely simple language and one of the easiest to learn. Second, if someone has an intensive english course they could very well master the language in 3-5 months. This plot point was clearly written by someone who has never even bothered to learn a second language.

i dont know why or if its just me but i cant imagine these books in a world with phones and planes, i imagine it like bridgerton

I am ashamed to admit that I prefer these books over the other three... As much as i hate the protagonist, America was honestly more annoying to me, mostly because she got called out way less than Eadlyn by other characters. Also Henri is really precious. Also also, I kind of wish the whole marriage of convenience thing with Ian could have happened (and then them not calling in love once they're married anyway!!), would be something different for an otherwose quite cliché heavy book series^^' I am happy for him though. Also also also, am I the only one who found America to be really OOC? I mean sure, she grew up and became a mother but in these books she was kind of a copy of Queen Amberly imo.

Literally one of the only things I know about these books is that Kile was originally spelled Kiel.

it's funny how in the twilight video bella and jacob being life long friends made them being a couple weird but when it's about kyle and this princess person it's cute, i call your bullshit

I love how each of these book reviews just show that you're slowly and steadily descending into the pits of madness

(okay listen I love alternative spellings of names. My favorite form of Erin is Aeryn. Don't kill me, it's pretty. I use it in a lot of games. I wouldn't pronounce Ahren as Aaron though. It definitely looks like Aw-ren to me. Which tbh feels like it would match with Eadlyn better than Aaron pronunciation-wise. But anyway.) Ngl the "You don't have to call me "your highness", it's just Ean" sounds strongly like "You don't have to call me "sir", professor."

Short in the front, long in the back Was indeed a trend in 2015, I actually wore one in red as my graduation dress back then😂 the colour choices in the book are questionable though 😂

always a youtube watcher and never a commenter, but just wanted to say how much I love your videos!!! I feel like we’re besties chatting with some coffee! anyways, you ate. 😙

Okay okay the original trilogy is better but... I still kinda love these second two books. I don't like how Maxon and America's characters were handled or how sudden the twist is at the end, but other than that I think they're pretty good. The sibling dynamics are interesting and the development with each boy is sweet (although unfortunately limited.) Experiencing the selection from the other side was fun because the end game wasn't clear (since we aways knew Maxon would of course choose the protagonist.) As far as Eadlyn's character goes.... there aren't enough protagonists who are written as terrible people on purpose. She stands out and it's just a different thing to read. It's gratifying when she starts realizing she's horrible. She may not be a good person by the end of the book, but she has an idea that she needs a change. I think it's a fun read.

Imma need a complete series of the lunar chronicles of you’re doing all my childhood books dude

They always say that it’s very hard to write a character that is smarter than you, and I feel like that almost applies to how the author clearly doesn’t understand like… dystopian politics or how stuff like this works. Like she can only tackle so much with the knowledge she has on caste systems and stuff, so it all comes off as shallow. America didn’t know how to solve the issues in this fictional country because the author doesn’t either.

“anyway she has a heart attack, _NOT_ very slay” had a fuckin howling, what an icon

i would LOVE your insights on a coleen hoover novel

Your videos are so entertaining, I hope your channel blows up soon💖🫶🏻

About the atrocious yellow dress- It sounds so 2014/2015 to me. Back then long-short dresses were HUGE. I remember hating them and hating that it was so hard to find anything with a normal hemline. You’d see a dress with a cute bodice and then it’d look like someone made a tailoring mistake.

would love to hear your thoughts on cass's novel the siren 👀

I’ve been binging all your videos and they’re genuinely apart of my fault routine now. Very good source of slayness and happiness thank you

i just finished these books yesterday and the word insufferable perfectly embodies Eadlyn and i'm just mad the second book was LITERALLY 95% dialogue... ITS A GLORIFIED SCRIPT

Girl u r my fav KZfaqr rn since I found ur channel I’ve watched u religiously i can listen to u talk about anything for hours ❤

fun fact! “Osten” means “the cheese” in danish!

these books are always so close to a good fun idea and then just totally dodge past it. like the gay guy marrying her as a friend and the both having affairs? that would've been perfect! She would've fulfilled her obligation to marry without tying herself down just like she wanted. The guy who speaks another language could've also been cute if it was like,, a 3way with the translator, that adds some spicy drama but its also very sweet if they're close already. Just the translator alone feels,, insulting almost, like not only did you not get the girl but she stole the only person who speaks your language cmon

So glad i found this channel omg i love the way u explain these books

I read the first spin-off book when it came out and forgot about it by the time the second was released. Then, years later, I found it in a bookstore and something stopped me from buying it right away. I skipped to end (something I never do) to see who she proposed to and I was literally SO shocked because I was a hardcore Team Kile girlie. They grew up together and shared so many moments together and had such great chemistry AND it was haters to lovers on top of everything. I was so sure it’d be him!! I ended up putting it back so I watched this to learn what actually happened. This somehow sounded even worse than I imagined because Kile didn’t even do anything wrong and it sounds like she still loved him. Crazy.

phahaha i love this your previous video made me re-read the first three books but now i really want to read these two again too,, not sure whether to thank you or hate you for that xD I did have a lot of fun with the first three though, sooo... thanks. for now.

Love hearing a fellow lesbians point of view thats just subtle, like, I feel so represented ❤

I WAS LITERALLY WONDERING IF MADRID N HER ARE RELATED THIS WHOLE TIME

I vivdly remember reading these two books. I didn't read the ones with america and the dude (I don't remember his name) but I remember reading it and being livid at the ending. I was rooting for eadlyn and kile but then Erik came and I was like wtf.

I just found your channel, and I already cannot at those names. Not just because they're absurd but because me and my siblings names are Ashlyn, Aaron, and Austin. LIKE I WOULD HAVE BEEN DECEASED IF I KNEW ABOUT THESE AS A PRETEEN.

it’s been almost a decade since i first read the heir/the crown and i’ve never EVER forgotten kile and what could & should have been

Idk why i cant stop watching your videos 😅 I keep rewatching your stuff, waiting for the next post ❤

I kinda wonder if the author knew that “Osten” means “East” in German or if she was just looking for a ✨quirky✨ way to spell Austen

ok i've read these two books like years ago and I need to take something off my chest... As I was reading I felt kinda lazy and just put random characters for the face of the characters of the books... So the romance with the translator literally hit me out of left field because I deadass imagined him as Cam from modern family 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

hi youre my new favorite channel im laughing and relating and also very comforted and relaxed i love what youre doing!!

I watched this because I haven't read the books, nor do I plan to. Only to find out that IN FACT I have read BOTH of these books, I simply ✨BLOCKED IT FROM MY MEMORY✨ I began having flashbacks when she brought up Henry! from Swendway!!

Ive once heard someone say that Kiera fell asleep on the keybord and her head tapped some randon letter and when she wake up she thohgh "mm.. good names"

I absolutely loved watching this and your first video on the Selection Series, your videos are so entertaining!! 🥰 how do you not have more subs?!

"I support womens rights but I also support womens wrongs" hit me like a truck and made my whole day

eeee I love this! I remember reading the whole series as a kid and having to POWER through these two, ugh it was rough. The only valid thing Eadlyn does is not learn Finnish actually 😂 that language… oh boy…

I remember when this series came out and even then, 16 year old me who read The Hunger Games in 2 days read the first chapter and went: 😖

Man, this is really good! You should make a video on Happily Ever After (the novella book)!

Eadlyn is girl Aspen

Can we acknowledge for a moment that the covers are gorgeous like I would stare at them for hours when I was younger

As an Erin I did not even think that’s how you pronounce Ahren when I read this

i used to be so obsessed with the selection series until i finished the crown and hated eadlyn and the ending so much that i never opened the series ever again

im obsessed with your videos