Wanting to write fanfiction but can't find the time. Between soccer and school work I can’t balance writing fanfiction right now. Which sucks because lately all I can think about is new ideas. Life has gotten busy. In fact right now I`m supposed to be working on science homework and then I have a soccer game. I hope to post something soon. Really sorry, please understand

       -Katelynn

The Heir    By Kiera Cass  Book Review

 

Didn't really feel like writing fanfic today so instead I did a book review.

I know I said I’ll have it up by Monday and today is Thursday but things got really busy with school and life so please forgive me!

 The Heir by Kiera Cass is the 4th book in the Selection series book with 342 pages. Book 1 is known as The Selection, book 2 is The Elite, book 3 is The One, and she is releasing a 5th book The Crown on May 3rd 2016. Unlike the other 3 books which follow America Singer, The Heir is told from her daughter’s point of view, Princess Eadlyn Schreave. Much like her mother, Eadlyn is very stubborn and at times a very frustrating character. The whole plot of this book is that for the first time in history the throne will be held by a queen with no king by her side and Eadlyn is pressured by her parents America and Maxon to hold a Selection. Eadlyn agrees but makes a rule, if she does not fall in love within 3 months, she does not have to marry anyone participating in the Selection. I found this book unique compared to the other books in the series because now, the Selection is told from the person who is selecting.

  To begin the book and mostly through the middle, I was not exactly fond of Princess Eadlyn. I found her to be obnoxious and not being considerate of other people’s feelings. The first time Eadlyn decides she is going to do an elimination from the Selection, she decides to barge into the Men's Room and start telling people to leave. I personally didn't know what to think about this but kind of laughed at the men's reactions, but it did seem quite mean.

  The first time Eadlyn decides to go talk to Ahren before the Selection even started, I really enjoyed their bond and communication together. I was from that moment on a huge Ahren fan. I also really like Osten (Eadlyn's youngest brother) but didn't exactly get to know Kaden too much and I felt like he was just a background character.

  We find out in this book that Marlee had two children Kile and Josie, and Kile is chosen to be in the Princess's Selection but nobody knows who put his name in. Eadlyn hates both of Lady Marlee's children but as the book progresses learns that Kile at least isn't who she thought he was. We also find out the Aspen still works at the palace and is now known as General Leger and is now married to Lady Lucy (America's old maid), we also learn that Lucy cannot have a child and has been trying for quite some time. There is a scene were Eadlyn over hears Lucy and Aspen talking about this and it brought tears to my eyes.

  The Selection boys all have interesting characters. My personal favourite is Henri and Erik. Henri doesn't speak English and Erik is his translator. I find Henri so heart-warming and I feel bad that because he doesn't speak English it holds him back. Let's talk about Eadlyns and Eriks relationship because guys THEY ARE SO CUTE TOGETEHR! Every little interaction they have with each other makes me smile. My favourite is when Eadlyn is in the hallway crying and she doesn't realize that Erik is there waiting at her bedroom door to talk to her and when she stands up she sees him and  they have this whole conversation about how Henri was thinking that by kissing Eadlyn that he was doing something wrong and the whole time their talking I’m like AWWWWW. Then there is Kile, who she has known all her life. They have this one scene were Eadlyn and Kile are in her room and she asks him to kiss her in the hallway and Kile agrees if Eadlyn talks to his mom about leaving the palace they agree on these terms and when they are kissing we find out that what was supposed to be only a fake kiss meant more to Eadlyn then it was supposed to. Then throughout the book there are two more scenes were they are kissing. The only thing I didn’t like is that they never talked and even when Kile tried to talk Eadlyn would get mad at him and leave, which was really annoying. We also meet Jack, who Eadlyn goes on a date with. She brings him to watch a movie anw while they were walking there Jack is trying to lead the way but doesn’t know where he is going and Eadlyn keeps telling him it’s the wrong way. When they finally get the the theatre, she asks him what her wants to watch he says “Something with action”. He basically picks the movie without any input from Eadlyn. This was now the second sign that there was something up with Jack, because he also mentions something about he wants Eadlyn to be scarred and snuggle up to him during the movie. When the movie is over and they are walking back to Jack’s room he starts to say these wired things like “That way you just barged into the Men’s Room and started eliminating people was totally sexy.” And things like that. He then pushes her agests the wall and starts touching her, she begs him to stop and eventually breaks free running away to find guards. She finds them and yells at them to get Jack out of there the guards run to start looking for Jack and Eadlyn sees Ahren. Eadlyn explains what happened and Ahren ends up punching Jack. Oddly I liked this part because it showed how Ahren loves Eadlyn and stands up for her. That night Eadlyn sleeps with her 3 brothers this was one of my favourite scenes in the whole book as it shows that royal or not, at the end of the day they are still a family who loves each other.

    We have all of this drama around Eadlyn only holding a Selection to distract the country while Maxon tries to come up with a way to bring the country peace once again because people are rebelling against the elimination of the casts. Eadlyn you can tell is clearly trying to help her dad out but sometimes ends up just bringing more negativity. Like when she talks to the women from Calgary in the Women’s Room and then the lady blabs about it to the reporters about Eadlyn saying some things that basically state that she doesn’t like the Selection. Which is of course true, but the public is not supposed to know about it. At times I found this kind of annoying that there is so much drama about this, like just make a public statement and move on.

  Now, since that pretty much sums up some of my favourite or most memorable parts let’s talk about the heartbreaking ending. So, in the end after Eadlyn talks to Ahren about Camille and how he should “Explore other options” Ahren decides he is going to elope with Camille and move to France. The thing is, he doesn’t tell anyone. When Eadlyn figures it out, she finds a note that Ahren left her. The note basically says that he figured out why Eadlyn has said what she said to him, because she didn’t want Ahren to leave, and Ahren couldn’t not leave so he desided to elope with Camille and move to France. One thing that I did love about the ketter is that Ahren was very honest with Eadlyn and told her what she needed to hear. Ahren told Eadlyn that her people don’t exactly like her, which I knew was true but still felt bad for her he also told her that the stuff Maxon is dealing with is much worse then she knows. After reading the letter, Eadlyn is found by a guard and the guard tells her that America, her mother has had a heart attack. By now, reading this made me cry. Then Kiera Cass writes us this heartbreaking secne were Maxon is beside America’s bed and hes crying and you can just tell by the way that she describes Maxon that he still really loves America and this scene was so cute and romantic it made me cry even more. We end the book at this, not knowing if America will be okay or not. But I really, really hope that she is. I don’t want America to die, because what will happen to Maxon? Eadlyn will most likely call off the Selection and then she doesn’t get her love story and America’s and Maxon’s love story comes to a sad end and just all of the feels. Plus what about Marlee and Lucy and ASPEN?!? She just can’t die.

That’s all for my book review on The Heir by Kiera Cass, overall I would give this book a 90% ish, because I have loved the Selection series ever since book one and even though this wasn’t as good as my favourite book The One it was still a above average book and still had all of the characters that we know and love from the first 3 books. Thank you all for reading.

      -Katelynn

Book review going up either tomorrow or Monday on the Heir by Kirea Cass. Have you guys read the Selection series?

So, was re-reading Fangirl last night, looking for a detail about Wren and Cath`s dad for ch.2 and realized it`s written from third person, and my fic is in first..... Not sure I`m going to write more. I might just start a new fanfiction. So Sorry,
           -Katelynn

Fangirl Fanfiction Ch.1  (More up soon)

This Takes place kind of in the middle of the book, when Cath realizes she likes Levi.

   “Hey Cather,” Levi says. I jump, I didn’t know my dorm room door was open I quickly shut my laptop and slide it under my bed hopping Levi just lets it be and doesn’t ask what I was doing. “Hey,” I say. I don’t know why but lately I’ve been self-conscience around Levi. I’ve never been self-conscience before and I really don’t like it. I don’t like not having any control over what I feel. Levi walks into the small dorm room which seems even smaller now that he’s here and sits down next to me on my bed.

  I can feel his body so close to me, and it takes every piece of self-control I have not to lean over and kiss him I have to remember he has a girlfriend. Who happens to be my roommate and the last thing I want is to be on her bad side. I shift further away from him so I’m not so tempted. “What’s up?” I ask, Levi doesn’t reply I look over and see him starring and my Simon Snow posters behind my bed. I open my mouth and start to say something but then I decide to close it, he looks so peaceful like this, focusing so hard yet seaming like he’s in his own little world where everyone smiles and stops to talk to everyone and is just like Levi in every way possible. That’s what I love about Levi, he is always going out of his way to be nice to people, even people he doesn’t know like it doesn`t cost him anything and he is always wear a huge smile that spreads from check to check showing off hid perfectly white teeth stretching his lips thin and his eyes, oh his dark brown beautiful big eyes that sparkle every time he speaks. Then there’s his hair, short and black and sticks up because he only washes it once every 3 weeks but still looks so perfect. That’s the thing about Levi he’s perfect in every way shape and form and doesn’t even know it. “Cather?” He says in a confused tone. I realize I’ve been starring while he was talking. I look away and then realize I have to look back.

“Uh, yes?”

“Did u hear anything I just said? Or were you too busy staring at my perfectly good smelling hair which you still continuously refuse to smell?”

  I open my mouth and then close it again, there is nothing good that can come out of it. “As I was saying, my birthday is coming up and since Regan is going to be out of town because it also happens to be her grandmothers 70^th birthday I want to spend it with u.” He talks slowly as though he is mocking me for not paying attention. “Well, what would u like to do?” I ask.

“You don’t even know when my birthday is, how do u know u will be around?”

“Ok then, Levi when is your birthday?”
“May 12^th, it’s a Friday.”

“Well lucky for you I happen to be around on Friday, so what would u like to do?”
“You are going to take me out to a bar and buy me a drink”

“Haven’t you ever had a drink?”

“Of course I have but I’ve never seen you have a drink”

“What makes you think I’m going to a have drink?”

“Because it will be my birthday and you have to do whatever I want, and I want you to have a drink or 2 with me.”

 I roll my eyes, knowing that there isn’t going to be a way out of this. Regan comes into the room, kicking the door open like she always does. That’s when I remember that Levi has a girlfriend who happens to be my roommate and I don’t want to be on her bad side. And after all she has done for me; I could never break her and Levi up. “You going to help me study?” Levi asks. “Yeah, let’s go” and just like that their gone, but of course Levi didn’t leave the dorm before giving me a smile that spread from cheek to cheek because that who Levi is. He gives smiles like that out to everyone he sees but u can always tell the difference when he smiles at someone (like Regan) he cares about, his eyes light up in a different way not like a sparkle in the night sky like most books describe it as, but almost like a pool on a sunny summer day, beautiful clear water that glows when beams on sunlight touch it, that’s the kind of smile Levi was giving me right now, the smile that made me want to go up and kiss him. That smile was over to soon but not soon enough. I’m sitting on my bed motionless lost in thought about Levi when my phone rings. I snap out of it and glance it, its Wren. Since when did Wren ever call me? It’s too early in the day for her to be drunk, though you never know with Wren. I’m picking up my phone in my hand when I realize the last time I talked to Wren. She decided without me that she was going to meet with Laura, our mom. I don’t know if I’m still mad at her about that but I can’t ignore Wren for ever, so I answer.

“Wren?”

“Heyyy, Cath”

There is silence on both ends of the phone.

“Wren? Are you still there?”
“Yeah”

“What did u want to talk about?”

“Courtney….Courtney”

I could hear Wren crying on the other end. Wren never cried, she was always the strong one, the calm one.

“Courtney slept with Fin!”

More sobs.

“Wren. Who is Fin?”
“My b…Boyfriend, but I guess he’s not anymore”
“Come over. Regan and Levi just left and it’s a Friday afternoon, nobody is in the building, we can have an emergency dance party.”

Wren hung up the phone. I didn’t know whether or not she was going to come over or not, but in 3 minutes time I heard a knock on the door. The door was already open do I yelled “Come in!” and opened up my laptop searching for the Kayne West playlist Wren and I created a couple years ago when the “Emergency Dance Party” was invented after I got a F on my History exam. I looked over and saw Wren. She was a mess, her mascara was dripping down her face, her hair (Even though it was short) was in huge knots and her eyes were big a puffy, proof that she’s been crying for a while. I got up and gave her a big bear hug. I’ve never seen Wren like this, this Fin must have really ment something to Wren. I pull out of our hug and go over to my desk, dig out my wireless speaker and yell “EMERGANCY DANCE PARTY!!!” Kayne West starts playing and at first I’m the only one dancing but it’s not long before Wren joins in, wrapping all the words in her deep Kayne West voice while jumping and dancing around forgetting about all of her problems. This is what emergence dance parties are for, they were made so that Wren and I can just forget about all of our problems while yelling out our favourite Kayne West rap lyrics until we can’t yell anymore. That’s exactly what we do. We jump around waving our arms and yelling and I forget why I was even mad at Wren in the first place, and why Wren was upset. The playlist comes to an end and I stop dancing. Looking over at Wren I could still tell she was upset, but I don’t think she’s mad anymore.

“Do you want to talk about it?”

“Noo…”
“Are you sure?”

“No…… I just can’t believe she would do something like that and Fin would let her!”

“Have you talked to Fin?” I sat down on my bed and Wren sat down on Regan’s. “Wren, you need to call Fin”