Kiera Cass Book Signing

I love me a good book signing, and I was lucky enough to get to go to Kiera Cass's book signing for the final book in The Selection series, The One (link leads to goodreads page) this past Wednesday on June 11, 2014, at the Barnes and Noble in Cary, North Carolina.

I don't know what I expected exactly, but she exceeded my expectations by being bubbly, witty, and a very relatable person and writer. I even found myself flubbing my words because I had just finished The Selection (link leads to my review of this book) in the wee hours of the morning that day and was slowly going into a book-withdrawal. But she was so nice. I mean like can-we-please-become-friends-immediately-you're-such-a-delight kind of nice.
 
And I think that was the general consensus on Cass when I was gauging the crowd around me at the event. Everyone from ages 60 to 6 were there to see her, and people had gone out of their way to make and wear dresses like those from The Selection series. I even saw a painting someone had made to look like the cover of The One with the likeness of the protagonist from the trilogy, America Singer, depicted on it the canvas.

As a fellow fan of the books, it was refreshing to see these people unabashedly love a series that has admittedly gotten some heat for being a little froo-froo or frustrating (get your stuff together America Singer I mean come on). But my love for the trilogy grows more and more as the plot grows exponentially more tangled even though it is a light and occasional frilly read.

After I left the event, I immediately dove into the second book of the series, The Elite, and so far I am pleasantly pleased with the fact that it was just as good of a read as The Selection was. (Hint hint: be on the look out for my review of The Elite on this blog because I'm thisclose to finishing it!)

I look forward to Kiera Cass writing more novels that are as addictive and fast paced as this series has proven to be. In fact, I may not be able to wait that long. I'll probably end up reading the novellas she has written as companions to The Selection series just to be in this world for a little while longer until she creates a new one for her readers to delve into.