She is wrong to have held on so long, but I do get it, and I can’t hate her for it. I love my boyfriend of almost 8 years DEARLY, and I know that’s a little different, but every time she talked about the penny, or the uniform button bracelet, or seeing Aspen with someone else, it killed me a little inside, because I’ve had many similar thoughts-you just never know what could happen.
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I LOVED Maxon-ADORED him even, but I found so many parallels in this story to my current life (not the royalty selection or love triangle-duh) that I couldn’t look past how hard it is for America to move on-and maybe that’s why I identified with her so much. And I can’t say that that didn’t make me tear up more than once. Now, I know we have all had our first relationships, first dates, lost romances, but I’m talking true love, that first person you couldn’t imagine your life without. One recurring theme, as well, in these stories was letting go of your first love.
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Giving me pants when I wasn’t allowed to wear them, bringing me a bracelet from the other side of the world… Our eyes met, and I realized that he did a lot for me out of simply wanting to. But sometimes it’s about what you want to do, not what you have to do.” It’s the difficult moments in life that make the happy ones all the sweeter. I adored every bit of angst, and HEY!, peril this author threw at me, even when it was tough. I used to, but I’ve discovered the best kind of love stories are worth the wait, and that never was more the case than now. But without these mistakes, the story wouldn’t have been able to stand on it’s own-who wants a PERFECT story? Well, I don’t. She did do some irresponsible things in this story, maybe a little less dramatic than the former two novels, but she still made mistakes. Having said all that-I wanted to kill her once or twice. So many conditions and opinions and obligations surrounded us, and I hated Maxon because they came with him. It was infuriating that everyone had to have their hands on this-the girls, his parents, even Aspen. I wanted everything from him and everything for him, because I wanted every piece of him. Why should she change who she is? All my anger made sense. I loved that stubbornness about her and ultimately, Maxon (and Aspen, for that matter) loved it too. She has fucked up royally (Muahaha) and she has made so many mistakes when it comes to Maxon that I can’t even count the number of times I was shaking my Ipad in frustration…but one thing I will always stand by her on was her will to doĪ lot of people would disagree with me, saying it stunted the growth and progression of love and sacrifice for the story-but not me. And, more than that, she has always stood her ground. It’s a lot to process and a lot to take in-no girl at that age would feel comfortable being PUSHED into that lifestyle. She never wanted to be at the palace in the first place, and she was hurt that the guy she wanted to marry wanted her in the selection-there are, OF COURSE, going to be residual feelings for her first love and a fear of the unknown-she’s only ever wanted one thing and now she has a chance to become a princess and to rule over a whole country. I know she’s made some stupid decisions, I KNOW that. I can say with absolute honesty that I have always adored both Maxon and Aspen, but have always been partial, okay okay-and obsessed, with Maxon, and have also loved America. I think you know how I detest looking like a fool.
#THE ONE BY KIERA CASS SERIES SERIES#
From book one on, Maxon has shown favoritism and has really only had eyes for America…but her lack of a dominating preference for one man or the other has stretched this series into an agsty, anger inducing trilogy where we as readers beg her to choose Maxon, choose the vulnerable prince standing right before her who would lay his life on the line for her…but to no avail. The biggest, and really only, obstacle America and Maxon have faced throughout this trilogy has been I think many of us, me and my friends especially, were worried about the whole love triangle thing and America’s lack of solidity for one man or another. All joking aside (it’s early yet, I’m sure there’s more to come despite my resolve) I don’t think the author could have wrapped this up any better than she did. Ummmm… Could that have BEEN any more perfect? No, no it couldn’t have, Chandler. He ran his fingers along my cheek and nose and chin. For that and for the rain and for not giving up.”