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This movie review has been long past due.... But I'm going to do it anyway. I loved it, the settings were strangely and hauntingly beautiful, and it showed the ruthlessness of Eric and the other Dauntless leaders perfectly. But, like anything, there are flaws to perfection.

So let's be the biggest critics in the world and pick out faults in one of my favorite movies of 2014!

Yeah, okay.

So. 

In the beginning, it started off with a dramatic, Mrs. Prior cutting off Tris's hair scene. Or should Tris be called Beatrice at this scene of the movie? Because, technically, she's a different person from what she was at the end. 

I thought it was funny, to get back on the subject of this scene. It was kind of funny how the editors or producers made the locks of hair fall(oh-so-dramatically) onto the floor.

Okay, I don't even know why I'm talking about this scene. It really doesn't impact the story as greatly as the other scenes I have planned, so I'll just stop. 

So first, there was this one scene were Tris is on the zipline that the Dauntless trainees do-they are in a harness, which is attached to a cable that stretches far off into the distance. Tris isn't really scared of heights, from what I can tell(from the movie, from the book I know she isn't), and she bravely goes on the zipline. Then, there's one part where the cable goes in between a sign and a wall, and Tris has to turn and twist in the air to avoid crashing. 

I love this part. I don't think it's significant at first, but I just love how it shows the bravery of the Dauntless. Sometimes stupid bravery, yes, but bravery nontheless. And I want to go on that zipline as a result of that...

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Okay, I'm kind of ashamed of this review. It literally has nothing that really makes a reader want to watch the movie. But I'm telling you, it's really good. 

Final rate? 10/10. I feel bad for giving so many 10/10s, but if a movie is good, you can't undermine its greatness. 

Okay, bye!

Jane

OH. MY. GOSH.

The feelings that came with this book!

THIS. WAS. AMAZING.

I cried at the end. It was so sad, and I love the characters so much now. In the beginning, I really didn't like Jace, or Simon, or (sometimes) Clary. But now I love them all! I feel like I visit a different world every time I read one of Cassandra Clare's books, and I'm super excited for the Dark Artifices, her new series coming out this fall. 

Anyway, on with the review!

The plot was amazing! Honestly, I don't have much to really USEFULLY review on this book, because-well, if you haven't read the rest of the series(since this is the last book), then I'll be spoiler--ing you so much I'll feel like the most guilty person in the world. So I won't say anything about the plot. But basically, they're fighting an enemy who has the power to change Shadowhunters into Endarkened, who can't think for themselves and get controlled by Enemy. 

That's all I can say for now-and for those book-blushers out there like me, the romance in this book is absolutely satisfying! Read now, 10/10!

I really enjoyed this book, and I'm excited for the next book in this kind of "spin-off" series of the Selection series. However, like any book, there are flaws in the perfection.

First of all, the romance-something I absolutely LOVED at first. But later on, (and this isn't a spoiler) Princess Eadlyn frustrates me so much by the way she acts, and the romance just.... frustrating. I think Kiera Cass kind of wanted it to be like that, and if so, then she did a good job.

I also don't think I like the narrator, Princess Eadlyn, very much. Don't get me wrong, she would be a fantastic leader. But as a person, she is kind of a brat, even though she claims she isn't. In the beginning of the story, I looked at the way she spoke and I was unsure of her character-whether she would be a character I would like.... I didn't end up liking her, really. I kind of enjoy the parts where she snaps at the boys in the Selection, but the fact that she's being so rude far overshadows the humor I find in the boys' reactions. 

Tell me what you think about the book, and comment below with any questions. I like writing book reviews, it's a way to write down and record what I thought about any book-who knows, some day I might go back on these blog posts and read them over again, seeing what I once thought of everything.