Review: This is NOT the Story of Daphne and Maxon
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2014
Despite what the blurb would have you believe, this story does not tell of a flirtation or romance that occurred before Maxon's Selection. There is a very brief beginning in which a young French royal friend of Maxon's (what? I thought he had no friends? Whatever.) sort of throws herself at Maxon and he declines. The story immediately moves to the beginning of the Selection and into familiar territory. All we really read is Maxon's perspective of that familiar story and his interaction with the girls. The only interesting bit in my opinion was getting to see why he sent some of the girl's home during the breakfast ceremony. We also see his first interactions with Kriss, and I guess that was kinda interesting. I still can't give it three stars because I feel that the blurb was very misleading and teased the buyer with something it didn't deliver. Asking us to pay a few more dollars for basically the same exact story told through Maxon's eyes felt cheap and disrespectful. I had planned to buy The Queen but if it is really just a retelling of The One through Queen Amberly's eyes then I might read it, but I sure won't pay for it.Buyer Beware.