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    The Selection Stories: The Prince & The Guard
    The Selection Stories: The Prince & The Guard
    The Selection Stories: The Prince & The Guard
    Audiobook4 hours

    The Selection Stories: The Prince & The Guard

    Written by Kiera Cass

    Narrated by Nick Podehl, Tristan Morris and Amy Rubinate

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    About this audiobook

    Discover the untold stories of two fan favorite characters in these novellas set in the world of Kiera Cass’s #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series

    The Prince and The Guard offer captivating views into the hearts and minds of the two men fighting to win America Singer’s love. The Selection Stories also features bonus content, including an extended ending to The Prince, a Q&A with Kiera Cass, family trees, playlists, and more!

    Before America arrived at the palace to compete in the Selection, there was another girl in Prince Maxon’s life. In The Prince, follow Maxon from the week before the Selection begins through the first day of the competition.

    Raised as a Six, Aspen Leger never dreamed that he would find himself living in the palace. In The Guard, get an inside look at Aspen’s life as a palace guard—and the truth about his world that America will never know.

    Don’t miss The Betrothed, a glittering royal romance sure to captivate Kiera Cass’s legion of loyal readers and lovers of courtly intrigue alike!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateFeb 4, 2014
    ISBN9780062320209
    The Selection Stories: The Prince & The Guard
    Author

    Kiera Cass

    Kiera Cass graduated from Radford University with a degree in History. She grew up in South Carolina and currently lives in Blacksburg, Virginia with her family. In her spare time, Kiera enjoys reading, dancing, making videos and eating unhealthy amounts of cake. You can learn more about Kiera at kieracass.com, follow her on twitter via @kieracass, and see her silly videos at YouTube.com/user/kieracass.

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    • 4/5
      This was good insight into Maxon and Aspen.
      A very good series so far!

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    • 5/5
      Chef came out on our visit and I was thinking of you
    • 4/5
      The Prince
      don't know, maybe I expect too much of this one, honestly.

      I wanted a previous story, a deeper look inside The Prince's head and past.

      A small section of it was new, but so much of it was just a rehash, too, so I'm very waffly on it.

      The Guard
      Maybe it's that I'm just not an Aspen fan, or maybe it's just that I feel like Aspen is so very incredibly fixated on The One Girl and nothing else in his life means anything but The One Girl, but I'm just not rooting for Aspen or moved by Aspen? Then, again, it could be, also, that this book is strangely set up to only match Aspen's sides of America's chapters in this piece, instead of really telling me everything he gets up to while America is off living her Princess Becoming life.
    • 3/5
      I enjoyed these short stories but I have to admit I much preferred Maxon's story over Aspen's. There's just something about Aspen that rubs me the wrong way and makes me want to yell at him. I do not see him as a viable match for America in any way possible. I felt that these stories were a little too short as it always takes me a few minutes to get in to this world and the lives of America, Maxon and company. But this was a nice little appetizer to hold me over until the final book comes out.
    • 3/5
      It was ok. I didn't think it added much to the story overall.
    • 3/5
      Maxon and Aspen's perspectives add little to the story, exploring Maxon's relationship further with his father was intriguing.
    • 1/5
      I could very well be wrong about this, but I feel like these short stories were written to try and bring in more money. I hate both of these characters, so I probably shouldn't have bothered reading these stories, but I do like Kiera Cass's writing style. Now if only she'd give us some characters we actually cared about she could write an amazing story.
    • 4/5
      Diese und weitere Rezensionen findet ihr auf meinem Blog Anima Libri - Buchseele

      „Selection Storys: Liebe oder Pflicht“ von Kiera Cass ist eine Zusammenstellung einiger kleiner Extras zur Selection-Serie. Enthalten sind zwei Kurzgeschichten, ein Interview mit der Autorin sowie Stammbäume.

      Die erste der beiden Kurzgeschichten ist aus der Sicht von Prinz Maxon erzählt, sie beginnt kurz vor der Selection und endet nach seinem ersten Gespräch mit den Kandidatinnen bzw. dem Spaziergang mit America. Die Autorin bietet dabei einen netten Einblick in Maxons Gefühls- und Gedankenwelt, der alle Maxon-Fans begeistern wird ;)

      Die andere Geschichte ist, wie könnte es anders sein, aus Aspens Sicht erzählt und spielt nach Halloween, erstreckt sich bis zu dem Moment, in dem Aspen America nach dem Angriff der Rebellen im Wald findet. Auch hier gibt es einen interessanten Einblick in die Gedanken und Gefühle einer der beiden männlichen Hauptfiguren aus der Selection-Serie.

      Beide Geschichten sind gut geschrieben, auch wenn mir persönlich Maxons Geschichte etwas besser gefallen hat, aber das kann auch einfach daran liegen, dass ich kein großer Fan von Aspen bin ^^ Für alle Fans der Selection-Trilogie jedenfalls ein nettes Extra. Zu Interview und Stammbäumen muss ja wohl nicht groß was gesagt werden ;)
    • 3/5
      SPOILER ALERT! I'm kind of over the whole "from the boy's perspective thing." Why can't we just be happy with the women's POV? That being said these stories were enjoyable, but I wish Aspen's story was set later in the timeline because I really want to know how the whole him and Lucy thing came about.
    • 4/5
      I love reading the half books about other characters in series I'm reading. They give me a different perspective of important scenes from the main books.
    • 5/5
      OK so Aspen may be a decient hearted person, BUT, I still don't trust him with America. Something is just off somewhere. Can't place it but it's there. Still Team Maxon. But I loved getting to hear the guys tell the tale. The preview is such a tease! I can't wait for May's release of "The ONE".
    • 3/5
      The Prince and The Guard are companion stories to the Selection series. These stories give us a glimpse into the backgrounds of America Singer's two beaux. We get to learn the weight of pressure Prince Maxon lives under, and the poor family Guard Aspen left behind.