DystopianYoung Adult
The Favorite
No CoverA novella in the Selection series, exploring Marlee's forbidden romance and life-changing choices in a dystopian royal court.
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A novella in the Selection series, exploring Marlee's forbidden romance and life-changing choices in a dystopian royal court.
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The second novella set in the world of Kiera Cass's No. 1 New York Times bestselling Selection series – Aspen’s story! Raised as a Six, Aspen Leger never dreamed that he would find himself living in the palace as a member of the royal guard. In ‘The Guard’, readers get an inside look at Aspen's life within the palace walls – and the truth about a guard's world that America will never know. A captivating view into the heart of Aspen, one of the men fighting to win America Singer's love
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What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Kissing and tender attraction; clean YA romance with no explicit content
Violence & gore
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Public caning and corporal punishment; peril around discovery of forbidden love
Profanity
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Rare mild language consistent with clean young-adult fiction
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ characters or themes present
Religious content
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No evidence found in available sources
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Caste hierarchy and royal rules drive conflict, status, and punishment
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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On-page public caning; caste demotion and systemic cruelty for forbidden love
Other
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