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America's Selection · right after The Elite

The One

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The end of America's trilogy: the competition reaches its final stretch and the palace becomes a real target

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Do you need to read it?

Yes. It's in the Main story, the list of only what moves the plot forward to the end of the saga.

Where it falls in the order

  • Main story3 of 5
  • Everything3 of 6
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Quick recap

Four girls are left in the Selection, and King Clarkson does everything he can to push America out. The Northern rebel leaders, August and Georgia, reach out to Maxon and America: they want the castes gone and see her as a future queen. America learns her own father was helping them. She finally admits she loves Maxon, but her father dies and her history with Aspen puts everything at risk. On the night Maxon is to name his choice, Southern rebels storm the palace. The king, the queen and Celeste are killed, and Maxon is shot shielding America. He survives and becomes king. Aspen ends up with Lucy, one of America's maids. Maxon starts dismantling the castes, proposes, and he and America marry and are crowned.

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Trivia

  1. Behind the scenesIt was supposed to be the end

    The One came out on May 6, 2014, to close the trilogy. In August 2014, Kiera Cass announced the series would keep going.

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  2. ReferenceAspen's side

    The novella The Guard shows palace life through Aspen's eyes, now as a guard. It's in Happily Ever After.

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  3. ReferenceMarlee's story

    The Favorite follows a Selected girl who falls for someone other than the prince. It first appeared in print in Happily Ever After.

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